Puerto Rico natural resources chief grilled over order to shelve probe targeting governor's in-laws

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Puerto Rico natural resources chief grilled over order to shelve probe targeting governor's in-laws

Puerto Rico senators have grilled the island’s newly designated natural resources chief after critics rebuked his recent decision to shelve a probe into allegations of illegal construction in a protected area.

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Quiles refutes allegations of attempting to benefit the governor’s relatives. – PR informa

-- Waldemar Quiles Pérez, the designated Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER), refuted on Tuesday accusations suggesting he manipulated the law for the benefit of the governor’s relatives when he enacted an executive order that legitimized their residence in a protected zone of La Parguera, a coastal region of Lajas. During a committee session, senators interrogated Quiles regarding the executive order he authorized, which cri…

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Puerto Rican senators questioned the island's newly appointed secretary of natural resources on Tuesday after critics attacked his decision to file an investigation into allegations of illegal construction in a protected area.

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EL CAPITOLIO – The designated secretary of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DRNA), Waldemar Quiles Pérez, claimed on Tuesday that administrative order 2025-001 gives the examining officers the power to determine whether the pending cases concerning La Parguera in Lajas are filed or continue. “Subparagraph F, he says, is directed to the Office of Examiners and Administrative Judges, to file cases related to the matters estab…

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The appointed secretary of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DRNA), Waldemar Quiles Pérez, said today that the case against the in-laws of Gov. Jenniffer González Colón for alleged environmental violations in La Parguera will not be filed. His assertion occurred during the Puerto Rico Senate's Total Commission, which was convened to clarify the motivations and scope of the administrative order 2025-01, signed by Quiles Pérez…