Ecuador asks to enter Mexico embassy, arrest former Ecuador VP

QUITO/MEXICO CITY, March 1 (Reuters) - Ecuador has requested Mexico's permission to enter that country's embassy in Quito and arrest former Ecuadorean Vice-President Jorge Glas, the Ecuadorean Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

Glas, convicted twice for corruption, asked Mexico for political asylum in December, arguing he is being persecuted by the attorney general's office.