Why FBI Raids the City Offices of Puerto Rico Mayor?

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The media provided a significant amount of focus for the mayor of San Juan in Puerto Rico. She assailed the U.S President Donald Trump over the government’s hurricane response. But there’s much less coverage of a raid by the FBI on the city government offices. San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz criticized the U.S president. She said about a lack of proper government response to Hurricane Maria, but the FBI is investigating the allegations that she or other government officials acted improperly when granting.

The spokesperson for FBI, Carlos Osorio informed the Washington Examiner that less than 50 agents, but at least 10 agents raided the municipal offices on Tuesday. He called the operation as “pretty big” and it was conducted over several hours. He indicated that this raid was targeting members of the city government, but not specific for the mayor.

Osorio said that they have received allegations that some officials have been fixing contracts using falsifying documents”. They were involved to do with federal funds because if not, we would not have any jurisdiction. He added, “They’re not directed at the mayor, but against people that work at the tower”.

Si alguien ha hecho algo incorrecto debe de ser sometido a un debido proceso y enfrentar las consecuencias de sus actos. 3/3

— Carmen Yulín Cruz (@CarmenYulinCruz) October 16, 2018

Mayor Cruz tweeted about the raid from her social media account in Spanish. Cruz wrote, “At this time, members of the FBI are intervening in the Municipal Tower of SJ. My instructions as always are of total collaboration. I have no more information right now. We all have a duty to work together to clarify this situation”.

A local reporter also posted a video of the raid to his social media account.

Decenas de agentes del FBI ocupan el 15to piso de la Torre Municipal. Asi llegaron esta mañana los federales. pic.twitter.com/z3h1CObwLp

— Luis Guardiola (@GuardiolaTwitt) October 16, 2018