Puerto Rico Emergency Services Director Fired Over Wasted Disaster Aid

Police arrive as people break into a warehouse filled with supplies in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on Jan. 18, 2020. Ricardo Arduengo/AFP/Getty Images

The governor of Puerto Rico fired the island’s emergency manager after the discovery of a warehouse full of disaster aid supplies dating back to Hurricane Maria in 2017.

Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced dismissed Carlos Acevedo, director of Puerto Rico’s Office of Emergency Management, hours after the items were found on Jan. 18.