Tuesday Apr 16, 2024

The San Juan Star

‘The Street Is with Jenniffer’

n González Colón Campaign’s ‘En La Calle’ Primary Phase Off to a Strong Start, Chairman Says

n Pierluisi Campaign Chief Points Out Meanwhile That Early Voting Requests

Heavily Favor the Incumbent Governor P2

Iran’s Strike on Israel

Creates Military Uncertainty, Diplomatic Opportunity

Comité Jenniffer González Colón

April 16, 2024

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González Colón campaign’s ‘En La Calle’ phase is strong out of the gate, chairman says

By THE STAR STAFF

The chairman of Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón’s gubernatorial campaign, Francisco Domenech, on Monday described the beginning of the new phase of the campaign, dubbed “En La Calle con Jenniffer,” as a resounding success, saying “it was demonstrated once again that the street is with Jenniffer.”

“She is the candidate who is with the people,” Domenech said. “This weekend, Jenniffer was in direct contact with thousands of people in the east and mountain areas where she visited public housing projects, communities and businesses, among other places.”

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Once the phase of collecting early voting applications was completed, the campaign of the New Progressive Party (NPP) vice president pivoted over the weekend to its next “On the Street” phase. Along with her running mate, resident commissioner candidate Elmer Román, and candidates for the legislature and mayorships, the resident commissioner was in Morovis, Orocovis, Barranquitas, Naguabo, Ceiba, Fajardo and Luquillo.

The new campaign phase will not be limited to weekends, but will also be active on weekdays in order to impact the entire island, Domenech said. The aim, he added, is to mobilize every voter in Puerto Rico who wants a change to vote for Jenniffer González for governor in the NPP primary.

“On June 2, the November elections will be decided,” Domenech emphasized.

“The moment for [incumbent governor Pedro] Pierluisi to have reconsidered and avoided a primary was last September when I privately warned them about their political non-viability for the election,” said the González Colón campaign’s political director, Ángel Cintrón. “Instead of

having done the right thing for the party and having given way to Jenniffer, as Rafael Hernández Colón, Sila Calderón and Alejandro García Padilla did in a mature PDP at the time, Pierluisi’s inner circle never told him the truth about his political weakness and kept him in this race unnecessarily. We already have the responsibility to compete to ensure that the NPP and Puerto Rico win on June 2 and November 5 with Jenniffer González and Captain Elmer Roman leading the winning ballot.”

“Today, Pierluisi’s team is making a call of total desperation, asking Jenniffer to remove herself 48 days before the primaries, because they know that we are going to win the primary event on June 2 by a landslide,” Domenech said. “A person who is sure that he will prevail is not asking for his opponent to be withdrawn. They show fear and desperation.”

The campaign’s electoral director, Aníbal Vega Borges, indicated that “the early vote, no matter who collected it, which were the volunteers of all the local candidates and volunteers of the party, those votes respond to the clamor of the people and will represent the same trend in favor of Jenniffer becoming our next governor.”

In the opposing primary camp, meanwhile, Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia’s campaign director, Edwin Mundo Ríos, revealed the statistics of early voting requests from the NPP, which registered 90,775 requests.

Mundo asserted that “the process of requesting early voting carried out by Pedro Pierluisi’s campaign demonstrates, without a doubt, that he is the candidate who has the most support and the best structure to win the primary and the general election.”

The seasoned electoral veteran announced that, of the 90,775 applications registered, as of midday Monday, with the State Election Commission (SEC), a total of 63,078 applications -- or 69.49% -- were managed and delivered by Pierluisi’s electoral and campaign team. Mundo also revealed that González Colón’s campaign team submitted a total of 16,072 applications, or 17.70%.

Another 11,625 applications -- 12.81% -- were managed by voters through the electronic platform “eRe”, email, inmates, among others.

Mundo challenged the resident commissioner’s team to accept the result with only 90,775 voters, after former Toa Baja mayor Aníbal Vega Borges, a member of González’s team, spoke about collecting early voting requests.

“This way supporters of statehood will be able to see which campaign is lying and which team is best prepared to give the NPP an electoral victory in November,” Mundo said. “If you wish, we can also award the election with early voting. Thus, we save the people money and controversies for the party in an unnecessary primary.”

Jenniffer González Colón’s campaign chairman, Francisco Domenech, said “it was demonstrated once again that the street is with Jenniffer.” “She is the candidate who is with the people,” he said. (Comité Jenniffer González Colón)

Governor declares himself ‘surrendered to the Lord’

By THE STAR STAFF

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia announced that he has become a “born-again” Christian during the New Progressive Party Public Servants Convention over the weekend, stirring a wave of criticism over what some said was an attempt to garner voters from the religious sector.

“I have today, possibly because of the responsibility on my shoulders and the years I have, I am nowadays today surrendered to the Lord, totally surrendered to the Lord,” he said at the convention on Sunday, according to a video posted in X (formerly Twitter). “Everything that will happen in my life’s future and in your future is in the hands of the Lord. And I accept the will of God.”

Pierluisi said God has given him abilities, skills and opportunities and that he will use all of it to help Puerto Rico for four more years.

“Lord Almighty,” noted former Popular Democratic Party and now independent Rep. Luis Raúl Torres Cruz on his Twitter page about a video of the activity showing Pierluisi announcing he is a born-again Christian.

A lawyer and radio panelist, Marilú Guzmán, also criticized the governor.

“How far would he go in his political demagoguery?” she asked.

Another person on social media noted that “the most disgusting thing a person can do is use religion as a scheme to politicize and get rich.”

“To sell himself as a believer in front of those people and use it as a political platform, you have to be disgusting,” the commenter said.

Michael Corona, a pro-statehood lawyer, said that “When a left-wing democrat like Pierluisi talks about surrendering to God, what it means is that he wants them to give him the power so that the giant government apparatus that he runs can continue doing whatever it wants.”

“The difference with the communist left is that they are atheists,” Corona said. “They rule with absolute power but do not need to invoke the Creator to do so.”

La Fortaleza had not answered requests for comment as of press time. However, surveys tend to show that candidates from different religious backgrounds fare better than those who are atheists.

In the case of U.S. presidential candidates, for instance, Gallup data shows an increased willingness among members of the public to support presidential candidates from a wide range of religious backgrounds, with a small proportion of the public still unwilling to vote for an atheist, Mormon or Muslim.

Number of artists boycotting Poli/Grafica Art Exhibit grows

By THE STAR STAFF

Close to 30 artists have withdrawn their works from the Poli/Gráfica Art Exhibit, Puerto Rico’s most important art exhibition, to protest what they perceive as censorship against one of the artists.

The boycott is to protest the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture’s (ICP by its Spanish initials) alleged censorship of Puerto Rican artist Garvin Sierra Vega, who wanted to present a work related to Puerto Rico’s debt. The ICP, in a statement, insisted it supports artistic freedom, that it was all a huge mistake, and that the exhibit’s curator, Lisa Ladner, is no longer with the event.

According to the publication En Blanco y Negro, artists Charles Juhaz-Alvarado, Yolanda Velázquez-Vélez, Antonio Martorell and Marta Pérez García, among others, have already withdrawn works.

The ICP, in a statement from Elvis Fuentes, chief curator of the Poli/Gráfica; María del Mar Caragol Rivera, director of the Studio Arts Program and ICP Director Carlos R. Ruiz Cortés, apologized and clarified.

“In recent online posts, it has transpired that curator Lisa Ladner’s communications inadvertently created the appearance of a censorship exercise against Puerto Rican artist Garvin Sierra Vega. This is a fact that we deeply regret, and therefore, we express our apology for any misunderstanding

caused,” the ICP said.

Last July, the ICP said Ladner contacted Sierra Vega about possibly participating in Poli/Gráfica with excerpts from a work about Puerto Rico’s debt and those responsible in the island’s government.

“Ladner clarified that due to her role as honorary consul of Switzerland, she had to consult with her superiors to avoid any appearance of conflict. Given this communication, Sierra Vega wrote a letter to the executive director of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, denouncing what he perceived as censorship and declining to participate in the exhibition,” the ICP said. “Ladner wrote to Sierra Vega on August 15 of that year, clarifying the misunderstanding and offering the responsibility for curatorial coordination be passed into the hands of the project’s chief curator, Elvis Fuentes. There was no response from the artist to this communication.”

“Artistic expression is a fundamental right and we recognize the importance of supporting diverse voices and perspectives within our community,” the ICP said. “La Poli/ Gráfica has always aimed to be a space where artists can freely share their creativity and ideas without fear of censorship or repression. In fact, that is one of the central themes of the exhibition we are organizing right now: Under Pressure.”

However, the ICP said, “in our efforts to uphold community guidelines and standards, there may be cases where our actions were perceived as limiting artistic freedom. This

was never our intention and we sincerely apologize for any impact this may have had on the affected artist, an artist of enormous prestige, and on his followers and colleagues.”

The ICP said it was committed to rectifying the situation and ensuring that its practices are transparent, fair and respectful of artistic expression.

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi speaks at a recent campaign event. (Prensa Pierluisi)

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Gov’t urges students to seek federal student aid grants

By THE STAR STAFF

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia; Chris Soto, the principal adviser of the federal Department of Education; and island Education Secretary Yanira Raíces Vega on Monday joined the White House call to urge university students and graduating seniors to complete their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

“University education is key for our young people; it shapes their minds, opens doors, and paves the way for a future of prosperity and success. That is why it is essential to continue expanding and democratizing access to education for every son and daughter of our land,” Pierluisi said at an event held at José Celso Barbosa School in Puerta de Tierra. “The federal Department of Education is key to these goals, particularly with Pell Grants. This much-needed aid has been a lifeline for countless Puerto Rican students, allowing them to access quality higher education at our public and private universities and easing their financial burden. I must point out that we must celebrate the significant increase in the Pell Grant cap by the Biden-Harris Administration to $7,395, as it is an act of great social justice that will change the lives of thousands and thousands of young American citizens, including those who reside here in Puerto Rico.”

Chris Soto (seen here standing directly to Gov. Pedro Pierluisi’s left), the principal adviser of the U.S. Department of Education, said of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid: “We know it will open the doors to a college education, providing more federal aid to students. Puerto Rican students and families deserve every one of our efforts.”

During the event it was noted that the FAFSA form underwent significant changes last year to simplify the filling process and ensure that everyone who needs it can access federal assistance. Like any change, the process has had challenges, which is why guidance is essential and everyone who can help young people should do so. The federal Education Department seeks more than 650,000 additional students to fill out the FAFSA and expects that about 7.1 million students will be eligible for aid in the new 2024-2025 period. Soto, who is the principal adviser to U.S.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, said: “We congratulate the commitment of the governor, the Department of Education of Puerto Rico, higher education leaders, economic aid officials, and the community for joining the week of action to encourage students to complete and submit their FAFSA form.”

“The FAFSA is the top priority for the U.S. Department of Education,” he said. “We know it will open the doors to a college education, providing more federal aid to students. Puerto Rican students and families deserve every one

of our efforts.”

Raíces Vega added that “this is the first time that the Puerto Rico Department of Education has worked so closely with the federal Department of Education.”

“These collaborative ties stem from a great relationship that Governor Pierluisi has built and to which we have continued leading the agency,” she said. “For us it is extremely important that our students continue post-secondary studies and we will join forces to collaborate with them in everything they need so that they can apply for federal aid to pay for their studies.”

The federal Education Department provides various resources to assist students and their families in completing the FAFSA. They include YouTube videos and tips to clarify doubts, as well as seminars to guide them through the process. This Wednesday, April 17, at 7 p.m., the first virtual seminar, or webinar, will be held in Spanish by the federal Education Department on how to complete the FAFSA form.

“Education is the key to success for our youth, so we will always collaborate to ensure that each young person has the tools and opportunities necessary to reach their maximum potential and contribute to the future of our island,” the governor said. “I am honored to be able to join the Biden-Harris Administration and the federal Department of Education in the goal of helping our young people get ahead.”

Senator seeks $27 million for more ferry trips between Ceiba and Vieques & Culebra

By THE STAR STAFF

Carolina District Sen. Marissa “Marissita” Jiménez Santoni is asking the Financial Oversight and Management Board for authorization for a recurring allocation of $27 million in order to increase the number of ferry trips between Ceiba and the offshore island municipalities of Vieques and Culebra.

“After holding a dialogue with the mayors of Vieques and Culebra, José ‘Junito’ Corcino and Edilberto ‘Junito’ Romero, we believe that there is a real need to increase the number of passenger and cargo trips from the Ceiba terminal in Roosevelt Roads to those two island municipalities,” Jiménez Santoni said. “To do this, an injection of funds is necessary, which is estimated at about $27 million.”

“Faced with this situation, we are sending a letter to the executive director of the Board, Robert Mujica, requesting a meeting as a matter of urgency to outline our proposals, with corroborable data, on the need to increase the number of trips to and from Vieques and Culebra daily,” the senator added. “In the case of Vieques,

there is currently an increase in the number of people leaving Ceiba every day to work there due to the construction of the new hospital, as well as other permanent works. Meanwhile, the peak summer tourist season is approaching; that’s why more travel [capacity] is needed.”

Several weeks ago, Jiménez Santoni held a meeting with the mayors of Vieques and Culebra, as well as with Transportation and Public Works Secretary Eileen Vélez Vega, officials from the Integrated Transportation Authority (ATI) and executives of HMS Ferries, a private operator that provides maritime transportation service in Puerto Rico.

“The population of Vieques, of about 8,000 inhabitants, often doubles in the summer months and even more so now with so much work being carried out, so it is necessary to increase the number of trips,” the senator said. “The $27 million amount was estimated by the ATI and the private operator (HMS Ferries) to cost a 30% increase in trips every 12 months. Our request is for the 2024-2025 fiscal year that begins on July 1 and it is tied to performance metrics, always measuring efficiency and the needs of the people.”

An estimated $27 million is needed to meet the demand for more frequent ferry service from the main island to the offshore island municipalities of Vieques and Culebra.

Jan. 6 obstruction case at Supreme Court could help Trump and many others

By ADAM LIPTAK

At first blush, the case that the Supreme Court will hear today seems technical, requiring the justices to parse a decades-old statute mainly concerned with the destruction of business records.

But the case has the potential to knock out half of the federal charges against former President Donald Trump for plotting to subvert the 2020 election, entangle hundreds of Jan. 6 prosecutions and help adjudicate the very meaning of the attack on the Capitol.

The immediate question for the justices is whether a federal law aimed primarily at white-collar crime, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, can be used to prosecute members of the mob who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, including the defendant in the case, Joseph Fischer, a former Pennsylvania police officer. More than 300 people have been prosecuted under the law, which makes it a crime to obstruct an official proceeding.

The immediate purpose of the law, enacted in the wake of the collapse of Enron, fits uneasily with the prosecutions arising from the violent riot that forced a halt to the constitutionally required congressional count of electoral ballots. But its language is broad, and prosecutors say its plain terms cover Fischer’s conduct.

Trump is not involved in the case, but he could benefit from a ruling in Fischer’s favor. If the Supreme Court rules that what Fischer is accused of having done is not covered by the 2002 law, Trump will doubtless argue that the law does not apply to his actions either.

Even if he succeeds, though, he will still face two other charges not at issue in Fischer’s appeal: conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to interfere with constitutional rights.

In a separate case to be argued April 25, the court will hear arguments over whether Trump is immune from prosecution on any of the charges against him.

The question before the justices in Fischer’s case is legal, not factual. They must decide what the statute means, not what Fischer did. That will be a question for the jury, if the justices let the charge stand.

Still, the briefs filed in the case and court records set out contrasting depictions of Fischer’s conduct that seem emblematic of a political discourse grounded in alternate realities.

According to the government, Fischer sent text messages to his boss, the police chief

Rioters force their way into the Capitol in

of North Cornwall Township, Pennsylvania, about his plans for that Jan. 6. “It might get violent,” he said in one. In another, he wrote that “they should storm the capital and drag all the democrates into the street and have a mob trial.”

Prosecutors say videos showed Fischer yelling “Charge!” before pushing through the crowd and entering the Capitol around 3:24 p.m. Jan. 6. He used a vulgar term to berate police officers, prosecutors said, and crashed into a line of them. He was, the government’s brief said, “forcibly removed about four minutes after entering.”

Fischer’s lawyers, by contrast, stressed that he had attended the rally on the Ellipse but was not part of the initial assault.

“When the crowd breached the Capitol, Mr. Fischer was in Maryland, not Washington, D.C.,” his lawyers wrote in their brief. “He returned after Congress had recessed.” (“Recessed” is not the first word that comes to mind to describe lawmakers fleeing from a violent mob.)

“His earlier Facebook posts about violence, when read in context, refer to his belief that antifa planned to disrupt the rally,” they continued. He had yelled “Charge!” in “obvious jest,” they added.

Video evidence shows, his lawyers wrote, that Fischer “did not ‘run’ toward the police line or crash into it; he was knocked to the

ground (as was an officer) by the crowd surge.”

“Finally,” they added, “he was not ‘forcibly removed’; he walked out on his own.”

Those starkly different accounts are echoed on a larger scale in supporting briefs that focus on the nature and meaning of Jan. 6, reflecting efforts by Trump and his supporters to rewrite history and reframe the attack as a legitimate political protest.

Republican lawmakers allied with Trump, including Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said in one brief that “the Department of Justice and D.C. juries have readily attributed immorality to the genuine belief of many Jan. 6 defendants that there was fraud during the 2020 presidential election.”

Protests are part of the fabric of political life, they wrote, adding that the prosecutors’ interpretation of the statute would have applied to a peaceful rally led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

“Advocacy groups throughout history have organized trips to Washington timed to congressional or executive consideration of favored items,” the brief said, going on to quote from a magazine article. “Most famously, the 1963 civil rights ‘March on Washington’ ‘was designed to force President Kennedy to support the Civil Rights Act’ then pending in Congress.”

The brief discussed other protests, too, including the disruption of the Supreme Court confirmation hearing of Justice Brett Kava-

naugh, praising the Trump administration’s restraint.

The Biden administration, in its brief, drew several distinctions. The law, it said, “covers acts that hinder a proceeding — not acts, like lobbying or peaceful protest, that are not readily characterized as rising to the level of obstruction or that independently enjoy protection under the First Amendment.”

The brief added that the law only applied to conduct directed at a specific proceeding and required proof that the defendant had acted corruptly.

Critics of Trump’s — including J. Michael Luttig, a conservative former appeals court judge, and John Danforth, a former Republican senator from Missouri — countered that the comparisons pressed by Cotton and Jordan were profoundly misplaced.

“There is simply no historical comparison between the consequences of criminal acts in opposition to the election of a new president — as illustrated by both our Civil War and the Jan. 6, 2021, invasion — and the ‘what about’ examples discussed in the Cotton-Jordan brief,” they wrote in a brief. “Indeed, no one was physically hurt” as part of “any of those examples.”

“And none of those examples,” they added, “threatened something remotely as fundamental to our constitutional system as the peaceful transfer of executive power.”

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Can a Christian community close the beach on Sunday mornings?

By SARAH PULLIAM BAILEY

Along the Atlantic coast, about 60 miles south of Manhattan, is a beach town that defies the rowdy image of the Jersey Shore.

In Ocean Grove, where the beach has been controlled by a conservative Christian nonprofit for more than 150 years, no alcohol is sold. The Christian flag, a white banner with a red cross, flies beneath an American flag near the beach. Two wooden crosses stand in the sand. A massive pier in the shape of a cross was unveiled last year.

And perhaps most notably, in Ocean Grove, where the welcome sign calls the community “God’s Square Mile,” the beach is closed before noon on Sundays.

This week, a New Jersey court will wrestle with the beach closure and whether the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, which owns the property, has the right to impose religiously motivated restrictions on the public.

The issue has roiled the close-knit community since last summer, and in October the state’s Department of Environmental Protection ordered the Christian nonprofit to stop blocking Sunday beach access or risk fines up to $25,000 a day. The association has appealed the order.

A cross on the beach in Ocean Grove, N.J., where the welcome sign calls the community “God’s Square Mile” and the beach is closed before noon on Sundays, on March 10, 2024. This week, a New Jersey court will wrestle with the beach closure and whether the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, which owns the property, has the right to impose religiously motivated restrictions on the public. (Hannah Yoon/The New York Times)

“Part of the magic of this town is that you can’t do anything you want,” said Sarah Izzo, owner of a craft gift shop on Main Avenue called Serenity by the Sea. “You have to stay within the rules.”

She added, “Other beaches are party towns. This is a different vibe.”

Ocean Grove was established in 1869 as a Methodist camp meeting that served as a summer haven for Christians. More than 150 years later, its rows of Victorian homes include a mix of religious and nonreligious residents of about 3,000 people.

The association, which has its own governing board, maintains control of the land, staffs the beach with lifeguards, and sometimes hosts Christian services in its beachfront pavilion and baptisms on the beach, which is less than a mile long.

The community has been visited by several U.S. presidents and famous Christian leaders, including evangelist Billy Graham and Christian hymn writer Fanny Crosby. Sunday worship is held in the Great Auditorium, a historic wooden hall that seats about 7,000 people. Surrounding the auditorium is a large tent community, where families come in the summer to live in canvas tents connected to side-by-side cabins.

On a recent Sunday in her three-story home near the beach, Kristin Tito was scrolling through Facebook debates over the beach issue while eating clam chowder. She said some residents, like herself, are not religious but love the history and the traditions of Ocean Grove.

businesses instead of the beach.

“Regardless of one’s beliefs, spending the morning hours in an unhurried morning stroll on a less crowded boardwalk has emotional, spiritual and bodily health benefits,” Connelly wrote. The president of the association declined to comment on the case.

This is not the first time the state has intervened in Ocean Grove’s operations. The unincorporated community once had its own police force, enforcing blue laws that banned practices like driving, bicycling, swimming and hanging clothes outdoors on Sunday. However, the New Jersey Supreme Court in 1979 ruled that Ocean Grove’s government was unconstitutional, saying it violated the First Amendment, which “precludes a state from ceding governmental powers to a religious organization.” Ocean Grove’s municipal power, including its police force, was transferred from the association to Neptune Township, which has a population of about 28,000.

Tito, whose family has been coming to Ocean Grove since the 1930s, moved there in 1997 and appreciates the community’s quirks.

“I’d love to go to the beach on Sunday morning, but I also love that it’s quieter on Sunday,” Tito said. “I would probably burst into flames if I walked into a church, but I would feel sad if they lost their traditions.”

The association has owned land in Ocean Grove since the state granted its charter in 1870. The organization purchased 11 acres of beachfront for $50 and then purchased an additional 266 acres for $40,000 in 1875, according to documents submitted for the area’s inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.

State officials decided last year that by blocking the beach on Sundays, the association violated the Coastal Area Facilities Review Act, a law based on the “public-trust doctrine,” which gives the government rights to natural resources for the public good.

In its request for a hearing, an attorney for the association argued that the state’s order is an unconstitutional infringement on the association’s religious beliefs and practices. The association’s Sunday beach closure is part of its mission to build and maintain a beautiful seaside community to serve as a place for meditation, reflection and renewal, the attorney, Michael J. Connelly, wrote.

The association argued that it also had secular arguments for beach closure, including giving lifeguards time off, reducing traffic and noise, and allowing visitors to frequent local

And the association has gone to court before over the public’s access to its spaces. In 2007, two lesbian couples were denied after they asked to have their civil union ceremonies in its boardwalk pavilion. After a state judge ruled that the association had violated the state’s law against discrimination, it stopped allowing the general public to use the pavilion for weddings.

When Shane Martins bought a home in Ocean Grove in 2019, he appreciated that Ocean Grove had a relatively large gay population. Martins said he followed the beach rules when he first moved there because he respected the long-standing tradition. He grew frustrated, though, by the Christian cross imagery on Ocean Grove’s beach passes, which he believed violated the First Amendment. When the beach is open, anyone above age 11 is expected to display the pass, which costs $95 per adult for the 2024 summer season, so they can show badge checkers at the boardwalk entry points.

The cross-shaped pier that opened last year was the last straw for Martins, and he co-founded a group Neptune United, which has been fighting the association’s beach rules. He and dozens of other people last summer protested by gathering on the beach Sunday mornings.

The association has long avoided paying taxes on its beach by dedicating it to the public in 1989 through the state’s Green Acres Program. Martins believes the association is in violation of the program because it says beach owners cannot restrict the public’s right of access unless it is necessary for maintenance or to preserve natural resources.

“If the camp wants the beach to be private, I am happy for them to be private,” Martins said. “Then they have to pay taxes on it. You can’t have your cake and eat it too.”

US stocks slide as treasury yields rise, middle east tensions simmer

Wall Street wavered, U.S. Treasury yields rose and the Japanese yen hit a 34-year trough on Monday as solid data and a calmer Middle East after Iran’s weekend attacks on Israel helped revive investor risk appetite.

The three major U.S. stock indexes pared initial gains and the Nasdaq turned slightly negative after Friday’s steep sell-off, while the yen fell to its lowest level since 1990, reviving intervention fears.

U.S. retail sales data for March blew past analyst expectations, the latest evidence in the case for the resilience of the American consumer.

“The retail sales number was a good bit better than expected and the consumer’s showing signs of being strong,” said Thomas Martin, Senior Portfolio Manager at GLOBALT in Atlanta.

“You’re seeing a back-up in yields, which is probably being driven by the continuing strength of the consumer and reverberations from the inflation report last week,” Martin added.

On the geopolitical front, Iran’s missile and drone attack against Israel over the weekend caused minimal damage, and calls for restraint regarding Israel’s response appeared to be calming helping tensions in the region.

“Iran’s attack was tit for that, but it didn’t work and now it’s over,” Thomas said. “That puts markets on a better footing; you see that in oil, and the volatility index is off.”

“There’s willingness to take risks that’s being reflected in the stocks.”

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 106.19 points, or 0.28%, to 38,089.43, the S&P 500 gained 9.88 points, or 0.19%, to 5,133.29 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 3.13 points, or 0.02%, to 16,171.97.

European shares gained ground as tensions in the Middle East abated, boosted by surging shares in Temenos after a committee formed by the software company called damaging claims by Hindenburg Research, who shorted the stock, “inaccurate and misleading.”

The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.20% and MSCI’s gauge of stocks across the globe shed 0.07%.

Emerging market stocks lost 1.03%. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan closed 1.02% lower, while Japan’s Nikkei lost 0.74%.

Yields for 10-year U.S. Treasuries rose, hitting their highest level since November in the wake of the Retail Sales report.

Benchmark 10-year notes last fell 33/32 in price to yield 4.6343%, from 4.499% late on Friday.

The 30-year bond last fell 63/32 in price to yield 4.7323%, from 4.603% late on Friday.

The dollar edged higher against a basket of world currencies, building on last week’s five-month high as the yen dipped to a 34-year trough.

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The yen move helped revive anticipation of the possibility of intervention on the part of Japanese authorities.

The dollar index rose 0.16%, with the euro down 0.15% to $1.0626.

The Japanese yen weakened 0.67% versus the greenback at 154.34 per dollar, while Sterling was last trading at $1.2452, up 0.02% on the day.

Crude oil prices dipped as the risk premium eased in the wake of the Iranian attack.

U.S. crude fell 1.03% to $84.78 per barrel and Brent was last at $89.79, down 0.73% on the day.

Gold edged higher, building on its all-time high reached in the previous session.

Iran’s strike on Israel creates military uncertainty, diplomatic opportunity

By PATRICK KINGSLEY

The enormous salvo of Iranian weapons fired at Israel this weekend turned the countries’ long-running shadow war into a direct confrontation, raising fears that the countries’ old paradigm of trading carefully measured blows had been replaced by something more overt, violent and risky.

But by Monday, Israel had yet to respond to the Iranian assault. Rather than preparing the public for a showdown with its archrival, the government signaled a return to relative normalcy, lifting restrictions on large gatherings and allowing schools to reopen.

Some right-wing Israeli politicians, dismayed by the lack of an immediate response, have argued that Israel needs to strike back forcefully — and soon — or risk losing its deterrence. Other more centrist officials have argued that Israel should instead bide its time before responding and capitalize on the support it has received from allies and regional actors, who are otherwise angry about Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip.

Any forceful Israeli response would risk angering President Joe Biden, who has pressed Israel to de-escalate and whose military support Israel would need in the event of a major confrontation. Israel has drawn the president’s criticism for dragging out the war in Gaza, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel must weigh the perceived benefits of retaliation against the risk of further displeasing Biden, along with the potential cost — both human and financial — of fighting two wars at the same time.

An Israeli official briefed on Cabinet discussions who requested anonymity to discuss security matters said that as of Monday several options were being considered, ranging from diplomacy to an imminent strike, but gave no further details.

In short, the next steps in the conflict remain uncertain.

The nature of Israel’s response, analysts said, could increase or decrease the possibility of a regional war. And it could improve or strain Israel’s ties with Arab nations that share an antipathy for Iran but have been critical of the war in Gaza.

It’s also possible Israel and Iran simply return to well-established norms of their shadow war — with Israel assassinating individuals, Iran’s proxies firing volleys at Israel and both sides trading cyberattacks.

“It’s too early to tell,” said Dana Stroul, who until recently was a senior Pentagon official with responsibility for the Middle East. “From an Israeli security perspective, it’s hard to see how they can let it stand,” Stroul said. “The question is: What does that look like, and how can a clear line and signal be sent to Iran while avoiding World War III in the Middle East?”

If the trajectory of the coming days remains frustratingly opaque, the events of the past 48 hours have brought some new clarity to the conflict.

Sunday’s strike, in which Iran sent hundreds of exploding drones and missiles — primarily from its own soil toward Israeli territory for the first time — were in retaliation for Israel’s killing of seven Iranian officials in Syria this month.

In military terms, the Iranian strikes signaled its willingness to confront Israel directly rather that through the use of regional proxies such as Hezbollah in Lebanon, thereby upending Israel’s assumptions about Iran’s threshold for risk.

In diplomatic terms, Iran’s strikes and Israel’s robust defense of them, in coordination with Western and Arab partners, has helped shift international attention away from Israel’s war in Gaza, where the reported death toll of more than 33,000 has prompted accusations, strongly denied by Israel, of genocide.

At a time when Israel’s closest allies had become increasingly critical of the Israeli military’s conduct in Gaza, Iran’s attacks prompted those partners to work closely with the same Israeli air force that has carried out devastating strikes in Gaza.

“You can see that not just among the Arabs but also among the western Europeans, Israel’s diplomatic standing is somewhat improved because it was a victim of Iranian aggression, not an aggressor,” said Itamar Rabinovich, a former Israeli ambassador to Washington. “By being ‘the victim,’ it improves your position.”

Analysts said that it remained unclear how Israel’s defenses would function without the several days of warnings that Iran gave before its weekend attacks, which allowed Israel and its allies crucial time to prepare. And while Iran has said that any future Israeli “mistake” would be met with a “considerably more severe” response, that threat also remains untested and was vague enough to leave room to maneuver.

Should Israel fire back at Iran in a way that would drag the region into war, the goodwill Israel has recently accrued with its allies could quickly vanish, analysts said.

For Iran’s leaders, the strikes, which caused limited damage and critically injured one child, were nevertheless a domestic and diplomatic victory because of the way they allowed Iran to present itself as standing up to Israel.

Domestically, Iran’s leaders have had to face accusations that they had been too passive after previous attacks by Israel on Iranian officials. Analysts said the salvo also reassured Iran’s allies and proxies in countries such as Lebanon and Yemen that Iran was willing to bear the risk of attacking Israel from its own territory. And, they said, it allowed Iran to show up rival Middle Eastern leaders, who have publicly criticized Israel often while working quietly with its government.

Iran wants “to take the mantle of the protector of the Muslim world,” said Narges Bajoghli, an Iran expert at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington. “They’re basically flexing their muscles for regional audiences and simultaneously showing the weakness of

Demonstrators show their support for Iran’s attack on Israel in Palestine Square in Tehran, Iran, Monday, April 15, 2024. Analysts feared Iran’s strikes might set off a wider war. But with Israel still weighing its response, the attack’s military and diplomatic consequences have yet to be determined. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times)

Arab leaders in the region,” she said. “Arab nations have not confronted Israel in this direct way that Iran has.”

The opposite was true: At least one Arab country, Jordan, was directly involved in repelling the Iranian strikes, and others are thought to have quietly assisted Israel either through sharing intelligence or sending data gathered from missile-detecting sensors.

Jordan, Israel’s eastern neighbor, has a large Palestinian population and has regularly criticized the war in Gaza. But it still acknowledged that Iranian targets had been “dealt with” in Jordanian airspace and that its military would repel similar attacks in the future.

The announcement was a reminder of how, before the Israel-Hamas war, shared fears of Iran had begun to smooth Israel’s diplomatic integration within the Middle East as well as allow greater military coordination between Israel and some Arab countries, including arms deals and joint training exercises.

For some Israeli analysts, this is why Iran’s attack could yet help Israel’s acceptance in the Middle East, even as its reputation plummets because of Gaza.

“The full details of how Sunni Arab regimes helped protect Israel, without doubt saving Israeli lives from Iranian missiles and drones, may not be known for a while. But this is a historic shift,” wrote Anshel Pfeffer, an Israeli commentator, in a column for Haaretz, a left-leaning newspaper. “Arab cooperation against the Iranian attack proves that the trend in the region is still toward an Arab-American-Israeli alliance against Iran and its proxies.”

In particular, some hope it may give fresh momentum to U.S.-led efforts to seal diplomatic ties for the first time between Israel and Saudi Arabia, which seemed close to success before the war in Gaza.

But the chances of such a deal remain remote while the war in Gaza endures and Israel’s right-wing government shuns any discussion about creating a Palestinian state after the fighting ends — a key Saudi demand.

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With Iran’s strikes, Arab countries fear an expanding conflict

By ALISSA J. RUBIN and VIVIAN NEREIM

Arab countries, from the United Arab Emirates and Oman to Jordan and Egypt, have tried for months to tamp down the conflict between Israel and Hamas, especially after it widened to include armed groups backed by Iran and embedded deep within the Arab world. Some of them, like the Houthis, threaten Arab governments as well.

But the Iranian drone and missile attack on Israel over the weekend, which put the entire region on alert, made the new reality unavoidable: Unlike past Israeli-Palestinian conflicts, and even those involving Israel and Lebanon or Syria, this one keeps expanding.

“Part of why these wars were contained was that they were not a direct confrontation between Israel and Iran,” said Randa Slim, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Middle East Institute. “But now we are entering this era where a direct confrontation between Israel and Iran — that could drag the region into the conflict and that could drag the U.S. in — now that prospect of a regional war is going to be on the table all the time.”

For the moment, the only countervailing force is the desire of both the United States and its longtime foe Iran to avoid a widening of the conflict, said Joost Hiltermann, the International Crisis Group’s program director for the Middle East and North Africa.

“I am heartened by the fact that the only ones who want a war are Israel and Hamas,” he said. “The Iranians are still talking to the Americans,” he said, referring to messages sent in recent days between the two by intermediaries including Switzerland and Oman.

The Iranian message, said Hiltermann, made clear they were looking to demonstrate their power, not expand the war. “They said, ‘There is going to be an attack, but we are going to keep it limited.’”

Still, for citizens of Arab countries, many of whom watched scores of drones and missiles streaking across their skies Saturday, professions of desire to avoid a wider war are a slender thread on which to hang their future. Dismay over the attack was evident in many public comments, and in private ones, too, though others celebrated it.

Officials and analysts in the region were divided over whether Iran’s attack would spur countries with long-standing ties to the United States to push for still more engagement — and security guarantees — from Washington or to distance themselves in an effort to keep themselves safe from being attacked by Iran themselves.

Most urged de-escalation in the strongest

Iranian demonstrators show support during an anti-Israeli gathering at Palestine Square in Tehran, Sunday, April 14, 2024, after Iran retaliated directly against Israel for the killings of its senior generals in Damascus, Syria, with an onslaught of more than 300 drones and missiles. The Iranian attack on Israeli territory made unavoidable the new reality: the current conflict in the Mideast keeps expanding in scope. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times)

terms. The only exceptions in the Arab world were northern Yemen, whose de facto Houthi government is close to Iran, and Lebanon, home to Hezbollah, the armed group backed by the Iranians.

Oman said that it was crucial to reach an immediate cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas that has been raging for the past half year in the Gaza Strip. Kuwait “stressed the necessity of addressing root causes” of the region’s conflicts.

And Saudi Arabia, which has tried to cultivate relatively warm ties with Iran since the two countries reestablished diplomatic relations last year, said it was “extremely concerned” about the dangerous implications of the military escalation in the region. A statement from its Foreign Ministry asked everyone involved “to exercise maximum restraint and to protect the region and its people from the dangers of war.”

Even before the Hamas-led attack on Israel that set off the war in Gaza on Oct. 7, Arab countries had been adjusting their geopolitical relationships. Their concern was that they might no longer be able to count on a U.S. government increasingly focused on Asia as Iranian-backed armed groups became increasingly active.

Arab leaders’ discomfort only increased with the Israeli assault in Gaza, which the United States defended but their own citizens found abhorrent, said Renad Mansour, a

Hamas attack.

It is unclear whether the conflict between Israel and Iran will strain further the relatively new ties between Israel and some Arab states. Since the war in Gaza began, those relations have cooled, but it seems none of the Arab governments that recently forged ties with Israel are ready to abandon them entirely.

Two of the countries that signed the Abraham Accords normalizing relations with Israel in 2020 — the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain — have in some cases halted business deals or distanced themselves publicly from that country since the war in Gaza began. And Saudi Arabia, which had been exploring the possibility of diplomatic normalization with Israel, has insisted that any deal would require creating an “irreversible” pathway to a Palestinian state, an unlikely prospect in the current Israeli political climate.

That distancing is likely to continue, analysts say, but so far none have cut off relations with Israel or, in Saudi Arabia’s case, completely ruled them out.

senior research fellow at Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa program.

For Saudi Arabia, this meant forging a diplomatic relationship with Iran, despite their deeply held antagonisms and attacks carried out with Iranian missiles on Saudi infrastructure as recently as 2019. Saudi Arabia’s approach to Iran was facilitated by China, which has recently worked to expand its influence in the region. Many Arab countries have turned to China in pursuit of business and diplomatic ties.

Then the war in Gaza began, dragging the Gulf states, along with Egypt and Jordan, more directly into the dynamics of a conflict they have wanted desperately to avoid.

Now, Jordan has found itself shooting down Iranian missiles — and then being accused of defending Israel. The Israeli military assault on Gaza, often accused of being indiscriminate, has killed more than 30,000 Palestinians, more than twothirds of them women and children. Some 1,200 people were killed in Israel in the

One reason Saudi Arabia has remained open to a future relationship with Israel is that now more than ever, the Saudis are hoping for a security guarantee from the United States in the event of an attack by Iran, said Yasmine Farouk, a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a Washington research group.

“What the Western countries under U.S. leadership have done to protect Israel yesterday is exactly what Saudi Arabia wants for itself,” Farouk said.

parliament or a high-rise apartment house, causing massive casualties.

In other words, we are talking about an escalation without precedent in the long-running, tightly contained, shadow war between Iran and Israel that had almost exclusively been limited to targeted Israeli strikes against Iran’s Revolutionary Guard units in Lebanon and Syria — where they have no business being in the first place — and Iran retaliating by having its Lebanese proxy militia, Hezbollah, fire rockets at Israel. We’ve also seen Iran smuggling arms and explosives from Syria into Jordan, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank to be used to kill Israelis and destabilize Jordan — and the Mossad assassinating a nuclear scientist inside Iran.

of Iran” and not go on the offensive against Iran. Message to the world from Tehran: We were just sending a little warning shot; nothing to worry about here; let’s move on.

One reason Iran supports the Hamas war and prefers that Israel remain stuck in Gaza and occupying the West Bank is that it keeps the world and many Americans focused on Israeli actions — rather than on the brutal crackdown against democracy protesters in Iran and on Iran’s imperialist influence in the region, where it uses proxies to control the politics of Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen and uses those countries as military bases to attack Israel.

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

It would be easy to be dazzled by the way Israeli, American and other allied militaries shot down virtually every Iranian drone, cruise missile and ballistic missile launched at Israel on Saturday and conclude that Iran had made its point — retaliating for Israel allegedly killing a top Iranian commander operating against Israel from Syria — and now we can call it a day.

That would be a dangerous misreading of what just happened and a huge geopolitical mistake by the West and the world at large.

There now needs to be a massive, sustained, global initiative to isolate Iran — not only to deter it from trying such an adventure again but also to give reason to Israel not to automatically retaliate militarily. That would be a grievous error, too. Iran has a regional network, and Israel needs a regional alliance, along with the U.S., to deter it over the long run.

So there must be a major diplomatic and economic consequences for Iran, with countries like China finally stepping up: When Tehran fired all those drones and missiles, it could not know that virtually all of them would be intercepted. Some were shot down over Jerusalem. A missile could have hit Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of Islam’s holiest shrines. (You can see pictures online of Iranian rockets being intercepted in the skies right over the mosque.) Another could have hit the Israeli

Israel has never launched such a massive missile strike directly at Iran, and Iran had never done so to Israel, either, before this. Indeed, no country had attacked Israel directly since Saddam Hussein’s Iraq did with Scud missiles 33 years ago. Without a U.S.-led global initiative to impose sanctions on Iran and further isolate it on the world stage, Iran’s behavior would be tacitly normalized, in which case Israel will most likely retaliate in kind, and we’re on our way to a major Middle East war and $250-a-barrel oil.

“The alternative to a wider full-scale regional war, which we don’t want and Israel doesn’t want, cannot be a return to the status quo ante,” said Nader Mousavizadeh, founder and CEO of geopolitical consulting firm Macro Advisory Partners and a senior adviser to Kofi Annan when he was the U.N. secretary-general. A global effort to isolate Iran, Mousavizadeh added, “is the best way to separate the regime from its people, reassure Israel and Israelis of their security and remove the need for further regional military escalation, which would be a gift to Iran and its proxies.»

It is also the best way to ensure that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel does not drag the United States into a regional war to shore up his own crumbling political base.

It is impossible to exaggerate the political-military implications of what just happened. Shortly after the missile strike, President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran issued a statement declaring that the Revolutionary Guard had “taught a lesson to the Zionist enemy.” It sure did, but it may not be the one Raisi thinks.

No one should think Iran is just a paper tiger. Tehran can still unleash thousands of shorter-range rockets against Israel through Hezbollah — and because some of these rockets have precision guidance, they could do significant damage to Israel’s infrastructure. Iran has bigger missiles in its arsenal, as well.

Still, what happened Saturday is ultimately a significant boost for what I call the Inclusion Network in the Middle East (more open, connected countries like Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Israel and the NATO allies) and a real setback for the Resistance Network (the closed and autocratic systems represented by Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and Iran’s Shiite militias in Iraq) and Russia. The sound within Iran and the Resistance Network on Sunday morning is that sound you hear from your car’s GPS after a wrong turn: “Recalculating, recalculating, recalculating.”

Iran just unwittingly revealed to the whole world that Iran’s government is so penetrated by Western espionage agencies (because so many Iranians hate their own government) that President Joe Biden was able to predict almost the exact hour of attack over a day in advance, and it showed the whole world that Israel and its Western allies have far superior antimissile capabilities than Iran has missile capabilities.

That may explain why Raisi, after his boast about teaching Israel a lesson, asked (pleaded?) that the U.S. and all other “supporters of the occupying regime … appreciate this responsible and proportionate action by the Islamic Republic

Pieces of an Iranian missile in a pickup truck outside Arad, Israel, on Sunday, April 14, 2024. (Sergey Ponomarev/The New York Times)

SAN JUAN – La División de Pesas y Medidas del Departamento de Asuntos del Consumidor (DACO), vigilará los precios del combustible en la Isla tras los ataques aéreos entre Irán e Israel, informó el lunes, la secretaria de la agencia, Lisoannette González Ruíz.

“Expertos en economía han advertido que el precio del petróleo pudiese aumentar a nivel internacional lo que sin duda tendría un impacto en la Isla. Por tal razón, estamos más atentos al comportamiento de este mercado, con el fin de proteger a los consumidores quienes son los que al final del día se ven afectados”, expresó González Ruíz en declaraciones escritas.

Este lunes, la gasolina regular se ubicó entre los 92.7 centavos y 96.7 centavos. Mientras que la premium sobrepasa el dólar fluctuando entre 101.7 y 113.7. El barril de petróleo se sitúa sobre los 89 dólares.

“El mercado del combustible es uno volátil, lo que nos impide proyectar con certeza qué podemos esperar para los próximos días o semanas en cuanto a los precios de la gasolina a nivel de bomba. Nuestra res-

ponsabilidad como agencia es mantener a los consumidores informados, asegurarnos de que haya abastos suficientes, tanto de gasolina como de diésel y, sobre todo, continuar con la fiscalización constante para que no haya especulación o se den alzas injustificadas en ninguno de los niveles de la cadena de distribución de combustible en Puerto Rico”, añadió la titular del DACO.

Los inspectores de pesas y medidas realizan un ejercicio riguroso de verificación en cada una de las estaciones de gasolina que visitan. Las inspecciones se llevan a cabo de manera rutinaria en toda la Isla, dividas por las cinco regiones de la agencia que son; Arecibo, Caguas, Ponce, Mayagüez y San Juan.

“En momentos como este, donde hay un posible conflicto que puede desestabilizar el mercado del petróleo a nivel mundial, en Puerto Rico, el monitoreo constante que tenemos con los mayoristas de gasolina y demás componentes de la industria, nos permite saber, al final de cada día, si el consumidor va a experimentar fluctuaciones en los precios de venta al detal del combustible”, explicó González Ruiz.

La funcionaria añadió además que “como secretaria del DACO, he procurado que tengamos una política de transparencia en el manejo de la información para evitar que se aproveche cualquier conflicto bélico a nivel internacional para especular con los precios a nivel local. Los consumidores pueden estar confiados y seguros en que velaremos que no se vulneren sus derechos. Seguiremos vigilantes y atentos a lo que pueda ocurrir a futuro con la tensión que existe actualmente en Medio Oriente, lo que sin duda afecta el mercado internacional y por consiguiente a Puerto Rico”.

La titular del DACO exhortó a verificar la información de precios que diariamente publica el Departamento en su página web www.daco.pr.gov; toda vez que indicó, que cualquier consumidor que entienda que algún comercio está aumentando los precios o no está dentro de los parámetros de precios publicados por la agencia, puede escribir a la sección de confidencias o al buzón de “DACO a tu Favor” en Facebook. Para que las quejas sean atendidas, es necesario que se explique cuál es la práctica del establecimiento, el nombre y ubicación del comercio, y un número de contacto.

Indigenous artists are the heart of the Venice Biennale

By JULIE HALPERIN

Before visitors step into any gallery at the 2024 Venice Biennale, opening April 20, Indigenous artists will have made their presence known.

A collective of painters from the Brazilian Amazon, MAHKU (Movimento dos Artistas Huni Kuin), will cover the facade of

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the central exhibition hall with an intricate mural. Inuuteq Storch, the first Greenlandic and Inuk artist to represent Denmark at the festival, will erect a “Kalaallit Nunaat” sign (or “Greenland”) above the pavilion’s entrance. (Greenland has been a self-governing country within the Danish Realm since 1979. )

The Brazil Pavilion nearby has been renamed the Hãhãwpuá Pavilion — one of many terms that Indigenous people use to describe the territory that, after colonization, became Brazil. “There is a very political aspect to the Indigenous presence in an artistic space like the Venice Biennale,” said Denilson Baniwa, the Hãhãwpuá Pavilion’s co-curator. “Our aim is to rewrite history and add a new chapter to art history.”

Beyond the U.S. Pavilion, featuring the art of Jeffrey Gibson, the Venice Biennale offers a taste of works by Indigenous, First Nations and Native artists around the globe. Here are some highlights.

The central exhibition

El Sr. Francisco Martínez Castillo, representante autorizado de AF Caimito Metal LLC, sometió ante el Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales (en adelante, DRNA) una solicitud de permiso para operar una instalación de almacenamiento y procesamiento de desperdicios sólidos no peligrosos, que consiste en metales ferrosos, metales no terrosos y baterías usadas. Esta instalación está ubicada en la Carr. 1 Km. 1.1, Bo. Caimito, San Juan PR.

El Reglamento para el Manejo de los Desperdicios Sólidos No Peligrosos (en adelante, Reglamento), establece en el Capítulo IX el requisito de solicitar un permiso como condición previa a la operación de una instalación de desperdicios sólidos no peligrosos, el cual es aplicable a dueños u operadores.

Luego de evaluar los documentos sometidos, el DRNA tiene la intención de conceder el permiso de operación.

Copia de la solicitud de permiso, al igual que el borrador del permiso y otros documentos relevantes al caso, están a la disposición del público para ser examinados en el Área Contaminación de Terrenos del DRNA, ubicado en la Carr. 8838 Km. 6.3, Sector El Cinco, Río Piedras, de 8:00 a.m. a 4:30 p.m., de lunes a viernes. Cualquier persona interesada podrá someter comentarios por escrito sobre el borrador del permiso y podrá solicitar una vista pública. Toda solicitud de vista pública deberá hacerse por escrito y deberá ser debidamente fundamentada y exponer la naturaleza de los planteamientos que se levantarán en la vista. El DRNA podrá celebrar una vista pública de forma discrecional. Toda solicitud deberá ser dirigida al Área Contaminación de Terrenos, San José Industrial Park, 1375 Ave. Ponce de León, San Juan PR 00926, no más tarde de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este Aviso.

Este anuncio se publica conforme a lo requerido por la Ley Núm. 38-2017, conocida como la “Ley de Procedimiento Administrativo Uniforme del Gobierno de Puerto Rico”, la Ley Núm. 416-2004, según enmendada, conocida como “Ley sobre Política Pública Ambiental”, los reglamentos aprobados a su amparo; y las leyes y reglamentos federales aplicables.

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Indigenous artists are at the heart of “Foreigners Everywhere,” the Venice Biennale’s central exhibition. As Brazilian curator Adriano Pedrosa, artistic director of this year’s Biennale, sees it, the Indigenous artist is “frequently treated as a foreigner in his or her own land.” The first gallery at the Arsenale, Venice’s former shipyard complex, will host a monumental installation by the Mataaho Collective, four Maori women known for large-scale fiber sculptures. The 331-artist lineup also includes Native American artists Kay WalkingStick and Emmi Whitehorse; Brazilian Yanomani artists Joseca Mokahesi and André Taniki; Indigenous Australian artists Marlene Gilson and Naminapu Maymuru-White; and Maori artists Sandy Adsett and Selwyn Wilson, considered a founder of Maori Modernism, who died in 2002.

Australia Pavilion

Archie Moore, of Queensland, spent more than four years piecing together his family tree, which now stretches back centuries and encompasses 3,484 people. The story of his ancestors — Bigambul and Kamilaroi on his mother’s side, British and Scottish on his father’s — is the subject of his show at the Australia Pavilion, which he describes as a “holographic map of identity.” Moore, best known for re-creating his childhood home as an art installation, is the second First Nations artist to represent Australia at the Biennale (after Tracey Moffatt in 2017). With this project, he said, “I am bringing past family members into the present and the future where they can be viewed more humanely.”

Brazil/Hãhãwpuá Pavilion

The centerpiece of this exhibition is a mantle, or feathered cape, created by artist and activist Glicéria Tupinambá with the help of her community in southern Bahia. Only a dozen mantles survive from the colonial period — and, until recently, all were in European museums. (Denmark’s National Museum announced plans to return one to Brazil last year.) Glicéria hadn’t seen a mantle in person until a Paris visit in 2018. She realized her ancestors employed the same stitching technique to create the cape that the Tupinambá now use to create fishing nets. Glicéria’s contemporary mantle will be paired with a video installation by Olinda Tupinambá and a work by Ziel Karapotó made from fishing nets and replicas of ballistic projectiles. The project by Glicéria, who was jailed in Brazil in 2010 for several months with her 2-month-old baby after speaking out about police brutality,

Yinka Shonibare’s “Monument to the Restitution of the Mind and Soul” (2023) at the “Nigeria Imaginary” pavilion before this year’s Venice Biennale in Venice, Italy, April 4, 2024. The piece contains clay replicas of 150 of the Benin Bronzes that a British expeditionary force plundered in 1897. (Matteo de Mayda/The New York Times)

has an explicitly political bent: It includes letters Glicéria wrote to six European museums requesting the return of mantles in their collections.

Danish Pavilion

This year’s Danish Pavilion represents many firsts. It is the first time a Greenlandic artist has represented Denmark and the first time the country’s presentation has been dedicated entirely to photography. At 35, Inuk artist Inuuteq Storch is the youngest ever to take over the hallowed space. Visitors will encounter a kaleidoscope of images, including snapshots of Storch’s friends smoking and driving around his hometown, Sisimiut; a slideshow of his vast family photo archive; and formal portraits taken by John Moller, a Greenlandic photographer who died in 1935. Although Greenland has been photographed extensively since the mid-1800s, Storch noted that it has rarely been captured by its own people. “My works serve as my artistic means to subtly and intricately modify the prevailing perception of my country,” he said in a statement.

Timor-Leste Pavilion

Asia’s youngest nation, Timor-Leste, will make its Venice Biennale debut with an installation by Maria Madeira. Born in the village of Gleno, Madeira was airlifted to Portugal after Indonesia invaded Timor-Leste in 1975. She spent seven years in a refugee camp outside Lisbon before her family resettled in Perth, Australia. (Timor-Leste celebrates the 25th anniversary of its independence from Indonesia this year.) Madeira’s installation — made from materials including the textile tais and betel nut, an ancient stimulant that grows on native palm trees — is conceived as a tribute to the resilience of Timorese women. During the Biennale’s opening week, Madeira will perform live, kissing the exhibition’s walls to leave lipstick marks behind and singing a traditional mourning song in the Indigenous language Tetun.

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A swimming dinosaur? Maybe not, study says

By KENNETH CHANG

Spinosaurus was one of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs, and it ate fish. That much paleontologists agree on.

But did it just wade into rivers and snatch them out of the water like a grizzly bear? Or did it dive after its prey like a penguin or a sea lion?

This has become a question of prickly contention among dinosaur experts.

One group is convinced that Spinosaurus was a rarity among dinosaurs: one that stuck its head underwater and swam beneath the surface. Others say no way.

In an undated image provided by Daniel Navarro, an artist’s rendering of spinosaurus standing in water and eating fish. A new paper challenges the idea that the large, carnivorous dinosaur dived after prey rather than wading and plucking it out of the water.

The latest salvo, published last month in the journal PLOS One, comes from the Spinosauruscouldn’t-swim contingent to counter a pro-swimming paper published a couple of years ago. The earlier work, published in the journal Nature, claimed that in general, animals that spend much of their time in the water, like penguins, have denser bones that provide ballast and make it easier to dive. Spinosaurus also had dense bones, and therefore was most likely a swimmer, the Nature paper concluded.

(Daniel Navarro via The New York Times)

“It’s totally misapplied here,” Myhrvold said. “Unfortunately, when you have something that involves lots of dense statistics, most paleontologists’ eyes glaze over.”

many aquatic animals with bones less dense than many land animals and vice versa. “If the two distributions are close together, you can’t get a valid conclusion or at least one that has any statistical strength,” he said.

He gives an example: In humans, men are generally heavier than women, but not every man is heavier than every woman. Thus, if someone told you that a person weighs 135 pounds, you could not reliably deduce whether that person is male or female.

Ibrahim, who is in Morocco conducting additional studies, said further findings would make an even more convincing case that Spinosaurus was aquatic.

He also dismissed Myhrvold’s biomechanical arguments for why Spinosaurus could not swim, saying much is still unknown. He compared Myhrvold’s findings to paleontologists who argued that Tyrannosaurs must have been scavengers because they could not run fast enough to catch small, quick prey. But Tyrannosaurs did not have to be fast to pull down a big, slowmoving Triceratops.

But that bone density analysis was “statistically absurd,” said Nathan Myhrvold, a former chief technology officer at Microsoft and an amateur paleontologist who led the new research with Paul Sereno, a paleontologist at the University of Chicago.

Myhrvold and Sereno have also argued that the ungainly body shape of Spinosaurus would have made it a poor swimmer, if it could swim at all. The weight distribution of the dinosaur would have made it top-heavy and unstable, Myhrvold said.

“It’s obvious as to why it can’t swim,” he said.

The giant sail on its back would make it difficult for a swimming Spinosaurus to stay upright, Myhrvold said. “If it tips even the slightest amount, it’ll keep tipping.”

In other words, Spinosaurus would capsize and struggle to pull its sail out of the water.

In this dispute, there are points of agreement. Spinosaurus was perhaps longer and heavier than Tyrannosaurus rex. It lived about 95 million years ago in what is now the Western Sahara but was then a lush environment with deep rivers. It was also an odd-looking dinosaur, with elongated vertebrae forming a huge sail on its back.

There has been a burst of interest in Spinosaurus in the past decade after a new fossil was uncovered in Morocco by Nizar Ibrahim, who was also an author of the earlier bone density study and is now a senior lecturer at the University of Portsmouth in England. The only other fossil was found by Ernst Stromer, a German paleontologist, in 1915, and destroyed in an aerial bombing of Munich in 1944.

In the latest study, Myhrvold and colleagues argue that the paleontologists who made the bone density claims employed a sophisticated statistical technique without understanding its limitations.

Myhrvold is not a traditional academic. Since departing Microsoft in 1999, he is perhaps best known for leading the development of the encyclopedic Modernist Cuisine cookbooks. But he has stirred up esoteric statistical scuffles before, criticizing findings about the growth rate of dinosaurs and claiming that a NASA trove of asteroid data is flawed and unreliable.

Earlier work by other researchers had found that diving mammals tended to possess denser bones than mammals that stayed on land. But other mammals also have dense bones for other reasons. Elephants, for one, need stronger bones to support their weight.

In 2022, researchers led by Matteo Fabbri, now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago, argued in their paper that bone density was a reliable predictor of whether an animal lived in the water or on land for a much broader swath of creatures, including extinct species.

“We thought, Oh, is this just mammals, and or is this also reptiles?” Fabbri said in an interview. “And if this is true, can we infer ecology in extinct animals, including weird-looking dinosaurs like Spinosaurus?”

Fabbri said the analysis showed that “very high bone density is correlated with the probability of going underwater.”

Spinosaurus and a Baryonyx, a relative of Spinosaurus, did dive, while another related dinosaur, Suchomimus, did not go underwater, the team of scientists concluded.

However, Myhrvold argues that bone density does not neatly divide into two groups. There are

Similarly, the prehistoric African rivers were filled with giant, slow-moving fish, Ibrahim said. Spinosaurus would not have had to be a proficient swimmer to catch them.

“I can’t reveal too much,” he said. “But we have new material. We have several very exciting ongoing projects.”

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Large scientific review confirms the benefits of physical touch

By JOANNE SILBERNER

Ahug, a handshake, a therapeutic massage. A newborn lying on a mother’s bare chest.

Physical touch can buoy well-being and lessen pain, depression and anxiety, according to a large new analysis of published research released Monday

DEPARTAMENTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AMBIENTALES

AVISO AMBIENTAL

SOBRE INTENCIÓN DE CONCEDER UN PERMISO PARA OPERAR UNA INSTALACIÓN DE DESPERDICIOS SÓLIDOS NO PELIGROSOS

El Sr. José Dominici Castillo, representante autorizado de Los Primos Metal, Inc., sometió ante el Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales (en adelante, DRNA) una solicitud de permiso para operar una instalación de almacenamiento y procesamiento de desperdicios sólidos no peligrosos, que consiste en metales no ferrosos y baterías usadas. Esta instalación está ubicada en la Carr. 1 Km. 1.1, Bo. Caimito, San Juan PR.

El Reglamento para el Manejo de los Desperdicios Sólidos No Peligrosos (en adelante, Reglamento), establece en el Capítulo IX el requisito de solicitar un permiso como condición previa a la operación de una instalación de desperdicios sólidos no peligrosos, el cual es aplicable a dueños u operadores. Luego de evaluar los documentos sometidos, el DRNA tiene la intención de conceder el permiso de operación.

Copia de la solicitud de permiso, al igual que el borrador del permiso y otros documentos relevantes al caso, están a la disposición del público para ser examinados en el Área Contaminación de Terrenos del DRNA, ubicado en la Carr. 8838 Km. 6.3, Sector El Cinco, Río Piedras, de 8:00 a.m. a 4:30 p.m., de lunes a viernes. Cualquier persona interesada podrá someter comentarios por escrito sobre el borrador del permiso y podrá solicitar una vista pública. Toda solicitud de vista pública deberá hacerse por escrito y deberá ser debidamente fundamentada y exponer la naturaleza de los planteamientos que se levantarán en la vista. El DRNA podrá celebrar una vista pública de forma discrecional. Toda solicitud deberá ser dirigida al Área Contaminación de Terrenos, San José Industrial Park, 1375 Ave. Ponce de León, San Juan PR 00926, no más tarde de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de te Aviso.

Este anuncio se publica conforme a lo requerido por la Ley Núm. 38-2017, conocida como la “Ley de Procedimiento Administrativo Uniforme del Gobierno de Puerto Rico”, la Ley Núm. 416-2004, según enmendada, conocida como “Ley sobre Política Pública Ambiental”, los reglamentos aprobados a su amparo; y las leyes y reglamentos federales aplicables.

Butler Blue IV, the official mascot of Butler University, is cuddled by his handler, Evan Krauss, in Greenwood, Ind., on Jan. 22, 2020. Physical touch can buoy well-being and lessen pain, depression and anxiety, according to a large new analysis of published research released on Monday, April 8, 2024, in the journal Nature Human Behaviour. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times)

in the journal Nature Human Behaviour.

Researchers from Germany and the Netherlands systematically reviewed years of research on touch, strokes, hugs and rubs. They also combined data from 137 studies, which included nearly 13,000 adults, children and infants. Each study compared individuals who had been physically touched in some way over the course of an experiment — or had touched an object like a fuzzy stuffed toy — to similar individuals who had not.

For example, one study showed that daily 20-minute gentle massages for six weeks in older people with dementia decreased aggressiveness and reduced the levels of a stress marker in the blood. Another found that massages boosted the mood of breast cancer patients. One study even showed that healthy young adults who caressed a robotic baby seal were happier, and felt less pain from a mild heat stimulus, than those who read an article about an astronomer.

Positive effects were particularly noticeable in premature babies, who “massively improve” with skin-to-skin contact, said Frédéric Michon, a researcher at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and one of the study’s authors.

“There have been a lot of claims that touch is good, touch is healthy, touch is something that we all need,” said Rebecca Boehme, a neuroscientist at Linkoping University in Sweden, who reviewed the study for the journal. “But actually, nobody had looked at it from this broad, bird’s eye perspective.”

The analysis revealed some interesting and sometimes mysterious patterns. Among adults, sick

people showed greater mental health benefits from touch than healthy people did. Who was doing the touching — a familiar person or a health care worker — didn’t matter. But the source of the touch did matter to newborns.

“One very intriguing finding that needs further support is that newborn babies benefit more from their parents’ touch than from a stranger’s touch,” said Ville Harjunen, a researcher at the University of Helsinki in Finland, who also reviewed the study for the journal. Babies’ preference for their parents could be related to smell, he speculated, or to the differences in the way parents hold them.

Women seem to benefit more from touch than men, which may be a cultural effect, Michon said. The frequency of the touch also mattered: A massage once every two years isn’t going to do much.

Several studies included in the review looked at what happened during the height of the COVID pandemic, when people were isolated and had less physical contact with others. “They found correlations during COVID times between touch deprivation and health aspects like depression and anxiety,” Michon said.

Touching the head appears to have more of a beneficial effect than touching the torso, some studies found. Michon couldn’t explain that finding, but thought it could have to do with the greater number of nerve endings on the face and scalp.

Another mystery: Studies of people in South America tended to show stronger health benefits of touch than did those studies that looked at people in North America or Europe. Michon said that culture may somehow play a role. But Boehme said the studies showing the differences between countries were too small to be definitive. “I think the mechanism behind this is biological,” she said. “I think that’s hardwired and will be the same for all of us.”

In 2023, Jeeva Sankar, a pediatrics researcher at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, and a colleague published a rigorous review of skin-to-skin care for newborns. The analysis concluded that touch therapy for preterm or low-birth-weight infants should start as soon as possible and last eight hours or more, a recommendation that the World Health Organization adopted. Sankar said the new review was important because touch is often neglected in modern medical care, but it was too broad. He would have liked it to focus more on how various forms of touch could be integrated in medical care.

Michon stressed that the types of touch considered in these studies were positive experiences to which the volunteers agreed. “If someone doesn’t feel a touch as being pleasant, it’s likely going to stress them out,” he said.

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el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LOS LICITADORES Y DEL PUBLICO EN GENERAL y para su publicación de acuerdo con la Ley, expido el presente Edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal. En HUMACAO, Puerto Rico, hoy 18 de marzo de 2024. JENNISA GARCÍA

MORALES, ALGUACIL REGIONAL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE HUMACAO. ***

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SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante Vs. SUCESION DE CARMEN GLORIA

NEGRONI CARTAGENA

COMPUESTA POR SU HEREDERA CONOCIDA SILVIA DE TAL CARTAGENA; SUCESIÓN DE JORGE LUIS SOTO GARCÍA COMPUESTA

POR SU HEREDERA CONOCIDA BELINDA SOTO; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERES EN AMBAS SUCESIONES

Demandados

Civil Núm.: CG2023CV01704.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: SILVIA DE TAL CARTAGENA COMO HEREDERA CONOCIDA DE LA SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN GLORIA

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DESCONOCIDOS DE AMBAS SUCESIONES

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SOTO: 21 LYNCREST ST. VALLEY STREAM, NY 11581.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tri-

bunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días a partir de la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Se le apercibe que conforme al artículo 1578 del Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. §11021, usted tiene 30 días para aceptar o repudiar la herencia desde la publicación de este edicto. A esos efectos, de no rechazarla, se tendrá la herencia por aceptada. Representa a la parte demandante, la representación legal cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato:

BUFETE FORTUÑO & FORTUÑO FAS, C.S.P. LCDO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FAS

RUA NUM.: 11416

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TEL: 787- 751-5290, FAX: 787-751-6155

E-MAIL: ejecuciones@fortuno-law.com

En Caguas, Puerto Rico a 11 de abril de 2024. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. SANDRA J. TRINIDAD CAÑUELAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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SALA SUPERIOR DE SALINAS SUN WEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. POR SÍ Y COMO AGENTE DE SERVICIOS DE BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE ELISAMUEL RODRIGUEZ T/C/C ELISAMUEL RODRIGUEZ RAMOS

COMPUESTA POR ZAIDA AMADOR, FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO

POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESION DE DORENE MILLER / TC/C SANDRA DOREEN

MILLER FIEDELBAUM

COMPUESTA POR ZAIDA

AMADOR, JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO

POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS

RICHARD DOE Y MARIE DOE COMO POSIBLES TENEDEROS DEL PAGARÉ

Demandados

Civil Núm.: SA2024CV00043.

Sobre: SUSTITUCIÓN DE PA-

GARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO Y MANDAMIENTO DE INTERPELACIÓN POR

EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S.

A: ZAIDA AMADOR; FULANO(A) DE TAL; SUTANO(A) DE TAL; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO

POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS

O PERSONAS CON INTERÉS EN LA ELISAMUEL RODRÍGUEZ

T/C/C ELISAMUEL RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS Y LA SUCESIÓN DE DORENE

MILLER T/C/C DORENE

MILLER FIEDELBAUM; MARIE DOE Y RICHARD

ROE COMO POSIBLES

TENEDORES DEL PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. 6420 EAST TROPICANA

AVE. 330 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89122; 363 STREET 11 COMUNIDAD

ARCADIO MORALES, SALINAS, P.R. 00751. Por la presente se les notifica que se ha presentado en este Tribunal la Demanda de sustitución de pagaré extraviado de epígrafe en la cual se solicita la sustitución de un pagaré por la suma de $76,000.00, con intereses al 7% anual, suscrito el 29 de octubre de 2007, ante la Notario Ana C. Reyes Morales, número de affidavit 1259. La Escritura Núm. 270, mediante la cual se constituyó una hipoteca voluntaria en garantía del pagaré antes descrito, consta inscrita al folio 11 del tomo 207 de Salinas, finca número 8,107, del Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Guayama. Se le emplaza y requiere para que notifique a: Lcdo. Fernando Gierbolini; MONSERRATE, SIMONET & GIERBOLINI, 101 Ave. San Patricio, Edificio Maramar Plaza, Suite 1120, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968; Tel: (787) 620-5300, abogados de la parte demandante, con copia de la contestación a la Demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto, que se publicará una (1) vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general. Se le apercibe que si no contesta la Demanda radicando el original de la misma a través

del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal Superior dentro del término antes indicado, y notificando con copia a la parte demandante, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará Sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado a favor de la parte demandante sin más citarle ni oírle.

Además, se interpela judicialmente a Zaida Amador; Fulano De Tal; Sutano De Tal; John Doe Y Jane Doe, como herederos desconocidos o personas con interés de la Sucesión de Elisamuel Rodríguez t/c/c Elisamuel Rodríguez Ramos y la Sucesión de Dorene Miller t/c/c Dorene Miller Fiedelbaum, para que en un término de treinta (30) días de haber sido publicado este edicto, excluyendo el día de su publicación, acepten o repudien, mediante instrumento público o comparecencia judicial especial, la herencia del causante, Elisamuel Rodríguez t/c/c Elisamuel Rodriguez Ramos, apercibiéndosele que de no expresarse dentro de dicho término, se tendrá por aceptada la herencia. B.B.V.A. v. Latinoamericana, 164 D.P.R. 689 (2005), por lo que responderán por las cargas de dicha herencia. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, en Salinas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 03 de abril de 2024. MARISOL ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. DANIELLA

RAMOS CÁCERES, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AGUA-

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ANA PÉREZ PINEIRO

Y OTROS

Demandante V. WILLIE PÉREZ

RODRIGUEZ Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: AG2023CV00345. (Salón: 603 CIVIL). Sobre: DIVISIÓN O LIQUIDACIÓN DE LA COMUNIDAD DE BIENES HEREDITARIOS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

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DESCONOCIDA. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 08 DE ABRIL DE 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 09 de abril de 2024. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, el 09 de abril de 2024. Sarahí Reyes Pérez, Secretaria. Zuheily González Avilés, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

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GUAS

LEGACY MORTGAGE

ASSET TRUST 2019-PR1

Parte Demandante Vs. JUAN LEÓN SOTO T/C/C

JUAN JOSÉ LEÓN SOTO, SU ESPOSA RITA LIZARDI LÓPEZ T/C/C RITA

MARÍA LIZARDI LÓPEZ

Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Parte Demandada

Cil Núm.: CG2022CV02489. Salón Núm.: (701). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA

Y COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.

A: JUAN LEÓN SOTO

T/C/C JUAN JOSÉ LEÓN SOTO, SU ESPOSA

RITA LIZARDI LÓPEZ T/C/C RITA MARÍA

LIZARDI LÓPEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR

AMBOS: Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL:

El Alguacil que suscribe, certifica y hace constar que en cumplimiento de Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América. Todo pago recibido por el (la) Alguacil por concepto de subastas será en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del (de la) Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Todo derecho, título, participación e interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Parcela de terreno radicada en el Barrio Cañaboncito de Caguas, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de diez mil quinientos veinticuatro punto ciento siete metros cuadrados (10,524.107 m.c.), equivalentes a dos punto sesenta y ocho cuerdas (2.68 c.) en lindes por el NORTE, con Genaro Báez; por el SUR, con carretera estatal número setecientos ochenta y cinco (785); por el ESTE, con Blanca Longo; y por el OESTE, con finca segregada propiedad de Félix Rivera Ruiz. Es el Remanente luego de segregados, solar con cabida de 1,635.4044 metros cuadrados (finca número 65,603); solar con cabida de 2,342.348 metros cuadrados (finca número 65,605) y solar con cabida de 1,126.76.30 metros cuadrados The

(finca número 65,606), según consta de la escritura número 69, otorgada en Caguas, Puerto Rico, el día 25 de agosto de 2011, ante la notario Carmen Sara López García, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Caguas, inscripción 9na. Consta inscrita al folio 288 del tomo 763 de Caguas, finca número #24,875, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Caguas. La propiedad objeto de ejecución está localizada en la siguiente dirección: Bo. Cañaboncito, RD 785 KM 0.6, Caguas, Puerto Rico 00725. Se informa que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravamen posterior, una vez sea otorgada la escritura de venta judicial y obtenida la Orden y Mandamiento de cancelación de gravamen posterior. (Art. 51, Ley 210-2015). En relación a la finca a subastarse, se establece como tipo mínimo de licitación en la Primera Subasta la suma de $208,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca #189, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 30 de septiembre de 2005, ante el notario David García Medina, e inscrita al folio 293 del tomo 763 de Caguas, finca número 24,875, inscripción 7ma., como Asiento Abreviado extendidas las líneas 17 de junio de 2011, en virtud de la Ley número 216 del día 27 de diciembre de 2010. (Fue presentado el día 15 de diciembre de 2006, al Asiento 778 del Diario 1,120). Debidamente modificada la hipoteca de la inscripción 7ma, en cuanto al principal que se cancela parcialmente en la suma de $758.89, para un nuevo principal que será por la suma de $207,241.11, con intereses al 3% anual por 60 meses luego al 4% anual, por 12 meses, seguido de un 4.500% anual, hasta su vencimiento el día 1 de agosto de 2058, según consta de la escritura número 38, otorgada en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, el día 29 de septiembre de 2018, ante el notario Miled Marir Forestier Santos, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Caguas, finca número 24,875, inscripción 8va. La PRIMERA SUBASTA, se llevará a cabo el día 6 DE MAYO DE 2024 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mis oficinas sitas en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, el tipo mínimo para la primera subasta es la suma de $208,000.00. Si la primera subasta del inmueble no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 13 DE MAYO DE 2024 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo sitio y servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes del precio pactada para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $138,666.66. Si la segunda subasta no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una

TERCERA SUBASTA el día 20 DE MAYO DE 2024

A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar y regirá como tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta la mitad del precio pactado para la primera, o sea, la suma de $104,000.00. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo, para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: La suma global de $202,416.02, la cual se desglosa a continuación: la suma principal de $201,674.13, con intereses a 3.00% anual, desde el 1ro de agosto de 2020, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, la suma de $741.89, como pago diferido y la cual no genera intereses, más los cargos por demora que se corresponden a los plazos atrasados desde la fecha anteriormente indicada a razón de la tasa pactada de 5% de cualquier pago que éste en mora por más de quince (15) días desde la fecha de su vencimiento, más una suma equivalente a $20,800.00, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otra suma que resulte por cualesquiera otros adelantos que se hayan hecho la demandante, en virtud de las disposiciones de la escritura de hipoteca y del Pagaré hipotecario.Para más información, a las personas interesadas se les notifica que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal, durante las horas laborables. Este EDICTO DE SUBASTA, se publicará en los lugares públicos correspondientes y en un periódico de circulación general en la jurisdicción de Puerto Rico. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los referentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente Escritura de Venta Judicial y el Alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días, de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Expedido en Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 8 de abril de 2024. ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #593.

Parte Demandante Vs. FULANO DE TAL, SUTANO DE TAL; (IDENTIFICADOS CON NOMBRES FICTICIOS POR DESCONOCERSE LA IDENTIDAD)

Parte Demandada

Civil: CA2024CV00341. Sala: 403. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R.

A: FULANO DE TAL, SUTANO DE TAL (DE IDENTIDAD Y PARADERO DESCONOCIDO).

Por la presente se le notifica que la parte demandante ha presentado ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, una demanda de la cual podrá usted enterarse en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Mediante edicto se emplaza y requiere que conteste la Demanda radicando el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Centro Judicial de Carolina, Sala Superior, con copia de dicha contestación a la abogada de la parte demandante, cuyo nombre y dirección se indican a continuación:

LCDA. BÁRBARA A. FLORES RODRÍGUEZ RUA: 21231 BAYAMÓN, PUERTO RICO 00960

Correo electrónico: barbara. flores66@gmail.com

Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: hhtps://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal. Se le apercibe que si no comparece usted a contestar dicha demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del edicto, podrá dictarse Sentencia en rebeldía en su contra, concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más oírle ni citarle. En Carolina, Puerto Rico a, 25 de marzo de 2024. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LILLIAM ORTIZ NIEVES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Demandante Vs. SUCESION DE MILAGROS RUIZ RUIZ, ET ALS.

Demandados

Civil Núm.: I1CI201800481.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: LA PARTE

DEMANDADA, AL (A LA) SECRETARIO(A) DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y AL PÚBLICO

GENERAL:

Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Mayaguez, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Mayagüez, el 9 DE MAYO DE 2024, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número 36 de la Urbanización Mínima 37, el Maní de Mayagüez, con una cabida superficial de 296.66 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, distancia de 12.00 metros con Calle “A”; por el SUR, distancia de 12.00 metros con el solar número 44; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 24.68 metros con solar número 35; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 24.73 metros con solar número 37. Enclava una casa en hormigón reforzado y bloques, consta de sala-comedor, cocina, tres cuartos dormitorios, baño y marquesina.

Consta inscrita al folio 33 vuelto del tomo 751 de Mayagüez, finca número 21,274, Registro de la Propiedad de Mayagüez. La hipoteca objeto de esta ejecución se encuentra inscrita al folio 168 del tomo 1518 de Mayagüez, finca número 21,274, Registro de la Propiedad de Mayagüez, inscripción 7ª. Propiedad localizada en: URB.

LAS MINIMAS, #36 CALLE A, MAYAGUEZ, PR 00682. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por

las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga:

N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento:

N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del

Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga:

N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento:

N/A. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $50,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Mayagüez, el 16 DE MAYO DE 2024, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $33,333.33, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $25,000.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Mayagüez, el 23 DE MAYO DE 2024, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma principal $43,357.85, más intereses a razón de 5.625% anual, desde el 1 de junio de 2017, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más otros gastos y la suma de $5,000.00 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado hipotecariamente asegurados, esta última habrá de devengar intereses al máximo del tipo legal fijado por la oficina del Comisionado de Instituciones Financieras aplicable a esta fecha, desde este mismo día hasta su total y completo saldo. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hoy 3 de abril de 2024. José Lorente Plaza, Alguacil Regional Interino. Ivelisse Figueroa Vargas, Alguacil Placa #924.

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Demandante V. SUCESION HECTOR RIVERA Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: PO2023CV03852. (Salón: 406 - CIVIL SUPERIOR). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. FRANCES L. ASENCIO GUIDOFRANCES.ASENCIO@GMLAW.COM.

A: JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO

POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS

DE LA SUCESION

HECTOR RIVERA T/C/C

HECTOR LUIS RIVERA

APONTE; JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO

POSIBLES MIEMBROS

DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION

LUCY CINTURÓN DE RIVERA T/C/C LUCY ALDA CINTURÓN ANTOMMARCHI.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 01 de abril de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sen-

tencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 05 de abril de 2024.

En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 05 de abril de 2024. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. MARIELY FÉLIX RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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FUND, LLC

Demandante V. YADIEL ANGLADA DIAZ

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: CA2023CV02179. (Civil: 406). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM.

A: YADIEL ANGLADA DIAZ.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 07 DE ABRIL DE 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 08 de abril de 2024. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 08 de abril de 2024. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante Vs. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA ACTUANDO POR CONDUCTO DE LA ADMINISTRARON DE HOGARES DE AGRICULTORES; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE

Demandados Civil Núm.: CD2024CV00098. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO.

Por la presente, se les notifica a ustedes que se les ha presentado ante este Honorable Tribunal, una Demanda de Cancelación de Hipoteca y Pagaré Extraviado: Ustedes deberán presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo de Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajuduicial. pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio. Deben notificar con copia de ella al abogado de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Ian A. Lebrón Ward, Cond. El Centro I, Suite 249, Ave. Muñoz Rivera #500, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00918; tel. (787) 630-4697, dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, apercibiéndoles que, de no hacerlo así dentro del término indicado, el Tribunal podrá anotar su rebeldía y dictar Sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarles ni oírles. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en Cidra, Puerto Rico, hoy a 5 de abril de 2024. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. ENEIDA ARROYO VÉLEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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Demandante V.

CONSUELO CASANOVA

CAMACHO Y LA SUCESION DE ENRIQUE

RAMOS ROMAN

COMPUESTA POR NILSA

RAMOS CASANOVA, VELDA RAMOS

CASANOVA, ENRIQUE RAMOS CASANOVA, JOHN DOE, RICHARD ROE, FULANO DE TAL, MENGANO DE TAL, FULANA DE TAL, JANE DOE Y EL SECRETARIO DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO

Demandado (s) Civil Núm.: JCD2011-0813. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA “IN REM”. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA.

A: CONSUELO

CASANOVA CAMACHO Y LA SUCESION DE ENRIQUE RAMOS ROMAN COMPUESTA

POR NILSA RAMOS

CASANOVA, VELDA RAMOS CASANOVA, ENRIQUE RAMOS

CASANOVA, JOHN DOE, RICHARD ROE, FULANO DE TAL, MENGANO DE TAL, FULANA DE TAL, JANE DOE Y EL SECRETARIO DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO; Y AL PUBLICO EN

GENERAL:

El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico, hago saber a la parte demandada y, al PUBLICO EN GENERAL, y a todos los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surjan de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 5 de marzo de 2024, por la Secretaria del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor las propiedades que ubican y se describen a continuación:

Dirección de la Propiedad: Solar Calle Muñoz Rivera Bo. Pueblo, Guayanilla, PR 00656: PROPIEDAD A: URBANA: Solar radicado en el Barrio Pueblo del término municipal de Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de 1,303.48 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en 27.58 metros con Con-

cepción Pagan viuda de Corderos y en 30.86, metros con la Pedro J. Alvarado; por el SUR, en 32.21 metros con terrenos de los hermanos Stella Marcucci y en 23.00 metros con terrenos de Dimas Pagan y los hermanos Pagan; por el ESTE, en 19.91 metros con la calle Muñoz Rivera a la que da frente; y por el OESTE, en 23.00 metros con Concepción Pagan Viuda de Corderos. Contiene una casa terrera con techo de Zinc que mide 15.300 metros de frente a la calle Muñoz Rivera, con 10.05 metros de fondo con un martillo que mide 13.50 metros de largo, con 5.66 metros de ancho. Consta inscrita al folio 46 del tomo 227 de Guayanilla, finca número 3,576; Registro de la Propiedad Sección Segunda de Ponce. La finca 3576 se encuentra gravada por los siguientes gravámenes posteriores: PAGARE hipotecario por la suma de $47,000.00, pagadero a favor del Westerbank Puerto Rico, con intereses anuales al 7.25% por ciento, y vencedero a la presentación; suscrito el 30 de diciembre de 2005, por Enrique Ramos Roman y Consuelo Casanova Camacho, mediante el Afidávit número 14,087, ante el Notario Jose A. Amador Lopez, garantizado con Hipoteca mediante la escritura número 1,046 de igual fecha y ante el mismo notario. SENTENCIA: Dictada el 1ro de marzo de 2010, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Guayanilla, Caso Civil JBCI2009-00228, por la suma de $14,406.21 seguido Por Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito Caribe Coop versus Sucesión Enrique Ramos, Compuesta por Enrique Ramos Casanova, Velda E. Ramos Casanova, Nitza Ramos Casanova y su viuda Consuelo Casanova, Anotada al folio 123 del tomo 4 de Sentencias con fecha del 17 de agosto del 2011. Dirección de la Propiedad: Solar Calle Principal Bo. Pueblo, Guayanilla, PR 00656: PROPIEDAD B: URBANA: Solar radicado en el pueblo de Guayanilla, con frente por el norte a la calle principal, haciendo equina a la calle Cementerio, con un área de 586.20 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en 16.70 metros con la calle principal; por el SUR, en 20.97 metros, con Dimas Pagan, antes Monserrate y Gracia Gonzalez; por el ESTE, en 30.28 metros, con calle Cementerio; y por el OESTE, en 32.21 metros con el solar de los hermanos Eddie y Josefina Stella Marucci, antes Jose Muñoz Espinosa. Forma parte del inmueble una casa de mampostería en azotea. Consta inscrita al folio 126 del tomo 207 de Guayanilla; finca número 159; Registro de la Propiedad Sección Segunda de Ponce. finca 159 se encuentra gravada por los siguientes gravámenes posteriores: PAGARE hipotecario por la

dujere remate o adjudicación la primera subasta, se procederá a una segunda subasta y servirá de tipo mínimo la cantidad de $47,600.00. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en esta segunda subasta, se procederá a una tercera subasta, en ésta el tipo mínimo será la cantidad de $35,700.00. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse a opción del demandante. Para el lote descrito, la PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 8 DE MAYO DE 2024, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a efecto una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 15 DE MAYO DE 2024, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a cabo una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 22 DE MAYO DE 2024, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA. La subasta o subastas antes indicadas se llevarán a efecto en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Toa Alta. Del Estudio de Título realizado el 7 de febrero de 2024, surge el siguiente gravamen posterior: Embargo a favor del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico para responder por la suma de $28,940.37 en concepto de Contribución sobre Ingresos como propiedad de los esposos Américo Ramos Pérez y Ana Lugo González, según Certificación del 21 de mayo de 1997 expedida por el Departamento de Hacienda, anotado al tomo 527 de hoja móvil de Toa Baja el 7 de mayo de 2003 anotación “B”. Se le advierte a los licitadores que la adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el mismo acto de la adjudicación en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica, giro postal o cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal y para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de los licitadores y el público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general, una vez por semana durante el término de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como la de la subasta,

estarán disponibles para ser examinados en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere al crédito de ejecutante, continuarán subsiguientes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores, previa orden judicial dirigida al Registrador de la Propiedad de la sección correspondiente para la cancelación de aquellos posteriores. Y para conocimiento de la demandada, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, expido el presente Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Librado en Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, a 20 de febrero de 2024. EDUARDO RODRÍGUEZ RIVERA, ALGUACIL.

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Demandante V. SUCESION DE PORFIRIO QUIÑONES NERIZ T/C/C PORFIRIO QUIÑONES NERIS T/C/C PORFIRIO QUIÑONES NERYS Y LA SUCESION DE CRUCITA RENTAS PACHECO AMBAS COMPUESTAS POR FULANO DE TAL, FULANA DE TAL, SUTANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE AMBAS SUCESIONES; SECRETARIO DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO; SECRETARIO DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE JUSTICIA DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO

Demandados

Civil Núm.: TA2023CV00046.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. Yo, EDUARDO RODRÍGUEZ RIVERA, Alguacil de la División de Subastas del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Toa Alta, a la demandada y al público en general, les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha librado en

el presente caso, por el Secretario del Tribunal, con fecha 9 de enero de 2024 y para satisfacer la Sentencia por la cantidad de $14,614.73 de principal; dictada en el caso de epígrafe el 14 de noviembre de 2023, notificada por edicto y archivada ese mismo 15 de noviembre de 2023, y publicada mediante edicto el día 22 de noviembre de 2023 en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star y notificada por correo certificado ese mismo dia, procederé a vender en pública subasta, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, todo derecho, título e interés que haya tenido, tenga o pueda tener la deudora demandada en cuanto a la propiedad localizada en el Municipio de Dorado, Puerto Rico, los bienes inmuebles se describen a continuación: “URBANA: Solar radicado en la calle Cementerio de Dorado, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 74.74 metros cuadrados. En Lindes al Norte, en 12.71 metros con el solar ocupado por Manuel Nevárez; al Sur, en 12.10 metros con solar ocupado por Eustaquio Rodríguez; al Este, en 6.76 metros con solar ocupado por Porfirio Quiñones y por Oeste, en 5.92 metros con la calle Cementerio. Finca #1552, inscrita al folio 31 del tomo 41 de Dorado. Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón IV. Con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte demandante las cantidades adeudadas, según la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Toa Alta, cuyas cantidades ascienden a $14,614.73 de principal, a razón de 7.125% de intereses los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda;; más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. El tipo mínimo para la subasta será la suma de tasación pactada, la cual es $37,600.00 para la propiedad descrita. Si no produjere remate o adjudicación la primera subasta, se procederá a una segunda subasta y servirá de tipo mínimo la cantidad de $25,066.66. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en esta segunda subasta, se procederá a una tercera subasta, en ésta el tipo mínimo será la cantidad de $18,800.00. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse a opción del demandante. Para el lote descrito, la PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 8 DE MAYO DE 2024, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a efecto una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 15 DE MAYO DE 2024, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a cabo una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 22 DE MAYO DE 2024, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA.

La subasta o subastas antes indicadas se llevarán a efecto en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Toa Alta. Del Estudio de Título realizado el 5 de febrero de 2024, surge el siguiente gravamen posterior: Hipoteca constituída en garantía de un pagaré bajo aff. #5435 a favor del Associates International Holdings Corporation, o a su orden, por $10,299.99, al 12.68% anual, vencedero el 24 de agosto de 2015, según Esc. #188 en Dorado el 19 de agosto de 2005 ante Rafael Antonio Vélez Pérez, inscrito al tomo Karibe, finca #1552 de Dorado inscripción 7ma, Se le advierte a los licitadores que la adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el mismo acto de la adjudicación en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica, giro postal o cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal y para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de los licitadores y el público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general, una vez por semana durante el término de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como la de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere al crédito de ejecutante, continuarán subsiguientes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores, previa orden judicial dirigida al Registrador de la Propiedad de la sección correspondiente para la cancelación de aquellos posteriores. Y para conocimiento de la demandada, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, expido el presente Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Librado en Toa Alta,

Puerto Rico, a 20 de febrero de 2024. EDUARDO RODRÍGUEZ RIVERA, ALGUACIL.

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Parte Demandante Vs. RICHARD PEREZ COLON

Parte Demandada

Civil Núm.: RG2023CV00565. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO DE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: RICHARD PEREZ COLON - 118 HILL SIDE VLC, RIO GRANDE PR 00745-8404; PO BOX 43002, RIO GRANDE, PR 00745-6601. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:/// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Kenmuel J. Ruiz Lopez cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección kenmuel.ruiz@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO

MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en FAJARDO, Puerto Rico, hoy día 14 de febrero de 2024. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. ANA CELÍS MÁRQUEZ APONTE, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Parte Demandante Vs. WANDA I RIVERA SANCHEZ

Parte Demandada Civil Núm. :CB2023CV00688.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO.

EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: WANDA I. RIVERA SANCHEZURB ANA MARIA C25

CALLE 1, CABO ROJO PR 00623.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunalelectronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Edwin Serrano Peña cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección edwin.serrano@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en CABO ROJO, Puerto Rico, hoy día 7 de FEBRERO de 2024. LCDA.

NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. MARÍA M. AVILÉS BONILLA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Parte Demandante Vs. EDWARD

GONZALEZ CRUZ

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SG2023CV00465. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO.

EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDIC-

TO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS,

EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: EDWARD

GONZALEZ CRUZBO CAIN BAJO SEC CALABAZA CARR 361 KM 0.4, SAN GERMÁN, PR 00683; PO BOX 5000 PMB 120, SAN GERMÁN PR 00683.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:///www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Natalie Bonaparte Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie.bonaparte@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en SAN GERMAN, Puerto Rico, hoy día 15 de febrero de 2024

LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA

IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. SOCORRO VÉLEZ RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Parte Demandante Vs. JOSE R MORALES

RODRIGUEZ

Parte Demandada

Civil Núm.: YU2022CV00642.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO.

EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JOSE R MORALES

RODRIGUEZ - URB PARC MAGINAS, 109 CALLE ORQUÍDEA, SABANA

GRANDE PR 006372138; HC 3 BOX 14526, YAUCO PR 00698; BO QUEBRADAS SEC EL SAPO CALLE PRINCIPAL KM 4.7, GUAYANILLA PR 00656; URB VILLAS DEL CAFETAL K19 CALLE 14, YAZCO PR 00698-3429.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:///www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Natalie Bonaparte Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie.bonaparte@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en SAN GERMAN, Puerto Rico, hoy día 9 de febrero de 2024. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. MILITZA LORENZO

4504; 3223

NATURE CAR APT 306, SARASOTA FL 34235.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:/// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Natalie Bonaparte Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie.bonaparte@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO

BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, hoy día 08 de febrero de 2024. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. NÉLIDA OCASIO ORTEGA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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MIGUEL ANGEL ROSARIO GARCIA

Demandante V. BANCO REGIONAL DE AHORRO DE BAYAMÓN; JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO Y CUALQUIERA PERSONA DESCONOCIA CON POSIBLE INTERÉS EN LA OBLIGACIÓN CUYA CANCELACIÓN POR DECRETO JUDICIAL SE SOLICITA

Demandados

Civil Núm.: BY2024CV01628. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

A: BANCO REGIONAL DE AHORRO DE BAYAMON; JUAN DEL

PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES Y CUALESQUIER PERSONA DESCONOCIDA CON POSIBLE INTERÉS EN LA OBLIGACIÓN CUYA CANCELACIÓN POR DECRETO JUDICIAL SE SOLICITA. Por la presente se le notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal una Demanda en su contra en el pleito de epígrafe.

En este caso la parte demandante ha radicado una Demanda para que se decrete judicialmente el saldo de un (1) pagaré hipotecario a favor de BANCO REGIONAL DE AHORRO DE BAYAMON, o a su orden por la suma principal de $28,000.00, con intereses al 9 1/4% vencedero el 1 de junio de 2007. Dicho pagaré fue suscrito en San Juan el día 19 de mayo 2007 ante el notario Esteban Garcia Malatrasi, garantizado por hipoteca constituida mediante la Escritura número 268 inscrita al folio124 vuelto del tomo 366 de Bayamón Sur, sobre la siguiente propiedad: RUSTICA: Barrio Juan Sanchez de Bayamón Norte. Solar con cabida de 742.13 metros cuadrados.

Linderos: por el NORTE, en una distancia de 25.50 metros lineales con la Calle Santa Cruz; por el SUR, en una distancia de 25.50 metros lineales con Arturo Quintero y Victor Martinez; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 29.00 metros lineales con Luis Carrasquillo, y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 29.08 metros lineales con Rafael Ramirez. Finca Número 13,663, inscrita al tomo Karibe de Bayamón Norte. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección 3 de Bayamón. La parte demandante alega que dicho pagaré ha sido saldado según más detalladamente consta en la Demanda radicada que puede examinarse en la Secretaría de este Tribunal. Por tratarse de una obligación hipotecaria y pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectado por el remedio solicitado, se le emplaza por este edicto que se publicará una vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de Puerto Rico. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio. Debe notificar con copia de ella a la abogada de la parte demandante la Lcda. Lizbet Aviles Vega, Urb. Los Sauces, Calle Pomarrosa #222, Humacao, PR 00791; Tel. (787) 354-0061, dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, apercibiéndole que de no hacerlo así dentro del tér-

mino indicado, el Tribunal podrá anotar su rebeldía y dictar sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 26 de MARZO de 2024. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA

SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. LUREIMY ALICEA GONZÁLEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO COMO

AGENTE DE SERVICIO DE MASSACHUSETTS

MUTUAL LIFE

INSURANCE COMPANY (MASS MUTUAL)

Parte Demandante Vs.

SUCESIÓN DE CARLOS

PAGÁN SOTO T/C/C

CARLOS PAGÁN

COMPUESTA POR SUS

HIJOS GIANCARLO

PAGÁN DELGADO, DAISY IVETTE PAGÁN

ORTEGA, SU NIETA

ALISHA YAREL PAGÁN

FLORES Y SU VIUDA

MARÍA LICELIS PAGÁN

ZAYAS T/C/C MARÍA

PAGÁN ZAYAS, FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES HEREDEROS

DESCONOCIDOS; DAISY

ORTEGA VEGA T/C/C

DAISY ORTEGA VEGAS

T/C/C DAISY ORTEGA

VARGAS, ESTADOS

UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

REPRESENTADOS POR EL SECRETARIO DE LA VIVIENDA Y DESARROLLO URBANO (HUD)

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2024CV01008. (701). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES HEREDEROS

DESCONOCIDOS DE CARLOS PAGÁN SOTO

T/C/C CARLOS PAGÁN.

Queda usted notificado que en este Tribunal se ha radicado demanda sobre ejecución de hipoteca por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega se adeuda las siguientes cantidades: $41,867.32 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma

al 5.00% anual desde el 1 de agosto de 2023 hasta su completo pago, más $118.95 de recargos acumulados, los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de $9,000.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo, incluyendo pero sin limitarse a gastos de mantenimiento, inspecciones y otros adelantos “corporate advances”. La propiedad que garantiza hipotecariamente el préstamo es la siguiente: URBANA: Solar #5 de la Urbanización Extensión Hermanas Dávila, radicada en el Barrio Hato Tejas del Municipio de Bayamón, compuesta de 364.00 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en 14.00 metros con la calle #9; por el SUR, en 14.00 metros con parcela Sergio Dávila; por el ESTE, en 26.00 metros con el solar #6; y por el OESTE, en 26.00 metros con el solar #4. Inscrita al folio 136 del tomo 681 de Bayamón, Finca 31392, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. La hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 140 vuelto del tomo 681 de Bayamón, Finca 31392, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. Inscripción octava. La modificación de hipoteca consta inscrita al tomo Karibe de Bayamón, Finca 31392, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. Inscripción undécima. La demandante es la tenedora por endoso, por valor recibido y de buena fe del referido pagaré objeto de la presente acción. Se interpela a los herederos para que acepten o renuncien a la herencia de la causante dentro de los 30 días subsiguientes a la fecha que fuesen emplazados o requeridos que contesten, para darle cumplimiento el Artículo 1578 del nuevo Código Civil de Puerto Rico, 31 L.P.R.A. § 11021, entendiéndose que, si no se expresan dentro de dicho término, aceptan el caudal relicto; la renuncia se hará por instrumento público o por escrito judicial. La parte demandada deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal. Se le advierte que si no contesta la demanda, radicando el original de la contestación en este Tribunal y enviando copia de la contestación a la abogada de la parte demandante, Lcda. Belma Alonso García, cuya dirección es: PO Box 3922, Guaynabo PR 00970-3922, Teléfonos: (787) 789-1826 y (787) 708-0566, correo electrónico: oficinabelma-

alonso@gmail.com, dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, excluyéndose el día de la publicación, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará Sentencia en su contra, concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal, hoy 25 de marzo de 2024, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ. SECRETARIA. CARMEN M. PINTADO NIEVES, SUB-SECRETARIA.

LEGAL NOTICE

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Parte Demandada

Civil Núm.: CG2023CV03962. Sala: 802. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO

POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: ALEXIS MARTÍNEZ

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POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva, con copia a la representación legal de la parte demandante, dentro de los 30 días de haber sido publicado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día su publicación. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación

responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Extendido bajo mi firma y Sello del Tribunal, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 5 de abril de 2024. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. ZAIDA AGUAYO ÁLAMO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: PO2018CV02114. Salón Núm.: (406). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE

ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.

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GARCÍA LÓPEZ

COMPUESTA POR

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GARCÍA TORRES, JULIO

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CABRERA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM); DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA: Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL:

El Alguacil que suscribe, certifica y hace constar que en cumplimiento de Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Ponce, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América. Todo pago recibido por el (la) Alguacil por concepto de subastas

será en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del (de la) Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Todo derecho, título, participación e interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Constancia, situada en el Barrio San Antón de Ponce, Puerto Rico, que se describe en el plano de inscripción de la Urbanización con el número, bloque, área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación: solar número ciento ocho (108) del bloque D de esta urbanización cuya área y colindancias son como sigue: Contiene un área de trescientos cincuenta metros cuadrados (350.00 mc) y colinda por el NORTE, con el solar ciento siete (107) del bloque D, en veinticinco (25) metros; por el SUR, con el solar ciento nueve (109) del bloque D, en veinticinco (25) metros; por el ESTE, con la Calle L de la urbanización, en catorce (14) metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar ochenta y cinco (85) del bloque D, en catorce (14) metros. Sobre este solar enclava una casa de hormigón que contiene sala-comedor, cocina, un baño, tres dormitorios, “porch” y marquesina. Consta inscrita al folio 221 del tomo 2073 de Ponce, finca número #19,603, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Primera de Ponce. La propiedad objeto de ejecución está localizada en la siguiente dirección: Urbanización Constancia, #3273 Calle Lafayette, Ponce, P.R. 00716. Se informa que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravamen posterior, una vez sea otorgada la escritura de venta judicial y obtenida la Orden y Mandamiento de cancelación de gravamen posterior. (Art. 51, Ley 2102015). En relación a la finca a subastarse, se establece como tipo mínimo de licitación en la Primera Subasta la suma de $83,460.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca #175, otorgada en Ponce, el día 29 de agosto de 2013, ante la notario Marjaliisa Colón Villanueva, inscrita al folio 221 vuelto del tomo 2073 de Ponce, finca #19,603, inscripción 7ma. La PRIMERA SUBASTA, se llevará a cabo el día 15 DE MAYO DE 2024 A LAS 1:45 DE LA TARDE, en mis oficinas sitas en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Ponce, el tipo mínimo para la primera subasta es la suma de $83,460.00. Si la primera subasta del inmueble no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 22 DE MAYO DE 2024 A LAS 1:45 DE LA TARDE, en el mismo sitio y servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras

partes del precio pactada para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $55,640.00. Si la segunda subasta no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 30 DE MAYO DE 2024 A LAS 1:45 DE LA TARDE, en el mismo lugar y regirá como tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta la mitad del precio pactado para la primera, o sea, la suma de $41,730.00. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo, para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: La suma de $77,251.60, con intereses a 3.75% anual, desde el 1ro de julio de 2017, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, más los cargos por demora que se corresponden a los plazos atrasados desde la fecha anteriormente indicada a razón de la tasa pactada de 4.00% de cualquier pago que éste en mora por más de quince (15) días desde la fecha de su vencimiento, más una suma equivalente a $8,346.00, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado todo según pactado, más cualquier otra suma que resulte por cualesquiera otros adelantos que se hayan hecho la demandante, en virtud de las disposiciones de la escritura de hipoteca y del Pagaré hipotecario. Para más información, a las personas interesadas se les notifica que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal, durante las horas laborables. Este EDICTO DE SUBASTA, se publicará en los lugares públicos correspondientes y en un periódico de circulación general en la jurisdicción de Puerto Rico. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los referentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente Escritura de Venta Judicial y el Alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días, de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Expedido en Ponce, Puerto Rico, a 21 de marzo de 2024. PEDRO RODRÍGUEZ LUGO, ALGUACIL PLACA #369.

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Tommy John surgery at 50: More ubiquitous than ever but continuing to evolve

By CODY STAVENHAGEN

In baseball, the words “Tommy John surgery” are uttered every day. And with a rash of injuries sidelining stars in the MLB, we are hearing the phrase more than ever.

The number of injuries to pitchers’ ulnar collateral ligaments keeps rising, an epidemic swallowing the sport and leading to changes in the surgical landscape. But it is no longer as simple as a pitcher tearing his ligament, going under the knife and returning a little more than a year later.

Now, there are pitchers undergoing second, or even third, operations, known as revisions, with slightly different techniques and recovery times at play. And many players are gravitating toward a newer option: the internal brace procedure.

One thing is clear: Tommy John surgery is going to continue to be an important part of baseball.

What is Tommy John surgery?

The ulnar collateral ligament is on the inside of the elbow, attaching the upper bone of the arm, the humerus, to a forearm bone, the ulna. When pitchers injure the UCL, they may sometimes choose a conservative treatment plan, often consisting of rest and plasma-rich platelet injections. In many cases, this is simply delaying the inevitable.

“We often try it because there’s really nothing to lose with it,” said Eric Bowman, an orthopedic surgeon and the head team physician for Vanderbilt University and the Class AAA Nashville Sounds. “There’s very little downside to it. It has growth factors, and we hope that it provides a healing stimulus. But at least the data we currently have doesn’t really point to it being a huge boost for conservative treatment.”

Especially in the cases of substantive tears to the ligament, a full reconstruction is often required. The procedure we now know as Tommy John surgery originated in 1974, when Frank Jobe, an orthopedic surgeon, performed the procedure on pitcher Tommy John. The surgery involves replacing the existing UCL with a graft usually harvested from a hamstring tendon, the Palmaris tendon in the forearm or a tendon from a cadaver. Surgeons attach the new tendon by drilling holes in the humerus and the ulna. The graft is then threaded through the two holes and secured by sutures, buttons or screws.

Why has ‘T.J.’ become so common?

At the major league level, there were 275 pitchers who had Tommy John surgery last season, up from 190 in 2016.

But surgeons in the industry indicate that the largest increases in UCL injuries are at the youth level. Tommy John surgery was once nearly unheard of for high school players. Now, it is becoming common. As far back as 2015, one study indicated that 56.8% of the procedures were performed on the 15-19 age group.

“I think it’s playing year-round,” said Brian Schulz, team physician for the Los Angeles Angels. “I think it’s early sport specialization, not taking time off and playing other sports. I think there’s a lot of kids that understand that velocity is a very important factor if they want to be a pitcher, and they’re doing weightedball programs and velocity-enhancement programs at a young age. You’re putting a lot of stress on the inner elbow doing that.”

How does Tommy John surgery affect performance?

Previously viewed as a last-chance operation, Tommy John in the 21st century no longer has such a negative stigma. But the idea

Houston Astros pitcher Justin Verlander in action against the Philadelphia Phillies in Philadelphia on Nov. 3, 2022. In 2022, Verlander became the first pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in his first season back from a UCL reconstruction. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

that all pitchers return as harder-throwing superhumans comes with misconceptions.

“Probably 10 years ago, people were coming in and almost wanting it electively for their kids because they thought it would make them throw harder, which is crazy,” said Josh Dines, an orthopedic surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery who has worked with the New York Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers. “It’s like assault and battery on your kid.”

Although the rate of athletes returning to play is high, the rate of players returning to the same level of play was “less frequent and took longer, with 67% to 87% of MLB pitchers returning in about 15 months,” according to a 2020 study. Plenty of pitchers have returned from Tommy John to have successful careers, but the road back can come with bumps. In 2022, Justin Verlander became the first pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in his first season back from a UCL reconstruction. John Smoltz is the only pitcher to have had Tommy John surgery and be elected to the Hall of Fame.

Conversely, the 2020 study showed pitchers who had UCL reconstructions had ERAs and WHIPs “equal or better” than controls, but it also found that fastball use and velocity tended to decrease slightly after surgery. Overall, there is little clinical data to suggest Tommy John directly correlates with enhanced long-term performance.

How does a UCL revision differ from a reconstruction?

Not long ago, there was a common belief that a Tommy John procedure would all but guarantee a healthy UCL for at least 10 years. That belief, Schulz said, was never based on clinical data.

If a pitcher has Tommy John surgery at 17 and continues pitching at a high level, it could be natural for a pitcher to need another procedure by 27. There is also anecdotal concern that increases in velocity and force applied to the UCL could be shortening the life span of the Tommy John procedure.

If a player requires a revision, the clinical term for a second (or third) Tommy John surgery, the procedure often differs from the first.

“The procedure itself is a little bit more complex,” Bowman said, “because you’re having to work around scar tissue. When you’re going in and it’s sort of a pristine environment, you can put things exactly where you want it, and the tissue overall might look fairly normal. When you go in on a revision situation, there’s scar tissue, there is already tunnels and hardware in place. Sometimes, you have to navigate that.”

While initial Tommy John procedures across all levels come with a return-to-sport rate of close to 90%, the data is murkier when it comes to UCL revisions. Return-to-play rates hover at about 75%, Bowman said, but return to previous performance level is closer to 55%.

Is the internal brace a revolution?

In recent years, a new surgical technique has become increasingly popular. It’s called the internal brace, where an athlete’s existing UCL is reinforced with a tapelike suture that is anchored into the humerus and ulna. The internal brace can serve as a Tommy John alternative for athletes who have not completely torn their UCL. MLB players such as Lucas Giolito and infielder Trevor Story are among those who have recently had the internal brace procedure, but it is more common for amateur players, Bowman said.

Athletes can typically return to throwing in about six months after an internal brace procedure. Many major league pitchers, however, may not be good candidates for the surgery.

“The problem when you get toward the majors level is the tissue isn’t as good, so you have to replace the tissue,” Bowman said. “Just putting the internal brace in there or the suture, it can help relieve some of the stress, but the bad tissue just isn’t going to heal very reliably, so that’s when you have to put the graft in.”

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