Jorge Glas transferred to La Roca

The Government of Ecuador entered the Mexican Embassy in Quito on the night of Friday, April 5, and detained the former vice president, Jorge Glasafter the Mexican Government had granted him the political asylum he had requested.

After Glas’ arrest, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, announced the suspension of diplomatic relations with Ecuador.

Glas was transferred flagrante delicto and this Saturday morning he was transferred to Guayaquil to go to the La Roca maximum security prison.

Jorge Glas being taken from Quito

Images have been released of the moment in which the former vice president is put on a plane with strong military security. In the images he is seen wearing a gray warmer and having difficulty walking.

Jorge Glas being transferred to La Roca

Jorge Glas being transferred to La Roca

Glas’ arrest at the Mexican Embassy

The National Police climbed the walls of the Mexican diplomatic headquarters to capture Glas, who was under a preventive detention order for a case of alleged corruption in which he is currently being prosecuted, after having spent nearly five years between 2017 and 2022. prison for two current convictions for crimes that he rejects, considering that he is the victim of political persecution against him.

EFE was able to verify that several police officers climbed walls and fences of the Mexican diplomatic headquarters and then left that residence, which was denounced by the head of the Foreign Ministry and Political Affairs of the Embassy, ​​Roberto Canseco, as something “totally unacceptable, it is the barbarism”.

Canseco told journalists that the Ecuadorian police officers broke into the Embassy and attacked the personnel on duty at the diplomatic headquarters.

“Like criminals they raided the Mexican Embassy in Ecuador. This is not possible. It just can’t be. “It’s crazy,” he said, visibly upset before expressing his concern for Glas “because they can kill him.”

“There is no basis to do this,” he asserted, indicating that there was no prior notice about the entry of the Police. “This is outside the norm, and they are doing it because (Glas) is a persecuted person, as we can see today,” he stated.

López Obrador announces suspension of relations

Minutes later, the Ecuadorian Government confirmed Glas’s arrest in a statement on social networks, as did the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, on social networks to denounce “a flagrant violation of international law and the sovereignty of Mexico.” .

“I have instructed our chancellor (Alicia Bárcena) to issue a statement regarding this authoritarian act, proceed legally and immediately declare the suspension of diplomatic relations with the Government of Ecuador,” López Obrador announced.