Daniel Noboa, president of Ecuador, ordered the assault on the Mexican embassy in Quito, committing an unprecedented international illegality and subjecting the country to the possibility of sanctions that would further accentuate the multidimensional crisis caused in the last six years by three governments of neoliberal cut. Noboa is the son of Álvaro Noboa, five-time … Read more
Mexico City. Former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas launched a call for help to the leaders of Mexico, Colombia and Brazil to intercede on his behalf, after being arrested in a police assault on the Mexican embassy in Quito on April 5. “I am in the worst prison in Ecuador and on a hunger strike. … Read more
Guayaquil, Thursday, October 26, 2023. The former vice president of the Republic Jorge Glas offered a press conference in which he indicated that he is being investigated for an alleged murder that occurred in 2019. Photos: Jimmy Negrete/ API Photo: API The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)based in Washingtonurged this Monday Ecuador to protect … Read more
Quito. The court of the National Court of Justice of Ecuador that analyzed the habeas corpus of former Vice President Jorge Glas determined today that his detention in the Mexican embassy was arbitrary and illegal; however, he will continue to be imprisoned. In the ruling, the court headed by Judge Mónica Heredia indicated that the … Read more
The former vice president of the Republic Jorge Glas, upon arriving at the maximum security prison of La Roca, near Guayaquil, on April 6, 2024. Jorge Glas He assured this Thursday that he was a victim of torture during his detention last Friday inside the Mexican Embassy in Quitoassaulted by the Ecuadorian Police after the … Read more
Matthew Miller, spokesman for the United States Department of State. USA He insisted this Thursday that Mexico y Ecuador They must dialogue to resolve their dispute, after the Mexican Government requested the expulsion of the South American country from the UN due to the police raid on its embassy in Quito. “I have nothing more … Read more
Washington. The United States condemns “the use of force against embassy officials” of Mexico in Quito after the police raid to arrest former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday. The condemnation came shortly after the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, criticized the position of the United … Read more
Quito. The detained former vice president of Ecuador, Jorge Glas, was transferred to the Militan hospital in Guayaquil due to an overdose of ingested medications, according to opinion leader Aurelio Dávila on his X social network account. Previously, a lawyer for Glas had demanded in a letter to prison officials that his defense team and … Read more
The Ecuadorian prison service reported this Monday that the former vice president Jorge Glaswho has been in prison since last Saturday in a maximum security prison in the city of Guayaquil after being detained inside the Mexican Embassy in Quito, suffered a health breakdown from not eating. This information contradicted the version of those close … Read more
Quito. The president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, justified today Monday the arrest of former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas, during the police raid on April 5 at the Mexican Embassy in Quito, where the politician was taking refuge to evade charges for several cases of corruption. “My obligation is to comply with the rulings of … Read more