2 more Puerto Rico officials fired after warehouse break-in

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Gov. Wanda Vázquez fired the heads of Puerto Rico’s housing and family departments Sunday in the latest fallout over the discovery of a warehouse filled with emergency supplies dating from Hurricane Maria.

The removal of Housing Secretary Fernando Gil and Department of Family Secretary Glorimar Andújar came a day after the governor fired the director of Puerto Rico’s emergency management agency. Vázquez fired him hours after a Facebook video showed angry people breaking into the warehouse in an area where thousands have been in shelters since a recent earthquake.

“There have been actions by government officials that have been completely unacceptable,” the governor said Sunday.

Vázquez said she decided on the additional firings after meeting with leaders of her administration Sunday morning and officials were unable to provide information she requested about other collection and distribution centers.



A tent city set up by the US army reserve stands in Guanica, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. A 6.4 magnitude quake that toppled or damaged hundreds of homes in southwestern Puerto Rico is raising concerns about where displaced families will live, while the island still struggles to rebuild from Hurricane Maria two years ago. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)


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[AllaN01Bear]

1. grrr

[inwiththenew]

2. What an absolute clusterf*ck

[LiberalArkie]

3. I wonder if it is a FEMA warehouse. They used to set up warehouses to stock what might be

needed in an emergency. I remember way back Bush's FEMA director had New Orleans warehouses cleaned out. Stuff like flood gear, boats, etc was gotten rid of because it was determined that only Cipro, germ warfare materials etc were needed as the only emergency anyone faced was terrorism. Then came Katrina. So many people replaced, the local emergency people may have never known it was there.