America accused former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa of ​​corruption and banned him from entering the country.

The US State Department announced this Wednesday that it bans the entry into the country of former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa (2007-2017) and former Vice President Jorge Glas, whom it accuses of involvement in corruption cases.

State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement that Correa and Glas “are not eligible to enter the United States due to their involvement in significant acts of corruption during their tenure.”

According to the Joe Biden administration, Ecuador’s former president and his ‘number two’ abused their public positions by “taking bribes in exchange for the awarding of favorable government contracts.”

The United States Embassy in Ecuador said in a later statement that the ban imposed on Correa and Glaswegians from entering its territory also applies to their closest relatives.

In Correa’s case, the sanctions also include his wife Anne Malherbe, a Belgian national, and his adult children Sophia, Anne-Dominique and Raphaël.

As for Glass, the ban would also apply to his wife, Cynthia Diaz, and his son, George Glass Diaz.

Correa, who ruled from 2007 to 2017 as one of the leaders of the Latin American left, has been living since the end of his term in Belgium, which granted him political asylum in 2022, before Ecuador’s National Court Had requested his extradition.