An Ecuadorian court has sentenced former vice president Jorge Glas to 13 additional years in prison for misusing public funds allocated to rebuild areas affected by a devastating 2016 earthquake.
Axar.az informs, citing ABC news, Glas, 55, is currently in prison serving out convictions in two prior corruption cases and had been due for release in little under three years.
However, Monday's sentence means his jail time is extended until 2041.
The court said it had applied the maximum possible sentence.
The politician, who had served as vice president under the leftist Rafael Correa, was captured by Ecuadorian authorities following a raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito last year.
The raid led to the severing of diplomatic ties between Ecuador and Mexico, and prompted Mexico to put in a complaint to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Mexico maintained Ecuador violated international law by breaching the embassy, while Ecuador accused its counterpart of illegally granting asylum to Glas.
Source: en.axar.az
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