The government of Ecuador asked the Mexican embassy in Quito for permission for security agents to enter the diplomatic headquarters and comply with an arrest warrant against former vice president Jorge Glas Espinel.
The former official of Rafael Correa’s government between 2013 and 2017, has remained in the Mexican embassy since December 17, 2023, where he requested protection with the argument that he fears for his safety and personal freedom, as reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (SRE).
Glas’ lawyers have indicated that their client formally requested asylum from the Mexican government on December 20; However, it has not been reported whether the request was processed by the authorities of our country.
The Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry confirmed yesterday on its social networks that As a diplomatic channel, it has asked the Mexican embassy for consent so that law enforcement can comply with the order of the National Court of Justice to capture Jorge David Glas Espinel..
Glas is wanted by the Ecuadorian justice system for his alleged participation in a case of embezzlement, of which he has declared himself innocent.
Until last night the SRE had not commented on the matter.
When Glas Espinel entered the Mexican embassy, the government of our country indicated that if he requested political asylum it would be carefully analyzed. to proceed as appropriateand that they would collect information based on dialogue and collaboration with the Ecuadorian authorities.
The former Ecuadorian vice president has been convicted by his country’s justice system for two cases of corruption and was in prison between 2017 and 2022, when he was released.
Glas was sentenced in 2017 to six years in prison after the country’s justice system found him guilty of receiving bribes from the Brazilian construction company Ode-brecht in exchange for granting state contracts to the firm.
He was also sentenced in 2020 to eight years in a case in which Correa was also sentenced, for using money from contractors to finance electoral campaigns of the political movement of the left-wing former president.
