A committee advocating for the release of former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas request that an independent medical team assess his health in prison, saying it has deteriorated and that he is at risk of a new suicide attempt. Glas, 54, had taken refuge in the Mexican Embassy in Quito when Ecuadorian security forces raided the building on April 5 and detained him on corruption charges, leading to a break in diplomatic relations between the two nations. He was later held in a maximum security prison in Guayaquil, a port city in western Ecuador. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES