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Puerto Rico Department of Sports and Recreation
Departamento de Recreación y Deportes de Puerto Rico
Department overview
FormedJune 13, 1980; 44 years ago (1980-06-13)
Jurisdictionexecutive branch
HeadquartersSan Juan, PR
Department executive
Key document
Websitewww.drd.pr.gov
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The Puerto Rico Department of Sports and Recreation (Spanish: Departamento de Recreaci�n y Deportes de Puerto Rico) is the executive department of the government of Puerto Rico responsible of sports and recreation in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.[1]

The department's headquarters complex is located in Santurce on the banks of the Mart�n Pe�a Channel in Santurce, Puerto Rico.

In January 2021, Ray Qui�ones was designated by Governor Pedro Pierluisi as Secretary of the department.[2]

History

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In October 2008 governor An�bal Acevedo Vil�  inaugurated the new headquarters of the agency on the site of a former slum known as "El Fanguito" in San Juan at a cost of $24 million.[3]

In June 2017 the FBI informed it had indicted seven individuals linked to a $9.8 million for money laundering and fraud while working for the agency from 2013 to 2016.[3][4] Former secretary of the agency Ram�n Orta was among those arrested.[5] In January 2021 Orta was sentenced to six months in prison after pleading guilty.[5]

Secretary

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Main articles: Secretary of Sports and Recreation of Puerto Rico and List of Secretaries of Sports and Recreation of Puerto Rico

References

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  1. ^ "DEPARTAMENTO DE RECREACION Y DEPORTES". Government of Puerto Rico. Archived from the original on November 7, 2004. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  2. ^ "Con las manos llenas Ray Qui�ones, el secretario designado para dirigir el DRD". El Nuevo D�a (in Spanish). 2021-01-03. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  3. ^ a b "Nueva sede para el deporte y la recreaci�n". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 2008-10-27. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  4. ^ InterNewsService. "Director del FBI: "Sabemos qui�nes son"". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  5. ^ a b Services, Inter News. "Federales arrestan a exsecretario de Recreaci�n y Deportes". Metro (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-09-06.


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