Pega'os en la mañana - Jueves, 9 de abril de 2026

·1 hr 14 min·5 clips

A 22-year-old influencer is arrested in Puerto Rico for allegedly giving false information to a police officer to create content for his Instagram page.

1. Pegados en la Mañana, hosted by Mili Mendes on Radio Isla, covers Puerto Rico news on Thursday, April 9, 2026. 2. Host Mili Mendes interviews multiple officials and civic leaders throughout the episode; journalist Jonathan Lebrón appears as a guest commentator on permits reform. 3. The episode functions as a news roundup covering law enforcement, university governance, press freedom, and police administration. 4. San Juan municipal police commissioner Juan Jackson explains the arrest of a 22-year-old American AI content creator who filed a false crime report to a municipal officer to generate social media content. 5. The 22-year-old had been creating AI-related content involving confrontations with law enforcement across multiple states; active warrants from Los Angeles and Florida will result in extradition. 6. Commissioner Jackson states the offense is a criminal violation of Puerto Rico's Penal Code and that the municipality will not tolerate use of official uniforms and resources to create prank content. 7. Jackson also announces 46 new cadets joining the San Juan municipal police force as part of the mayor's initiative to strengthen city security. 8. University of Puerto Rico student leaders Diamar Cruz and Eduard Maldonado describe their meeting with UPR president as a media performance: press was inside the room without prior notice and was filming live, which the students had not expected. 9. Students report that the evaluation documents justifying the mid-semester removal of five rectors were never provided, and most questions went unanswered; the students describe the meeting as the president 'justifying her own management.' 10. The UPR Río Piedras campus, described as the most historically significant and structurally deteriorated campus in the system, has infrastructure funded by FEMA reconstruction money administered by central administration, not the individual recinto. 11. A 72-hour student strike began at 4 a.m. the previous day, with a student assembly scheduled for the following week to determine whether to escalate. 12. Jonathan Lebrón discusses Puerto Rico's permits reform, contrasting the governor's 800-page detailed bill with the Senate president's shorter legislation that identifies and repeals obsolete regulations. 13. Lebrón argues that permitting failures stem from poorly trained staff who become reflexive opponents rather than facilitators, and from decades of layered laws and regulations that do not talk to each other. 14. A separate story covers the Comptroller's office: Carmen Vega Fournier has issued no audit reports in five months, coinciding with her tenure, and is reportedly rarely in the office and frequently traveling; the Comptroller also has a backlog in releasing public contracts. 15. The appellate court ruled unanimously that the Puerto Rico government may require journalists to hold a Dept. of State credential to enter La Fortaleza press conferences; all three judges were appointed by the New Progressive Party, one by Governor González. 16. CPI director Carla Minet states the original credential law was created only for parking placards and was never intended to allow the state to determine who qualifies as a journalist; the CPI plans to appeal to the Supreme Court. 17. Minet confirms CPI journalists have been selectively barred from La Fortaleza conferences since November of the previous year, while journalists from mainstream outlets without the credential enter freely. 18. Police superintendent Joseph González confirms the Puerto Rico Police budget is approximately $885 million; the department is fully current on overtime payments and will present a new budget to the legislature the following week. 19. González confirms Wanda Vásquez's five-officer, two-vehicle escort—costing approximately $100,000 annually—was removed the day after a previous media interview; former governors Pedro Pierluisi and Alejandro García Padilla retain their escorts. 20. Best suited for Puerto Rican audiences following island institutional news, press freedom cases, and law enforcement; not suited for listeners unfamiliar with Puerto Rico's political parties and government agencies.

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