Jailed former Ecuador VP on hunger strike taken to hospital

Glas, who is serving a six-year prison sentence for corruption, began a hunger-strike on October 21 after he was moved from a prison in the capital Quito to another in the southern town of Latacunga.

His health "has deteriorated a lot," his lawyer Eduardo Franco said.

Glas was taken to a hospital in Quito where Interior Minister Maria Paula Romo said security had been increased over "flight concerns."

Glas was jailed for receiving $13.5 million in bribes from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.