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The department didn’t audit thousands of stops made by its Community Response Team, which has a history of unconstitutional policing and has drawn hundreds of civilian complaints. ProPublica previously found the unit sidestepped oversight.
Un legislador dijo que la Cámara de Representantes tiene “un deber ineludible de investigar” después de que ProPublica reveló cómo se les dijo a los fiscales que dejaran de indagar en si la trama de drogas por votos estaba conectada a la gobernadora.
One said the territory’s House has “an inescapable duty to investigate” after the ProPublica report revealed how federal prosecutors had been told to stop looking into whether the scheme was linked to the island's newly elected governor.
En 2024, los fiscales federales investigaban "a toda vela" cómo una pandilla en PR les daba drogas a presos si votaban por la candidata a gobernadora, miembro del Partido Republicano. Cuando Trump ganó, la investigación desapareció.