America has banned Rafael Correa from entering the country on corruption charges.
The United States has announced that it has banned former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa and former Vice President Jorge Glasne from entering the country, whom it accuses of involvement in corruption cases.
State Department spokesperson Matthew Millerindicated in a statement that Correa and Glas abused their positions “by taking bribes in exchange for the awarding of favorable government contracts”.
The department also reported that it had banned the entry of spouses and children of former Ecuadorian officials. Correa, who currently lives in Belgium and has been convicted of corruption and sentenced to prison, have denied the allegationsHe described the case against him as political persecution led by his opponents.
The former vice president was also imprisoned in Ecuador on corruption charges. According to his lawyer, this year he attempted suicide and went on a hunger strike to protest against his arrest.
Mexico and Ecuador filed accusations against each other in the International Court of Justice following Glass’s arrest in April after Ecuadorian law enforcement stormed the Mexican Embassy in Quito.
Mexico accused Ecuador of violating international law by attacking the embassy, while Ecuador accused Mexico of illegally harboring Glass.
Korea believes the ban “has no authority”.
Rafael Correa has criticized the American country’s decision and said that ”no rights“For the United States government to ban him and his immediate family from entering its territory.
Through a message on social networks, Correa has claimed his innocence in the face of an eight-year prison sentence and political disqualification imposed in 2020 for bribery during his mandate.
“Human evil… ignores the fact that no one in the world has accepted punishment for ‘mental impact‘And five countries have given political asylum to people involved in bribery cases. “They even include my family. It has no right!”
Former President exiled to Brussels
Rafael Correa, who ruled the country from 2007 to 2017 as one of the leaders of the Latin American left, is on the run since the expiration of his mandate in Belgium, which granted him political asylum in 2022, allowing him to escape. Permission has been granted. Prison.
Former President George Glass, who is still present in his country’s political life through social networks, has been sentenced to eight years in prison and disqualified over a series of bribes that took place between 2012 and 2016 Has gone.
Glass, who was one of the most powerful figures in the Corrêa government at the time, was arrested on April 5 during an attack by Ecuadorian security forces on the Mexican Embassy in Quito on the orders of the current president. Daniel Noboa,
Glass was subjected to an arrest warrant and pre-trial detention in the case of reconstruction works after the strong 2016 earthquake, where he is accused of alleged embezzlement of public funds, although both he and Correa declared themselves victims of political persecution. We do. ,