The former vice president of Ecuador was taken to hospital after being arrested at the Mexican embassy

Former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who was arrested at the Mexican embassy in Quito on Friday, was taken to hospital on Monday. This is what was reported by Reuters news agency. There are different explanations as to why it was accepted. Glass had applied for political asylum in Mexico after being accused of fraud in Ecuador.

According to the prison authority (SNAI), Glass became ill because he refused to eat food in prison. According to Ecuadorian media, he may have taken an overdose of medication. Sunai said in a statement that Glass's condition is now stable.

Mexico granted political asylum to Glass – suspected of fraud – at the country's embassy in the Ecuadorian capital, Quito, on Friday. Not long after, a team of Ecuadorian police stormed the Mexican embassy and arrested Glass. The move was strongly criticized by other Latin American countries and the United Nations.

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Later, it became glass, according to the news site Premesias He was found unconscious in his cell. Glass was then transferred to a military hospital. The former vice president's lawyers said they have not yet been allowed to visit him in prison, and that they believe his life is in danger. Their client has suffered “ill-treatment and human rights violations.”

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