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In Caguas on Wednesday, Gov. Jenniffer González Colón announced the expansion of the Terumo factory as the result of a $50 million investment from the medical equipment manufacturer and government incentives, which will create more than 180 jobs. Present at the expansion were Terumo CEO Hikaru Samejima along with other senior company executives, Economic Development and Commerce Secretary Sebastián Negrón Reichard, Humacao District Sens. Wanda “Wandy” Soto and Luis Daniel Colón, Sen. José Luis Dalmau Santiago, District Rep. José “Conny” Varela, and Caguas Vice Mayor Lydia Rivera Denizard. (Facebook via Jenniffer González Colón)
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Elvia Cabrera Rivera, 40, and Anthonieska Avilés Cabrera, 17, appeared in the Aibonito Court of First Instance on Wednesday, one day after being jailed on charges related to the murder of Gabriela Nicole Pratts Rosario.
According to NotiCentro, the mother and daughter were escorted into the courtroom to discuss their options for a defense lawyer. They had to decide whether they will have a lawyer provided by legal assistance or continue with their current attorney, Zulmarie Alverio Ramos.
There have been reports that Alverio Ramos has resigned, although that information could not be confirmed as of press time. The two women cannot be represented by the same lawyer due to a conflict of interest.
The women are facing two charges: first-degree murder and a violation of the Weapons Law. Judge Valery Téllez Téllez has set bail for each of them at $1 million.
The case has gained significant
attention because the circumstances surrounding Pratts Rosario’s death have deeply affected the Aibonito community, especially as reports have emerged suggesting that six people may have been involved in the crime, and that the victim’s mother, Lisandra Lisa Rosario, witnessed the events.
As of press time Wednesday, no other arrests had been made in the case. The accused women were incarcerated at a
women’s prison in Bayamón on Tuesday after failing to post bail.
Corrections and Rehabilitation Secretary Francisco Quiñones Rivera said Avilés Cabrera, who will be tried as an adult it was announced Tuesday, may be transferred to an institution for young adults. For the time being, both were to remain at the Bayamón Correctional Complex in individual cells under monitoring.
Hospital del Maestro starts financial restructuring process
By THE STAR STAFF
Hospital del Maestro has announced the start of an operational restructuring process in response to the financial challenges the San Juan institution has faced in recent years.
“It has been a complex process that has required difficult decisions, but it has always been handled with the utmost sensitivity and respect for our staff and patients,” said Pablo Serrano, spokesperson for the institution and a member of its board of directors. “Our priority is, and will continue to be, ensuring the quality of service.”
As part of the measures being implemented, effective immediately, the hospital will reduce its staff by 62 employees, leaving a total of 155 from the current workforce of 217. The
focus will now be on outpatient services. Additionally, the number of hospital beds will decrease from 26 to 18. The hospital will
continue to provide services in its emergency room and laboratories, as well as through the Diagnostic and Treatment Center.
“Like Hospital del Maestro, the healthcare sector in Puerto Rico and globally has faced significant challenges over the last decade due to rising operating costs, the emigration of healthcare professionals, the pandemic, and other factors,” Serrano noted. “We will promptly announce any additional measures needed to protect the hospital’s finances and maintain the quality of service for our patients.”
Hospital del Maestro is a healthcare institution with more than six decades of service, recognized for its commitment to clinical excellence and compassionate care. Founded in 1959 to serve the teaching profession, it now provides services to the entire population, with a core focus on delivering high-quality, humane care.
US DOE has extended emergency orders to strengthen electrical grid
By THE STAR STAFF
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has extended certain emergency orders that seek to strengthen Puerto Rico’s electrical grid.
On May 16 of this year, the DOE issued two emergency orders. The first order authorized the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) to operate specified generation units under certain circumstances for a 90-day period. The second order directed PREPA to perform vegetation control activities to ensure the operational availability of certain transmission lines and reduce the number of vegetation-induced failures.
The orders have empowered Puerto Rico’s government to conduct commonsense fixes to restore the fragile grid and put Puerto Rico on track for sustained energy resilience. Extending the orders will ensure that the critical work can continue throughout the peak summer demand season, according to the DOE.
“A reliable and secure power grid is essential for modern life,
and the residents of Puerto Rico deserve solutions now. Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, we are able to take action, moving from years of instability toward measurable, lasting progress,” U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said. “By extending these orders, DOE is ensuring critical work continues, urgent energy reliability needs are addressed, and the grid is more prepared to withstand the most demanding stretch of hurricane season for the 3.2 million Americans who call Puerto Rico home.”
Gov. Jenniffer González Colón expressed appreciation for the extension of the orders, which she said “have provided needed flexibilities to maintain sufficient power generation capacity and conduct vegetation control activities along critical transmission lines.”
“I look forward to building on this momentum and continuing to partner with President Trump and Secretary Wright as we strengthen Puerto Rico’s electrical system [...],” she added.
Decades of deferred maintenance, insufficient investment, the bankruptcy of the system owner, and devastating hurricanes and earthquakes have significantly deteriorated the island’s elec-
trical grid. As a result, full recovery will take years, the governor noted, but critical work is underway to improve grid reliability and resilience.
Liberty Puerto Rico to close stores, urge voluntary resignations
By THE STAR STAFF
Communications company Liberty announced the closure of stores in Puerto Rico as part of a “restructuring process.”
A document leaked on social media Wednesday indicates that the measures include a program of voluntary resignations and possible additional layoffs.
Liberty says in the document that “unfortunately, some Retail Sales Consultants will leave the company. It has been determined to give the opportunity for voluntary separations. Employees interested in opting for voluntary separation should submit their request (by Wednesday)’’.
The STAR reported on Aug. 12 that Liberty Communications Puerto Rico, facing a decline in revenue, was seeing its credi-
tors take action, as the company was preparing for significant strategic changes.
According to sources, Liberty Communications engaged Ropes & Gray as legal counsel and Moelis as its financial adviser. With reportedly around $2.8 billion in debt, the company has spurred the formation of creditor groups, with Akin Gump and Evercore representing one ad hoc group, and Glenn Agre representing another, as reported by sources. Liberty has not yet confirmed the information.
During its second quarter 2025 earnings presentation earlier in August, Liberty announced its intention to pursue a liability management transaction, aimed at leveraging select assets to address liquidity needs and enhance its capital structure. The strategic move is part of a broader plan to separate Puerto Rico
operations from the Liberty Latin America parent company. Liberty executives emphasize that the separation will unlock shareholder value and optimize capital structure. CEO Balan Nair said the separation could potentially take the form of a spin-off. Despite experiencing a decline in revenue of 5% on a rebased basis during the second quarter, Liberty’s Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands unit managed to increase its adjusted operating income before depreciation and amortization by 22% year-over-year, totaling $87 million for the quarter and $168.5 million for the first half of the year. The growth in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization can be attributed to disciplined cost management, achieved through reduced staffing, lower professional services costs, and the phase-out of integration expenses.
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Hospital del Maestro in San Juan
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., Feb. 20, 2025. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)
Governor, resident commissioner each appear to take credit for $100 million federal injection
By THE STAR STAFF
Gov. Jenniffer González Colón and Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández Rivera separately have announced the approval of multiple federal funding allocations totaling more than $100 million.
The governor issued a statement early Wednesday in what appeared to be an attempt to take credit, but Hernández Rivera also issued a statement about the allocation, saying: “These allocations are part of Puerto Rico’s ongoing recovery process. As Resident Commissioner, my commitment is to keep the public informed about every step that strengthens our infrastructure. I will continue to fight in Washington so that Puerto Rico receives the federal funds it needs and deserves.”
The funds are designated for the repair of roads, bridges, healthcare facilities, universities, government agencies, religious organizations, and energy projects across Puerto Rico.
The funding comes from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Stafford Act and addresses damage caused by Hurricane Maria, the 2020 earthquakes, Hurricane Fiona in 2022 and Hurricane Ernesto in 2024.
The new approvals will directly benefit the municipalities of Maricao, Jayuya, Orocovis, Comerío, Adjuntas, Juncos, Ponce, and San Germán, as well as public entities such as the Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Services Administration (ASSMCA), the Public Housing Administration, the Retirement System, the Puerto Rico Police and the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA). Academic and religious institutions such as Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico and the Diocese of Ponce will also see benefits from the funds.
The approved allocations include:
* ASSMCA: $15,558,394.42 for permanent work at five rehabilitation centers in Arecibo, Bayamón, Caguas, Ponce and San Juan damaged by Hurricane Maria.
* Municipality of Maricao: $2,653,456.43 to repair segments of the Achiotillo Highway, near PR-120, which were severely impacted by Hurricane Maria.
* Municipality of Jayuya: $6,332,959.08 to repair PR-528 and a box culvert in the Zamas sector, damaged by Hurricane Maria.
* Municipality of Orocovis: $1,485,282.97 for repairing municipal roads damaged by Hurricane Maria; $12,025,821.98 for the reconstruction of multiple other municipal roads: $1,404,622.28 for repairs to roads in the Gato neighborhood, affected by Hurricane Maria; $1,144,420.50 for the repair of rural roads impacted by storms and flooding in 2024.
* Municipality of Comerío: $1,036,993.74 for the repair of the El Salto Dam, built in 1913, which was damaged by Hurricane Maria.
* Puerto Rico Retirement System: $17,235,835.16 for repairs to the main building in San Juan and its equipment, also damaged by Hurricane Maria.
* Municipality of Juncos: $1,627,342.68 for the repair of recreational facilities and parks affected by Hurricane Maria.
* Puerto Rico Public Housing Administration: $9,953,500.30 for permanent recovery work after Hurricane Maria.
* Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (Ponce): $2,098,456.10 for repairs to buildings on the Ponce campus damaged by Hurricane Maria.
Hearing examiner clarifies scope of rate case
By THE STAR STAFF
Scott Hempling, the hearing examiner and lawyer overseeing the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s rate case, on Wednesday clarified the scope of the case, emphasizing rates must be enough to help provide adequate service.
The proceeding, he said, will only set base rates and not establish fuel costs, purchased power costs, or renewable energy credits (RECs) costs, which are addressed in separate dockets.
Discussions about estimating REC costs linked to distributed generation can occur in the current proceeding, but those estimates will be reconciled later, the hearing examiner noted. Energy efficiency and demand response program costs are also outside the rate proceeding and are dealt with in separate dockets, he said.
“The extent to which those programs affect consumption and demand is relevant to the rate proceeding, of course, because the Energy Bureau must determine the billing determinants used to calculate rates,” Hempling said. “While the above-mentioned
costs do not go into base rates, they do contribute to the total cost that customers bear when they consume electricity.”
In considering a proposed rate increase, he said the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) has to consider practicability but ensure that rates help make the service an adequate one.
“In this context, practicability means this question: Will the rate increase actually produce the required revenue increase? Or instead, will customers react to the rate increase by reducing their consumption, or installing solar panels, or leaving Puerto Rico?” Hempling noted. “An important component of practicability is affordability. If some customers cannot pay their bills, the utility will not receive the funds that it needs to provide service to all. Total revenues must be sufficient to make service adequate. Rates that are below the level needed to make service adequate are not just-and-reasonable rates.”
The relationship among those four goals, just-and-reasonable rates, adequate service, affordability, and practicability, is complex and difficult, the hearing examiner said. To reach the
* Municipality of Ponce: $4,391,373.88 to repair the Enrique A. Vicéns recreational and cultural facilities, damaged during the 2020 earthquakes.
* Catholic Diocese of Ponce/Immaculate Conception Parish: $1,342,428.57 for emergency protective measures following the 2020 earthquakes.
* PREPA: $4,445,869.41 for repairs to the Costa Sur Power Plant damaged by the 2020 earthquakes; $3,285,133.78 for emergency operations following Hurricane Fiona in 2022; $3,294,950.68 for emergency restoration services following Hurricane Fiona; $1,164,663.74 for employee food and transportation expenses (May-June 2023) following Fiona; $2,937,465.81 for food and transportation expenses for employees (Nov. 2022-April 2023) following Fiona.
* Municipality of San Germán: $1,341,263.79 to repair rural roads damaged by Hurricane Fiona.
* Municipality of Adjuntas: $1,460,412.69 for the repair of rural roads following storms and flooding in 2024; $2,795,996.61 to fix the Yahuecas neighborhood road after the same event.
* Central Office of Recovery and Reconstruction (COR3): $4,338,219.17 for state management costs related to natural disasters in 2024.
* Puerto Rico Police Bureau: $1,280,244.22 for emergency measures during Hurricane Ernesto in 2024.
In announcing the allocations, the governor emphasized that the achievement is the result of ongoing and coordinated efforts with federal agencies.
“These allocations result from constant work, direct efforts, and a commitment to ensuring that Puerto Rico receives the resources it deserves,” González Colón said. “I thank the COR3 and PRFAA [Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration] teams, who have been instrumental in moving these processes forward, ensuring that federal agencies respond, and making sure that every approved dollar reaches our communities. These funds will enable us to continue rebuilding the island, impacting the lives of our people in municipalities, universities, religious entities, and government agencies.”
right balance requires information on such things as elasticity of demand, ability to pay, and the effects on people and businesses of unpredictability in electrical service, among other factors, he said.
At the current provisional rate stage, the PREB does not have the necessary information to determine that balance.
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Scott Hempling, the hearing examiner and lawyer overseeing the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s rate case (LinkedIn)
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Beach warnings issued as Hurricane Erin nears the East Coast
BY JUDSON JONES, NAZANEEN GHAFFAR AND EDUARDO MEDINA
Gov. Josh Stein of North Carolina said in a news conference Wednesday that water rescue teams and 200 National Guard troops have been positioned along the coast, hours before the outer bands of Hurricane Erin are forecast to bring dangerous swells and potentially heavy rain to the state before it turns out toward the open sea.
Even as the United States avoids a direct landfall from
the storm, officials from Florida to Maine have urged people to stay out of the water, and some beaches have closed entirely because the threat of rip currents will make swimming dangerous for the rest of this week.
Here’s what you need to know.
— Around 10 a.m., Stein said that residents in the islands of Hatteras and Ocracoke, considered the most likely places to see dangerous swells and storm surge, still had a few hours to get on a ferry and evacuate. “We urge you to do that,” he said. “And if you have not evacuated, make sure
you batten down the hatches.”
— Tropical storm conditions are also expected in Bermuda and along the Virginia coast Thursday, and tropical stormforce wind gusts are likely along portions of the remainder of the U.S. mid-Atlantic and southern New England coasts. — Erin is the first hurricane of the Atlantic season. Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say they expect an above-average hurricane season, with up to 18 named storms in total by the time it ends in November. A typical season has 14 named storms.
In battle over DC police, federal prosecutors open inquiry into crime data
By DEVLIN BARRETT
The U.S. attorney’s office in Washington is investigating whether city police officials falsified crime data, according to two people familiar with the matter — another salvo in the feud between federal and local authorities after the Trump administration seized control of law enforcement in the nation’s capital.
The investigation is likely to prompt new criticism that the administration is using the levers of the criminal justice system to pursue the president’s political opponents. In justifying his takeover of the city’s police force, President Donald Trump has claimed crime in Washington is worse than the statistics show.
He revisited the claim Monday when he disclosed in a social media post that an investigation had been opened into the issue.
Homeland Security Investigations officers conduct a traffic stop near the White House in Washington on Wednesday night, Aug. 13, 2025. Prosecutors working for the U.S. attorney, Jeanine Pirro, have opened an investigation into whether District of Columbia police officials falsified crime data. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)
“D.C. gave Fake Crime numbers in order to create a false illusion of safety,” Trump wrote. “This is a very bad and dangerous thing to do, and they are under serious investigation for so doing!”
How tabulating crime data from the local police could amount to a federal crime is not immediately clear, the two people said, though the effort aims to determine if there were false statements or fraud involved in producing the data.
Prosecutors working for U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro opened the investigation in recent days, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a continuing inquiry.
A spokesperson for the U.S. attorney’s office declined to comment. A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In wresting control of the police force, Trump and his allies have challenged the accuracy of the District of Columbia’s crime statistics. They have pointed to a police official in the city’s 3rd District who was suspended this year in the middle of an internal inquiry into whether he downplayed
the seriousness of some crimes. The head of the local police union has also claimed, amid a litany of complaints about the department’s senior leadership, that crimes have been deliberately undercounted.
Mayor Muriel Bowser has said the matter involved data anomalies in one of the city’s seven districts. “We are completing that investigation, and we don’t believe it implicates many cases,” she told NBC4 Washington in recent days.
Since Aug. 11, Trump has declared an emergency in Washington, taken authority over the Police Department for 30 days, and sent hundreds of National Guard troops and additional federal agents onto the streets to conduct patrols and stop cars, giving them a high-profile presence in daily life.
City officials have challenged the rationale for such an aggressive assertion of power, noting that most major categories of crime have been falling since 2023. Homicides, for instance, have dropped 11% this year compared with the same period last year.
In April, the same U.S. attorney’s office that is investigating the city’s crime data heralded its figures, praising a 25% drop in violent crime in Washington in the first 100 days of Trump’s administration.
Last week, however, the president declared that crime in the capital was out of control and that his Justice Department would take over law enforcement work in the city.
The standoff between federal and local authorities deepened after the city’s attorney general sued the administration Friday over its efforts to tighten its grip on law enforcement. A day earlier, the Justice Department declared it would curb the police chief’s authority and demanded that local officers aid in immigration enforcement.
The two sides reached a tentative truce Friday, in which Police Chief Pamela A. Smith retains authority over the Police Department but her officers may be more helpful to immigration enforcement efforts. A federal judge may hold a hearing on the issue this week.
Federal prosecutors are not the only ones trying to find evidence of a cover-up on crime figures in Washington.
Last week, a group founded by Trump adviser Stephen Miller, America First Legal, said it was seeking police and city documents about possible problems with crime data.
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Trump says Smithsonian focuses too much on ‘how bad slavery was’
By ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS
President Donald Trump accused the Smithsonian Institution earlier this week of focusing too much on “how bad slavery was” and not enough on the “brightness” of America as his administration conducts a wide-ranging review of the content in its museum exhibits.
“The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been — Nothing about Success, nothing about Brightness, nothing about the Future,” Trump said in a social media post. “This Country cannot be WOKE, because WOKE IS BROKE. We have the ‘HOTTEST’ Country in the World, and we want people to talk about it, including in our Museums.”
Trump made the comments a week after the White House told the Smithsonian that its museums would be required to adjust any content that the administration finds problematic in “tone, historical framing and alignment with American ideals” within 120 days. Taken together, the administration’s examination and Trump’s post Tuesday were the latest example of Trump trying to impose his will on a cultural institution and minimize the experiences and history of Black people in the United States.
“It’s the epitome of dumbness to criticize the Smithsonian for dealing with the reality of slavery in America,” said Douglas Brinkley, a presidential historian. “It’s what led to our Civil War and is a defining aspect of our national history. And the Smithsonian deals in a robust way with what slavery was, but it also deals with human rights and civil rights in equal abundance.”
Since taking office, Trump has led an effort to purge diversity, equity and inclusion policies from the federal government and threatened to investigate companies and schools that adopt such policies. He has tried to reframe the country’s past involving racism and discrimination by de-emphasizing that history, preferring to instead spotlight a sanitized, rosy depiction of America.
The administration has worked to scrub or minimize government references to the contributions of Black heroes, from the Tuskegee Airmen, who fought in World War
II, to Harriet Tubman, who guided enslaved people along the Underground Railroad. Trump commemorated Juneteenth, the celebration of the end of slavery in the United States that became a federal holiday in 2021, by complaining that there were too many non-working holidays in America. He has called for the return of Confederate insignia and statues honoring those who fought to preserve slavery.
And he has previously attacked the exhibits on race at the Smithsonian, which has traditionally operated as an independent institution that regards itself as outside the purview of the executive branch, as “divisive, race-centered ideology.”
Trump’s comments also ignore the breadth of the displays in Smithsonian museums. While the National Museum of African American History and Culture, for example, does include exhibits on the Middle Passage and slavery, it also showcases civil rights and cultural icons in Black history. The director of that museum, Kevin Young, stepped down this spring as Trump increasingly targeted the Smithsonian and its museum intended to tell the African American story for all Americans.
Trump has often stoked divisions in the United States by tapping into white grievance and framing himself as a protector of white people both in the United States and overseas. Quentin James, a co-founder of the Collective, which aims to elect Black officials in America, said Trump’s comments about the museums were an attempt to protect “white fragility.”
“For all of us, it’s an assault on our history and an assault on what we know to be true,” James said, while for Trump it is about “white grievance and him exerting his authority.”
The White House did not respond to requests for comment.
Trump added in the social media post that he had instructed his lawyers “to go through the Museums, and start the exact same process that has been done with Colleges and Universities.” His administration has pursued an effort to investigate universities that have adopted diversity, equity and inclusion programs, leading to court fights, funding battles and, in many cases, the removal of diversity initiatives.
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What Trump is really up to in Washington
By JAMELLE BOUIE
You do not need the strongest powers of observation to see that crime is a pretext — and not the main reason — for the military occupation of Washington, D.C., by federal agents and soldiers from the National Guard.
If the president cared about crime, he would push House Republicans to restore the $1 billion Congress cut from the city’s budget, so that Washington could fully staff its Metropolitan Police Department and pay for the services and personnel necessary to keep the city safe. He might fill vacancies at the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington and on the local Superior Court, to help federal and municipal officials bring cases to fruition. Looking beyond Washington, he might also have kept federal agents assigned to actual criminal cases, rather than move them to immigration enforcement or saddle them with investigations of his political enemies. If the president cared about crime, he would not have pardoned the Jan. 6 rioters, many of whom have gone on to commit violent crimes in their communities.
Still, President Donald Trump’s obvious indifference to the actual work of preventing criminal victimization has not stopped some professional political observers from defending the occupation of Washington on the grounds that there is crime in the city. “I have no doubt that Trump enjoys targeting Democratic-controlled cities for embarrassment,” Michael Powell wrote in The Atlantic, conceding that this deployment is pretextual. But, he added, “I also have little doubt that a mother in Ward
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8 might draw comfort from a National Guard soldier standing watch near her child’s school.”
Ward 8 is a disproportionately low-income area of Washington that covers the southernmost quadrant of the city, where the violent crime rate is significantly higher than it is in other parts of the city. One assumes that there are actual residents of the area you could speak with to understand their view of the situation. There’s no reason to ventriloquize an imagined person when there are real ones with thoughts to share.
To this point, my newsroom colleague Clyde McGrady spoke to people in Congress Heights, a neighborhood in Ward 8. “If Trump is genuinely concerned about the safety of D.C. residents,” one resident said, “I would see National Guard in my neighborhood. I’m not seeing it, and I don’t expect to see it. I don’t think Trump is bringing in the National Guard to protect Black babies in Southeast.”
You won’t find the National Guard in any of the city’s high crime areas. The vast majority of soldiers and agents deployed to Washington are stationed in the vicinity of the White House and other high-profile sections of the city. There are soldiers patrolling the National Mall; armored vehicles parked at Union Station; and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents manning checkpoints on U Street, an area known for its bars, restaurants and nightlife. They’re not there for safety, but for show.
It is a truth of this administration, in fact, that much of it is for show. Hardly a day goes by without a new transgression against democratic norms or a fresh assault on the constitutional order. Each represents a serious threat to the American experiment in self-government, and yet each is also highly performative.
The president’s use of military force in Los Angeles, for instance, did nothing but give the White House additional footage to use for its social media accounts. The nationwide ICE raids have put thousands of immigrants, many with legal status, in detention centers around the country. But this is a far cry from the “mass deportation now” promised during the presidential campaign. Many of the president’s executive orders have been blocked by federal courts, and his tariffs have done little other than begin to raise prices. There’s been no manufacturing renaissance, no reinvigoration of the economy, no return to the prepandemic world.
If we turn our attention to the president’s foreign policy, we see something similar. The much ballyhooed attack on Iranian nuclear facilities? A tale full of sound and fury, signifying nothing other than a modest setback for the Iranian nuclear program. The president’s recent summit with President Vladimir Putin of Russia in Alaska? It appears to be a dud, an exercise in national embarrassment with nothing to show for either the United States or Ukraine.
Even his most dangerous actions — his plans to investigate his political rivals and turn the force of the national government against them — seem to fizzle out. It’s as if the point is to get the right headline and hope that it intimidates the right targets.
At this moment, several states are sending National Guard
National Guard personnel patrol past an ice cream truck on the National Mall in Washington, Aug. 16, 2025. The number of troops in the city is expected to grow, but Army officials appear to be trying to keep them on the sidelines of President Trump’s mission. (Kenny Holston/ The New York Times)
units to bolster the president’s occupation of the city. This is a dangerous escalation, especially since the president has threatened to deploy troops to other Democratic-led cities. Americans have, throughout their history, been occupiers but rarely have they been occupied. The paradigmatic example, in our past, of the American military occupying American cities is during and after the Civil War, when the Union Army occupied much of the South as something like a conquered territory. White Southerners, at least, understood themselves as a conquered people.
And of course the goal of Union occupation was not to subjugate the South but to start the process of reconstructing and reintegrating the former rebels into the national community. It was to extend the rights of citizenship to every American under the flag and defend those rights in the face of violent resistance from vigilantes and vengeful ex-Confederates.
This occupation has a different purpose and sends a different message. It tells the people of Washington — and of other, similar cities — that they’re less equal citizens under an elected government than subjects of a capricious ruler. It tells them that their freedom to live their lives free of harassment from masked federal agents is a function of their loyalty to that ruler. And it tells states that they can’t expect fair treatment from the White House; reject his demands, and the president will send an occupation force, with support from regime-friendly governors.
It is all for show; most of these troops will spend most of their time around the same tourist-friendly areas where most of the National Guard in Washington has already been sent. But just because it’s for show does not mean, to use a term favored by Democrats, that it is a distraction. The president isn’t trying to shift your attention as much as he is indulging his grievances and pursuing, however impulsively, his political goals. And at the top of that list, as he’s made clear in many different ways, is seizing as much power as he can to rule the United States as a strongman.
The clumsiness, the hollowness, the occasional silliness of the president’s actions should not distract you from the reality that even as he’s putting on a show, he’s also doing everything he can to reach his ultimate aim.
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PIP propone fin de contratos de LUMA y Genera PR y devolución del sistema eléctrico al pueblo
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SAN JUAN – Legisladores del Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño anunciaron el miércoles la radicación del Proyecto de la Cámara y el Proyecto del Senado 695, con el fin de enmendar la Ley 83 de 1941 y devolver el control público del sistema eléctrico, poniendo fin a los contratos de privatización con LUMA Energy y Genera PR.
“Ante el fracaso evidente y reiterado de la privatización, la única vía sensata es recobrar el control del sistema eléctrico, superando los males de la antigua operación de la AEE –como la politización y la falta de transparencia– y entendiendo el servicio de energía como un derecho humano”, afirmó la senadora María de Lourdes Santiago en declaraciones escritas.
El representante Denis Márquez añadió que la expe-
riencia de los últimos años confirma los problemas de entregar un servicio esencial a la empresa privada. “Los frecuentes apagones y el aumento sin precedentes en la factura de luz son un claro ejemplo del fracaso de LUMA, la privatización y la politización de nuestros servicios esenciales”, dijo Márquez al señalar que la energía debe estar bajo control público.
Según los legisladores, tras cuatro años de privatización, no se ha logrado resiliencia ante huracanes, los apagones continúan, no se cumplen los planes de mantenimiento y las tarifas siguen en aumento. Añadieron que extender el contrato de LUMA por 15 años supondría un costo social adicional de 792 millones de dólares, mientras que el proceso de reconstrucción con fondos federales avanza con lentitud.
El grupo legislativo, compuesto además por el secretario general del PIP, Juan Dalmau Ramírez, el senador
Adrián González Costa y las representantes Adriana Gutiérrez Colón y Nelie Lebrón Robles, sostuvo que el nuevo marco legislativo busca reorganizar la AEE bajo principios de mérito y transparencia, eliminando la injerencia partidista. Coincidieron en que recuperar el control público es indispensable para garantizar un sistema eléctrico confiable, asequible y alineado con el interés del pueblo de Puerto Rico.
Matrícula en la UPR de Río Piedras alcanza 12,507 estudiantes en nuevo semestre
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SAN JUAN – La Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras, inició el martes el primer semestre del año académico 2025-2026 con 12,507 estudiantes matriculados, de los cuales 9,782 cursan estudios subgraduados y 2,725 estudios graduados, anunció la rectora Angélica Varela Llavona.
“Nos llena de esperanza ver cómo el Recinto de Río Piedras de la Universidad de Puerto Rico se fortalece con cada generación que se suma a nuestra comunidad. Estos datos reflejan un aumento en comparación con el año académico anterior”, expresó Varela Llavona en declaraciones escritas.
La funcionaria resaltó que el nuevo ciclo académico representa la oportunidad de continuar impartien-
do una educación superior de excelencia y reafirmó el compromiso institucional de apoyar a los estudiantes en su desarrollo académico, profesional y personal dentro de un ambiente seguro y de bienestar.
Por su parte, la presidenta de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Zayira Jordán Conde, destacó que el aumento en la matrícula refleja la confianza de las familias en la educación pública. “El crecimiento en la matrícula no solo representa un logro institucional, sino también la confianza de las familias puertorriqueñas en una educación pública de excelencia”, sostuvo Jordán Conde.
Ambas funcionarias coincidieron en que este nuevo semestre académico reafirma la misión de la universidad de continuar siendo un pilar en la formación de profesionales para Puerto Rico.
Omar Ayoub gana bronce en Mundial U20 de lucha olímpica
ta del Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico, Sara Rosario Vélez en declaraciones escritas.
SAN JUAN – El puertorriqueño Omar Ayoub conquistó el miércoles la medalla de bronce en la categoría de 61 kilogramos estilo libre masculino del Campeonato Mundial U20 de lucha olímpica celebrado en Samokov, Bulgaria.
“Omar es un ejemplo de determinación y coraje. Su medalla de bronce en un escenario mundial demuestra la capacidad de nuestros atletas de competir y triunfar al más alto nivel. Puerto Rico celebra con orgullo este logro histórico para la lucha olímpica nacional”, expresó la presiden-
Ayoub aseguró su lugar en el podio al derrotar 8-6 al ruso Adlan Saitiev en un combate cerrado, en el que mostró temple, inteligencia y un ataque constante que le permitió alcanzar una de las victorias más significativas de su carrera deportiva.
Este resultado lo coloca entre los mejores luchadores juveniles del mundo y refuerza el desarrollo de una nueva generación de atletas boricuas que siguen destacándose en los escenarios internacionales de la lucha olímpica.
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Rodrigo Moya, who photographed a changing Latin America, dies at 91
By MIGUEL SALAZAR
Rodrigo Moya, a photojournalist who captured farmworkers, guerrillas and celebrities in Mexico and across Latin America, and whose subjects included Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara smoking a cigar and novelist Gabriel García Márquez with a black eye, died July 30 at his home in Cuernavaca, Mexico. He was 91.
His son Pablo said the cause was a stroke.
Moya chronicled a tempestuous period in Latin American history. In the 1950s and ’60s, a time of rapid modernization and single-party rule, he documented the poverty and tumult of Mexico. He then widened his focus to photograph armed conflicts throughout the region and luminaries like Cuban singer Celia Cruz, novelist Carlos Fuentes and painter Diego Rivera.
Although his photographs are considered among the most revelatory of his era — along with the work of contemporaries like Héctor García Cobo and Nacho López — Moya remained a marginal figure for most of his career.
Armed with two cameras — one for news assignments, the other for personal use — he traveled across Mexico City, documenting strikes, student protests and widespread deprivation.
At the time, his photographs of shopkeepers, schoolchildren and rural laborers were considered too controversial to be published because they contradicted the image of a modern country promoted by the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which had dominated the Mexican government since 1929. He stashed many of them away for decades.
“More than the beltways or the glass-covered skyscrapers that proliferated along the main avenues,” Moya wrote in a 2008 photo essay, “the city that astonished me was one of textures, of mud and dust and improbable, precarious houses,” populated by “the millions who build the urban center, who pave it and sweep it” and “maintain the movements of the urban clockwork.”
A committed Marxist, he documented the proliferation of guerrilla armies across the region in the 1960s after the military success of the Cuban revolution. He embedded with rebel groups in Guatemala and Venezuela, capturing the fighters as they navigated the jungle in a shroud of fog; infiltrated a United Fruit Co. (now Chiquita Brands International) estate in Panama to observe its miserable labor conditions; and photographed the U.S. Army invading the Dominican Republic in 1965.
Over the course of his career, Moya shot portraits of a pantheon of Latin American celebrities, including Rivera, Fuentes, Cruz and García Márquez, twice — once, in 1967, for the promotional photos for his novel “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” and again in 1976, when García Márquez unexpectedly arrived on his doorstep with a black eye.
Two days earlier, García Márquez told him, Mario Vargas Llosa had punched him for interfering in his marriage. García Márquez wanted photos taken as a matter of record. Moya obliged.
“I was concerned about his melodramatic face,” Moya recalled decades later, in an interview with Colombian author Silvana Paternostro for her book “Solitude and Company” (2014). “Then suddenly something happened, I said something and he laughed, and I took two photographs.”
He held on to the negatives for more than 30 years before he published the now-famous image of a battered, grinning García Márquez in the Mexican newspaper La Jornada on the author’s birthday in 2007, inspiring years of literary gossip.
“I’ve never made so much money from a photograph,” Moya told The Paris Review.
Peluquería, Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo, México,” 1955, gelatin silver print (Instagram via ethertongallery)
Luis Rodrigo Moya Moreno was born on April 10, 1934, in Medellín, Colombia. His father, Luis Moya Sarmiento, was a painter and set designer from Mexico; his mother, Alicia Moreno Vélez, ran the home.
After the family moved to Mexico City in 1937, Rodrigo attended the Colegio Madrid, a school run by Republicans who had fled Spain during the country’s civil war. He enrolled in the engineering program at the National Autonomous University of Mexico but dropped out in 1954 and took a job in a Mexican television studio.
His family home was a gathering spot for Colombian artists and writers, including García Márquez, painter Pedro Nel Gómez and photographer Guillermo Angulo, who offered Rodrigo photography lessons in exchange for instruction on how to operate a TV camera. Angulo, who worked for Impacto magazine, offered him an internship there; within a year, Moya had been hired as a staff photographer.
By 1967, the year Guevara died, Moya had become disillusioned with armed leftists and with the self-censorship of the Mexican press.
He abandoned photojournalism and started a monthly fishing trade magazine, Tecnica Pesquera. For the next 22 years, until it closed in 1990, he edited the magazine, wrote for it and occasionally supplied the photography.
In 1999, after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, Moya moved to Cuernavaca and began sifting through his archive of some 40,000 photos. In 2004, he published a collection of photography called “Foto Insurrecta”; it was then that his work found a second life, drawing attention in exhibitions across Mexico and abroad.
In its listing for a 2013 show at Throckmorton Fine Art in midtown Manhattan, The New Yorker noted that Moya’s photography “flirts with some of photojournalism’s favorite clichés (the adorable waif, the stoic farmhand) but avoids them with wit, restraint, and a formal elegance that recalls the Bauhaus.”
Moya eventually published 11 photography collections and catalogs, including “Photography and Conscience/Fotografía y Conciencia” (2015), a bilingual volume issued by the University of Texas Press. A selection from his archive is held by the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University.
An accomplished writer, Moya also published two shortstory collections. His 1999 book, “Cuentos Para Leer Junto al Mar” (“Stories to Read by the Sea”), was awarded a short story prize by the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature in Mexico.
Moya married Annunziata Rossi, a professor of literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, in 1959. The marriage ended in divorce in 1964. In addition to their son Pablo, he is survived by Susan Flaherty, an illustrator, whom he married in 1982. Two other children from his first marriage, Nicolás and Giovanna Moya, died earlier. The San
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Mexican photojournalist Rodrigo Moya (Facebook via The Wittliff Collection)
Che Guevara in 1964, vintage gelatin silver print (Pinterest via Rodrigo Moya)
Nasdaq drops for 2nd day as AI jitters rattle tech investors
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Tech stocks led declines on Wall Street, with worries about AI spurring debates about its future. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 2.2% over the last two days, the worst two-day fall since August 1st.
The semiconductor index was down 1.4% , while the information technology sector was the second biggest decliner in the S&P 500, sliding 1% on Wednesday.
Market participants attributed the selloff to a range of factors including a technical pullback after driving much of the stock market’s recovery in the weeks after the April 2nd “Liberation Day.”
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tion. The most notable trade midday was a seller of 20k+ Dec 100 puts as SPX rebounded sharply, suggesting investors are taking advantage of the pullback via selling puts rather than signaling a wholesale shift. For now, flows point to taking advantage of the sell-off as opposed to a clear reallocation of capital into new sectors.”
“Tech stocks are sliding as investors pare back risk ahead of the Fed’s Jackson Hole meeting, with traders reluctant to chase valuations higher into a Powell speech that will likely fall short of promising a September rate cut.”
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“Fresh concerns over the durability of the AI boom, after an MIT study highlighted weak corporate returns and comments from OpenAI’s Sam Altman cited excess buildout in the space, have added to the pressure.”
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“If it’s the start of a rotation, it’s less of a ‘growth shifting to value’ or ‘smalls caps over mega caps’ shift and more of a ‘classic defensive’ posturing around economic weakness: bonds, gold, healthcare, and consumer staples are leading the way. If there was a time of the year for a pullback, it’s now: over the past 10- and 20-years, the S&P 500 has averaged losses of -1.7% and -1.2%, respectively, during the August to October window.”
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Aside from AI concerns, analysts also cited deepening fears of government interference with companies, as the Trump administration looked into taking equity stakes in chip companies such as Intel in exchange for grants under the CHIPS Act.
“I think it’s more likely this is an overstretched pause than the beginning of a new rota-
“Technology in general is up 40% from its April lows, and the group clearly got ahead of itself. Also, if there’s anything to the market consensus that we’ll see a Fed rate cut, then there will be room for other things to work as well – and there are 493 other stocks in the S&P 500 that are lagging the Mag 7 right now. So I think there’s a bit of a rotation.”
“I don’t know how long it will last, but if it does keep going, well, August and September (are) the weak period seasonally in which it could do so. Also, there are some people who are beginning to question the pace at which we need to be chasing AI capital spending. If you put all this together: when technology stocks take a breather, this is what it looks like. Nvidia and other blue chips in the group are seeing relatively steady drawdowns, but things on the speculative edge are clearly seeing more selling pressure. Palantir has gone from trading at 200 times sales to 150 times its sales, for instance.”
“Tuesday’ s U.S. technology stock swoon and its continuation today looks like multiple compression meeting a little margin math, but the timing makes it hard to ignore the new elephant in the server room. Names that had been sprinting on AI dreams pulled back hard, with Nvidia, AMD, and Palantir Technologies among the drags.”
“DeepSeek’s update landed on Tuesday represents a serious cocktail of capability and availability and traders well remember the original harsh tech-market pullback DeepSeek caused when it was first broadly recognized in January of this year.”
Russia demands role in guaranteeing Ukraine’s postwar security
By ANTON TROIANOVSKI
Russia’s top diplomat Wednesday said the country would insist on being a part of any future security guarantees for Ukraine, a condition that European and Ukrainian officials widely see as absurd.
It was the clearest sign yet that enormous gaps remain in the negotiations over a possible end to Russia’s invasion. And it added to the uncertainty over how a European effort to rally a “coalition of the willing” to protect a postwar Ukraine, possibly with Western soldiers stationed inside the country, would fit into President Donald Trump’s plans for a peace deal with President Vladimir Putin of Russia.
“Seriously discussing issues of ensuring security without the Russian Federation is a utopia, a road to nowhere,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters in Moscow after a meeting with his Jordanian counterpart.
Kyiv’s supporters largely dismiss the idea that Russia could be a part of ensuring Ukraine’s future security, given that it launched its military intervention there in 2014 and its fullscale invasion in 2022. But Lavrov signaled that Putin had not budged from his insistence on having a decisive say over Ukraine’s future sovereignty as part of any peace deal.
“We cannot agree that now it is proposed that security issues, collective security, be resolved without the Russian Federation,” Lavrov said. “This will not work.”
The Trump administration has trumpeted a breakthrough in talks with Russia this month, claiming that Putin had accepted a proposal for the West to provide security guarantees for Ukraine as strong as Article 5 of the NATO charter, which stipulates that an attack on one alliance member is considered an attack on all.
Trump said Monday that Putin had “agreed that Russia would accept security guarantees for Ukraine,” calling it
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begin to leave the stage after making statements following their meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, Aug. 15, 2025. After that meeting, Trump adopted Putin’s preference for pursuing a sweeping peace agreement that would require Ukraine to cede territory to Russia. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
a “very significant step.” Steve Witkoff, a special envoy for Trump, said that Putin had made the “game-changing” concession of letting the United States and Europe offer “Article 5-like protection” to Ukraine.
The Kremlin has long said it is open to offers of such guarantees for Ukraine from foreign countries. But with a catch: Russia, the Russian government says, should be one of the guarantors, and no Western troops should be based in Ukraine.
Those caveats remain in place, Lavrov indicated Wednes-
day. He said that the kind of security guarantee for Ukraine that Russia would accept was of the sort that Russia and Ukraine were negotiating when they held peace talks in the early months of the war in 2022.
The draft peace treaty that Russia and Ukraine negotiated at the time, which they never finalized before talks fell apart, would have banned Ukraine from entering into military alliances like NATO or allowing foreign troops to be based on its territory. It stipulated that a group of “guarantor states” — including Britain, China, the United States, France and Russia — would come to Ukraine’s defense if it were attacked again.
Russia’s negotiators wanted to go even further, seeking a clause that would have required all guarantor countries, including Russia, to agree on military intervention in response to a future attack on Ukraine. In effect, that condition would have allowed Moscow to invade Ukraine again and then veto any military intervention on Kyiv’s behalf.
“If Russia is offering what it offered in 2022, it’s hard to see how we’ve moved,” said Samuel Charap, a Russia analyst at Rand Corp. who has studied the 2022 talks. “It does not seem that there has been much of a shift in the Russian position.”
European officials have already acknowledged the disconnect. President Alexander Stubb of Finland said Monday, “I should think that Russia’s view of security guarantees is quite different from our view.”
Some analysts say that Western countries could deploy troops to Ukraine after the fighting ends without Russia’s approval. Others argue that Russia wouldn’t agree to a peace deal in the first place if that possibility remained on the table, given Putin’s fierce opposition to the presence of NATO troops in Ukraine.
“It would be unsurprising if that prospect were to disincentivize Russia from agreeing to end the war,” Charap said.
Drone explosion in Haiti kills 2 SWAT members and injures 6 others
By FRANCES ROBLES
Two Haitian police officers were killed and six others injured earlier this week when a drone intended for targeting gang members exploded at a police base in Port-au-Prince, officials said.
It was the first government acknowledgement of collateral damage in Haiti’s use of aerial bombs against armed criminal groups.
Since March, a task force under the Haitian prime minister’s office made up of the police, military and other entities has been operating drones to target gang members.
disarm the device when it exploded, killing two officers, the official said.
Two of the six injured survivors were seriously wounded, Fritz Alphonse Jean, a member of Haiti’s presidential council, announced on social platform X.
An American private military contractor, Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater Worldwide, is a key adviser to the group, which has been criticized for operating in secret and failing to coordinate operations with the Haitian National Police.
On Tuesday, an attack drone launched by the task force landed in an empty field without detonating. Local residents found it and took it to a police SWAT team base in the Kenscoff area of Port-au-Prince, the capital, according to a senior Haitian official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
Members of the SWAT team were trying to
“At the presidential level, we ask all our brave police officers to remain calm, keep our morale high and continue the fight to liberate our country,” he wrote, after visiting the wounded officers in the hospital. “We are taking all measures to shed light on this drama and provide good support to get through this difficult time.”
Drone strikes began targeting members of “Viv Ansanm,” a coalition of gangs the Trump administration officially designated foreign terrorists that has been terrorizing Port-auPrince and the surrounding region for several years. More than 5,000 people were killed last year, and 1.3 million people — more than 10% of the country’s population — have been forced from their homes by the violence.
The strikes have yet to kill any leading gang members, though several have reportedly been injured.
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Why is the US offering a $5 million reward for a Haitian gang leader?
By FRANCES ROBLES
Last week, the United States government announced a $5 million reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Jimmy Cherizier, a high-profile Haitian gang leader known as “Barbecue.”
The bounty was offered Aug. 12, the same day that a criminal indictment in federal court in Washington accused Cherizier of conspiring to circumvent U.S. economic sanctions. The sanctions aim to prevent him from receiving money or support from the United States.
The moves were intended as a major escalation in the Trump administration’s crusade against officially designated foreign terrorist organizations, including the one Cherizier leads. But as killings, poverty and displacement in Haiti rise, will the case against “Barbecue” make any difference?
Who is ‘Barbecue’?
Cherizier, 48, is the most-wanted man in Haiti. A former police officer, he is the most visible figure of “Viv Ansanm,” a coalition of armed groups wreaking havoc on the nation.
He has told reporters that his nickname was derived not — as urban lore suggests — from roasting his victims, but from the fact that when he was a child, his mother ran a fried chicken kiosk. Long the leader of armed groups operating in the Delmas 6 neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, the capital, he emerged to lead an alliance of gangs known as the “G9 Family and Allies” and then “Viv Ansanm,” an umbrella group that formed to attack state institutions.
In November 2018, while serving as an officer in the Haitian National Police, Cherizier planned and participated in an attack against civilians in a Port-au-Prince neighborhood known as La Saline, according to human rights organizations, the Haitian police and the United Nations.
At least 71 people were killed, more than 400 houses destroyed and at least seven women raped by gangs. He was fired after 14 years as a police officer and an arrest warrant was issued, but he has yet to be apprehended — even though he often makes himself available for media interviews.
In the interviews, Cherizier has denied the allegations and portrayed himself as a revolutionary out to topple corrupt
Jimmy Cherizier, who runs the G9 gang, holds a portrait of assassinated President Jovenel Moïse during a protest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 26, 2021. The United States government announced a $5 million reward last week for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Cherizier. (Victor Moriyama/The New York Times)
oligarchs. He has acknowledged that gangs have committed atrocities, but he has called for dialogue to end the crisis.
In one interview, he said he had something in common with President Donald Trump.
“During his campaign, he said, ‘We need to drain the swamp,’” Cherizier told SBS Australia. “That’s the same thing I want to do in Haiti.”
What are the gangs actually doing?
The gangs succeeded in toppling the government last year, after they banded together to attack police stations, hospitals and neighborhoods, but it is unclear what their ultimate goal is.
Gangs set up road blocks and charge tolls, making it difficult for people in Port-au-Prince to travel. They regularly kidnap people for ransom and have burned down countless homes. The main airport has been closed to international flights since November because gangs shot at passing aircraft.
The U.N. estimates that 1.3 million people have been forced to flee their homes, and in the first half of the year more than 3,100 people have been killed.
Will the federal indictment change anything?
“There’s a good reason that there’s a $5 million reward for information leading to Cherizier’s arrest,” Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said in a statement. “He’s a gang leader responsible for heinous human rights abuses, including violence against American citizens in Haiti.”
But most experts who follow Haiti said the U.S. indictment was largely “performative,” given how long he has eluded capture. Large bounties for other gang leaders have yielded no results.
“This is very little, very late,” said Alexandra Filippova, a senior staff attorney with the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti.
Others noted that the 20-page accusation against Cherizier documented surprisingly low sums of money being funneled to him.
The indictment accuses a virtually unknown Haitian American trucker in North Carolina, Bazile Richardson, of sending Cherizier money through third parties. One transfer was for $25 to re-up his phone plan, and another was for $50.
A dozen transfers noted by prosecutors add up to less than $40,000.
The transfers were illegal because in 2020 the U.S. government imposed sanctions on Cherizier under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
Richardson, who was arrested in Texas in July, has pleaded not guilty, court records show. An assistant federal public defender representing him did not respond to a request for comment.
If the United States wants to capture people like Cherizier, there is much more it could do, said Gédéon Jean, a human-rights activist in Haiti. It could provide material, technical and technological resources to the national police, and join local authorities to mount special operations, he said.
“That way, they could easily capture Barbecue and other gang leaders,” he said. “Otherwise, it’s just one more reward.”
In a video released after his indictment, Cherizier said the charges against his co-defendant were false. “If the FBI wants me, I’m here,” he said. “I am willing to collaborate with them on one condition: There can be no lies told.”
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Parte Demandada Caso Civil Núm.: CA2024CV01518. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El suscribiente, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Carolina, a los demandados de epígrafe y al público en general hace saber que los autos y documentos del caso de epígrafe estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables y que venderá en pública subasta al mejor postor, en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América en efectivo, cheque certificado, o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, en mi oficina en el Centro Judicial de Carolina, el derecho que tenga la parte demandada en el inmueble que se relaciona más adelante para pagar la SENTENCIA por $87,581.39, de balance principal, los intereses adeudados sobre dicho principal y computados al 3.75% anual hasta su total pago y completo pago; más el 5% computado sobre cada mensualidad; cargos por demora devengados, más la suma estipulada para honorarios de abogado, pactada en la escritura de hipoteca; y cuales quiera otras sumas que por cualesquiera concepto legal se devenguen hasta el día de la subasta. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: UR-
BANA: Solar marcado con el número mil diez (1,010) del Bloque letra “T” del plano de inscripción de la Urbanización Vistamar, Tercera Extensión, situada en el Barro Sabana Debajo de la municipalidad de Carolina, con una cabida superficial de doscientos noventa y nueve punto cero cero (299.00) metros cuadrados. Colinda por el norte, en veintitrés punto cero cero (23.00) metros, con el solar mil nueve (1,009); por el Sur, en veintitrés punto cero cero (23.00) metros, con el solar mil once (1,011); por el Este, en trece punto cero cero (13.00) metros, con el solar mil cincuenta (1,050); y por el Oeste, en trece punto
cero cero (13.00) metros, con la calle “HH”. Enclava casa. Inscrito al folio setenta y uno (71) del tomo ciento treinta y cinco (135) de Carolina, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección I, Finca número cuatro mil ochocientos cuarenta y siete (4,847). Dirección Física: 1010 T Calle Navarro, Urb. Vistamar, Carolina, PR 00987. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 8 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2025 A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA, y servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma la suma de $105,050.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. En el caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en la primera subasta, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 15 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2025 A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA y el precio mínimo para esta segunda subasta será el de dos terceras partes del precio mínimo establecido para la primera subasta, o a sea la suma de $70,033.33. Si tampoco hubiera remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 22 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2025 A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA y el tipo mínimo para esta tercera subasta será la mitad del precio establecido para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $52,525.00. El mejor postor deberá pagar el importe de su oferta en efecto, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse el inmueble al acreedor hipotecario dentro de los diez días siguientes a la fecha de la última subasta, si así lo estimase conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada conforme a la sentencia, si ésta fuera igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta y abonándose dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta fuera mayor. Se avisa a cualquier licitador que la propiedad queda sujeta al gravamen del Estado Libre Asociado y CRIM sobre la propiedad inmueble por contribuciones adeudadas y que el pago de dichas contribuciones es la responsabilidad del licitador. Que se entenderá por todo licitador acepte como suficiente la titulación y que los cargos y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes en entendiéndose que el rematador los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse su extinción al precio rematante. Todos los nombres de 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 surgen 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. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria en Puerto Rico y en los sitios públicos de acuerdo a las disposiciones de la Regla 51.7 de las de Procedimiento Civil, así como para la publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria y en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas con antelación a la fecha de la primera subasta y por lo menos una vez por semana. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento indicado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables. (Art. 102 (1) de la Ley núm. 210-2015). Expedido el presente en Carolina, Puerto Rico a 22 de julio de 2025. HÉCTOR L. PEÑA RODRÍGUEZ, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAGUAS
FIRST BANK, PUERTO RICO
Parte Demandante Vs. LA SUCESION DE JOSE BORIA DE LEON, COMPUESTA
POR SHEILA BORIA, LINETTE BORIA TORRES, ELSIE MARIA BORIA
TORRES Y JENNIFER
BORIA TORRES, VILMA
MARTINEZ, JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE LA SUCESION DE JOSE BORIA DE LEON
MARTA GRCIA GELPI
T/C/C MARIA GARCIA GELPI, ADMINISTRACION PARA EL SUSTENTO DE MENORES Y EL CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE
INGRESOS MUNICIPALES
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CG2023CV04347. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El suscribiente, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Caguas, a los demandados de epígrafe y al público en general hace saber que los autos y documentos del caso de epígrafe estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables y que venderá en pública subasta al mejor postor, en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América en efectivo, cheque certificado, o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, en mi oficina en este Tribunal el derecho que tenga la parte demandada en el inmueble que se relaciona más adelante para pagar la SENTENCIA por $47,856.97 de balance principal, el cual se compone de un primer principal por la suma de $46,378.32 y un principal diferido por la suma de $1,478.65, los intereses vencidos sobre el principal de $46,378.32 computados al 7.125% anual desde el día primero de julio de 2023 hasta su total pago; más las primas de seguro hipotecario y riesgo, cargos por demora sobre cada mensualidad de principal e interés adeudadas, disponiéndose que si quedara algún remanente luego de pagarse las sumas mencionadas, el mismo deberá ser depositado en la Secretaría de este Tribunal para ser entregado a la parte demandada; más la suma garantizada en la hipoteca para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado del acreedor demandante, más cualesquiera otras sumas que por cualesquier concepto legal se devenguen hasta el total y completo pago de esta sentencia hasta el día de la subasta. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: RUSTICA: Parcela marcada con el numero setenta y seis (76) en el plano de parcelación de la Comunidad Rural Canta Gallo del Barrio Mamey del termino municipal de Juncos, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de TRESCIENTOS SETENTA Y SEIS PUNTO DIECINUEVE (376.19) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el Norte, con la calle once (11) de la comunidad; por el Sur, con la calle siete (7) de la comunidad; por el Este, con la parcela setenta y siete (77) de la comunidad; y por el Oeste, con la parcela numero setenta y cinco (75) de la comunidad. Inscrita al folio cinco (5), del tomo trescientos sesenta y cinco
(365) de Juncos, finca numero trece mil quinientos ochenta y cuatro (13584), Registro de Caguas II. Dirección física: 76 Lot Carr 189, Bo. Canta Gallo, Juncos, PR 00777. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 4 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma la suma de $64,000.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. En el caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en la primera subasta, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 11 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA y el precio mínimo para esta segunda subasta será el de dos terceras partes del precio mínimo establecido para la primera subasta, o a sea la suma de $42,666.67. Si tampoco hubiera remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 18 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA y el tipo mínimo para esta tercera subasta será la mitad del precio establecido para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $32,000.00. El mejor postor deberá pagar el importe de su oferta en efecto, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse el inmueble al acreedor hipotecario dentro de los diez días siguientes a la fecha de la última subasta, si así lo estimase conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada conforme a la sentencia, si ésta fuera igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta y abonándose dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta fuera mayor. Se avisa a cualquier licitador que la propiedad queda sujeta al gravamen del Estado Libre Asociado y CRIM sobre la propiedad inmueble por contribuciones adeudadas y que el pago de dichas contribuciones es la responsabilidad del licitador. Que se entenderá por todo licitador acepte como suficiente la titulación y que los cargos y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes en entendiéndose que el rematador los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse su extinción al precio rematante. Todos los nombres de 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 surgen 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. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria en Puerto Rico y en los sitios públicos de acuerdo a las disposiciones de la Regla 51.7 de las de Procedimiento Civil, así como para la publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria y en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas con antelación a la fecha de la primera subasta y por lo menos una vez por semana. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento indicado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables. (Art. 102 (1) de la Ley núm. 210-2015). Expedido el presente en Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 17 de julio de 2025. Edgardo Aldebol Miranda, Alguacil Del Tribunal De Primera Instancia, Sala De Caguas.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAROLINA CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC
Demandante Vs. ROSA GLADYS CÁMARA RAMOS T/C/C ROSA G. CÁMARA RAMOS T/C/C ROSA GLADYS CÁMARA T/C/C ROSA GLADYS CÁMARA-RAMOS T/C/C ROSA G. CÁMARA T/C/C ROSA CÁMARA RAMOS T/C/C ROSA CÁMARA T/C/C GLADYS CÁMARA Y LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA
Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2024CV03854. Sala: 409. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL. A: ROSA GLADYS CÁMARA RAMOS T/C/C ROSA G. CÁMARA RAMOS T/C/C
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 13 de agosto de 2025. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 13 de agosto de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. VIONNETTE ESPINOSA CASTILLO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AGUADILLA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. CARMEN GLORIA ECHEVARRIA SANTIAGO
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: AG2024CV01786. (Salón: 602). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO ENMENDADA.
REGGIE DÍAZ HERNÁNDEZRDIAZ@BDPRLAW.COM. A: CARMEN GLORIA ECHEVARRÍA SANTIAGO - DIRECCIONES
CONOCIDAS: A LOT A PR 411 KM 13.0, AGUADA, PR 00602; 1342 FORT SMITH BLVD., DELTONA, FL, PR 32725-6104.
(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 2025, 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 14 de agosto de 2025. Notas de la Secretaría: SE ENMIENDA Y SE EMITE NUEVAMENTE SEGÚN SOLICITADO POR EL ABOGADO. En Aguadilla,
TRIBUNAL.
Puerto Rico, el 14 de agosto de 2025. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. ZUHEILY GONZÁLEZ AVILÉS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante V. CONEXUS HOLDINGS PUERTO RICO, LLC Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CA2022CV03210. (Civil: 409). Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO ENMENDADA. ALFREDO FERNÁNDEZ MARTÍNEZ - AFERNANDEZ@ DELGADOFERNANDEZ.COM. DAVID J. GONZÁLEZ CASAS - DGONZALEZ@ DELGADOFERNANDEZ.COM.
MARISTELLA SÁNCHEZ RODRÍGUEZ - MSANCHEZ@ DELGADOFERNANDEZ.COM. A: CONEXUS HOLDINGS PUERTO RICO, LLC, AROUND THE WORLD HOLDINGS (ATWH), LLC, SUCESION DE KEITH ROBERT ST CLAIR
FERRISEY, COMPUESTA POR RICHARD ST CLAIR, KYLIE JOAN ST CLAIR, JAMES WILLIAMS ST. CLAIR, FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 21 de febrero de 2025, 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 14 de agosto de 2025. Notas de la Secretaría: ENMENDADA A LOS FINES DE NOTIFICAR NUEVAMENTE. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 14 de agosto de 2025. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. IDA L. FERNÁNDEZ RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLE HEREDERO DESCONOCIDO DE LA SUCESION Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: SJ2024CV11651. (Salón: 508 CIVIL). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. BELMA ALONSO GARCÍAOFICINABELMAALONSO@GMAIL. COM. MARINILDA RIVERA VARGASMRIVERAVARGAS@YAHOO.COM.
A: KENNETH LUGO COTTO, COMO PARTE DE LA SUCESIÓN DE ANA ISABEL MERCADO. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 13 de agosto de 2025, 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 13 de agosto de 2025. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 13 de agosto de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MARTHA ALMODOVAR
CABRERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. JOSE RAMON FIGUEROA RODRIGUEZ Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: HU2025CV00309.
(Salón: 208). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. DUNCAN R. MALDONADO EJARQUE - EJECUCIONES@CMPRLAW.COM. A: ENRIQUE MANUEL FIGUEROA RODRÍGUEZ COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN IRIS RODRÍGUEZ
TIRADO A LAS ULTIMAS DIRECCIONES
CONOCIDAS: (A) PO BOX 8495 HUMACAO, PR 00792-8495; (B) HC03 BOX 5723 HUMACAO, PR 00791; (C) 2075
BOSTON ROAD AV. IC BRONX, NY L 0460; (D) BOX 9066 HUMACAO, PR 00792; (E) 6221 ROLLING HAMMOCK PLACE TAMPA BAY, FL 33610; (F) 2080 BOSTON ROAD, APT. 13 BRONX NY 10460; (G) HC-03 BOX 6010 HUMACAO, PR 00791; (H) URB. VILLA PATAGONIA #9 CALLE FE HUMACAO, PR 00791; (I) BARRIO
ANTON RUIZ #225 CALLE
TULIPN HUMACAO, PR 00791; HÉCTOR ANTONIO
VIERA RODRÍGUEZ
COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN
IRIS RODRÍGUEZ
TIRADO; A LAS ULTIMAS DIRECCIONES
CONOCIDAS: (A) PO BOX 8495 HUMACAO, PR 00792-8495; (B) HC03
BOX 5723 HUMACAO, PR 00791; (C) 2075
BOSTON ROAD AV. IC BRONX, NY 10460; (D) BOX 9066 HUMACAO, PR 00792; (E) 6221 ROLLING
HAMMOCK PLACE
TAMPA BAY, FL 33610; (F) 2080 BOSTON ROAD, APT. 13 BRONX NY 10460; (G) HC-03 BOX 6010
HUMACAO, PR 00791; (H)
URB. VILLA PATAGONIA
#9 CALLE FE HUMACAO, PR 00791; (I) BARRIO ANTON RUIZ #225 CALLE TULIPN HUMACAO, PR 00791; FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN IRIS RODRÍGUEZ TIRADO; A LAS ULTIMAS DIRECCIONES
CONOCIDAS: (A) PO BOX 8495 HUMACAO, PR 00792-8495; (B) HC-03 BOX 5723 HUMACAO, PR 00791; (C) 2075 BOSTON ROAD AV. IC BRONX. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus-
cribe le notifica a usted que el 12 de agosto de 2025, 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 13 de agosto de 2025. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 13 de agosto de 2025. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. LISA M. FIGUEROA RUIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. JOEL ALBERTO PADRÓ MORALES Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: SJ2025CV04109. (Salón: 506 CIVIL). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. REGGIE DÍAZ HERNÁNDEZRDIAZ@BDPRLAW.COM. A: JOHN DOE COMO TENEDOR DESCONOCIDO DEL PAGARE. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 15 de agosto de 2025, 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 15 de agosto de 2025. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 15 de agosto de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MARTHA ALMODOVAR CABRERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE ARECIBO SALA SUPERIOR DE CIALES ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Demandante V. JUAN A. PADILLA SANTIAGO
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CI2024CV00394. (Salón: 101 SALA SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM. A: JUAN A. PADILLA SANTIAGO. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 14 de agosto de 2025, 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 14 de agosto de 2025. En Ciales, Puerto Rico, el 14 de agosto de 2025. VIVÍAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. BRUNILDA HERNÁNDEZ MÉNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN FRANCISCO MELÉNDEZ MALDONADO Y OTROS
Demandante V. FULANO DE TAL Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: SJ2025CV03088. (Salón: 504 CIVIL). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO ENMENDADA. ALEJANDRA TAONI DIAZ MARRERO - ADIAZ@FERRAIUOLI.COM. JEAN G. VIDAL FONTJVIDAL@FERRAIUOLI.COM. A: FULANO DE TAL Y MENGANO DEL CUAL, JEAN G. VIDAL FONT. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 25 de junio de 2025, 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 12 de agosto de 2025. Notas de la Secretaría: SE ENMIENDA A NOTIFICACIÓN A SOLICITUD DE LA PARTE DEMANDANTE Y POR ORDEN DEL TRIBUNAL. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 12 de agosto de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MARIELA O. VIZCARRONDO ROSADO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS
COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO
LOS HERMANOS
Demandante V. JORGE I. RICARD CRESPO
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: CG2025CV00158. (Salón: 803 - CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE
SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. MARCOS RAÚL CORTÉS REYESMCORTESREYES@GMAIL.COM.
A: JORGE I. RICARD CRESPO
- DIRECCIÓN DESCONOCIDA.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 14 de agosto de 2025, 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 14 de agosto de 2025. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 14 de agosto de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ - SECRETARIA. SANDRA TRINIDAD CAÑUELAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AIBONITO SALA SUPERIOR DE AIBONITO BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V. EDWIN VEGUILLA COLÓN Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: AI2023CV00149. (Salón: 002). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. REGGIE DÍAZ HERNÁNDEZRDIAZ@BDPRLAW.COM. A: YARITZA RODRÍGUEZ CARATTINI, T/C/C YARITZA RODRÍGUEZ CARRATINI, POR SÍ, Y POR CONCEPTO DE USUFRUCTO VIUDAL DE LA SUCESIÓN DE EDWIN VEGUILLA COLÓN Y COMO HEREDERA CONOCIDA DE LA SUCESIÓN DE HIPÓLITO RODRÍGUEZ LÓPEZ YECHIEL VEGUILLA RODRÍGUEZ, Y YAELIS VEGUILLA RODRÍGUEZ, COMO HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE EDWIN
VEGUILLA COLÓN
MARGARITA CARATTINI PÉREZ, POR SÍ Y POR CONCEPTO DE USUFRUCTO VIUDAL DEL CAUSANTE HIPÓLITO RODRÍGUEZ LÓPEZ JAVIER RODRÍGUEZ CARATTINI, COMO HEREDERO CONOCIDO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE HIPÓLITO RODRÍGUEZ LÓPEZ YAMILA RODRÍGUEZ CARATTINI, COMO HEREDERA CONOCIDA DE LA SUCESIÓN DE HIPÓLITO RODRÍGUEZ LÓPEZ “JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE” COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE EDWIN VEGUILLA COLÓN Y “JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE” COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE HIPÓLITO RODRÍGUEZ LÓPEZ. (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 agosto de 2025, 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 15 de agosto de 2025. En Aibonito, Puerto Rico, el 15 de agosto de 2025. MAYRA L. CABRERA GARCÍA, SECRETARIA. NA-
TALIA BURGOS MALDONADO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. SUCESION DE RONALD ZAPATA FAGUNDO COMPUESTA POR
RONALD ANTONIO
ZAPATA VEGA, LYANN CRISTINE ZAPATA VEGA, YULIANNE MARIE ZAPATA VEGA, Y LINETTE VEGA REYES T/C/C
LINNETTE VEGA REYES COMO VIUDA, SUJETA A LA CUOTA VIUDAL
USUFRUCTUARIA; LINETTE VEGA REYES T/C/C LINNETTE VEGA REYES; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)
Demandado Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV09299. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 1 de agosto de 2025, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento número trescientos ocho (308), localizado en la tercera (3ra) planta del Edificio número dos del Condominio Torres de Andalucía que radica en la calle Marginal Oeste de la Carretera Estatal número ciento ochenta y uno (181) (Expreso Trujillo Alto), kilómetro uno (1), hectómetro (2), Barrio Sabana Llana, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. Tiene un área superficial de ochocientos ocho punto setenta y tres pies cuadrados (808.73 p.c.), equivalentes a ochenta y cinco punto trece metros cuadrados (85.13 m.c.) y consta de sala, comedor, tres (3) dormitorios, cocina, lavandería, baño y clóset. Colinda por el NORTE, por donde tiene su acceso de entrada y salida con un pasillo que lo comunica con el resto del Edificio; por el SUR, con el patio delantero; por el ESTE, con la pared que lo comunica con el apartamiento número trescientos nueve (309); y por el OESTE, con la pared que lo separa del apartamiento número trescientos siete (307). Le corresponde un porcentaje en los elementos comunes de cero punto dos tres nueve cero porciento y un espacio de estacionamiento identificado con el mismo número del apartamiento. Inscrita en la finca número 25,070, inscrita al folio 281 del tomo 617 de Sabana Llana, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección V de San Juan. La dirección de la propie-
dad es: 308 Torre D Andalucía II San Juan, PR. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada 11 de junio de 2025, este Honorable Tribunal dictó Sentencia, notificada el 17 de junio de 2025 en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $53,162.18 por concepto de principal; generando intereses a razón de 6.00% desde el 1ro de octubre de 2017; cargos por demora los cuales al igual que los intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este pleito, y la suma de $5,500.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 10 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2025 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA en el Centro Judicial de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $55,000.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 17 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2025 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $36,666.66, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 24 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2025 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $27,500.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Artículo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Ho-
norable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, 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. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 7 de agosto de 2025. PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, ALGUACIL, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYNABO
ANGEL CABIYA
MALDONADO Y OTROS
Demandante V. FIRST BANK PUERTO RICO Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: GB2025CV00204. (Salón: 201). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. LIZBET AVILÉS VEGA - LIZBET_ AVILES@YAHOO.COM. A: 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.
(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 agosto de 2025, 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 12 de agosto de 2025. En Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, el 12 de agosto de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. SARA ROSA VILLEGAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA
HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Demandante V. FREDERICK HENRY BENTZEL JR Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: VB2025CV00299. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JESSICA D. MARTÍNEZ BIRRIELJMARTBIRR@YAHOO.COM. A: FREDERICK HENRY BENTZEL JR.; CAROL JEAN WHITE T/C/C/ CAROL JEAN WERBANEC.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 12 de agosto de 2025, 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 13 de agosto de 2025. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 13 de agosto de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA
HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS
ASSOCIATION, INC.
Demandante V. VINCENT JOHN HOOSACK, JR. Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: VB2025CV00302. Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JESSICA D. MARTÍNEZ BIRRIELJMARTBIRR@YAHOO.COM. A: VINCENT JOHN HOOSACK, JR., NANCY JANET LYONSHOOSACK, T/C/C NANCY JANET HOOSAK, T/C/C NANCY JANET LYONS Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 12 de agosto de 2025, 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 13 de agosto de 2025. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 13 de agosto de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SAN-
JURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA
HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
Demandante V. RICHARD LEE GELLER Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: VB2025CV00300. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JESSICA D. MARTÍNEZ BIRRIELJMARTBIRR@YAHOO.COM. A: RICHARD LEE
GELLER, JENNIFER LYNN GELLER Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 12 de agosto de 2025, 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 13 de agosto de 2025. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 13 de agosto de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CABO ROJO
FIRSTBANK
PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. FELIX A SOTO MUÑIZ
Demandados Civil Núm.: CB2025CV00330.
Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO; COBRO DE DINERO Y REPOSESIÓN. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: FELIX A SOTO MUÑIZ201 CALLE CRISTAL DEL MAR, HACIENDAS DE MIRAMAR, CABO ROJO PR 00623-9000. De: FIRSTBANK
PUERTO RICO. Se le emplaza y requiere 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), al 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. Este caso trata sobre Incumplimiento de Contrato y Cobro de Dinero en que la parte demandante solicita que se condene al demandado a pagar Al 30 de abril de 2025, la parte demandada adeuda a FirstBank un balance en pérdida de $45,106.60, más los intereses que se acumulen a razón del 7.75% los cuales se continúan acumulando hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda; más una suma equivalente al 30% del total adeudado para honorarios de abogados según pactado. Al 30 de abril de 2025, la parte demandada adeuda a FirstBank por la por la tarjeta de crédito xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-9182 la cantidad de $15,067.37, más una suma equivalente al 10% del total adeudado para honorarios de abogado. Además, se solicita se ordene la reposesión del vehículo en controversia y, de no ser suficiente el producto de la venta del mismo para cubrir la suma total adeudada, se solicita la ejecución de la sentencia que en su día se dicte sobre cualesquiera otros bienes del demandado. Se le apercibe que, si dejare de hacerlo, se dictará contra usted sentencia en rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle.
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At the US Open, stars team up for mixed doubles early
By DAVID WALDSTEIN
The U.S. Open never stands still. Almost every year, there is some innovation or twist intended to spice up the event: a new court or a new restaurant, or a bigger change like nighttime games or automated line calling.
But spectators this year are seeing perhaps the biggest change since the roof was installed atop Arthur Ashe Stadium nine years ago.
There is a new emphasis on mixed doubles (an event played with male-female teams), which is sure to add buzz and controversy — and money — to an already immensely popular and lucrative tournament.
There are only 16 teams in this year’s mixed doubles event, down from 32 in previous years. But instead of a host of relative unknowns, some of the biggest names in the sport are participating, and tickets are going fast.
Carlos Alcaraz is playing with Emma Raducanu. Madison Keys is partnering with Frances Tiafoe, and Venus Williams is teamed up with Reilly Opelka. It has been ages since that many boldfaced names entered mixed doubles, and the pairings and personalities are intriguing.
“We’re not in the matchmaking business,” Stacey Allaster, the U.S. Open tournament director, said last week. “We let the athletes do that themselves.”
For years, mixed doubles games were played in the final week of the tournament by so-called doubles specialists, who honed their craft but received little attention. The most famous players focused on singles, where the big money is.
The mixed doubles matches have usually been sparsely attended, and have rarely been featured on television. Doubles and mixed doubles are simply not as popular as singles.
Even fans who know that Novak Djokovic has 24 major titles or that Aryna Sabalenka is from Belarus might not be able to name the 2024 mixed doubles champion. (That was the team of Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori, who were granted a wild-card entry to this year’s draw.)
This year, eight teams were admitted based on their combined singles rankings, and eight others — chosen by the U.S. Open organizers — received wild-card entries. Many of the top
10 men’s and women’s players in the world have committed to play in the abbreviated event being held Tuesday night and today, with the winners sharing a $1 million prize.
That is a fivefold increase in prize money from last year, which could help explain why players who normally skip doubles suddenly wanted in. And, now that mixed doubles is taking place during Fan Week (the week of qualifying rounds before the main draws begin), players will have at least three days off before the singles draw starts.
“We had even greater interest than we expected,” said Eric Butorac, the U.S. Tennis Association’s senior director for player relations and business development, and a former top doubles player himself.
Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in his first round men’s singles match against Li Tu of Australia at Arthur Ashe Stadium during the U.S. Open tennis tournament at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York, Aug. 27, 2024. At this year’s U.S. Open, Alcaraz is partnering with Emma Raducanu in a revamped mixed doubles event this week. (Graham Dickie/The New York Times)
Sprinter makes history with Puerto Rico’s first medal in 100-meter event
By THE STAR STAFF
Sprinter Frances Colón earned Puerto Rico’s first medal in the 100-meter dash on Tuesday night at the Athletics Stadium of the Asunción 2025 Junior Pan American Games in Paraguay. Colón won the bronze medal in the 100-meter final with a time of 11.46 seconds.
Sports historian Carlos Uriarte said Colón’s performance marked the first time a Puerto Rican sprinter has made it onto the podium at the Pan American Games, both in the adult and youth categories. With Colón’s accomplishment, Puerto Rico’s medal count in Asunción as of Tuesday stood at 12.
The San Juan Daily Star
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