Ecuador’s Vice President Is Jailed in Bribery Investigation
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Ecuador’s Vice President Is Jailed in Bribery Investigation
The jailing of Mr. Glas will also have implications for politics within Ecuador, where President Lenin Moreno, who took
office this year, has sought to break from his predecessor, Rafael Correa, who governed the country for a decade.
In August, Mr. Moreno stripped Mr. Glas of nearly all powers as vice president, after Mr. Glas criticized him.
The authorities in Peru have jailed Ollanta Humala, a former president, in relation to an investigation there, while prosecutors in Colombia said this year
that the company might have donated to a past presidential campaign.
The authorities ordered Vice President Jorge Glas, 48, held in pretrial detention on Monday night and froze his assets.
3, 2017
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — A scandal involving a Brazilian construction giant has widened with the jailing
of Ecuador’s vice president as part of an investigation into accusations of bribery.
Shortly before surrendering to the authorities on Monday night, Mr. Glas released a video statement saying
that he had done nothing wrong and that the accusations were motivated by politics.
The jailing of Mr. Glas will also have implications for politics within Ecuador, where President Lenin Moreno, who took
office this year, has sought to break from his predecessor, Rafael Correa, who governed the country for a decade.
In August, Mr. Moreno stripped Mr. Glas of nearly all powers as vice president, after Mr. Glas criticized him.
The authorities in Peru have jailed Ollanta Humala, a former president, in relation to an investigation there, while prosecutors in Colombia said this year
that the company might have donated to a past presidential campaign.
The authorities ordered Vice President Jorge Glas, 48, held in pretrial detention on Monday night and froze his assets.
3, 2017
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — A scandal involving a Brazilian construction giant has widened with the jailing
of Ecuador’s vice president as part of an investigation into accusations of bribery.
Shortly before surrendering to the authorities on Monday night, Mr. Glas released a video statement saying
that he had done nothing wrong and that the accusations were motivated by politics.