Puerto Rico Senator Among Eight Arrested in Raids by U.S. FBI
- Seven others also detained in pre-dawn sweep on island
- Abel Nazario asked to resign from ruling New Progressive Party
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The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested a Puerto Rico senator from the island’s ruling New Progressive Party for a second time in as many years, along with seven others in the latest corruption-related crackdown in U.S. territory, local media reported.
Abel Nazario, who represents an at-large district in Puerto Rico’s senate and previously served as mayor of the southern town of Yauco, had previously been arrested in September 2018 and charged with alleged payroll irregularities during his 2001-2017 tenure as Yauco’s mayor.