SAN JUAN ¨C Police in San Juan fired tear gas on Monday night to disperse thousands of protesters demanding Puerto Rico¡¯s governor resign over offensive chat messages, the latest scandal to hit a bankrupt island struggling to recover from 2017 hurricanes.
Police moved in at around 11 p.m. to break up protesters still on the streets of San Juan¡¯s old city following daylong demonstrations by hundreds of thousands of residents, according to tweets and videos from the scene.
Governor Ricardo Rossello on Sunday said he would not seek re-election next year and would step down as head of the New Progressive Party but the concessions failed to appease demonstrators, who called for him to immediately surrender the governorship.
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