Protesters targeted with tear gas as they call for ouster of Puerto Rico governor

After a day of largely peaceful demonstrations, masses of protesters were met with tear gas in San Juan late Monday as they called for the ousting of embattled Gov. Ricardo Rossello.

The dark turn late Monday was in stark contrast to a day of mostly celebratory protests against Rossello. Another protester, Angel Torres, told ABC News that demonstrators are fed up with Rossello and his inner circle. He added that he has made policy changes that are significant for women, the LGBT community and for other sectors of the population that are recognized as some of the most vulnerable in Puerto Rico.

But according to the Recovery Support Function Leadership Group, which is part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Congress has allocated $42.5 billion to disaster relief for Puerto Rico. But the island had received less than $14 billion through May. Lebron, who was also born and raised in Puerto Rico, said the leaked text messages of Rossello and his inner circle using offensive language to demean Puerto Rican citizens was just the last straw in a series of debacles and scandals.

Organizers claimed that 500,000 people, including singer Ricky Martin, participated in Wednesday's protest.Protesters seize freewayBy 10 a.m. Monday, the crowd had swelled to tens of thousands of protesters who began marching en masse from the Hiram Bithorn Stadium south of the San Juan business district to a major freeway nearby, where they stopped traffic -- an attempt to cripple business in the downtown area.

Demonstrations are also expected to spread to New York City, where protesters are planning to gather in Columbus Circle in Manhattan on Monday afternoon to join the calls for Rossello's resignation.

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