Puerto Rico's eighth elected governor Anibal Acevedo Vila delivers remarks after taking the oath of office in San Juan, Puerto Rico in this January 2, 2005 file photo. Acevedo Vila and 12 political associates in the Caribbean island and on the U.S. mainland were charged with election funding fraud in an indictment unsealed on March 27, 2008. The charges said Acevedo Vila collected illegal contributions and spent far more than he reported during his election campaigns from 1999 to 2004. REUTERS/Ana Martinez/Files (UNITED STATES)
This is par for the course in PR. If ever our little Third World colony ever becomes a state, the best that could be said is that it would make New Jersey look like a paragon in ethics.