Ángel Pérez Otero, a former mayor in Puerto Rico, was sentenced to over five years in prison for conspiracy, bribery, and extortion in a federal crackdown on government corruption.

Caught on film, Ángel Pérez Otero was found guilty for crimes involving awarding contracts and expediting invoice payments in exchange for cash in a bribery scheme running from late 2019 through May 2021. This sentence is part of significant federal efforts targeting government corruption in Puerto Rico, marking Pérez as one among several ex-mayors recently sentenced in similar cases.