The Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry requested that the Mexican Embassy grant consent to enter and capture the former vice president Jorge Glaswho is in the capacity of Guest in the diplomatic delegation.
The letter that was signed on Thursday, February 29, 2024 and released this Friday, March 1, responds to a court order National Justice.
This details the order so that the law enforcement who respond to the Foreign Ministry “can enter the Mexican diplomatic offices and comply with Glas’s detention.”
Request for Glas’ arrest by the Ministry of the Interior
The document also reports that it was the Minister of the Interior, Mónica Palencia, who in a meeting with the Foreign Ministry requested that the National Court order the arrest of the former vice president.
Since December 17, 2023, former vice president Jorge Glas has been in the Mexico’s embassy in Quito as a Guest, he arrived at the place expressing:
“I fear for my safety and personal freedom”
Jorge Glas, former vice president of Ecuador
In mid-December Glas requested political asylum from the Mexican Government; However, the Ecuadorian Government announced that safe passage will not be granted for her to leave the country if the appeal is granted.
Legal situation of former president Glas
This former vice president spent five years and four months in prison after being sentenced to eight years for bribery in the ‘Bribery’ case where Correa was also disqualified and sentenced to six years for illicit association related to the bribery scandal of the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.
Glas has said that will seek to reverse that case after the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil annulled the tests of the Odebrecht computer system.
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