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2026-01-28 Fifth Column

Consulate of Ecuador in Minneapolis protecting illegals from ICE

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Posted by 3dc 2026-01-28 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1777 views ] Top
File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

1 Dronezap.
Otherwise we end up with a Julian Assange situation. that traitor hid out in that embassy for years. Brennan wanted to dronezap him but got overruled by JAGs.

Posted by Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2026-01-28 02:29|| 2026-01-28 02:29|| Front Page Top

2 I see... sovereign territory/act of war? Did Sneako or Punchy or whoever tell you about that?

Posted by Frank G 2026-01-28 02:37|| 2026-01-28 02:37|| Front Page Top

3 Ecuador says ICE agent tried to enter consulate in Minneapolis

Posted by Skidmark 2026-01-28 02:46|| 2026-01-28 02:46|| Front Page Top

4 Sheltering Assange was an act of war and an abuse of diplomatic immunity.
Brennan declared Wikileaks a hostile foreign intelligence agency, which it was. It exposed critical national security secrets and did tremendous damage to American interests. The other traitor Snowden was even worse. They knew which airliner he was flying to Russia on and could have shot it down but didn't. That's how they knew to cancel his passport the moment he landed in Moscow.

Posted by Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2026-01-28 03:00|| 2026-01-28 03:00|| Front Page Top

5 So shooting down airliners is OK with you? Citing Brennan won't get you far. Stick to fapping to Miami Groypers - something you "know"

Posted by Frank G 2026-01-28 03:04|| 2026-01-28 03:04|| Front Page Top

6 This may be a good thing.

Offer Ecuador 'guests' safe passage to Ecuador (at Ecuador expenses).

Ecuador gets to save the illegals and the illegals gets deported anyway.

Rinse and repeat.

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2026-01-28 03:23|| 2026-01-28 03:23|| Front Page Top

7 Bonus, the liberal courts cannot do anything because Ecuador is a sovereign country and as such the US courts has no jurisdiction.

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2026-01-28 03:27|| 2026-01-28 03:27|| Front Page Top

8 "and could have shot it down but didn't"

Sure. Shoot down an airliner with hundreds of passengers?
Frank G is right, of course.

Posted by European Conservative 2026-01-28 04:44|| 2026-01-28 04:44|| Front Page Top

9 That said, on 5 April 2024, the Mexican embassy in Quito was raided by Ecuadorian police and military forces. Mexico and numerous other countries decried the raid as a violation of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the 1954 Caracas Convention on Diplomatic Asylum.

Posted by European Conservative 2026-01-28 04:49|| 2026-01-28 04:49|| Front Page Top

10 Just shut off the water, electric, and gas from the street.

Posted by Airandee 2026-01-28 06:41|| 2026-01-28 06:41|| Front Page Top

11 Maybe you should just start with a diplomatic request.

Posted by European Conservative 2026-01-28 08:26|| 2026-01-28 08:26|| Front Page Top

12 Declare all personnel at the consulate as persona non grata. Then THEY have to leave the US. If Ecuador sends more people, Declare them persona non grata. Lather, rinse, repeat as necessary.

Posted by Rambler 2026-01-28 08:41|| 2026-01-28 08:41|| Front Page Top

13 eat me to it Rambler - when the embassy is empty of "diplos", it's not an embassy and can be searched for criminals.

Posted by Mercutio 2026-01-28 09:49|| 2026-01-28 09:49|| Front Page Top

14 Pretty sure it all starts with a polite phone call, maybe a knock on the door with official requests, not the playbook out of Die Hard.

Hell, could be they don't want them either, but still have to go through the process.

Jamming everyone's electronics to play Macarana, but slightly off rhythm, different languages, according to location is always a card in hand.

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-01-28 09:53|| 2026-01-28 09:53|| Front Page Top

15 Please note that the Vienna Convention is a mutual thing and vital to do diplomatic business in a less than free country. You don't want Chinese or Russian police to walk into the US embassy in Beijing or Moscow and arrest people.

Posted by European Conservative 2026-01-28 10:06|| 2026-01-28 10:06|| Front Page Top

16 I am shocked that American government employees of any sort tried to force their way in to a diplomatic building of a foreign power. Is it possible the situation was misinterpreted?

On the other hand, I can’t imagine Antifa activists would be comfortable houseguests, whether short term or longer. If they really did offer refuge, I vote we leave to it and readdress in a month or so.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-01-28 11:50|| 2026-01-28 11:50|| Front Page Top

17 …leave them to it. PIMF!

Posted by trailing wife 2026-01-28 11:55|| 2026-01-28 11:55|| Front Page Top

18 Declare them all persona non grata, give them 72 hours to leave and break off all diplomatic relations with Ecuador. If they refuse, storm the place and arrest everyone as they are now invaders from a legal standpoint.

Posted by DarthVader 2026-01-28 12:16|| 2026-01-28 12:16|| Front Page Top

19 What about dropping off 3 bus loads of potential deportees a day at the embassy gates. Overwhelm them with opportunities to pay for plane tickets. Heck - do the same at their other embassies and consulates across the country

Posted by Gloluns Turkeyneck4904 2026-01-28 13:48|| 2026-01-28 13:48|| Front Page Top

20 Unlike embassies, most consulates are little more than office buildings, and rarely have extensive living facilities. Merely waiting them out quietly should do the trick if they refuse to accept some deportation agreement. Ultimately, honoring diplomatic their sovereignty is important for us as well.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2026-01-28 14:04|| 2026-01-28 14:04|| Front Page Top

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