Ecuador’s Vice President Is Jailed in Bribery Investigation<br />The jailing of Mr. Glas will also have implications for politics within Ecuador, where President Lenin Moreno, who took<br />office this year, has sought to break from his predecessor, Rafael Correa, who governed the country for a decade.<br />In August, Mr. Moreno stripped Mr. Glas of nearly all powers as vice president, after Mr. Glas criticized him.<br />The authorities in Peru have jailed Ollanta Humala, a former president, in relation to an investigation there, while prosecutors in Colombia said this year<br />that the company might have donated to a past presidential campaign.<br />The authorities ordered Vice President Jorge Glas, 48, held in pretrial detention on Monday night and froze his assets.<br />3, 2017<br />BOGOTÁ, Colombia — A scandal involving a Brazilian construction giant has widened with the jailing<br />of Ecuador’s vice president as part of an investigation into accusations of bribery.<br />Shortly before surrendering to the authorities on Monday night, Mr. Glas released a video statement saying<br />that he had done nothing wrong and that the accusations were motivated by politics.
