Wikileaks says Ecuador is preparing to expel Julian Assange from its Embassy in London within "hours to days", where the cyber-provocateur has been holed-up since 2012.

"A high level source within the Ecuadorian state has told WikiLeaks that Julian Assange will be expelled within 'hours to days' using the INA Papers offshore scandal as a pretext - and that it already has an agreement with the UK for his arrest," the group tweeted.  The INA Papers are a cache of documents which have implicated Ecuadoran President Lenin Moreno in a corruption scandal.

But Mr. Moreno has a different take on the situation.  Earlier this week, he told a radio interviewer, "Assange has too often repeatedly violated the agreement we have with him and his legal team."  Moreno added, "It is not that he cannot speak freely, it is not that he cannot express himself freely, but he cannot lie, let alone hack into accounts or intercept private telephone calls" under the terms of his asylum agreement.

Assange sought refuge in the Embassy seven years ago - when Leftist Rafael Correa was president - to avoid arrest and extradition to Sweden on allegations of rape.  He fears he will be extradited to the United States to face charges from releasing hacked government documents on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

When the presidency passed to the more moderate Lenin Moreno, the relationship began to sour.  The government accused him to interfering in internal affairs in violation of the sanctuary agreement and cut off his internet and cellular telephone service.  Assange retaliated and sued Ecuador for violating his "fundamental rights" by limiting his access to the outside world.