Breaking: Governor Acevedo Vila charged with corruption

[RB TexLa]

By MANUEL ERNESTO RIVERA, Associated Press Writer 8 minutes ago

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A law enforcement official says Puerto Rico's governor has been charged in a long-running public corruption probe in the U.S. island territory.

A law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Thursday that Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila is among several people named in a sealed indictment.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the indictment is still sealed.

An FBI spokesman in San Juan declined to comment, saying there would be a news conference later to discuss the first arrests in the probe.

A government official in San Juan also said Acevedo would be charged in the indictment and that the governor's attorneys were expected to appear in court later Thursday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080327/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/puerto_rico_governor_2

[zanne]

1. Is this "nab a governor" month? nt

[leftofcool]

2. looks like it

[Kittycat]

3. Bush is trying to clear the ranks before he's gone.

[tekisui]

5. Governors and Mayors.

[C_U_L8R]

4. more wiretapping?

[leftofcool]

7. But wire tapping is our friend,

after all, aren't we stopping terrorist attacks with it. Oh, wait a minute, that's governors with loose peckers we need to prevent, not terrorist attacks.

[Solly Mack]

6. good thing that indictment is sealed

[RB TexLa]

8. Updated: Governor charged with 18 counts

I'm sure there our ethics loving folks here will be soon saying he needs to resign and let a Republican take over "in the name of ethics!"



Puerto Rican governor faces 18 counts
By MANUEL ERNESTO RIVERA
The Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico --
Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila is among several people named in a sealed indictment, officials said Thursday, as U.S. authorities made the first arrests in a long-running probe into his party's finances.

An Associated Press reporter saw at least five officials from the Popular Democratic Party as they were led in handcuffs into the U.S. federal building in San Juan.

An FBI spokesman declined to provide any details, saying there would be news conference later.

Acevedo has said previously that he was a focus of the grand jury probe but he was not among those seen in custody. His spokeswoman said he was still home sleeping at the time of the early morning arrests as far as she knew.

A law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the indictment was still sealed, told The Associated Press that Acevedo was among several people named in the indictment.

A government official also said Acevedo would be charged in the indictment and that the governor's attorneys were expected to appear in court later Thursday. The official also spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case.

http://www.charlotte.com/nation/story/554739.html