US EditionFederal 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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MINNEAPOLIS.- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador presented a protest note after agents of the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) attempted to enter their consulate in Minneapolis on Tuesday without authorization, amid a wave of discontent over the massive raids ordered by the US president, Donald Trump.A video of the incident, published on social networks, shows a consulate employee running to the door to prevent the passage o…
Video catches ICE agent's threat that's sparked 'international incident' in Minneapolis
Ecuador’s Foreign Ministry filed a formal note of protest on Tuesday after a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent tried to enter the South American nation’s consulate in Minneapolis before being stopped by a staffer inside the building.In a statement released following the incident, the Ecua...
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