President-elect Obama isn’t the only one making questionable choices in his political appointments. Puerto Rico’s Governor-elect Luis Fortuño chose the current assistant director of the FBI in Puerto Rico, José Figueroa Sancha, to head the island’s police force, further blurring the line between P.R.’s ability to govern it’s internal affairs and the reality of it’s status as a U.S. colony.

The history of the FBI in Puerto Rico has been one comparable to the master keeping his slaves in check, using murder as an example and as a threat over the island’s population. Take the case of Cerro Maravilla and most recently the political assassination of Filiberto Ojeda Rios, where it is more than likely that José Figueroa Sancha participated in at some capacity.