QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A former Ecuadorean vice president convicted in Latin America's biggest graft scandal has reportedly been rushed to a hospital after over two weeks on a hunger strike.

Ex-President Rafael Correa wrote on Twitter Tuesday evening that Jorge Glas is being hospitalized following a decline in his health.

No information has been provided by the government.

Glas declared a hunger strike in October in protest of his transfer to a high-security prison. A nonprofit human rights group that recently visited Glas noted that his health was declining but that he'd refused hospitalization.

Glas was sentenced to six years in 2017 after his conviction on charges he orchestrated a plot to receive millions in bribes from Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht. He claims the charges against his amount to a political persecution.