Former governor pleads not guilty
Published:Tuesday | February 10, 2009 | 1:09 PM
The former Governor of Puerto Rico Anibal Acevedo Vila has pleaded not guilty to charges of corruption.
Mr. Acevedo Vila faces nine criminal counts alleging that he violated laws in financing his campaigns for the island\'s non-voting seat in the US Congress in 2000 and 2002.
The court had earlier thrown out other charges related to accusations that he tried to obtain $7 million in public financing for his 2004 campaign for Governor.
Mr. Acevedo Vila is the first Puerto Rican governor to face federal charges, since the island became a US commonwealth in 1952.