Puerto Rico Morning Brief Sunday, October 25, 2026

Agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) pointed pepper spray and a taser at the faces of two members of the Colectiva Feminista en Construcción on Saturday afternoon, October 24, in Río Piedras, according to Shariana Ferrer Núñez, the group’s co-founder and spokesperson. Ferrer Núñez said she and a colleague went to Arzuga street to document the scene after an ICE operation there. They had learned of it through community messages while taking part in a climate change activity with a youth group called "Hormigas bravas." By the time they arrived, the agents appeared to have finished and taken people away. She said the group does not know who or how many.

More than a hundred people protested on Saturday, October 24, in front of the LUMA Energy central offices in Santurce, San Juan, over electricity costs and grid failures. Christian Delgado Ortiz organized the protest. He said high energy costs and the economic crisis forced him to close his Bayamón car paint-correction and detailing business in September. Residential customers began paying a record 33.86 cents per kilowatt hour in October. The Energy Bureau accepted most of LUMA’s adjustment request on September 30, based on fuel costs reported by Genera PR.

The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, created under the federal PROMESA law, authorized the disbursement of $20 million for the Ama de Llaves (Housekeeper) program in 65 towns. A letter from the board’s executive director, posted on the board’s website, says the program helps eligible people with hygiene, nutrition, health and home management. San Sebastián and Juana Díaz each received $550,000, the most of any town. Río Grande received $499,800, Cabo Rojo $494,000 and Isabela $492,100.

Denis Márquez Lebrón, the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) spokesman in the House of Representatives, announced a measure to cancel all Puerto Rico government contracts with New Fortress Energy and its subsidiaries. The measure would also begin an orderly transition to replace that contractual relationship. House Joint Resolution 427 would order the Ports Authority, the Public-Private Partnerships Authority and the Electric Power Authority (PREPA) to terminate their contracts with NFEnergía LLC. It also calls for protecting San Juan Bay’s strategic infrastructure.

A suspicious object detected in Terminal A at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan set off a security situation. Terminal A. Aerostar Puerto Rico reported that the Police’s specialized explosives unit was at the airport handling it. As a precaution, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) inspection services and airline check-in counter operations were temporarily moved to the central area of Terminal B. No flights had been affected.

Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz responded to Supreme Court Chief Justice Maite D. Oronoz Rodríguez after she urged Gov. Jenniffer González Colón to veto Senate Bill 1096, known as the Judicial Reform. Rivera Schatz began by expressing "respect and deference" for Oronoz Rodríguez and her office. He then told her that if she believes the bill harms the constitutional order, she should challenge it in the courts once the controversy is ripe.