During 1880 following the capture of the ship "Isluga", the Ecuadorian government presented a formal complaint to the Chilean government stating that they had violated international law when capturing a boat with an Ecuadorian flag since Ecuador had declared itself as neutral in this war.
Durante 1880, entonces, a raíz de la captura de esta nave, el estado ecuatoriano presentó una queja formal al gobierno chileno considerando que Chile había violentado el derecho internacional al capturar una nave con bandera ecuatoriana, siendo que este país se había declarado neutral en la guerra.