Ecuador’s arrested former vice-president taken to hospital

Jorge Glas brought to naval hospital from maximum security prison three days after his controversial capture in Mexican embassy

Ecuador's former vice-president Jorge Glas has reportedly been taken to hospital from the maximum security jail where he was being held - three days after the politician was captured inside Mexico's embassy in Quito during a police raid that drew outrage across Latin America.

Glas, 54, was sent to the Alcatraz-inspired prison La Roca (the Rock) in Guayaquil on Saturday, one day after being detained by Ecuadorian security forces inside the Mexican mission where he had sought asylum.