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This Monday, the government of Mexico submitted a formal request to its Ecuadorian counterpart to obtain a safe-conduct for the former vice-president of that country, Jorge Glal, which would allow him to leave prison, be transferred to a third country and then receive protection from Mexico as an asylum seeker. teleSUR

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00:00In Mexico, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed that President Andrés Manuel López
00:03Obrador requested Ecuador to grant a safe conduct for former Ecuadorian Vice President
00:08Jorge Glass due to his critical health condition.
00:11This is the first formal request for Quito to hand over Glass, accused of corruption
00:15whose case led to the rupture of relations between Mexico and Ecuador on April 5th after
00:20Ecuadorian security forces raided the Mexican embassy in Ecuador to capture the former Vice
00:25President.
00:26Mexico also requested that while the safe conduct is being processed, Glass be released
00:30from prison and transferred to a place where his critical health condition will be attended.

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