People gather along a main highway during a protest calling for the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rossello in San Juan, Puerto Rico July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Alejandro Granadillo NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
SAN JUAN (Reuters) - Police in San Juan fired tear gas on Monday night to disperse thousands of protestors demanding Puerto Rico's governor resign over offensive chat messages, the latest scandal to hit a bankrupt island struggling to recover from 2017 hurricanes.
Police moved in at around 11 p.m. to break up protestors still on the streets of San Juan's old city following day-long demonstrations by hundreds of thousands of residents, according to tweets and videos from the scene.
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