Ecuador recalled its ambassador from Colombia after Colombian President Gustavo Petro called former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas a political prisoner suffering severe malnutrition in prison. Glas is serving multiple sentences totaling over 27 years for corruption convictions, including a 2017 sentence for accepting $13.5 million in bribes as part of the Odebrecht scandal. Ecuador's right-wing President Daniel Noboa denounced such characterizations as assaults on Ecuador's sovereignty, escalating tensions with left-wing Petro, who granted Glas Colombian citizenship in September 2025 and demanded his transfer to Colombian custody. The dispute follows Ecuador's controversial April 2024 raid on Mexico's embassy in Quito to arrest Glas, who had sought asylum there, prompting Mexico to sever diplomatic relations that remain broken today.
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