Former Vice President of Ecuador Jorge Glas, arrested final Friday after a police raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito. He’s steady and will probably be transferred to jail within the subsequent few hours.l after recovering in hospital from a decompensation that a police report attributed to a attainable drug overdose and that jail authorities linked to his refusal to eat meals.
The Nationwide Service of Complete Consideration to Adults Disadvantaged of Liberty (SNAI), the State Penitentiary Company, recalled this Tuesday in an announcement that Glas remained underneath medical remark over the past hours on the Naval Hospital within the metropolis of Guayaquil.
Based on the assessments, “in the intervening time he has steady well being parameters and inside regular limits, so he can obtain the related medical discharge”, the letter states.
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SNAI added that “throughout this April 9”, in strict compliance with safety protocols, Glas will probably be returned to La Roca, the utmost safety jail in Ecuador the place he was held after his arrest on the Embassy of Ecuador.Mexico.
In that jail – SNAI emphasised – there will probably be vigils “for the safety of bodily integrity” of Glass.
Andrés Villegas, Glas' lawyer, thought-about the SNAI assertion transient and complained concerning the lack of official info about the actual state of affairs surrounding Glas' well being disaster that occurred on Monday.
That's as a result of a police report – to which Glas' protection had entry – mentions alleged drug poisoningwhereas SNAI refers to a decompensation resulting from lack of meals consumption.
Villegas informed EFE that they hope to obtain official details about the state of affairs of Glas, who was a minister and vice chairman through the presidential time period of Rafael Correa (2007-2017). with whom he has been pals since his youth. He was additionally Lenín Moreno's vice chairman (2017-2021) within the first months of his time period.
Glas, who had entered the Mexican embassy in Quito final December, requested asylum from the Mexican state, which was granted final Friday, and some hours later the president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, ordered the police assault on the diplomatic headquarters to arrest him, which prompted the breakdown of relations on the a part of Mexico.
The assault on the embassy has drawn worldwide condemnation, whereas Ecuador justifies its motion as a battle in opposition to corruption, as Glas is being prosecuted for alleged embezzlement of funds in a case to rebuild Manabí province after the 2016 earthquake. and he has but to finish a eight-year sentences in two different circumstances, for which he has already spent almost 5 years in jail between 2017 and 2022.