ALBA-TCP and the international community demand the release of Jorge Glass

Published at: 05/05/2024 12:29 PM

The international community and countries that make up the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples' Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP), signed a letter demanding the release of the former president of Ecuador, Jorge Glass.

The information was provided by the Executive Secretary of ALBA-TCP, Jorge Arreaza, in his account on the social network X, in which he said that “former presidents, politicians, academics, social activists and artists from several countries signed this letter requesting the release of the former vice-president of Ecuador, Jorge Glas.”

“We demand respect for international law and an immediate return to the existing situation prior to the assault against the Mexican Embassy, restoring the status of political asylum and the corresponding international protection,” Arreaza said in his message.

In the document, they denounce the current president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, for ordering the arrest of Glas at the Mexican Embassy in Quito.

“This invasion of Mexican territory was aimed at the kidnapping of Jorge Glas, former Ecuadorian vice-president who had been judicially and politically persecuted for seven years (a time that he spent mostly in prison) and who was in the capacity of political asylum in that diplomatic headquarters,” the letter states.

At the most recent Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), and at the ALBA-TCP Summit, “several regional leaders spoke out very clearly, advocating for the freedom of Jorge Glas.”

Glas was kidnapped through violent actions and was the victim of torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. “Right now, he is suffering constant death threats and his environment of family members, lawyers and colleagues is constantly harassed and intimidated,” they reported in the letter.

In this regard, the countries that make up the ALBA-TCP warn that this situation threatens the stability of the region, and therefore they demand that the protection that corresponds to Jorge Glas as part of international law prevails.

The letter requests the delivery of the corresponding safe conduct so that the former Ecuadorian vice-president can move safely to Mexican territory.