Ecuador ex-VP Glas must stay in jail despite illegal arrest, court rules

13/4/2024 14:45

        A tribunal in Ecuador on Friday ruled the dramatic arrest of former vice president Jorge Glas last week was illegal, but said he must remain in jail due to his previous convictions.
        
        Glas, twice convicted of corruption and now facing fresh charges, was arrested a week ago during a raid by police on Mexico's Quito embassy, where he had been living since December.
        
        The arrest crowned a period of rising diplomatic tension between Ecuador and Mexico, though each country's government has since said it is open to repairing relations.
        
        Glas' defense team said the three-judge tribunal should declare his capture at the embassy illegal and set him free, arguing that Ecuador's government violated his human rights and international law by authorizing security forces to enter a diplomatic mission.