translated from Spanish: Bolivia expels Mexico ambassador

On Monday, Bolivia’s Acting President Jeanine Añez expelled Mexico’s ambassador Maria Teresa Mercado, as well as the Business Officer and the Consul of Spain, in an escalation of the incident involving Spanish diplomats in the Mexican legation in La Paz.
“The constitutional government I chair has decided to declare ‘unwelcome’ people to Mexico’s ambassador to Bolivia, María Teresa Mercado, to the Spanish Business Officer in Bolivia, Cristina Borreguero, the consul, Alvaro Fernández and the group of allegedly hooded and armed diplomats,” Añez said in a press statement.
The representative accused diplomats of having “seriously damaged the sovereignty and dignity of Bolivia’s people and constitutional government” and ordered that they “leave the country within 72 hours.”
In response, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked the Market Ambassador to return to Mexico to “safeguard her safety and integrity”. 
The Chancellery noted in a statement that the ambassador “always complied with the foreign policy principles enshrined in the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States and in international law, so she considers this decision to be political in nature.” 
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It reported that the Embassy of Mexico in Bolivia would be handled by Ana Luisa Vallejo, current head of The Chancellorship of the Mission, and that this change would not affect the normal operation of diplomatic representation.
Differences between Mexico and Spain and Bolivia began this weekend, after the Bolivian government accused that officials from the Spanish embassy, hooded and apparently armed, entered the Mexican embassy, where a dozen officials from the former government of Evo Morales are asused.
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And those who, according to Bolivia, the governments of Mexico and Bolivia sought to help escape. Police halted the entry of diplomatic vehicles because of a “potential threat.”
According to Mexico’s version, Spanish diplomats attended a meeting at the Mexican embassy and when their vehicles left they were not there to pick them up.
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Original source in Spanish