Ecuador is defending its storming of Mexico’s Embassy in Quito last month. Lawyers for Ecuador told the judges at the International Court of Justice on Wednesday that it acted to take into custody “a common criminal” — Ecuador’s former vice president — who was holed up inside the diplomatic post.

Mexico is suing Ecuador at the world court over the armed raid that led to the arrest of the Ecuadorian former vice president Jorge Glas, saying it violated the Vienna Convention.

Ecuador accused Mexico before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of blatant interference in Ecuadorian internal affairs on Wednesday after Mexico brought a case against Quito saying it violated international law.

Mexico has taken Ecuador to the top U.N. court, accusing the nation of violating international law by storming the Mexican Embassy. The raid occurred on April 5.

Following a police raid on the Mexican Embassy in Quito on April 5, Mexico broke diplomatic relations with Ecuador and filed the ICJ suit.

Ecuador's ambassador Andres Teran Parral, second right, and agent Ana Maria Larrea, right, wait for judges to enter the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands,

Mexico told judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday that an armed raid on its embassy in Quito by Ecuador breached international law. The case centres on the dramatic arrest of Ecuador's former Vice President Jorge Glas,

Mexico is taking Ecuador to the top U.N. court, accusing the nation of violating international law by storming the Mexican Embassy in Quito to arrest a former vice president who had just been granted