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This morning federal agents have arrested five persons linked to Puerto Rico Governor Anibal Acevedo-Vilá. Late Tuesday, a federal Grand Jury returned sealed indictements after a three year long investigation on the campaign finances of the Governor and his party. Sources say that eight other persons are going to be arrested today, including the Governor and other top party officials. The probe also includes campaign finance schemes which originated in Philadelphia. Governor Acevedo is affiliated with the Democrat Party and is a Barack Obama supporter. Developing...

(English-language translation) Ramón "Moncho" Velasco, former campaign treasurer for [Governor] Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, was summoned to FBI offices today in relation to the Grand Jury's investigation into donations the former Resident Commissioner's campaign committee received in 2002, sources to EL VOCERO confirmed. EL VOCERO sources point out that the federal authorities are investigating how much the Governor knew and his participation in [the collection of] donations for his political campaign. Since the federal investigation into the Acevedo campaign's collection of electoral funds became public, Popular Democratic Party officials have said that they do not know Velasco's whereabouts. Federal Elections Commission...

(English-language translation) Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Internal Revenue Service interviewed Popular Democratic Party (PPD) Executive Director Aníbal José Torres yesterday and submitted two information requests to the State Elections Commission (CEE) related to the investigation [a] Grand Jury is conducting on Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá’s 2000 campaign. EL VOCERO learned that the Federal Grand Jury’s information requirements were signed by U.S. Attorney María Domínguez and give the PPD a July 15 deadline to produce the documentation. In the case of the information requirements to the CEE, all documents from the PPD’s political action committees...