diplomaticbriefing posted: " Ecuador has requested Mexico's permission to enter that country's embassy in Quito and arrest former Ecuadorean Vice-President Jorge Glas, the Ecuadorean Foreign Ministry said on Friday. Glas, convicted twice for corruption, asked Mexico for political as"  | diplomaticbriefing March 2 | Ecuador has requested Mexico's permission to enter that country's embassy in Quito and arrest former Ecuadorean Vice-President Jorge Glas, the Ecuadorean Foreign Ministry said on Friday. Glas, convicted twice for corruption, asked Mexico for political asylum in December, arguing he is being persecuted by the attorney general's office. "We confirm that the Foreign Ministry, through a diplomatic channel, has requested the permission of the Embassy of Mexico so law enforcement can comply with an order by the National Court of Justice of Ecuador to capture Jorge David Glas Espinel, who is inside that diplomatic mission," the ministry said in a post on X after local media reported the request. (https://neuters.de/world/americas/ecuador-asks-enter-mexico-embassy-arrest-former-ecuador-vp-2024-03-01/) Mexican authorities did not immediately respond to a request for comment, nor have they publicly responded to his asylum request. The former vice-president, who served under leftist ex-President Rafael Correa between 2013 and 2017, has been inside the Mexican Embassy in Quito since Dec. 17 last year. In January a judge ordered Glas be held on charges of misusing resources meant for the reconstruction of the province of Manabi after an earthquake in 2016. He lost a February appeal against the measure. | | | |  | You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. | | | | |
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