Miguel Ortiz Vélez | |
Order: | Mayor of Sabana Grande |
Term Start: | January 14, 1993 |
Term End: | July 7, 2018 |
Term Start2: | July 7, 2018 |
Predecessor2: | Noel Matías Norelli |
Successor2: | Noel Matías Norelli |
Birth Date: | November 5, 1957 |
Party: | Popular Democratic Party (PPD) |
Miguel Gabriel "Papín" Ortiz Veléz is a Puerto Rican politician, who served as mayor of Sabana Grande, from 1993 to 2018. Ortiz was affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD).[1] [2]
In 2018, U.S. Federal authorities accused Veléz of defrauding the government of millions of dollars in a scheme that lasted from 2013 to 2016.[3]