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Jorge Glas: what happened in the Odebrecht case (illicit association), also Sobornos 2012-2016 and Reconstrucción de Manabí cases case

Former vice president of Ecuador. The National Court of Justice found that Glas and his uncle Ricardo Rivera took part in an illicit association linked to Odebrecht contracts, according to Primicias.

Outcome todayAs of May 2026 Glas was held in Encuentro prison, serving the Odebrecht and Sobornos sentences, with a first-instance 13-year embezzlement sentence in the Reconstrucción de Manabí case also against him.

Every court stage

  1. Convicted of illicit association in the Odebrecht case and sentenced to six years in prison1,2Tribunal of the Corte Nacional de Justicia
  2. Sentenced to eight years for aggravated bribery in the Sobornos 2012-2016 case2
  3. Sentences unified, with the eight-year term absorbing the six-year Odebrecht term2Judge Melissa Muñoz
  4. Detained by police inside the Mexican embassy in Quito2
  5. Convicted by first-instance court of embezzlement (peculado) in the Reconstrucción de Manabí case and sentenced to 13 years, with US$250 million in joint reparation2,3Tribunal Penal de la Corte Nacional de Justicia (judges Mercedes Caicedo, Marco Rodríguez and Javier de la Cadena)
  6. Habeas corpus petition denied3Judge Jean Daniel Valverde
  7. Vistazo reported that the prison service (SNAI) rejected claims that he was in serious health in Encuentro prison4

Response

Glas said in December 2025 that he was subjected to cruel and degrading treatment in prison, according to Europa Press.

Sources

  1. Primicias, Odebrecht: Jorge Glas y Ricardo Rivera, únicos sentenciados que siguen presos (9 November 2021)
  2. El Diario (Ecuador), ¿Cuántas condenas por corrupción tiene Jorge Glas y qué penas ha recibido hasta la fecha? (30 June 2025)
  3. La Nación / Europa Press, Ecuador: La Justicia de Ecuador niega el habeas corpus al exvicepresidente Jorge Glas (Europa Press) (29 December 2025)
  4. Vistazo, SNAI descarta que Jorge Glas esté grave de salud en la Cárcel del Encuentro (topic page listing) (31 May 2026)