ARMED FEDERAL AGENTS ENTER WAREHOUSE IN PUERTO RICO TO SEIZE HOARDED ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT

[endicom]

The Intercept
Kate Aronoff
Jan. 10, 2017


ON SATURDAY, A day after becoming aware of a massive store of rebuilding materials being held by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, the U.S. federal government — the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, along with their security detail — entered a Palo Seco warehouse owned by the public utility to claim and distribute the equipment, according to a spokesperson for the Corps.

Rumors of a tense standoff had been circulating on the island, but the encounter was confirmed to The Intercept in a statement from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Asked if the federal officers were armed when they entered the warehouse, USACE spokesperson Luciano Vera said they were indeed accompanied by security detail and quickly began distributing the material after seizing it. Vera declined to say whether there was a confrontation at the entrance, saying only that PREPA officials ultimately toured the warehouse along with the feds:

More... https://theintercept.com/2018/01/10/puerto-rico-electricity-prepa-hurricane-maria/

[endicom]

Corruption reaches a point where all must serve the corrupt.

[dfwgator]

Corruption reaches a point where all must serve the corrupt.

But of course, it's still Trump's fault.

[endicom]

But of course, it's still Trump's fault.

As we knew it would be.

In fact, the response was as good as possible but the situation hopeless. Too many people there are invested in failure.

[sneakypete]

Odd  how they report on the political corruption,yet fail to identify the political party the corrupt belong to,ain't it?

[Frank Cannon]

Puerto Rico is a shithole.

[sneakypete]

Puerto Rico is a shithole.

@Frank Cannon

Which is why most PR's move to NYC. They feel right at home.

[driftdiver]

Puerto Rico is a shithole.

@Frank Cannon

So lets give em $94Billion dollars

[Frank Cannon]

@Frank Cannon

So lets give em $94Billion dollars

Why not. Either give it to them there or they move here and suck it up in welfare. My Rican tenants brag to me about all the different programs they sponge money off of. It is a matter of pride for them.

[dfwgator]

@Frank Cannon

So lets give em $94Billion dollars

Give PR back to Spain.

[WingNot]

Give PR back to Spain.

Oy Vey  Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria.

[sneakypete]

Why not. Either give it to them there or they move here and suck it up in welfare. My Rican tenants brag to me about all the different programs they sponge money off of. It is a matter of pride for them.

@Frank Cannon

LOTS of PR's were pissed when they got drafted into the Army during the VN war. Seemed like they all suddenly forgot how to speak English,other than the phrase,"Iz not my yob,mans!"

[sneakypete]

Give PR back to Spain.

@dfwgator

Better  yet,give it to Venezuela or Cuba. Either would be a natural fit,and hasten the death of communist countries in our hemisphere.

[mountaineer]

Which is why most PR's move to NYC. They feel right at home.

I guess the cold weather is the only thing that prevents a mass migration to Detroit, then.

[libertybele]

Gee ... sounds like Ricardo Rossello is doing a great job for his fellow Puerto Ricans.  Interesting how the MSM was all over Trump for his failure of humanitarian efforts there, but somehow they've failed to report on this.

[libertybele]

I guess the cold weather is the only thing that prevents a mass migration to Detroit, then.

Nah, too many Muslims!  Detroit ... the cesspool of Michigan.