QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's Supreme Court ordered Monday that Vice President Jorge Glas be held in jail while he is investigated for allegedly taking bribes from a Brazilian construction giant involved in a sprawling regional graft scandal.

Judge Miguel Jurado accepted a request from prosecutors that Glas be detained to guard against any attempt to escape. Until Monday's ruling Glas was been free but barred from leaving the country.

Glas went on Twitter to call the order an "infamous attack" but said he has faith the justice system will exonerate him.

Glas is highest-ranking official in Ecuador to be investigated for allegedly receiving some of the $33 million that the Odebrecht construction company has acknowledged paying in exchange for contracts. He denies any wrongdoing and has refused to resign.