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The former vice president of Ecuador<\/a><\/span> who was detained last year during a highly criticized police raid on Mexico\u2019s embassy in the South American country was sentenced Monday to 13 years in prison.<\/p>\n Jorge Glas had been accused of misusing public funds intended for the reconstruction of two provinces affected by an earthquake in 2016. The quake devastated communities and killed hundreds of people.<\/p>\n Glas became vice president in 2013, during the presidency of Rafael Correa, and was removed from that position in January 2018, when he was charged in a corruption case tied to the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.<\/p>\n Judge Mercedes Caicedo said the funds for reconstruction efforts following the earthquake were allocated to \u201cuseless, unusable and unnecessary buildings\u201d disregarding the law, and above all, \u201cwith complete disrespect for the victims.\u201d<\/p>\n The court also barred Glas from ever holding public office and fined him $28,800.<\/p>\n Glas is already in a maximum-security prison serving time in two other corruption cases. He was detained in April 2024 when police stormed Mexico\u2019s embassy in Ecuador\u2019s capital, Quito, hours after he had been granted asylum.<\/p>\n The embassy raid sparked outrage among world leaders, who criticized Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n