On June 30, 2025, former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas was sentenced to 13 additional years in prison for diverting millions of dollars collected through taxes—funds intended for reconstruction after the 2016 earthquake—toward projects unrelated to the disaster zone, such as a bridge in a remote area. Already serving sentences from two prior corruption cases, Glas will now remain imprisoned until 2041. His lawyer denied any personal gain or harm to the national treasury, while Glas maintained that he was being politically persecuted.
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