Federal immigration officers tried to enter Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis but were stopped, foreign minister says
Ecuador protested after ICE agents tried unauthorized entry at its Minneapolis consulate during a federal enforcement surge known as Operation Metro Surge.
- On Tuesday, Ecuador's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said an ICE agent tried to enter the Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis around 11:00 a.m., but consular staff prevented access and the incident was captured on video.
- During Operation Metro Surge, roughly 3,000 federal immigration officers from ICE and U.S. Border Patrol have swarmed Minneapolis, Minnesota, heightening tensions in recent weeks.
- Video shows Esteban Cadena Duarte stepping into the doorway as an ICE agent warned 'If you touch me I will grab you' and consular employees activated emergency protocols during the less than one-minute episode.
- Ecuador's Minister of Foreign Affairs lodged a formal 'note of protest' with the U.S. Embassy in Quito, urging that such acts not be repeated at any Ecuadorian consular offices in the United States under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations .
- The incident adds to tensions after enforcement operations killed two U.S. citizens this month, while Ana Pottratz Acosta called the agents' attempt 'beyond unusual' and 'unprecedented and potentially dangerous'.
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The tensions in Minneapolis are high because of the ICE operations. An ICE official is said to have tried to enter a Consulate of Ecuador. The employees defend themselves.
Illegal From Ecuador Hides in Ecuadorian Consulate to Avoid Deportation to Ecuador.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) accused the Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis, Minnesota, of shielding an illegal immigrant criminal from arrest.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Jorge Miguel Bravo Uriles, Ecuadorian consulate staff, and ICE officers.WHEN & WHERE: Tuesday, at the Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis, Minnesota.KEY QUOTE: “Unknown to the ICE officers at the time, the building housed the Consulate of Ecu…
The tensions in Minneapolis are high because of the ICE operations. An ICE official is said to have tried to enter the Embassy of Ecuador. The employees defend themselves.
Ecuador sends a protest note to the U.S. for an attempted entry of ICE agents into its consulate in Minneapolis Redacción-BBC News Mundo Ecuador authorities denounced on Tuesday an attempted incursion by an agent of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) into their consulate in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ecuador's Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported on what happened through a statement in which it reported that it had submitted a p…
Meeks Issues Statement on ICE Attempt to Enter Ecuadorian Consulate
Washington, DC — Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in response to an apparent attempt by ICE agents to enter the Ecuadorian Consulate in Minneapolis without permission and in violation of international agreements. “Yesterday’s attempt by ICE agents to force their way into the Ecuadorian Consulate represents yet another outrageous and unacceptable disregard for …
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