San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz charged Friday that the slow aid response and bureaucratic snarls of FEMA have forced her to put out a global “mayday” for Puerto Rico or risk food and water shortages that edge the island “close to genocide.”

“I am begging you to take charge and save lives. After all, that is one of the founding principles of the United States of North America. If not, the world will see how we are treated not as second-class citizens but as animals that can be disposed of. Enough is enough,” she said in comments aimed at President Trump, in a televised briefing.