Puerto Rico's governor fires the heads of the island's housing and family departments over the discovery of a warehouse filled with emergency supplies dating from Hurricane Maria. An emergency management official was fired earlier.
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.
“There have been actions by government officials that have been completely unacceptable,” the governor said Sunday. Vázquez did not elaborate on why Gil and Andújar were singled out, saying only that she had lost confidence in them. Ponce Mayor María Meléndez said she was outraged, noting that she and other mayors were trying to find basic supplies since the quake.
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