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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
🚨Official: Rogelio Funes Mori joins León!
The rumors were true: Rogelio Funes Mori has ended his time with Pumas to take the next step in his career—Club León. In their signature style, the Esmeraldas announced the signing of the striker with a short film titled "My name is Fiera, 'La Fiera'," in which the mission was to find "the goal." Additionally, the video features the second reinforcement for the Panzas Verdes: Paolo Medina, Ismael Díaz, and Gael García. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here. 📸 VICTOR CRUZ - AFP or licensors
Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Ecuador court orders 13 more years in prison for former VP Glas
QUITO (Reuters) -An Ecuadorean court on Monday sentenced former vice president Jorge Glas to 13 additional years in prison for misusing public funds allocated to rebuild areas affected by a devastating 2016 earthquake. Glas, 55, is currently in prison serving out convictions in two prior corruption cases and had been due for release in little under three years, but the latest sentence would extend his incarceration until 2041. Carlos Bernal, a former official tasked with leading the reconstruction work in the western Manabi and Esmeraldas provinces, was also given 13 more years. The court said it had applied the maximum possible sentence. The funds for the reconstruction had been raised through taxes, and a judge in the case said there were indications Glas committed embezzlement by using funds earmarked for reconstruction for other unrelated projects. Glas' lawyer argued there was no evidence of misappropriation of public funds for personal benefit or that of third parties, nor harm to the national treasury, and said the case is being used as a tool of political persecution. Glas, who served as vice president under Rafael Correa from 2013 to 2017, was captured by Ecuadorean authorities following a raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito last year, which led to the severing of diplomatic ties between Ecuador and Mexico.
ABC News
01-07-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
Ecuador's former vice-president Jorge Glas sentenced after dramatic embassy raid
An Ecuadorian court has sentenced former vice president Jorge Glas to 13 additional years in prison for misusing public funds allocated to rebuild areas affected by a devastating 2016 earthquake. Glas, 55, is currently in prison serving out convictions in two prior corruption cases and had been due for release in little under three years. However, Monday's sentence means his jail time is extended until 2041. The court said it had applied the maximum possible sentence. The politician, who had served as vice president under the leftist Rafael Correa, was captured by Ecuadorian authorities following a raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito last year. The raid led to the severing of diplomatic ties between Ecuador and Mexico, and prompted Mexico to put in a complaint to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Mexico maintained Ecuador violated international law by breaching the embassy, while Ecuador accused its counterpart of illegally granting asylum to Glas. Glas's court case had revolved around the reconstruction work carried out after a devastating earthquake in Ecuador's coastal provinces of Manabi and Esmeraldas in 2016, which left nearly 700 people dead. The Supreme Court in Quito ruled that Glas did not use the millions of dollars collected from Ecuadorian taxes towards the reconstruction for that purpose. Some of the money was used to build a bridge in a remote area far from the disaster zone. Carlos Bernal, a former official tasked with leading the reconstruction work, was also given 13 more years in jail. Glas's lawyer argued there was no evidence of misappropriation of public funds for personal benefit or that of third parties, nor harm to the national treasury. During the trial, Glas insisted he had no access to the earthquake reconstruction fund and did not manage contracts awarded by the reconstruction committee. He has long argued that he is a "politically persecuted person". Supporters were quick to condemn the court ruling. Sacha Llorenti, General Coordinator of the International Commitee for the Freedom of Jorge Glas, called it "outrageous and abhorrent". "Without evidence, political decisions are being made to keep Jorge as a political prisoner," he wrote on social media. Outside of court, Glas's defence lawyer Andrés Villegas told reporters the "dignity" of the nation's criminal justice system had been "buried" with the sentence. In 2017, Glas was removed through a decree of Correa's successor Lenín Moreno. Shortly after his removal, Glas was sentenced to six years in prison for leading a million-dollar corruption network between politicians and embattled construction company Odebrecht. The Odebrecht scandal — named after Latin America's largest construction conglomerate — is labelled by the region's legal advocates as one of the "largest transnational bribery schemes ever uncovered". In 2020, Glas was found guilty for his role in a separate scheme where he collected bribes in exchange for issuing public contracts between 2012 and 2016. He was sentenced to eight years in jail. In 2022, an Ecuadorian judge ordered Glas be released from prison, after his lawyers claimed Glas was not safe behind bars. It was after this he sought refuge in Mexico's Quito embassy. ABC/Wires
Yahoo
17-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Ecuador pipeline burst stops flow of crude
Ecuador's state energy company said it stopped pumping oil through the country's main pipeline Monday due to a rupture in a section running through the Amazon. "The valves have been closed and oil pumping has been suspended," Petroecuador said in a statement. The company blamed the incident on a landslide and it was not immediately clear if a spill occurred. In a statement issued Monday night, the company said it doesn't immediately foresee shutting down oil wells. The "Trans-Ecuadorian" pipeline has a capacity to pump 360,000 barrels a day. In March, more than 25,000 barrels spilled in the northwestern coastal province of Esmeraldas. Oil is one of Ecuador's primary exports. Last year, the country sold $8.6 billion worth of crude oil. In 2024, Ecuador produced an average of 475,000 barrels a day, of which more than 70 percent was exported. Almost half of the exports go to North America. pld/arb/sms/sla/md
Free Malaysia Today
30-05-2025
- Business
- Free Malaysia Today
Ecuador declares emergency at fire-hit oil refinery
The fire has caused extensive damage at the massive plant in the northwestern Esmeraldas province. (AP pic) QUITO : Ecuador today declared an emergency at the country's main oil refinery, where a fuel tank fire halted operations earlier this week, the state oil company Petroecuador said. Petroecuador said the fire that erupted Monday had caused extensive damage at the massive plant in the northwestern Esmeraldas province, near the border with Colombia. Two fuel oil tanks and an electrical substation at the plant – which can refine 110,000 barrels per day into gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and domestic gas – had been impaired. 'This forced the emergency shutdown of key units and auxiliary steam and power systems,' the plant operator said. No one was hurt in the blaze, and Petroecuador did not specify the amount of fuel that was in the tank when the fire broke out. But it cautioned that the fire erupted near two tanks that can store up to 2,544 cubic metres of fuel. To address the dangerous situation, the company said that the Esmeraldas Refinery had today 'declared an emergency operation to allow for urgent repairs and the restoration of operating conditions as quickly as possible'. The 60-day operation would facilitate the allocation of funds without bureaucratic procedures, it said. Ecuador is one of South America's top oil producers and is heavily reliant on its petroleum exports for revenue. Petroecuador did not specify how long the stocks at its distribution centres would last. Ecuador has two other refineries, with respective capacity for 45,000 and 20,000 barrels per day. The government said in a statement Monday that 'the supply of fuel is completely guaranteed throughout the country' despite the fire.
