Posted 4/12/2024, 9:27:13 PM
Tribunal: Ecuador's Glas Arrest Illegal but Former VP Must Remain Jailed
- Tribunal rules Glas's arrest at Mexico's Quito embassy was illegal, but he must remain jailed due to prior convictions
- Glas was arrested last week in a police raid at the embassy where he had lived since December
- Arrest heightened tensions between Ecuador and Mexico; both say open to repairing relations
- Glas's lawyer says they will appeal tribunal's ruling to keep him jailed
- Former President Correa said Glas attempted suicide and was on hunger strike in prison