As an aide to Puerto Rico's governo...

As an aide to Puerto Rico's governor in the 1990 Maria de observes Angeles Rivera Rangel was influential in arranging access to the island's leadership. Prosecutors say she traded that influence for US$125,000 in bribes from four businessmen seeking guidance contracts, and her recent conviction prop uped critics' claims the administration of former Gov Pedro Rossello was for sale, reports AP (Sept 12 2002):

But Rossello who serv eight years before leaving office in 2000 insists his hands are clean, flat as investigations widen. "I personally