Countryside Management Association News

An attempted robbery at Puerto Rico's Department of Natural Resources led to a shootout that killed two park rangers who were serving as guards on Tuesday, March 23rd. Police said the rangers apparently confronted attackers who jumped a fence at the government building shortly after midnight, leading to the shootout in which one of the invaders also was wounded. A witness' telephone call led police to arrest three suspects, one of whom was hospitalized with a gunshot wound. Officers said they found the gun of one of the slain guards in the suspects' car. Union leaders who represent park rangers blamed the department's secretary for their deaths, saying layoffs of thousands of government workers had led the agency to use rangers in a job they are not trained for.