Jury finds former Puerto Rican mayor guilty of corruption

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A federal jury has found a former Puerto Rican mayor guilty of bribery, extortion and conspiracy in the U.S territory’s latest government corruption case. Ángel Pérez Otero was mayor of the northern city of Guaynabo and president of Puerto Rico’s Mayors’ Federation. He was released on bail after the verdict in U.S. District Court late Wednesday. He is scheduled to be sentenced in August. Otero had been accused of accepting almost monthly payments of $5,000 in exchange for securing a more than $1 million road work contract for a local company. His attorney said he would appeal the ruling after Pérez is sentenced.