Puerto Rican officials on Tuesday were executing search warrants for the mobile ...
SAN JUAN - Puerto Rican officials on Tuesday were executing search warrants for the mobile phones of top associates of Governor Ricardo Rosselló amid a corruption scandal that provoked 10 days of protests demanding his resignation and took a toll on tourism.
A first-term governor in his first elected office, the 40-year-old Rosselló has thus far resisted calls to step down as leader of the U.S. territory, though he said in an online video message on Sunday that he would resign as leader of his political party and not seek reelection in 2020. The publication on July 13 of chat messages in which Rosselló and top aides used profane and sometimes violent language to describe female politicians as well as singer Ricky Martin unleashed simmering resentment over his handling of devastating hurricanes in 2017, alleged corruption in his administration and the island’s bankruptcy process.
Police fired tear gas to disperse crowds late Monday and early Tuesday while protesters threw bottles and other objects during protests aimed at forcing Rosselló to resign.“I used words that I apologized for but I’ve also taken significant actions in the direction of helping vulnerable sectors,” Rosselló told Fox News, explaining he had made policy changes significant to women and the LGBTQ community.
San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz, an opposition politician running for governor in 2020, said Rosselló had run out of time.
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