Former Ecuador VP asks for asylum in Mexico -lawyer

Ecuadorean Vice President Jorge Glas reacts as he arrives to court, to attend his trial on bribery from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, in Quito, Ecuador, December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Daniel Tapia/File Photo

QUITO (Reuters) - Former Ecuadorean Vice President Jorge Glas, convicted twice for corruption, has asked Mexico for political asylum, arguing that he is being persecuted by the attorney general's office, his lawyer said on Friday.

Glas, who was vice president under the leftist government of Rafael Correa between 2013 and 2017, has been inside the Mexican embassy in Quito as a "guest" since the weekend.