Mexico cuts off diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police break in at embassy

A military vehicle transports former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas from the detention centre where he was held after police broke into the Mexican Embassy to arrest him in Quito, Ecuador (Dolores Ochoa/AP)

Police stormed the Mexican embassy in the Ecuadorian capital of Quito on Friday to seize the former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas.

Mr Glas was taking refuge in the embassy.