Puerto Rico's Justice Department is serving search warrants on some of the participants involved in a group chat with Gov. Ricardo Rosselló that helped spur days of protest on the island, a department spokeswoman said
Puerto Rico's Justice Department is serving search warrants Tuesday on some of the participants involved in a group chat with Gov. Ricardo Rosselló that helped spur days of protest on the island, a department spokeswoman said.
Last week, the department issued summonses for everyone involved in the private Telegram Messenger chat group with the governor, spokeswoman Mariana Cobian said. Though Cobian said all participants in the group were being summoned to appear before department officials over three days, she declined to provide a list of names.
Woman mentioned in Puerto Rico governor's chat messages speaks out 02:37A court authorized the warrants Monday and they are being served Tuesday, she said. She would not say how many warrants were issued. Demonstrations erupted on the island when Puerto Ricans -- already incensed over a floundering economy, corruption and the torpid pace of Hurricane Maria recovery -- learned of nearly 900 pages of leaked chats from the governor's private messaging group.
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