Puerto Rico emergency director fired after residents discover warehouse full of Hurricane Maria supplies

Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced fired the island’s emergency manager, hours after a warehouse filled with supplies was discovered.

…Carlos Acevedo, [the] director of Puerto Rico’s Office of Emergency Management, was dismissed Saturday. The governor appointed Maj. Gen. José J. Reyes, the adjutant general of the Puerto Rico National Guard, to replace him.

Earlier on Saturday, numerous pallets of water and other boxes with emergency supplies were found at a warehouse in the earthquake ravaged city of Ponce.

…The emergency aid is believed to be from when Hurricane Maria hit the island two years ago, the governor said.

Puerto Rico emergency director fired after residents discover warehouse full of Hurricane Maria supplies – CNN

wonder how he got the job…

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