Tuesday Oct 7, 2025

‘Being Devoured by the Sea’

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By THE STAR STAFF

After years of unjustly putting court cases on hold in Puerto Rico, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain has clarified that the protections provided by the commonwealth’s Debt Adjustment Plan under the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA), cannot be used as a legal shield for current and former public officials facing personal lawsuits for civil rights violations.

Judge Swain’s comprehensive opinion and order respond to a protracted litigation initiated by the American Civil Liberties Union of Puerto Rico (ACLU of PR). The ACLU argued for the necessity of holding those accused of abuses individually accountable, regardless of the ongoing fiscal restructuring process of the Puerto Rican government. The ruling allows individuals to pursue their claims for damages, a move that the Financial Oversight and Management Board and the commonwealth government sought to obstruct.

“We wholeheartedly welcome Judge Swain’s order, which paves the way to justice for all whose rights have been violated by current or former officials who, under the guise of the public debt restructuring process, have largely acted with impunity in our community,” stated Fermín Arraiza Navas, legal director of the ACLU of PR.

The ACLU of PR’s case is linked to a lawsuit filed by Jonathan Hernández Zorrilla and Yadira Carrasquillo González, who alleged violations of their rights to freedom of expression and protection against unreasonable searches. They also cited excessive use of force by the Puerto Rico Police, alongside violations of due process and equal protection under the law, stemming from incidents that occurred during a demonstration in San Juan on May 1, 2018. In that case, former Gov. Ricardo Rosselló Nevares and former Public Safety Secretary Héctor Pesquera are named as defendants.

“This ruling establishes an important precedent regarding the limits of the PROMESA Act in exempting public officials from the consequences of their actions,” emphasized ACLU of PR Executive Director Annette Martínez Orabona. “It underscores that the fiscal crisis of the Puerto Rican government cannot be employed as an excuse to undermine individual accountability for civil rights violations.”

The litigation was paused in September 2023 due to the Title III Adjustment Plan. That same month, the ACLU of Puerto Rico sent a letter to the oversight board requesting the lifting of the automatic stay. They argued that such a stay should not apply to civil rights lawsuits against officials in their personal

capacities.

Following the board’s silence on the matter, on Feb. 15, 2024, the legal director of the ACLU of PR and attorney Steven Lausell Recurt -- who represents the plaintiffs -- filed a Request for Stay Relief in the Title III case. The attorneys contended that PROMESA should not be interpreted as a “free pass” for government officials who are sued for violations of fundamental rights in their personal capacities.

The civil rights organization warned that a misinterpretation of the law could deny litigants fair access to judicial redress and send a troubling message to police officers regarding their duty to respect civil liberties and the fundamental rights of citizens.

The attorneys stressed that the financial crisis that PROMESA aimed to address should not impose additional burdens on individuals seeking judicial relief in federal court.

On March 14, 2024, the government of Puerto Rico filed an objection to the plaintiffs’ request for de-paralysis. Represented by the oversight board, the commonwealth allowed the plaintiffs to pursue non-monetary claims but strongly opposed reactivating monetary claims (damages) against the officials, even in their personal capacities.

After another round of argument and counterargument, Swain affirmed in her order dated Sept. 30 that claims for damages against officials in their personal capacities are not barred by the commonwealth’s Plan of Adjustment. She dismissed the government’s main objection, emphasizing that the presence of a promise of indemnification does not change the nature of the liability.

U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain

PDP denounces apparent irregularities at Education Dept. in use of net metering funds

The Popular Democratic Party delegation in the Senate demanded explanations regarding the use of more than $8 million remitted to the island Education Department via the Net Metering Program during the past four fiscal years.

By THE STAR STAFF

The Popular Democratic Party (PDP) delegation in the island Senate on Monday denounced alleged irregularities in the management of funds received by the Department of Education (DE) from the Net Metering Program, and demanded explanations for the use of more than $8 million remitted to that agency during the past four fiscal years.

“LUMA informed the Senate that during fiscal year 2022, $1,291,876 was remitted to the Department of Education for the 25 percent corresponding to the Net Metering Program. However, the Department itself says it first received funds under this concept in 2023,” PDP Minority Leader Sen. Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz said in a written statement. “We don’t know where that million dollars went.”

The senator added that, according to official information provided by LUMA, the DEhas received a total of $8,093,433 for net metering, but has only used $2.6 million corresponding to fiscal year 2023.

“Nothing is revealed in the communications sent to

‘Parcelas Suárez is being devoured by the sea’: Action

By THE STAR STAFF

Faced with the alarming acceleration of coastal erosion threatening the safety, property and lives of the residents of the Parcelas Suárez neighborhood in Loíza, community leader Alexis Correa Allende made an urgent call to the Gov.

the Senate regarding the use of the 2024 and 2025 funds,” Hernández Ortiz stated.

Sen. Ada Álvarez Conde added that the money given to the DE is supposed to be distributed between credits for public schools’ electricity bills and compensation to customers who feed energy back into the system.

“During the past four fiscal years, Education received $8.7 million, of which $3.6 million corresponds to 2025, according to LUMA data,” she said.

Sen. Josian Santiago Rivera pointed out that the PDP delegation identified that the 2023 funds were distributed among nine schools, but only one institution received $2.5 million.

“We want to know what the criteria for these allocations were, what guidelines were used, and why one school in particular received 96 percent of the funds sent to Education in that fiscal year,” he said.

The lawmakers announced that they will introduce legislation to establish stricter controls and ensure the proper use of funds from the Net Metering Program, which seeks to promote renewable energy generation through the interconnection of residential, commercial and industrial solar systems.

urged to stem coastal erosion in Loíza

Jenniffer González Colón, the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the island Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) to take immediate and coordinated action.

“Parcelas Suárez is being devoured by the sea,” Correa Allende said Monday in a written statement. “Every day that passes without intervention is one day closer to collapse for our families and our homes. This situation cannot continue to be ignored.”

Activist ‘Tito Kayak’ arrested at protest in front of La Fortaleza

By THE STAR STAFF

olice officers arrested environmental activist Alberto de Jesús Mercado, known as “Tito Kayak,” on Monday during a demonstration in front of La Fortaleza, after he attempted to set up a camping tent in the middle of a public street.

According to press reports, the operation took place at the intersection of Del Cristo and Fortaleza streets, where a group of protesters gathered, demanding the resignation of Gov. Jenniffer González Colón and the termination of the contract with LUMA Energy, the private grid operator, and protesting the electricity rate increase approved by the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau.

Authorities said the placement of camping tents on the street is not permitted, so the Motorized Containment Unit was activated to handle the situation and remove the structure.

The Tactical Operations Division was also present at the scene of the demonstration as a preventative measure.

Over the past few years, the community has witnessed accelerated coastal retreat that has destroyed properties and compromised critical infrastructure. There has been no plan to prevent the displacement of residents, Correa Allende

noted. Storm surges, exacerbated by climate change, have surpassed historic levels, eroding the area, with no permanent solutions in place.

Correa Allende urgently requested that the:

1. governor declare the area an environmental emergency zone;

2. Corps of Engineers conduct studies and propose immediate mitigation measures;

3. DNER expedite the permits and resources necessary to implement coastal protection projects.

“This is not just a fight for land; it’s a fight for the dignity, history, and future of a community that has given so much to Puerto Rico,” Correa Allende said. “We need the government to act with the same urgency that the sea is demanding of us.”

He added that the Parcelas Suárez community remains on alert and will continue to raise its voice until concrete actions are taken to address the environmental and humanitarian emergency.

Over the past few years, Parcelas Suárez in Loíza has witnessed accelerated coastal erosion that has destroyed properties and compromised critical infrastructure.

Alberto de Jesús Mercado, aka Tito Kayak (Ricardo Alcaraz Díaz I dialogo.upr.edu)

OIG review uncovers myriad deficiencies, including apparently improper charges, at Demographic Registry

By THE STAR STAFF

An investigation by the Puerto Rico Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has revealed serious deficiencies in the digital platform utilized by the Department of Health’s Demographic Registry for handling requests for vital event certifications. Most alarmingly, the review released on Monday indicates potential improper charges levied against citizens.

The review established that the improper charges commenced in November 2015, when the Registry sought an emergency amendment to Regulation 5961 that was never submitted to the Department of State, as mandated by the Uniform Administrative Procedure Act (LPAU). Despite that failure, the fees outlined in the unsubmitted amendment were improperly enforced until the examination date.

A review by the Office of the Inspector General established that improper charges issued by the Demographic Registry commenced in November 2015, when the Registry sought an emergency amendment to Regulation 5961 that was never submitted to the island Department of State, as mandated by law.

The audit highlights that during the assessment period, the Vital Statistics Registry collected over $2.9 million in additional fees beyond what was sanctioned in Regulation 5961, processing 487,559 certifications. Citizens were charged for certificates -- including those for births, marriages, and deaths -- at rates that blatantly violated the established procedures set forth in the LPAU, the OIG noted.

The OIG audit scrutinized how vital statistics requests were managed from July 1, 2022, to Feb. 28 of this year, in conjunction with internal controls of the digital information system and the processes for delivering certificates post-payment.

The findings pointed to severe deficiencies in certificate

issuance, as well as glaring flaws in access controls for the digital records system. As of June 30, 2024, there were 4,589 applications left unprocessed since 2022, indicating a complete failure in updates. The agency acknowledged that the Demographic Registry lacks essential procedures for canceling applications and determining their duration in the system.

Furthermore, critical weaknesses in platform access controls and user management have been highlighted, exposing the agency’s operations to significant security and confidentiality risks. The review also drew attention to delays and errors

in certificate delivery, significantly affecting legal proceedings, immigration processes and insurance claims. The oversight agency underscored the absence of a risk analysis, outdated technology inventories, and the absence of cybersecurity training for staff. A robust strategic technology and business continuity plan is urgently needed, the OIG said.

Moreover, the report identified contracts that were not filed in a timely manner with relevant agencies, as well as outdated regulations that failed to comply with LPAU requirements. Specifically, Regulations 318 and 5961 have not been reviewed for 67 and 25 years, respectively, contravening the requirement for all regulations to be reevaluated every five years to ensure their efficacy in supporting the agency’s public policy. The OIG also identified more than 12 additional regulations requiring immediate review by the Vital Statistics Registry.

In light of the significant findings, the OIG has mandated compliance with its recommendations to rectify the identified deficiencies. Among those directives, the Vital Statistics Registry is required to complete the submission of an updated Regulation 5961 in accordance with Law 38-2017 to amend the improper charges.

The report further recommends the establishment of a rigorous quality control protocol and time metrics for issuing certificates, alongside the implementation of stringent technological controls such as multi-factor authentication and periodic access reviews. Immediate action is imperative to address the systemic issues, the OIG said.

Feds seek yearlong prison sentence against former governor

By THE STAR STAFF

In a sentencing memorandum, the U.S. Attorney’s Office recommends a 12-month prison sentence for former Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced for accepting political contributions from a foreign national.

The sentencing hearing is scheduled for Oct. 15.

Vázquez Garced became the first governor to be convicted of a crime after pleading guilty in August to a misdemeanor charge of accepting a political donation from a foreigner.

The governor reached an agreement that replaced the original charges against her for conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud with a single count of accepting pledges of contributions from a foreigner to a political campaign.

The plea bargaining agreement with prosecutors had stated that Vázquez Garced would be sentenced to six months to one year of probation.

The charge against Vázquez Garced goes back to 2022, when federal authorities arrested her and charged her with federal bribery charges related to the financing of her 2020 electoral campaign.

Banker Julio Herrera Velutini and former FB) agent Mark

Rossini were also arrested in relation to the bribery scheme.

Vázquez Garced had been charged with a count of conspiracy, a count of bribery and honest services wire fraud. Herrera Velutini was accused of two counts of conspiracy, two counts of bribery, and two counts of honest service wire fraud, while Rossini was charged with conspiracy, bribery and honest services wire fraud.

According to the original indictment, from December 2019 through June 2020, Vázquez Garced allegedly engaged in a bribery scheme with various individuals, including Herrera Velutini, Frances Díaz, Rossini and John Blakeman to finance Vázquez Garced’s 2020 gubernatorial election campaign.

According to the indictment, beginning in 2019, Herrera Velutini’s bank was the subject of an examination by Puerto Rico’s Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions (OCIF), the regulatory agency that oversees financial institutions operating in Puerto Rico. Through intermediaries, Herrera Velutini and Rossini allegedly promised to provide funding to support Vázquez Garced’s 2020 gubernatorial election campaign in exchange for Vázquez Garced terminating OCIF Commissioner George Richard Joyner and appointing a new commissioner of Herrera Velutini’s choosing. That did not happen.

In June of this year, three years after the indictments, the parties informed the court that an agreement had been brokered in Washington, D.C. to avoid going to trial. The defense lawyer attributed the plea agreement to their own investigation, which found that the charges had been unfounded, the lawyer said.

Former Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced

Trump seizes on shutdown to punish political foes

By TONY ROMM

President Donald Trump has embarked on a legally dubious campaign to weaponize the federal budget during a contentious government shutdown, halting more than $27 billion in approved funding in a bid to punish Democratic-led cities and states.

Rather than broker a legislative truce or seek to ameliorate the fallout of a costly fiscal stalemate, the president has leveraged the crisis to exact revenge on rivals, slash federal spending and pressure Democrats into accepting his political demands.

Since the shutdown started Wednesday, the Trump administration has canceled or delayed federal aid to 16 states, most of them run by Democrats. In the latest example, Russell Vought, the White House budget director, said Friday that the administration would halt about $2.1 billion in approved funding for long-planned transit improvements in Chicago.

Vought claimed the pause was necessary to ensure that the city, which is led by a Democratic mayor in a state with a Democratic governor, had not engaged in “race-based contracting.”

Barges and cranes mark the location where work is underway on a $16 billion rail tunnel project beneath the Hudson River that will connect New Jersey and Penn Station in Manhattan, Oct. 02, 2025. President Donald Trump has embarked on a legally dubious campaign to weaponize the federal budget during a contentious government shutdown, halting more than $27 billion in approved funding in a bid to punish Democratic-led cities and states. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)

The White House has also targeted New York, the home state of Democrats’ congressional leaders, and canceled nearly $7.6 billion in federal green energy funding, predominantly in Democratic-led states. On Friday, the Trump administration said it could look to slash unspecified aid to Portland soon, after earlier stripping away some of Oregon’s infrastructure money.

“Without a doubt, blue states are on the front lines of the attacks,” said New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat. “They’re coming after us.”

Throughout last week, the president’s deputies maintained that they were not politicizing the shutdown and that they sought only to save money and prevent waste. Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, told reporters Friday that the administration had to conduct “a massive review of the bureaucracy to be good stewards of the American taxpayer dollar” during the shutdown.

But Trump has undercut his aides at every turn. He has suggested that he may try to enact permanent cuts on “Democrat agencies,” potentially through mass layoffs, and on social media Friday he shared a parody video that referred to Vought as the Democrats’ “reaper.”

Budget experts said they could not recall a time when a president had weaponized funding in this manner during a shutdown, even when Trump occupied the White House during the longest closure in U.S. history — a five-week interruption in late 2018 and early 2019.

Matthew Lawrence, a law professor at Emory University who studies federal spending, said the tactics evinced Trump’s belief that he possessed vast “unilateral” power over the budget, which he could use to “coerce states, institutions and individuals,” while controlling the narrative on the shutdown.

“I can’t think of a historical parallel of an administration publicly cutting funds in a shutdown like this,” Lawrence said.

The funding cuts are a stark escalation in Trump’s campaign to cut federal spending and reconfigure the budget in service of his political priorities. Since returning to office, the president has closed agencies and programs while halting or canceling billions of dollars in enacted funds, acting out of a belief that he can override lawmakers to achieve his agenda.

Trump has attacked funding for science and research, public education, public broadcasting, green energy, transportation infrastructure, disaster response, federal oversight and foreign aid. He has often blocked this money because he believes it was being spent wastefully or fraudulently, or because it did not conform to his views on policies like immigration.

States and other recipients have filed dozens of lawsuits to force the release of federal aid, claiming that the president has broken the law by withholding congressionally approved funds. A federal court ordered the Trump administration last week to restore $187 million in counterterrorism funding to New York, which the federal government had stripped without explanation.

But Trump has remained undeterred by legal threats and unconstrained by Republicans in Congress. He and Vought, an architect of the conservative Project 2025 blueprint, have instead seized on the moment to test the limits of their powers.

“We have the authority to make permanent change in the bureaucracy here in government,” Vought told Fox Business on the eve of the shutdown.

Hours into the shutdown, Vought began by taking aim at New York City. He wrote on social media that the administration would halt $18 billion in infrastructure funding “to ensure funding is not flowing based on unconstitutional DEI

principles,” using the initials for diversity, equity and inclusion.

The move interrupted two big projects: the Hudson Tunnel Project, meant to improve transit under the river between New York City and New Jersey, and the Second Avenue subway on the east side of Manhattan. The Transportation Department said it could not complete a review of the funding “thanks” to Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the two New Yorkers who lead the Democrats in Congress.

Hochul said her state had spent “decades of waiting and waiting and waiting” for the money. “We are definitely being punished, not just for being a blue state but for being the home of the leaders,” she said.

The next day, Vought took aim at almost $7.6 billion in clean energy funding for 223 projects across 16 states, including California, Illinois and New York. He called the money “Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left’s climate agenda.”

Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Fox Business on Friday that the government was blocking the money, for now, because it was “punishing the wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars.”

The Department of Energy considered more extensive cuts, totaling about $20 billion in a broader roster of states led by both parties, according to a person familiar with the matter, who requested anonymity to describe private budget records. The administration chose to slash funds in 16 states, for now, many of them led by Democrats.

The White House did not respond to requests for comment about its funding cuts and delays. The Department of Energy also did not respond to a request for comment.

In the opening days of the shutdown, Republicans rallied behind the White House, arguing that Democrats were to blame because they did not accept the president’s demands and support a short-term measure to fund the government into November. Democrats had opposed the approach because it would not have extended expiring subsidies that help millions afford health insurance.

“What they have to do is make very difficult decisions,” Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said of the White House last. He said Vought “takes no pleasure in this.”

Judge declines to stop Guard troops from deploying in Illinois, for now

By JULIE BOSMAN, SHAWN HUBLER, ANNA GRIFFIN and ERIC SCHMITT

Afederal judge Monday declined to block the deployment of National Guard troops to Illinois, a mobilization that the state’s governor, JB Pritzker, labeled an “unconstitutional invasion” by the federal government.

The judge’s ruling, which allows the deployment to move ahead for now, came as a military official said 200 troops from the Texas Guard were headed to Illinois, and lawyers from the Trump administration said they were expected to be deployed by Tuesday or Wednesday. A similar effort to send Texas troops to Portland, Oregon, has been blocked for now.

Officials in Illinois and Oregon fought an intensifying legal battle Monday to block President Donald Trump’s expanding effort to send National Guard troops into U.S. cities, with both sides engaging in an increasingly caustic war of words, including accusation from the Trump administration that protesters were engaging in insurrection.

Illinois sued the president Monday morning to stop the deployment of troops, and Pritzker said that the state would use every lever at its disposal to fight the administra-

An armored vehicle carrying members of a Immigration and Customs Enforcement Special Response Team pulls up by a crowd of protesters outside of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Broadview, Ill., on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois said on Monday that the state would use every lever at its disposal to fight the Trump administration’s deployment of Texas National Guard troops to the Chicago area, which he labeled an “unconstitutional invasion of Illinois” by the federal government. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times)

tion. “Their plan all along has been to cause chaos, and then they can use that chaos to consolidate Donald Trump’s power,” he warned in an afternoon news conference.

Here’s what else to know:

— Oregon appeal: The Trump administration asked an appeals court to let it send troops from California or Texas to Portland, Oregon, despite a federal judge’s order late Sunday blocking deployments from any state to the city. The judge was appointed by Trump.

— Chicago actions: Mayor Brandon Johnson said he would establish “ICE-free zones” to prevent federal agents from staging operations in Chicago without a warrant. And officials in Broadview, Illinois, issued an executive order restricting protests at a federal immigration facility to daytime hours to protect demonstrators from attacks by federal agents.

— “Like a war zone”: Trump on Monday described Chicago as a crime-ridden “war zone.” In a legal filing, his administration depicted Portland as a hotbed of violence and chaos, and described protests as attempts to overthrow the government. Conditions on the ground in both cities do not match those descriptions, though clashes have turned more intense, and sometimes violent, since Trump’s escalation.

Groups sue EPA over canceled $7 billion for solar energy

By MAXINE JOSELOW

Acoalition of solar energy companies, labor unions, nonprofit groups and homeowners sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday over its termination of $7 billion in grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels on their homes.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Rhode Island, accused the agency of illegally revoking the money under the Solar for All program without congressional approval. It expanded an ever-widening legal battle over President Donald Trump’s efforts to claw back billions of dollars in climate funding that had been approved by the Biden administration.

The lead plaintiff is the Rhode Island AFL-CIO, a group of labor unions that had trained electricians and other workers to install solar panels in the state. While the unions did not directly receive funds under the Solar for All program, they had been counting on work that would have followed a $49.3 million grant to the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources.

“Now that the program is on hold, potentially hundreds of job opportunities are lost,” said Patrick Crowley, president of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO. He said the Trump administration had jeopardized hundreds of additional jobs for his members by ordering work to halt on several wind farms off the coast of New England.

“It’s not just a one-two punch to the workforce that I represent,” Crowley said. “It really is a one-two punch to the entire state of Rhode Island because our energy costs need to be controlled, and renewable energy sources like solar

and wind are a key component of that.”

Other plaintiffs include a homeowner in Atlanta who had applied for free rooftop solar panels from an initiative supported by a $156 million grant to the Georgia Bright Communities Coalition and companies that install solar panels in Georgia and Pennsylvania.

The plaintiffs are represented by nonprofit legal advocacy groups including the Southern Environmental Law Center and Lawyers for Good Government. Brigit Hirsch, an EPA spokesperson, declined to comment on the suit, citing an agency policy of not commenting on pending litigation.

The Solar for All program was not only intended to help low- and moderate-income homeowners. It was also meant to expand community solar initiatives, which bring solar energy to people who don’t own their own homes or otherwise can’t install their own panels.

The program was projected to help 900,000 households get access to solar power, according to estimates by the Biden administration. The idea was to reduce the use of fossil fuels, the leading driver of climate change, while also helping to lower electricity bills. The participating households were expected to collectively save $350 million each year on utility costs.

Lee Zeldin, the EPA administrator, said in August that he was ending the Solar for All program at the behest of Congress. He said Trump’s domestic policy bill, which Congress passed in July, had eliminated what he called “billions of green slush fund dollars” under Solar for All.

“The bottom line again is this: EPA no longer has the

authority to administer the program or the appropriated funds to keep this boondoggle alive,” Zeldin said in a video posted to social media.

But in the lawsuit, the coalition argued that the bill revoked only climate grants that the EPA had not yet awarded. Under the Biden administration, the agency had awarded the Solar for All grants to 60 state agencies, nonprofit groups and Native American tribes.

The claim that the bill rescinded the Solar for All grants is “patently false and legally unsupportable,” said Jillian Blanchard, vice president of climate change and environmental justice at Lawyers for Good Government.

The Solar for All program was established by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, President Joe Biden’s signature climate law. The measure authorized a total of $27 billion in grants for green activities like installing electric vehicle charging stations and retrofitting buildings for energy efficiency.

Last month, an appeals court ruled against several nonprofit groups that had $16 billion in such grants frozen by the EPA. In a 2-1 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the case and that the Trump administration had acted legally in its attempts to claw back the funds.

Judge Neomi Rao, a Trump appointee, said that because the case was essentially a dispute between the government and grant recipients, it belonged in the Court of Federal Claims. The lawsuit filed Monday is unlikely to face a similar setback, legal experts said, since it was not brought by the grant recipients.

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The real stakes of the shutdown

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

As Republicans and Democrats trade blame for the government shutdown that began at 12:01 a.m. last Wednesday, and pundits opine about which side is winning, it is easy to lose sight of the real stakes. What the two parties are fighting about is whether Americans should have access to affordable health care.

President Donald Trump is seeking to deprive millions of Americans of their health insurance, and Senate Democrats are refusing to acquiesce.

The president and his congressional allies want to end some federal tax credits that reduce the cost of health insurance purchased on Affordable Care Act marketplaces. Under current law, those credits will expire at the end of the year. Without them, average monthly premiums will more than double, to $159 from $74, according to KFF, a health research group. Some Americans have already received notices of the coming price increases.

Democrats have limited ability to extend the tax credits because Republicans control both houses of Congress and the White House. But the need to pass a bill that funds the government’s operations for the fiscal year that began Wednesday offers a rare point of leverage: Republicans require the votes of at least seven senators in the Democratic caucus. This situation is not unusual. The majority party often lacks the votes to pass funding bills without help from the minority party, and the typical solution is a negotiation.

In addition to extending the tax credits, Democrats want to reverse cuts in Medicaid funding that Republicans passed earlier this year. And they want assurances that Trump will abide by the terms of any deal. The president has claimed he doesn’t have to spend the money that Congress disburses — asserting that he has the power to “impound” appropriations — which would mean any legislative deal isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on.

When Democrats controlled the White House and Congress only a few years ago, they made policy compromises with Republicans to avoid shutdowns. Trump, characteristically, instead has demanded that Democrats bend the knee, as he mixed bombastic social media blasts and threats to fire thousands of federal workers if Democrats did not provide the votes for his plan to keep the government open.

In effect, Trump’s position is that Democrats must either support his plans to slash important public services, or else he will slash important public services. He is confronting Congress, and the American people, with a pair of bad options — and no alternatives.

In refusing to grant Trump’s wishes, Democrats are making a painful choice. There is never a good time to shut down the government. It will cause immediate pain as federal agencies suspend important functions. Not everything broken during a shutdown can easily be fixed once the government returns to work.

But debate over the tactical wisdom of the Democrats’ decision should not obscure the responsibility of Trump and the Republican Party. Trump is threatening to hurt Americans in two ways and forcing Democrats to choose which one to prevent. The American people deserve and ought to demand better options.

President Donald Trump’s social media post mocking House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is seen on TV screens in the briefing room at the White House in Washington, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. President Trump has made lowering health care costs a key priority, even as Democrats warn that costs will skyrocket. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

position, Republicans have falsely and absurdly accused them of seeking to fund free health care for immigrants without legal status.

A second difference is that presidents have typically sought to limit the impact of shutdowns on government workers and on the American people. During shutdowns in the 1980s, the Reagan administration classified many federal workers as essential employees so they could continue to do their jobs. During the most recent shutdown, in January 2019, Trump signed a bill guaranteeing back pay for federal workers.

This time, by contrast, Trump is threatening to use the shutdown as an opportunity to get rid of federal workers. Russell Vought, who runs the White House budget office, has publicized a plan to fire thousands of civil servants in the event of a shutdown, on the theory that the absence of a budget allows the White House to make spending decisions. Some experts question the legality of the plan, but that is unlikely to impede Vought.

Trump’s threats are making it harder to resolve the legitimate disagreements about public policy that divide the two parties. Now that it is too late to avert a shutdown, it is incumbent on the president and Congress to reopen the government as soon as possible — and commit to preventing Americans from having to pay too much for health insurance next year. The only way forward is to negotiate a compromise. It’s time to start talking. Dr. Ricardo Angulo

Founder

Shutdowns are a relatively recent phenomenon in American politics. Until 1980, if Congress missed the annual deadline for funding government activities, federal agencies continued to operate in the expectation of a resolution. But in that year, the attorney general, Benjamin Civiletti, concluded that in the absence of a funding bill, federal law dictates that many government functions be suspended. Since then, an increasingly polarized Congress has struggled to hit its deadlines. Fifteen times since 1981, the two parties have failed to resolve their differences in time to keep the government open.

The current episode, however, stands apart in some important respects.

First, Trump has made almost no effort to negotiate with his political opponents. Last week, he canceled a scheduled meeting with Democratic leaders, declaring that he did not believe it “could possibly be productive.” On Monday, less than two days before the deadline, the leaders from the two parties finally met to discuss the situation for the first time. Vice President JD Vance emerged from the brief and unproductive meeting at the White House to declare, “I think we’re headed to a shutdown because the Democrats won’t do the right thing.”

Rather than engaging Democrats on the merits of their

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desarrollar nuevos negocios. “A los interesados los esperamos en la presentación de esta iniciativa municipal. Si tienes una idea de negocio o deseas emprender, esta es tu oportunidad para conocer herramientas, recursos y apoyo que te ayudarán a dar el primer paso en uno de los múltiples espacios municipales disponibles”.

El encuentro se llevará a cabo el martes, 7 de octubre de 2025 a las 3:00 de la tarde en las facilidades de la antigua Escuela Luis Muñoz Rivera, adquirida y remodelada por el Municipio. Durante los pasados años, la administración de Bonilla Colón ha estado realizando diversos proyectos en beneficio del desarrollo económico de la zona, como las mejoras y remodelación de la histórica Plaza del Mercado de Salinas, con una inversión de $1.1 millones de fondos combinados del Programa de Revitalización de Ciudades de CDBGDR y fondos de la Administración Federal de Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA, en inglés).

“Esta es otra de las obras de gran importancia para el desarrollo económico de Salinas, especialmente el centro urbano, que cuenta con aproximadamente 5,000 residentes”, comentó la alcaldesa Karilyn Bonilla. Otras obras como la pavimentación de la calle Abraham Peña, las mejoras al parque de pelota Doble A Manuel González, así como en varias comunidades, y la entrada a la Ruta Gastronómica, actualmente en construcción, es parte de las labores de la iniciativa Salinas 2030.

“En resumen, Salinas 2030, una masiva iniciativa municipal que consta de tres sectores que funcionan en conjunto: 127 proyectos de FEMA para reparar 231 áreas afectadas, una inversión millonaria en proyectos de mitigación para el control de inundaciones y finalmente, los proyectos de revitalización de la zona urbana. Continuamos trabajando en cada proyecto con mucho cuidado y detalle para que queden bien y duren muchos años”, finalizó la alcaldesa.

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exgobernador Pedro Pierluisi puso la primera piedra en el proyecto, y al día de hoy, la zona está en el abandono”, señaló la legisladora.

“Sus expresiones de ayer evidencian una desconexión total, sarcasmo y burla hacia el dolor de un pueblo que exige atención real a sus necesidades.

Los reclamos legítimos para que nuestro pueblo pueda volver a disfrutar de facilidades turísticas e históricas como son los Baños de Coamo, merecen atención urgente. Si queremos fomentar el turismo, no puede ser solamente en la zona metropolitana. El valorturístico, económico y social de los Baños de Coamo es reconocido por todos y por años representó un lugar importante para nuestra región”, expresó Martínez Soto.

De hecho, el Hotel Baños de Coamo, es el segundo hotel construido en Puerto Rico, que fue orgullo

nacional y punto de encuentro de grandes figuras, entre ellas el exgobernador Luis A. Ferré y el presidente estadounidense Franklin Delano Roosevelt, quienes reconocieron la singular belleza y los beneficios de sus aguas termales. La zona es apreciada desde los tiempos de los taínos. De hecho, en el 1847, Andrés G. Luhring, un empresario de Ponce, construyó las primeras estructuras para atender los visitantes a la zona.

“Hoy, sin embargo, este emblemático lugar permanece cerrado e inoperante bajo la responsabilidad de la Administración de Terrenos de Puerto Rico, a pesar de los fondos reclamados a FEMA para su reconstrucción. Estas facilidades están completamente cerradas. Si en verdad de quiere impulsar proyectos que aporten a la economía del sur del país, ahí está esa opción”, añadió la representante. Martínez Soto invitó directamente a la Gobernadora a visitar las instalaciones de Baños de Coamo, recorrer su estado actual y escuchar a los residentes y comerciantes que por años han esperado su rehabilitación.

La legisladora recordó además que mediante la Resolución de la Cámara 346, presentó una medida para investigar las gestiones de la Administración de Terrenos y la utilización de los fondos federales asignados, con el fin de garantizar transparencia, acción y resultados concretos. “Cumplo con mi deber es fiscalizar y exigir acción. El sur no puede seguir esperando. Puerto Rico necesita liderato con seriedad, visión, empatía y compromiso genuino con su gente”, concluyó Martínez Soto.

5 takeaways from Taylor Swift’s ‘Showgirl’ movie

By ESTHER ZUCKERMAN

Taylor Swift fans congregated at an Upper West Side AMC theater Friday in “Folklore” cardigans. The seats of an auditorium were adorned with friendship bracelets reading “I’d Lie” and “Reputation” — names, of course, of Swift songs. Instead of trailers, the theater played a preshow of Swift tracks with album art from “The Life of a Showgirl,” the pop star’s newly released 12th original album.

The occasion was “The Official Release Party of a Showgirl,” Swift’s not-quite-a-movie that’s taking over screens around the world this weekend.

Unlike the concert film “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” from 2023, “The Official Release Party of a Showgirl” feels more like the bonus features on a DVD. The 89-minute movie includes the video debut for the lead track, “The Fate of Ophelia,” which Swift wrote and directed, and behind-the-scenes footage of the shoot, plus lyric videos for the rest of the songs on the album featuring looped images of Swift in showgirl regalia.

Before each video, Swift gives brief explanations of her thought process behind the song. Here are five highlights:

She wanted ‘The Fate of Ophelia’ to have firm connections to Shakespeare.

The “Ophelia” video opens with Swift mimicking John Everett Millais’ painting of the doomed heroine of “Hamlet.” She then cycles through what she later describes as various types of showgirls. In one scene she’s a 1960s gogo dancer; in another, a Sarah Bernhardt-type theater actress; later she stages a Busby Berkeley-style dance sequence where she’s dressed in retro swimwear. She finally transforms into the pop star we know her to be — catching a football in a hotel hallway while wearing a sparkly minidress.

The video ends with Swift, half submerged in a tub, the exact image on the album cover. It’s an effort to underscore the Ophelia connection, she says in the film while in conversation with her collaborators, which include “Killers of the Flower Moon” cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto. “So, art history for pop fans.” Swift breaks down her diss tracks.

“Father Figure” and “Actually Romantic” are two of the most speculated-about songs on “Showgirl” because they are the easiest to read as diss tracks. In “The Official Release Party” Swift explains herself — sort of.

“The Official Release Party of a Showgirl,” Taylor Swift’s not-quite-a-movie that’s taking over screens around the world this weekend

Discussing “Father Figure,” she describes why she decided to interpolate George Michael’s song of the same name. “I always thought it could be cool to use the line ‘I’ll be your father figure’ as a creative writing prompt and turn it into a story about power and a story about a young ingénue and their mentor,” she says, later noting that she relates to both parties in her invented tale.

Swift also discusses reaching out to Michael’s estate and keeping it updated on the process, “because I know how sacred songwriting is.” That statement could add fuel to the theory that “Father Figure” is about Olivia Rodrigo, who gave Swift writing credit on two tracks off her debut, “Sour.”

Swift was more coy when talking about “Actually Romantic,” which many presume is about Charli XCX. In the “Release Party,” Swift calls the song a “love letter to someone who hates you,” and adds, “in my industry, attention is affection.” Her intro was met with laughter and applause from the audience who were, naturally, Team Swift.

‘Wood’ gets a clean version. Swift wrote what is probably her most sexually explicit track to date with “Wood,” which seems to reference her fiance’s anatomy, but “The Official Release Party” is a clean affair. Instead of fessing up to her not-so-thinlyveiled innuendo, she says that it’s a song about “superstitions.” The lyric video changed the likes of “His love was the key that opened my thighs” to “His love was the key that opened my skies.”

Swift is a go-to call for ‘canceled’ pals.

Swift has a rarefied life, but in her introduction for “Cancelled!” she tries to make the case that anyone can know what it’s like to feel “social backlash.” In the track, she sings about her friends getting along because they have “matching scars.” Apparently, Swift is mentor for those who need support after being publicly shamed. “Any time people get backlash, I tend to be the person they reach out to,” she says.

Swift thinks Sabrina Carpenter has what it takes to be a superstar.

The only other artist featured on “The

Life of a Showgirl” is Sabrina Carpenter, who shows up on the title track, a story song about a fictional showgirl named Kitty, who tries to warn Swift about her lifestyle. Swift tells her viewers that she wanted Carpenter to sing a verse because her fellow singer and songwriter has what it takes to follow in her footsteps.

“She’s also really well equipped for this career. She is so good at moving through backlash or criticism or people just being unfair to her or picking her apart,” Swift says. “She has the temperament to, like, pivot and use it as fuel.” Carpenter recorded her part during days off from her tour in Sweden. “And that is a showgirl for you,” Swift announces, beaming.

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Stock indexes mostly rise with tech shares; euro, yen weaken on fiscal worries

Major stock indexes climbed on Monday, with technology shares rising on news of AMD’s artificial intelligence chip-supply deal with OpenAI, while the yen and euro weakened against the dollar after Japan’s ruling party elected a new leader and France’s new government quit.

Bitcoin hit a record high as investors increasingly sought alternative assets and uncertainty prevailed with the U.S. government shutdown. The world’s largest cryptocurrency was last up 2.16% at $125,426.34.

The euro was down 0.2% at $1.1717. New French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned on Monday, barely 14 hours after appointing his cabinet.

Japan’s ruling party picked conservative Sanae Takaichi, putting her on course to become the nation’s first female prime minister. She is an advocate of late premier Shinzo Abe’s “Abenomics” strategy to boost the economy with aggressive spending and easy monetary policy.

On Wall Street, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose while the Dow was slightly lower, as the U.S. federal government shutdown, which began last week, dragged on. The S&P 500 finished last week at a record closing high.

“The market is extending its momentum bias. It’s shrugging off the (U.S.) government shutdown and, because of that, there’s a belief that perhaps the Fed is going to be more generous than the market previously expected,” said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Spartan Capital Securities in New York.

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to cut interest rates again by 25 basis points at its October 28-29 meeting, following data that shows a weakening labor market.

Moreover, Cardillo said, “we’re not far away from third-quarter earnings, and it looks as though it’ll be another good earnings season.” Earnings season for S&P 500 companies unofficially kicks off next week with reports from some big U.S. banks.

AMD shares jumped more than 25% and other chip companies’ stocks also rose amid optimism around AI deals. The S&P 500 technology index was up 0.8%.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 57.83 points, or 0.12%, to 46,700.45. The S&P 500 rose 29.67 points, or 0.44%, to 6,745.46 and the Nasdaq Composite advanced 194.13 points, or 0.85%, to 22,974.63.

MSCI’s gauge of stocks across the globe rose 3.14 points, or 0.32%, to 996.35. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.04%.

French political instability has ramped up since Emmanuel

Macron’s re-election in 2022, with no party or grouping holding a parliamentary majority.

In Japan, the Nikkei soared above 48,000 for the first time after Takaichi beat the more moderate Shinjiro Koizumi in the Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership vote.

Short-dated Japanese government bond yields slid to a two-week low as traders pared bets on when the Bank of Japan will resume raising interest rates.

“There’s a little bit more focus on the back end of the curve now, just given that Takaichi is generally seen as a follower of Abenomics. The market expects a little bit more fiscal stimulus there,” said Sarah Ying, head of FX strategy, FICC Strategy at CIBC Capital Markets in Toronto.

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Most other major share markets around the region were closed for holidays, including mainland China, South Korea and Taiwan.

Gold surged to an all-time high above $3,900 per ounce, helped in part by the economic and political uncertainty in the U.S., France and Japan. Spot gold rose 1.83% to $3,956.94 an ounce.

Oil prices also rose after OPEC+’s planned production increase for November was more modest than expected. U.S. crude gained 81 cents to settle at $61.69 a barrel, while Brent climbed 94 cents to settle at $65.47.

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French prime minister resigns in shocking move

By AURELIEN BREEDEN

France’s embattled prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, resigned Monday, less than 24 hours after forming a Cabinet, catching the nation by surprise and making his government the shortestlived in modern French history.

President Emmanuel Macron’s office said in a statement that he had accepted the resignation of Lecornu and of his ministers, which came amid turmoil over the composition of his Cabinet, an uneasy coalition of centrists and conservatives.

The resignation immediately ratcheted up pressure from opposition parties on the left and far right for Macron to call snap parliamentary elections or even resign — options that the president has so far ruled out. Other forces, such as the Socialist Party, argued that it was time for a left-wing prime minister to govern.

Lecornu, a close ally of Macron, was appointed less than a month ago. He is the third prime minister to leave office in under a year, a level of turmoil that until recently was rare in France.

Macron’s office said later Monday that he had asked Lecornu, who remains in a caretaker capacity, to hold last-ditch talks with political forces “to define a platform for action and stability for the country” by Wednesday evening.

Lecornu said on social media that he had agreed to do so but provided no details, saying only that Macron would “draw all the necessary conclusions” depending on the result of the talks.

Markets were rattled by the resignation, which will jeopardize France’s ability to get a budget passed by the end of the year to tackle surging debt and deficit.

Since snap elections called by Macron in 2024, France’s lower house of parliament has been deadlocked among a collection of left-wing parties; a tenuous center-right coalition; and a nationalist, anti-immigration far right. No party has a working majority.

Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Rally party, said that only new parliamentary elections could break the political impasse.

“The farce has lasted long enough,” she told reporters after Lecornu’s resignation.

Lecornu, who was supposed to present a budget Tuesday, faced a difficult

balancing act. He needed to shore up a shaky alliance with conservatives while also appeasing the moderate Socialist Party, whose demands, like a wealth tax and a suspension of the newly raised legal retirement age, run counter to the pro-business agenda Macron wants to preserve.

In a televised address Monday, Lecornu said he had tried to build the conditions for a budget deal and to “respond to a handful of emergencies that cannot wait for 2027,” when France’s next presidential elections are scheduled.

Lecornu had announced last week that he would not use a constitutional prerogative to push a spending bill through parliament without a full vote, which his predecessors had often done to force lawmakers to pass a budget. Promising that lawmakers would have their say was a risky gamble aimed at staving off the threat of being toppled before budget discussions had even begun.

But on Monday, Lecornu accused France’s parties of failing to seize the opportunity. He blamed “partisan appetites,” suggesting that many politicians were more interested in preparing for upcoming elections, and he argued that the

lack of cross-party negotiations in French politics had set him up for failure.

“Political parties are continuing to act as though they all have an absolute majority in the National Assembly,” Lecornu said, referring to France’s lower house. “I was ready to compromise, but each political party wants the other to adopt its whole platform.”

For opposition parties, however, the fault lies with Macron for refusing to ap-

point a prime minister who might oppose him, even though his centrist alliance lost badly in the snap elections. Lecornu’s two predecessors and their Cabinets had also been part of the conservative-centrist coalition.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon, longtime leader of the far-left France Unbowed party, said Monday that Macron “did not want to accept the results of the early parliamentary elections he had called.

“Since then, the republic and democracy have been distorted,” added Mélenchon, whose party has been urging Macron to resign for months.

While supporters had praised Lecornu as an expert negotiator who could find a path to a budget, the immediate trigger for the resignation appears to have been sudden anger from conservatives within his coalition.

The Republicans, France’s mainstream conservative party, were particularly outraged over the appointment of Bruno Le Maire, who was economy and finance minister from 2017 to 2024, as defense minister. A veteran centrist, Le Maire is blamed by Macron’s opponents for letting the deficit soar on his watch.

Bruno Retailleau, the interior minister and leader of the Republicans,told the TF1 channel on Monday that Le Maire’s appointment, which he said Lecornu had hidden from him, had reflected a “disconnect” between the government and ordinary people.

“We need a budget, we need stability,” he said. “But I can’t commit to a government where I am not told everything.”

A street corner in Paris, May 25, 2022. Embattled French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron who was appointed less than a month ago, resigned unexpectedly on Monday. (Joann Pai/The New York Times)

A chilling new tactic in Nicaragua: Arrest, then silence

By FRANCES ROBLES

The police arrived at José Alejandro Hurtado’s house in Nicaragua’s capital one night in January, telling him he had to come to their station house because someone had rented

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El peticionario, Efraín González Caro, Presidente de la Asociación de Residentes, cuya dirección postal es PO Box 781, Hormigueros, Puerto Rico 00660, ha solicitado a la Oficina Regional de Mayagüez (ORM) del Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales (DRNA), el permiso de operación UIC-17-12-004-RM para un (1) sistema de inyección subterránea (SIS) Clase VC-1, bajo las disposiciones del Reglamento para el Control de la Inyección Subterránea (RCIS) y la Ley Federal de Agua Potable Segura, según enmendada 42 USC 300f et seq. (LFAPS). El SIS consiste de cuatro (4) tanques sépticos de seis (6) pies y dos (2) pulgadas de ancho por doce (12) pies y dos (2) pulgadas de largo por nueve (9) pies de profundidad líquida cada uno, con una capacidad de 4,894 galones cada uno (19,576 galones en total), y diez (10) lechos de percolación con “infiltrators”, nueve (9) de 100 pies de largo por 20 pies de ancho, cada uno y uno (1) de 29 pies de largo por 20 pies de ancho, con un área de percolación total de 18,580 pies cuadrados. El referido SIS estará ubicado en las instalaciones de Urbanización Colinas del Mar, en PR-102, Km 17.6, Barrio Miradero en Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. Luego de realizada la evaluación correspondiente de los documentos sometidos, el DRNA tiene la intención de emitir el permiso de operación para la instalación antes mencionada en conformidad con los requisitos del RCIS y de la LFAPS.

Esta notificación se hace para informar que el DRNA, ha preparado el borrador del permiso de operación de forma tal que el público interesado pueda someter sus comentarios con relación al mismo. El permiso contiene las condiciones y prohibiciones necesarias para cumplir con los requisitos reglamentarios aplicables.

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a car using his ID, and the vehicle had been stolen.

That’s the last anyone saw of him.

Hurtado, 57, a computer systems engineer and a longtime political activist, is one of nearly three dozen people who human rights groups say have been disappeared by Nicaraguan authorities — taken away with officials refusing to acknowledge their detention or disclose their whereabouts.

Such disappearances are a violation of international law and are especially resonant in Latin America, where the practice has been a hallmark of brutal dictatorships. In Nicaragua, they have been happening within the past two years, the majority of them more recently.

Nearly half of the 73 political prisoners that human rights groups have officially documented in Nicaragua appear in no public court database. They have had no contact with their families, and the crimes they were charged with are unknown. Families have gone from prison to prison, police station to police station, seeking their loved ones, without success, human rights groups say.

The flurry of arbitrary detentions with no transparent judicial process represents a new tactic, rights groups say, in a yearslong wave of political oppression in Nicaragua. There, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, who are co-presidents, have since 2018 eliminated nearly any vestige of opposition that could threaten their grip on power.

It shows how even after arresting and killing hundreds of protesters and sending hundreds more into exile, Nicaragua’s authoritarian government finds novel ways to stifle dissent and sow dread among the populace.

Relatives of the missing prisoners now fear the worst, after two of the disappeared were recently returned to their families — dead.

On Aug. 25, the body of Mauricio A. Petri, who had been arrested 38 days earlier along with his wife and son as part of a sweep of members of a church targeted by the government, was turned over to his family.

Authorities summoned relatives to a coroner’s office and escorted them to a cemetery to bury Petri without the opportunity for an autopsy, human rights groups said.

Four days later, the body of Carlos Cárdenas Cepeda, a lawyer for the Catholic church, which has also been targeted by the government, was given back to his family. He had been detained for 15 days. No cause of death was given in either case, and the government has made no public pronouncements about them.

These deaths have alarmed the families of the others detained about whom authorities have revealed nothing. Of those 33 missing prisoners, at least a dozen are older than 60, and several, such as Hurtado, have diabetes and high blood pressure. One of the missing detainees is 81.

Adolfo Hurtado said he believes his brother was targeted because he had publicly released a proposal for national dialogue and elections to address the country’s political crisis.

Nicaragua’s co-presidents, but particularly Murillo, seem fixated on clearing the political landscape of any independent voices who could threaten her ability to govern if Ortega, who will turn 80 next month, dies.

Murillo, 74, who also acts as a government spokesperson, did not respond to requests for comment.

Forced disappearances have a long and painful history in Latin America. The term “desaparecido” became synonymous with political repression between 1976 and 1983 in Argentina, when a military dictatorship abducted as many as 30,000 accused dissidents, tortured them and, in hundreds of cases, threw them from airplanes into the sea.

While hundreds of people eventually faced trial in Argentina, many cases of the disappeared went unpunished, said María Adela Antokoletz, who heads the Latin American Federation of Associations for Relatives of the Detained-Disappeared.

“We realize that the abhorrent practice of enforced disappearance continues as a means to silence complaints,” she said.

Mexico, El Salvador and Colombia are three countries in the region where the practice still occurs, though more often perpetrated by gangs or cartels with the acquiescence of local police or mayors, Antokoletz said.

Authorities are obligated under international law to inform family members if they are holding someone, said Barbara Frey, a retired University of Minnesota professor who coedited a book about disappearances in contemporary Latin America.

“If the state has taken them and won’t tell the families where they are, that’s a disappearance,” Frey said. “That’s exactly what the definition says.”

The term historically applied to people missing for prolonged stretches of time, said Reed Brody, a member of the United Nations Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua. But international authorities have increasingly recognized that it also applies even to short-term secret detentions, like those in Nicaragua, he said.

Brody said the 33 documented cases in Nicaragua were believed to be an undercount because many families are too afraid to file a complaint with human rights organizations. The families have reported being harassed and threatened with arrest or having their property confiscated if they persist in trying to track down their loved ones, human rights experts said.

The missing include community leaders, teachers, Indigenous leaders, journalists and pastors. In at least five cases, multiple people in the same family were arrested. Many were detained over the summer, when more than 50 people were arrested in simultaneous roundups.

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The police officers who showed up without warrants to arrest Hurtado and search his home in Managua suggested five police stations where the family might later find him, said Hurtado’s brother Adolfo.

Hurtado’s wife and his two brothers spent weeks visiting police stations and prisons, where they said they faced bureaucratic runarounds and hourslong waits.

“At first, two brothers and she went once a week, so three times a week, for more or less a month and a half,” Adolfo Hurtado said, referring to José Alejandro Hurtado’s wife. “That rhythm was unsustainable for the family.”

“It’s hard to know why some people are arrested and some people are disappeared,” Brody said.

Angelica Chavarría was last seen in May 2024, the same day her partner, Daniel Ortega’s brother Humberto, was placed under house arrest, according to human rights organizations.

He died last year.

Thelma Brenes says she has a theory behind the disappearances. Her father, Carlos Brenes Sánchez, 70, and his partner, Salvadora Martínez, 67, Brenes said, were taken Aug. 14 from their home in Jinotepe, about 90 miles north of Managua, Brenes said.

Waldemar Quiles Pérez Secretario

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN ROSA MARGARITA ÁLVAREZ PAGÁN Y LA SUCESIÓN DE VICTOR GUZMÁN ECHEVARRÍA, COMPUESTA POR; ROSA MARGARITA, GUZMÁN ÁLVAREZ Y GLADYS GUZMÁN ÁLVAREZ

Peticionarios

EX-PARTE

Civil #: BY2025CV03296. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: LAS PERSONAS

IGNORADAS Y DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUDIERA

PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE LAS FINCAS QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBIRÁN Y A TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO

DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE, INCLUYENDO LA SUCESION PRESUNTA Y DESCONOCIDA DE FRANCISCO CATALA

VILLEGAS COMPUESTA POR PETRA CATALA

ENCARNACION, A, B Y C.

POR LA PRESENTE: se les notifica para que comparezcan, si lo creyeren pertinente, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de los veinte (20) días contados a partir de la última publicación de este edicto a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre las fincas que se describen más adelante. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación en la secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de expresarse dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte pe-

ticionaria en su contra, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la petición, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El abogado de la parte peticionaria es el Lic. Jaime Rodríguez Rivera, cuya dirección es #30 Calle Reparto Piñero, Guaynabo, PR 00969-5650, Teléfono 787-7209553. El predio a inscribir es el siguiente: “RÚSTICA: Solar en el barrio Frailes de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida (según sus títulos de 500.00 metros cuadrados) según mensura de 516.9905 metros cuadrados, equivalentes a 0.1315 diezmilésimas de cuerda. En lindes por el NORESTE: con terrenos de Minerva Román Méndez; por el SUOESTE: con terrenos de Sucesión Ruben Arzuaga; por el SURESTE: con calle municipal que le da acceso y por el NOROESTE: con terrenos de Vicente Almenas y Luisito Monserrate. Hay enclavada una estructura para fin es residenciales”. Este edicto deberá ser publicado en tres (3) ocasiones dentro del término de veinte (20) días, en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que comparezcan si quieren alegar su derecho. Toda primera mención de persona natural y/o jurídica que se mencione en el mismo, se identificará en letra tamaño 10 puntos y negrillas, conforme a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de procedimiento Civil, 2009. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer las interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos público s afectados en el término improrrogable de veinte (20) días a contar de la fecha de la última publicación el edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 10 de septiembre de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LUISA I. ANDINO AYALA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN MUNICIPIO AUTÓNOMO DE SAN JUAN REPRESENTADO POR SU HONORABLE ALCALDE, MIGUEL ROMERO LUGO

Peticionario V. ADQUISICIÓN DE PROPIEDAD DE 528.5453

METROS CUADRADOS

LOCALIZADA CALLE GÉNOVA 1826; SOLAR MARCADO CON EL NÚMERO SEIS (6) DEL BLOQUE K DE

LA

URBANIZACIÓN

COLLEGE PARK, RADICADO EN EL BARRIO MONACILLOS, SAN JUAN, 00921; JUAN ANTONIO LUGO MENDEZ Y HELGA VEGA JIMENEZ, CADA UNO POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

Parte Con Interés Civil Núm.: SJ2025CV06312. (1003). Sobre: EXPROPIACIÓN FORZOSA. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EEUU, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JUAN ANTONIO LUGO MENDEZ Y HELGA VEGA JIMENEZ, CADA UNO POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.

RE: Adquisición de propiedad de 528.5453 metros cuadrados localizada Calle Génova 1826; Solar marcado con el número seis (6) del Bloque K de la Urbanización College Park, radicado en el Barrio Monacillos, San Juan, 00921para eliminar un estorbo público declarado por el Municipio. DESCRIPCIÓN

AMPLIA DEL SUJETO EXPROPIADO SUFICIENTE PARA SU IDENTIFICACIÓN: RÚSTICA

: Urbana: Solar : 6-K. URBANIZACIÓN COLLEGE PARK de Monacillos. Cabida: 527 Metros Cuadrados. Linderos: Norte, en treinta y un metros con el solar número cinco del bloque K de dicha urbanización Sur, en treinta y un metros con el solar siete bloque K de dicha urbanización. Este, en diecisiete metros con la calle denominada Street Number Ten de dicha urbanización. Oeste, en diecisiete metros con los solares once y doce del bloque K de dicha urbanización. Contiene una casa de una sola planta de hormigón reforzado para fines residenciales. Finca Número 19597, inscrita al folio 232 del tomo 552 de Monacillos, Registro de la Propiedad Sección III de San Juan. CODIFICACIÓN NÚM.: 086-076-332-44-001. ENTIDAD EXPROPIANTE Y CITAR LA LEGISLACIÓN EN VIRTUD DE LA CUAL SE EXPROPIA: El procedimiento de Expropiación Forzosa se instituye por el Municipio de San Juan, conforme a la Autorizada de la Ley General de Expropiación Forzosa del 12 de mayo de 1903, según enmenda-

da el Código Municipal de Puerto Rico, Ley 107 del 14 de agosto de 2020, según enmendada; la Ordenanza Núm. 1, Serie 20212022 y la Resolución Núm. 71, Serie 2024-2025 de la Legislatura Municipal de San Juan. El interés y el fin para el cual el Municipio de San Juan se propone a adquirir la propiedad es para mejorar el área eliminando un estorbo público declarado por el Municipio. Quedan emplazados y notificados que en este Tribunal se ha radicado Demanda de Expropiación Forzosa. La abogada de la parte demandante es el Lcda. Angelisse Ortiz Cruz cuya dirección postal es: 1353 Ave. Luis Vigoreaux, PMB 270, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, 00966 cuyo número de teléfono es (787) 2730611 y su correo electrónico es: Icda.angelisseortiz@gmail.com. Se les advierte que este edicto se publicará en un periódico de circulación general una sola vez y que, si no comparecen a contestar dicha Demanda radicando el original de la misma en el Tribunal, con copia al abogado de la parte demandante dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del Edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia concediendo el remedio así solicitado sin más citarles ni oírlos. Este Tribunal ha señalado para el 25 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, Sala 1003 del Centro Judicial de San Juan, el cual ubica en Hato Rey, PR, para la Vista del caso, en cuyo día se determinará el justo valor de la propiedad y las partes a ser compensadas y a cuya vista podrán ustedes comparecer y ofrecer prueba de valoración, aunque no hayan contestado la Petición. Expedido por Orden del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 8 de septiembre de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. DE LA PAZ ORTIZ, EDITH M., SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE MANATÍ

UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RURAL

DEVELOPMENT A/C/C

LA ADMINISTRACION DE HOGARES DE AGRICULTORES

Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE PLÁCIDO

ROSADO COLÓN Y SUCESIÓN DE RAMONITA COLÓN ARROYO

AMBAS COMPUESTAS POR FULANO DE TAL

Y SUTANA DE TAL

COMO HEREDEROS

DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHAS SUCESIONES

Demandados Civil Núm.: MT2025CV00096. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO ANUNCIANDO PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe, funcionario del Tribunal de la Sala Superior de Manatí, Puerto Rico, por la presente anuncia y hace saber al público en general que en cumplimiento con la Sentencia dictada en este caso con fecha 14 de julio de 2025, y según Orden y Mandamiento del 28 de agosto de 2025 librado por este honorable Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal con todo título derecho y/o interés de la parte demandada sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar número catorce del Bloque ‘E’ de la Urbanización Alturas de Florida, radicada en el Barrio Florida Adentro del término municipal de Florida, Puerto Rico, con un área de doscientos cuarenta y un metros cuadrados con veinte centésimas de otro (241.20). Colindando por el NORTE, con el solar número 13 del Bloque ‘E’, en una distancia de 25 metros; por el SUR, con el lote número 15 del Bloque ‘E’, en una distancia de 25 metros; por el ESTE, con la Calle número 2 de la Urbanización, en una distancia de 9 metros con 648 milésimas de otro; y por el OESTE, con el solar número 16 del Bloque ‘E’, en una distancia de 9 metros con 648 milésimas de otro. Enclava una casa de hormigón diseñada para fines residenciales. Finca Número 541, inscrita al folio 255 del tomo 11 de Florida. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Manatí. Dirección Física: URB. ALTURAS DE FLORIDA, E-14 CALLE 2, FLORIDA PR 00650. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la PRIMERA SUBASTA habrá de celebrarse el día 5 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina sita en el edificio que ocupa el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de Manatí. Siendo ésta la primera subasta que se celebrará en este caso, será el precio mínimo aceptable como oferta en la Primera Subasta, eso es el tipo mínimo pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $35,000.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta primera subasta por dicha suma mínima, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 13 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2025,

A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar antes señalado en la cual el precio mínimo serán dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $23,333.33. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta segunda subasta por el tipo mínimo indicado en el párrafo anterior, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes señalado el día 21 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la cual el tipo mínimo aceptable como oferta será la mitad (1/2) del precio mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $17,500.00. Si se declare 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 mínimo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Con el importe de esta venta se habrá de satisfacer el balance de la sentencia dictada en este caso el cual consiste en el pago de $44,479.99 de principal, más intereses convenidos al 9.500% anual más recargos hasta su pago, más el pago de lo pactado en la sentencia para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados. Se dispone que una vez celebrada la subasta y vendido el inmueble relacionado, el alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial a los nuevos dueños dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la celebración de la Subasta. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del demandado/ deudor la ocupen. El Alguacil de este Tribunal efectuará el lanzamiento de los ocupantes de ser necesario. Si la subasta es adjudicada a un tercero y luego se deja sin efecto, el tercero a favor de quién se adjudicó la subasta solo tendrá derecho a la devolución del monto consignado más no tendrá derecho a entablar recurso o reclamo adicional alguno (judicial o extrajudicial) contra el demandante y/o el acreedor y/o inversionista, dueño pagaré y/o su abogado. Si se anula la venta, el comprador tendrá derecho a la devolución del depósito de la venta judicial menos los honorarios y costos incurridos en el proceso de venta judicial. No tendrá ningún otro recurso contra el acreedor hipotecario ejecutante ni la representación legal de éste. Por la presente, también se notifica e informa a Island Finance Puerto Rico, Inc., por éstos contar con una hipoteca a su favor por la suma principal de $17,203.06, con intereses al

15% anual, vencedero a la presentación, constituida mediante la escritura número 158, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 23 de febrero de 2001, ante la notario Nay Del Carmen Rodríguez González, e inscrita al folio 259 vuelto del tomo 11 de Florida, finca número 541, inscripción 5ta. Además, dicha hipoteca está sujeta a las siguientes condiciones restrictivas: Los deudores hipotecarios se obligan expresamente al cumplimiento de las siguientes condiciones, entre otras a no constituir ninguna servidumbre sin el consentimiento por escrito del tenedor, a no vender, donar, ni en ninguna otra forma, ceder ni traspasar la finca hipotecada a tercera persona sin haber obtenido el consentimiento por escrito del tenedor del Pagaré. También, se notifica e informa a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, personas desconocidas que puedan tener derechos en la propiedad o título objeto de este edicto. La Venta en Pública Subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga y gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la Primera, Segunda y Tercera Subasta, si eso fuera necesario, a los efectos de cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha Subasta. 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. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables y para la concurrencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria en toda la Isla de Puerto Rico por espacio dos (2) semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana y se fijará, además, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Alcaldía y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la Subasta y en la Colecturía más cercana del lugar de la residencia de la parte demandada. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente que firmo y sello, hoy día 11 de septiembre de 2025. WILFREDO RODRÍGUEZ CARRIÓN, ALGUACIL CONFIDENCIAL

PLACA #135, SALA SUPERIOR DE MANATÍ.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA

SUPERIOR DE CIALES

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RURAL DEVELOPMENT A/C/C LA ADMINISTRACION DE HOGARES DE AGRICULTORES

Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE JESÚS MANUEL RIVERA PÉREZ COMPUESTA POR SU HEREDERO CONOCIDO COMO MANUEL A. RIVERA RUIZ; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHA SUCESIÓN

Demandados

Civil Núm.: CI2025CV00129.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO ANUNCIANDO PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe, funcionario del Tribunal de la Sala Superior de Ciales, Puerto Rico, por la presente anuncia y hace saber al público en general que en cumplimiento con la Sentencia dictada en este caso con fecha 18 de julio de 2025, y según Orden y Mandamiento del 2 de septiembre de 2025 librado por este honorable Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal con todo título derecho y/o interés de la parte demandada sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número A-ocho (A-8) del Plano de Inscripción del Proyecto UM-Siete quince (UM 7-15) denominado ‘Las Cumbres’, radicado en el Barrio Morovis Norte del término municipal de Morovis, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de trescientos treinta y cuatro metros cuadrados con cincuenta y nueve metros cuadrados en lindes por el NORTE, con solar A nueve, distancia de veinticuatro metros con doce centímetros; por el SUR, con el solar A-siete, distancia de veinticuatro metros con cinco centímetros; por el ESTE, con el solar A-veinte, distancia de trece metros con ochenta y nueve centímetros; y por el OESTE, con la calle número uno, distancia de trece metros con ochenta y nueve centímetros. Finca Número 12,197, inscrita al tomo de hoja móvil número 272 de Morovis. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Manatí. Dirección Física: BO. MOROVIS NORTE PROYECTO LAS CUMBRES A-8, MOROVIS PR 00687. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la PRIMERA

179 del tomo 154 de Comerío. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Barranquitas. Dirección Física: BARRIO CEJAS, SOLAR #2, CARR. 791 KM 2.8, COMERÍO PR 00782. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la PRIMERA SUBASTA habrá de celebrarse el día 5 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina sita en el edificio que ocupa el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de Comerío. Siendo ésta la primera subasta que se celebrará en este caso, será el precio mínimo aceptable como oferta en la Primera Subasta, eso es el tipo mínimo pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $73,000.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta primera subasta por dicha suma mínima, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 12 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar antes señalado en la cual el precio mínimo serán dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $48,666.66. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta segunda subasta por el tipo mínimo indicado en el párrafo anterior, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes señalado el día 20 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la cual el tipo mínimo aceptable como oferta será la mitad (1/2) del precio mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $36,500.00. Si se declare 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 mínimo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. El Honorable Tribunal dictó Sentencia In Rem, declarando Con Lugar la demanda al incumplir la parte demandada con los términos del contrato hipotecario y ordenando la venta en pública subasta del inmueble antes descrito. A tenor con la Regla 51.3 (b) de Procedimiento Civil y el Artículo 99 de la Ley 210-2015, conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmobiliaria del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”, el tribunal ordenó que el Alguacil de este Tribunal luego de haberse efectuado la correspondiente publicación de edictos en un periódico de circulación general, proceda a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor la propiedad descrita en las Determinaciones de Hechos de la Sentencia y que del producto de dicha venta, proceda a pagar en primer término los gastos del Alguacil, en segundo término las costas y honorarios de abogados según concedidos en esta sentencia, en tercer término los intereses acumulados por esta sentencia, en cuarto término los recargos acumulados, en quinto

TO: Edmarie Miranda Díaz, General Public, Puerto Rico Housing Finance Authority and all parties that may have an interest in the property WHEREAS, Judgment in favor of Plaintiff was entered for the principal sum of $79,542.58 plus interest at a rate of 3.125% per annum until the debt is paid in full. Such interests continue to accrue until the debt is paid in full. The defendant was also ordered to pay Plaintiff late charges in the amount of 5.000% of each and any monthly installment not received by the note holder within 15 days after the installment was due until the debt is paid in full. Such late charges continue to accrue until the debt is paid in full. The defendant was also ordered to pay Plaintiff all advances made under the mortgage note including but not limited to insurance premiums, taxes and inspections as well as 10% of the original principal amount to cover costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligation. The records of the case and these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, 300 Recinto Sur St., Suite 325 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901, Tel. 787-772-3000 or by accessing the electronic court records. WHEREAS, pursuant to said judgment, the undersigned SPECIAL MASTER, Joel RondaFeliciano, was ordered to sell at public auction for US currency in cash or certified check, without appraisal or right to redemption to the highest bidder and at 441 Calle E. Frailes Industrial Park, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00969 (19.3698579, -66.1124836) the following property: Solar número B-23; predio de terreno sito en el Barrio San Idelfonso del Municipio de Coamo marcado con el solar número B-23 en el plano de inscripción de la urbanización Haciendas del Río, con una cabida de 276.00 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar número B-22; por el SUR, con el solar número B-24; por el ESTE, con la calle B; y por el OESTE, con los solares números B-04 Y B-05. En dicho solar enclava una residencia de concreto. The property is identified with the number 15,907 and is recorded at page number 50 of volume number 293 of Coamo, in the Registry of Property of Barranquitas. WHEREAS, the mortgage foreclosed as part of the instant proceeding is recorded at page number 50 of volume number 293 of Coamo, fourth inscription in the Registry of Property of Barranquitas. The mortgage loan’s subsequent modification is recorded at page number 168 of volume number 293 of Coamo, fourth inscription in the Registry of Property of Barranquitas. The San Juan Daily Star

cualquier suma antes indicada como sobregiro en la cuenta de reserva y en sexto término hasta la suma de $53,834.92, para cubrir el principal pendiente de pago más los intereses acumulados hasta el día de la Venta Judicial, disponiéndose que si quedare algún remanente luego de pagarse las sumas antes mencionadas el mismo deberá ser depositado en la Secretaría del Tribunal para ser entregado a los demandados previa solicitud y orden del Tribunal. Se dispone que una vez celebrada la subasta y vendido el inmueble relacionado, el alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial a los nuevos dueños dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la celebración de la Subasta. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del demandado/ deudor la ocupen. El Alguacil de este Tribunal efectuará el lanzamiento de los ocupantes de ser necesario. Si la subasta es adjudicada a un tercero y luego se deja sin efecto, el tercero a favor de quién se adjudicó la subasta solo tendrá derecho a la devolución del monto consignado más no tendrá derecho a entablar recurso o reclamo adicional alguno (judicial o extrajudicial) contra el demandante y/o el acreedor y/o inversionista, dueño pagaré y/o su abogado. Si se anula la venta, el comprador tendrá derecho a la devolución del depósito de la venta judicial menos los honorarios y costos incurridos en el proceso de venta judicial. No tendrá ningún otro recurso contra el acreedor hipotecario ejecutante ni la representación legal de éste. Por la presente, también se notifica e informa a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, personas desconocidas que puedan tener derechos en la propiedad o título objeto de este edicto. La Venta en Pública Subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga y gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la Primera, Segunda y Tercera Subasta, si eso fuera necesario, a los efectos de cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha Subasta. 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. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables y para la concurrencia

de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria en toda la Isla de Puerto Rico por espacio dos (2) semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana y se fijará, además, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Alcaldía y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la Subasta y en la Colecturía más cercana del lugar de la residencia de la parte demandada. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente que firmo y sello, hoy día 12 de septiembre de 2025. ANDRÉS VÁZQUEZ

SANTIAGO, ALGUACIL PLACA #998, SALA SUPERIOR DE COMERÍO.

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P-0248

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO.

Cielo Vivienda, LLC

Plaintiff v.

María Luisa Pérez

Remedios a/k/a María L.

Pérez Remedios a/k/a

María Luisa Roca and Gaspar Roca Natali a/k/a Gaspar Roca Natall now the Estate of Gaspar Roca Natali a/k/a Gaspar Roca Natall composed by the testate members Miguel Wayne Roca Barnett, Diana Luisa Roca Barnett, Ana Marie Roca Barnett and Carlos Manuel Roca Barnett, and by right of representation Mariana Margarita Roca Iguina and Luis Rafael Roca Iguina. Defendant

Civil No. 17-01496 JAG. Collection of Money and Mortgage Foreclosure. NOTICE OF SALE.

TO: María Luisa Pérez

Remedios a/k/a María L.

Pérez Remedios a/k/a

María Luisa Roca and Gaspar Roca Natali a/k/a Gaspar Roca Natall now the Estate of Gaspar Roca Natali a/k/a Gaspar Roca Natall composed by the testate members Miguel Wayne Roca Barnett, Diana Luisa Roca Barnett, Ana Marie Roca Barnett and Carlos Manuel Roca Barnett, and by right of representation Mariana Margarita Roca Iguina and Luis Rafael Roca Iguina, General Public, and all parties that may have an interest in the property

WHEREAS, on September 18, 2017, Judgment was entered for the total outstanding principal balance in the amount of $117,461.05 with interest accrued until full payment, plus mortgage and risk insurance premiums, late fees and any

other amounts agreed in the mortgage deed, from the date stated above until full payment thereof, plus 10% for attorney’s fees and costs, equivalent to $15,200.00. The records of the case and these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico or by accessing the electronic court records. WHEREAS, pursuant to said Judgment, the undersigned SPECIAL MASTER, Joel RondaFeliciano, was ordered to sell at public auction for US currency in cash or certified check, without appraisal or right to redemption to the highest bidder at his office located in 441 E Street, Frailes Industrial Park, Guaynabo, PR 00969 (coordinates 18.3698579 – 66.1124836) the following property: URBAN: Horizontal Property: Residential Apartment number 201 of irregular shape located at Trevi Tower of project Parque de las Fuentes, which in turn is located at César González Street previously known as State Road PR -41. In the proximity of the intersection with Jesús T. Piñero Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, with a total private area of 1443 square feet, being its total longer length and width 37 feet 21/2 inches, 33 feet 8 inches, respectively, measured between width of exterior and hallway walls and between half width of walls adjoining other apartments, being its boundaries access and description as follows: by the North, with corridor; by the South, with common exterior elements of the building and with storage room; by the East, with elevator shaft and by the West, with common exterior elements of the building and with storage room. Its main door has access to and from the corridor. This family unit consists of the following space, equipment and accessories, two bedrooms, each with one closet, one living and dining room, one kitchen, with informal dining areas and one pantry, two bathrooms each with separate vanity area, one terrace, one laundry area, one central air conditioning recirculating unit closet, one hall, one water heater closet, one laundry closet, one storage closet and canopy. The equipment and appliances are one range oven, one range hood, one refrigerator, one dish washer, one food waste disposal, lower and upper kitchen cabinets, one water heater, one clothes washer, one clothes dryer, and one central individual air conditioning split system which includes, one outside compressing unit and one inside recirculating unit for the apartment. The accessories are: wall to wall carpeting except in the kitchen, terraces and bathrooms, security intercom system for direct communication with the lobby area, one master television antenna outlet in the master bedroom and in the kitchen. There is one mechanical ventilation and utilities chase

within the unit which is considered as communal area. This apartment has assigned one parking space which may be subject to reassignment when the South wing of the parking building is constructed. Le corresponde a este apartamento una porción del 0.203 porciento en los elementos comunes.” PROPERTY NUMBER: 30,256, recorded at page 200 of volume 1046 of Rio Piedras North, Property Registry of San Juan, Second Section. WHEREAS, The mortgage to be foreclosed as part of the instant proceeding is recorded at Page 208 of Volume 426 of Rio Piedras North, sixth inscription, of Rio Piedras North, Property Registry of San Juan, Second Section. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It is understood that the potential bidders acquire the property subject to any and all the senior liens that encumber the property. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax liens (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts then and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and the bid price shall not be applied toward the cancellation of the senior liens. WHEREFORE, the FIRST public sale will be held on November 7, 2025, at 9:00 am, and the minimum bidding amount that will be accepted is the sum of $152,000.00. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND public auction shall be held on November 14, 2025, at 9:00 am, and the minimum bidding amount that will be accepted is the sum of $101,333.33. If said second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD public auction shall be held on November 21, 2025, at 9:00 am, and the minimum bidding amount that will be accepted is the sum of $76,000.00. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued canceling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the Judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the aforementioned office of the Clerk of the Unites States District Court. San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 18 day of September, 2025. Joel Ronda-Feliciano, Special Master.

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41945

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO. MCLP Asset Company, Inc. Plaintiff, v. Edmarie Miranda Díaz Defendant

CIVIL NO: 18-01577 PAD. RE: Collection of Money and Mortgage Foreclosure. NOTICE OF SALE.

WHEREAS the property is subject to the following junior liens: MORTGAGE: Pledged by Edmarie Miranda Díaz, single, guaranteeing a promissory note in favor of THE AUTHORITY FOR THE FINANCING OF THE HOUSING OF PUERTO RICO, or to its order, for the original loan amount of $15,000.00, bearing no annual interest, payable November 30th 2012, as per deed number 191, executed in Ponce, November 30th, 2004, before Angel Omar Rodríguez Correa, notary public. Recorded at page 168 of Coamo Volume 293. Fifth inscription. Subject to rules and regulations of “La Llave para tu Hogar” housing acquisition aid program for 8 years. SUBORDINATION OF MORTGAGE: The Housing Financing Authority of Puerto Rico appears to subordinate the mortgage of the fourth inscription and the modification with the purpose of registering it in a superior and preferential rank to the mortgage of the fifth inscription, as per deed number 168, signed in in San Juan, on April 12, 2012, before Roberto Luis Varela Ríos, notary public. Recorded at the margin of page 168 of Coamo Volume 293. Fourth inscription. LIS PENDENS: Civil case pursued by Lime Residential LTD vs. Edmarie Miranda Díaz, single, before in the Unites States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Docket number 18-01577 PAD, regarding Collection of Monies and Foreclosure, requesting payment of mortgage with an outstanding balance of $79,542.58 and other sums, as per complaint dated August 17, 2018. Recorded at Coamo Karibe System. Notation B. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It is understood that the potential bidders acquire the property subject to any and all the senior liens that encumber the property. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax liens (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts then and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and the bid price shall not be applied toward the cancellation of the senior liens. WHEREFORE, the FIRST PUBLIC sale will be held on NOVEMBER 7, 2025, AT 9:15 AM and the minimum bidding amount that will be accepted is the sum of $66,171.43. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND PUBLIC auction shall be held on NOVEMBER 14, 2025, AT 9:15 AM and the minimum bidding amount that will be accepted is the sum of $44,114.29. If said second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD PUBLIC auction shall be held on NOVEMBER 21, 2025,

AT 9:15 AM and the minimum bidding amount that will be accepted is the sum of $33,085.72. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued canceling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the aforementioned office of the Clerk of the Unites States District Court. San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 25th day of September 2025. Fdo. Joel Ronda Feliciano, Special Master.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ACTING THROUGH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Plaintiff V. SAMFRITZ DEL VALLE BARRETO, ELBA IRIS ACABEO RUIZ, AND THE CONJUGAL PARTNERSHIP COMPOSED BY THEM Defendants Civil No.: 20-1019. FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE [ACTION IN REM]. NOTICE OF SALE. To: SAMFRITZ DEL VALLE BARRETO, ELBA IRIS ACABEO RUIZ, AND THE CONJUGAL PARTNERSHIP COMPOSED BY THEM. WHEREAS: Judgment in favor of the United States of America for the principal aggregate amounts: a) On $90,000.00 Note: 1. The sum of $90,000.00, of principal; 2. The sum of $26,865.65, of interest accrued as of May 14,2019, and thereafter until its full and total payment, which interest amount increases at the daily rate of $6.9872. 3. Plus, insurance premium, taxes, advances, late charges, costs, court costs, disbursements and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligation. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WHEREAS: Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned judgment and the order of execution thereof, the following property will be sold at public auction: RÚSTICA: Parcela radicada en el barrio Leguísamo del término municipal de Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Con una cabida superficial de una cuerda de terreno (1.00 cda) equivalente a tres mil novecientos treinta punto treinta y nueve metros cuadrados (3,930.39 m.c.). En lindes al NORTE, con remanente de la finca principal; al SUR, con camino de la finca que la separa de terrenos de Miguel Santiago Meléndez; al ESTE,

cacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB

VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento Multivacacional: UNIDAD A-406

SEMANA 47. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit A-406 and includes the right to use such unit during the 47th week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 47th Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit A-406, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Se separa del Régimen Vacacional Haciendas del Mar, inscrita al folio 85 del tomo 232 de Vega Alta finca 12648. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 13289 inscrita al folio móvil 2 del tomo 23 de Vega Alta, inscripción 3ra en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $18,176.77 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A 406-47. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 23 de octubre de 2025, a las 9:00 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y

las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 3 de OCTOBER de 2025. FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA. HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante v. HUGO GUILLERMO BLAKE GÓMEZ; MARIAN DE LOS ÁNGELES BLISS RÍOS y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandado

CIVIL NÚM.: VB2024CV00693. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. Yo, FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO

SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecu-

ción de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 19 de agosto de 2025 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Propiedad

Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento Multivacacional: A-503 WEEK 14. Cabida: 101.45 Metros Cuadrados. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit A-503 and includes the right to use such unit during the 14th week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 14th Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit A-503, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Se separa del Régimen Vacacional Haciendas del Mar, inscrita al folio 100 del tomo 232 de Vega Alta finca 12657. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 15351 inscrita al folio móvil 1 del tomo 84 de Vega Alta, inscripción 1ra en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $11,041.17 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A 503-14. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 23 de octubre de 2025, a las

9:10 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 3 de OCTUBRE de 2025.

FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA. HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante v. SELL TIMESHARE, LLC

Demandado

CIVIL NÚM.: VB2024CV01106. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. Yo, FREDDY OMAR

RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 19 de agosto de 2025 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Propiedad Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento Multivacacional: A-201 WEEK 17. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit A-201 and includes the right to use such unit during the 17 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 17th Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit A-201, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 12,675 inscrita en virtud de la Escritura 31 otorgada en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, el 18 de abril de 2013, ante el notario Mónica Marie Carretero Rodríguez, inscrito en Sistema Karibe, inscripción 2da de Vega Alta, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente can-

tidad: $5,457.41 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A 201-17. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 23 de octubre de 2025, a las 9:20 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 3 de OCTUBRE de 2025. Por: FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE ARECIBO. HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS

ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante v.

ABELMAIN EDGARDO

TORRES MOORE

Demandado

CIVIL NÚM.: AR2025CV00019. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. Yo, FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 10 de septiembre de 2025 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: VACATION CLUB RIGHT: Unit week 24. Vacation Club Right corresponding to Unit A802 of Hacienda del Mar, Vacation Club Regime, located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit A-802 and includes the right to use such unit during the 24 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12.00 noon on the 24 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit A-802, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 13,709 inscrita al folio móvil 1 del tomo 57 de Vega Alta, inscripción 3ra en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’

Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $11,722.29 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A 802-24. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 23 de octubre de 2025, a las 9:30 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Arecibo. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 3 de OCTUBRE de 2025. Por: FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN. HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS

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 30 de septiembre de 2025. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 30 de septiembre de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. SANDRA BÁEZ HERNÁNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AGUADILLA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA

UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RURAL DEVELOPMENT A/C/C LA ADMINISTRACION DE HOGARES DE AGRICULTORES

Demandante V. GABRIEL CURET SOTO Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: MZ2025CV00481. (Salón: 603 CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FASJCFORTUNO@FORTUNO-LAW. COM.

A: SUCESIÓN DE DELIA RITA RAMOS TURULL COMPUESTA POR SUS HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS COMO IVÁN GABRIEL CURET RAMOS, ALEJANDRO GABRIEL CURET RAMOS Y BEATRIZ MARIE RODRÍGUEZ

RAMOS; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS

DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHA SUCESIÓNURB. JARDINES PUERTO, A-17, 4224 CALLE DIANA, CABO ROJO PR 0062; URB. RIO CRISTAL, APT. 6227, CALLE VALVINO 30, MAYAGUEZ PR 00681; PO BOX 308, MAYAGUEZ PR 00681-0308; 15 UPLAND, AVE, READING, PA 19611. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 24 de septiembre 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 30 de septiembre de 2025. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, el 30 de septiembre de 2025. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. AWILDA CABÁN SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE ARECIBO SALA SUPERIOR DE CIALES UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RURAL DEVELOPMENT A/C/C LA ADMINISTRACION DE HOGARES DE AGRICULTORES

Demandante V. DEXTER AYALA RODRIGUEZ Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: MT2024CV00766. (Salon: 101 SALA SPERIOR).

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA

POR EDICTO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FASJCFORTUNO@FORTUNO-LAW. COM.

A: SUCESIÓN DE GLORIA RODRÍGUEZ CARRERAS COMPUESTA POR SU HEREDERO CONOCIDO COMO REY AYALA

RODRÍGUEZ; SUCESIÓN DE DEXTER AYALA RODRÍGUEZ; SUCESIÓN DE ENRIQUE AYALA RODRÍGUEZ; SUCESIÓN DE JOSÉ AYALA

RODRÍGUEZ, SUCESIÓN DE ALICIA AYALA RODRÍGUEZ; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHAS SUCESIONES. (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 septiembre 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 30 de septiembre de 2025. En Ciales, Puerto Rico, el 30 de septiembre de 2025. VIVÍAN Y. FRESSE

GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. JANETTE GONZÁLEZ VARGAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT, LLC

Demandante V. BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO COMO CUSTODIO DE LOS RÉCORDS DE DORAL BANK, DORAL MORTGAGE LLC COMO SUCESOR EN DERECHO DE DORAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL Y CUALESQUIER PERSONA DESCONOCIDA CON POSIBLE INTERÉS EN LA OBLIGACIÓN CUYA CANCELACIÓN POR DECRETO JUDICIAL SE SOLICITA

Demandados

Civil Núm.: BY2025CV04656. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. Sala: 402. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S. A: FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL como posibles tenedores y cualquiera persona desconocida con posible interés en la obligación cuya cancelación por decreto judicial se solicita.

En este caso la parte demandante ha radicado Demanda para que se decrete judicialmente el saldo de dos (2) pagarés hipotecarios. El primero a favor de Doral Mortgage Corporation, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $57,750.00, con intereses al 7 7/8% anual, vencedero el 1ro. de julio de 2008. Dicho pagaré fue

garantizado por hipoteca suscrita el día 4 de junio de 1993, conforme la Escritura número 302 ante el Notario Carlos Martínez Olmo, inscrita al folio 169 del tomo 121 de Toa Baja, finca número 7659, inscripción 4ta., (“Primera Hipoteca”). El segundo pagaré a favor de Doral Bank, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $70,000.00, con intereses al 11.45% anual, vencedero el 1ro. de septiembre de 2020. Dicho pagaré fue garantizado por hipoteca suscrita el día 24 de agosto de 2005, conforme la Escritura número 585 ante el Notario Rey Javier De León Colón, inscrita al folio 49 de tomo 577 de Toa aja, finca número 7659, inscripción 5ta., (“Segunda Hipoteca”). Las hipotecas pesan sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Parcela de terreno en la Urbanización Levittown, cuarta unidad de Planificación en el Barrio Sabana Seca de Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, y que se describe en el Plano de Inscripción de la Urbanización Levittown, con el número, area y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación, Solar número cuarenta y uno (41) del Bloque “AK”, área del Solar trescientos diez punto cincuenta (310.50) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en veintitrés punto cero cero (23.00) metros, con el Solar número cuarenta dos (42); por el SUR, en veintitrés punto cero cero (23.00) metros, con el Solar número cuarenta (40); por el ESTE, en trece punto cincuenta (13.50) metros, con la Calle Lisa Este; y por el OESTE, en trece punto cincuenta (13.50) metros, con el Solar número cuatro (4). Enclava una estructura para fines residenciales. Inscrita al folio 166 del tomo 121 de Toa Baja, finca número 7,659, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Segunda de Bayamón. La parte demandante alega que dichos pagarés han sido saldados según más detalladamente consta en la Demanda radicada que puede examinarse en la Secretaría de este Tribunal. Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto y deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), el cual podrá acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal y notifique con copia de ella al licenciado Andrés Sáez Marrero, 623 Ponce de León Avenue, Executive Building, Ste. 1100A-2, San Juan, PR 00917, Tel. (561) 338-4101, correo electrónico, asaez@tmpllc.com, dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, apercibiéndole que, de no hacerlo así dentro del término indicado, el Tribunal podrá ano-

tar su rebeldía y dictar sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 11 de septiembre de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. KAREN M. ACEVEDO ACEVEDO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. FLOR MARIA CARABALLO TORRES T/C/C FLOR MARIA CARABALLO TORRES Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: SJ2024CV11292. (Civil: 404). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ROBERTO CARLOS LÁTIMER VALENTÍN - LATIMERRC@ LBRGLAW.COM. A: SUCESIÓN DE NEFTALÍ RODRÍGUEZ SÁNCHEZ COMPUESTA POR ZULEIKA RODRÍGUEZ SOTO, BRIAN RODRIGUEZ DÍAZ, MARIAN RODRÍGUEZ TORRES Y LA SUCESIÓN DE NEFTALÍ RODRÍGUEZ DÍAZ COMPUESTA POR NEFTALÍ RODRÍGUEZ Y GÉNESIS RODRIGUEZ. FULANO Y BUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LAS TRES SUCESIONES (SUCN NEFTALÍ RODRÍGUEZ SÁNCHEZ, SUCESIÓN FABIANA TORRES SÁNCHEZ Y SUCN DE NEFTALÍ RODRÍGUEZ DÍAZ). (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 24 de septiembre 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 30 de septiembre de 2025. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 30 de septiembre de 2025. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MYRIAM FIGUEROA PASTRANA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante Vs. SUCESION DE MIGUELINA MONTES PONCE, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO MIGUELINA MONTES, COMPUESTA POR SUS HIJOS MARIA SOCORRO

PETERSON MONTES Y MIGUEL ANGEL

PETERSON MONTES; MARIA SOCORRO

PETERSON MONTES; MIGUEL ANGEL

PETERSON MONTES; PEDRO JOSE PETERSON VELAZQUEZ, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDO COMO PEDRO JOSE PETERSON VELASQUEZ; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados Civil Núm.: FA2025CV00755. (307). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA “IN REM”. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: MIGUEL ANGEL PETERSON MONTES Y PEDRO JOSE PETERSON VELAZQUEZ, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDO COMO PEDRO JOSE PETERSON VELASQUEZ, COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESION DE MIGUELINA MONTESPONCE, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO MIGUELINA MONTES.

POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le notifica que se ha radicado en esta Secretaría por la parte demandante, Demanda sobre Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria (In Rem) en la que se alega adeuda la suma principal de $56,028.66, más

intereses sobre dicha suma al 6.875% anual, desde el día 1ro de septiembre de 2024, hasta su completo pago, más recargos acumulados, más la cantidad de $8,600.00 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, así como cualquier otra suma estipulada en el contrato de préstamo, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. La propiedad hipotecada a ser vendida en pública subasta es: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número Veintiocho (28) de la Manzana “F” de la URBANIZACIÓN BRISAS DEL MAR, en el Barrio Sabana de Luquillo, con un área superficial de QUINIENTOS TREINTA Y SIETE PUNTO TREINTA Y SIETE (537.37) METROS CUADRADOS. Colinda por el NORTE, en una distancia de treinta y dos punto cincuenta (32.50) metros, con el área de estacionamiento de la Calle número Ocho (8) y un arco de cinco punto cincuenta (5.50) metros de longitud; por el SUR, en una distancia de treinta y seis punto cero cero (36.00) metros, con el solar número Veintisiete (27); por el ESTE, en una distancia de quince punto cero cero (15.00) metros, con los solares número Once (11) y Doce (12) de la Manzana “I”; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de once punto cincuenta (11.50) metros, con la Calle número Ocho (8). Enclava una casa de concreto reforzado y bloques de concreto de una sola planta. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al Sistema Karibe de Luquillo, Registro de la Propiedad de Fajardo, finca número 4284, inscripción séptima. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de lo treinta (30) días de haber sido publicado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día de la publicación. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/ salvo que el caso sea un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder

se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. La información del (de la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante es la siguiente:

Lcdo. Baldomero A. Collazo Torres Bufete Collazo & Surillo, LLC P.O. Box 11550 San Juan, P.R. 00922-1550 Te l. (787) 625-9999 Fax (787) 705-7387

E-mail: bcollazo@lawpr.com

Se le advierte, además, a los herederos que conforme el caso de Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria v. Latinoamericana Exportación, Inc. 164 D.P.R. 689, 696 (2005) y a tenor con las disposiciones del Artículo 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico (31 L.P.R.A. sec. 11021), deberá aceptar o repudiar la herencia de la causante Miguelina Montes Ponce, dentro del término de treinta (30) días. De no expresar su intención de aceptar o repudiar la herencia dentro del término que se le fijó, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. Se le notifica también por la presente que la parte demandante habrá de presentar para su anotación al Registrador de la Propiedad del Distrito en que está situada la propiedad objeto de este pleito, un aviso de estar pendiente esta acción. Para publicarse conforme a la Orden dictada por el Tribunal en un periódico de circulación general. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto que firmo y sello en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hoy 22 de septiembre de 2025. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. LINDA MEDINA MEDINA, SUB-SECRETARIA. LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs. SUCESION DE DANIEL ROSA OQUENDO, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDO COMO DANIEL OQUENDO, COMPUESTA POR SUS HIJOS YARITZA ROSA CARRERAS, YAMILKA ROSA CARRERAS, ARIEL ROSA CARRERAS, JOSE LUIS ROSA REYES Y DANIEL ROSA REYES; FULANO DE TAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL, COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON POSIBLE INTERÉS; ANA MILAGROS CARRERAS ROSA, POR SF Y EN CUANTO LA CUOTA VIUDAL

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‘We’re here to win’:

By THE STAR STAFF

Juan “Pachín” Vicéns Auditorium in Ponce is the host venue of the fifth edition of the North, Central America, and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA) Men’s Final Six, which opened play on Monday and runs through Saturday. Coaches from Canada, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Suriname and the United States shared their expectations ahead of the tournament’s opening.

Puerto Rico’s head coach, Jamille Torres Rosario, emphasized the team’s commitment and the significance of competing on home soil.

“We’re coming in with a roster very similar to the one we used at the Pan American Cup. We have two players out due to injury, and part of our summer process was to test young athletes,” he said. “Expectations are very high,

Puerto Rico hosting NORCECA Men’s Final Six

and we’re here to win. Playing in Puerto Rico adds a bit more pressure because we’re competing in front of our fans in the stands.”

“We don’t get many chances to play at home, so when we do, we want to deliver our best performance without losing sight of our main goal: to keep growing and improving for the future,” Torres Rosario added.

The NORCECA Men’s Final Six awards world ranking points to teams not participating in the Volleyball Nations League, and contributes to the qualification process for the Central American and Caribbean Games by granting continental ranking points to all participating teams.

Puerto Rico was to open play on Monday night against the Dominican Republic, following the official opening ceremony. The other scheduled matches were Suriname vs. Canada and the United States vs. Mexico.

Free entry for affiliates

As part of the Puerto Rican Volleyball Federation’s commitment to its community, all affiliated minors will enjoy free general admis-

sion when accompanied by an adult (adult pays general admission). In addition, referees, judges, coaches and institutional affiliates will also have free access to general admission.

Bravas defeat Big Sisters, improve to 5-1 in COPUVO play

By THE STAR STAFF

The Bravas of Cidra defeated the visiting Big Sisters of Carolina in straight sets on Sunday in a Puerto Rican Volleyball Confederation (COPUVO by its acronym in Spanish) match at Domingo “Lulo” González Court.

Cidra won by scores of 25-23, 2518, and 25-23.

With the victory, the Bravas moved up to second place with a 5-1 record and 18 points. Carolina is in fifth place with a 4-3 record and 11 points.

Cidra’s only loss of the season was to the Big Sisters on Sept. 11, in five sets. The COPUVO schedule continues on Wednesday with the Lady Sharks of Aguadilla (1-4) facing the Cangrejeras of Santurce (7-0) at Roberto Clemente Coliseum at 8 p.m.

Mark Sanchez, ex-NFL quarterback, is charged after being injured in stabbing

By AISHVARYA KAVI and HANNAH ZIEGLER

Mark Sanchez, a former NFL quarterback who is a Fox Sports commentator, was arrested Saturday after being injured in a stabbing in downtown Indianapolis that left him hospitalized in stable condition, according to police.

Sanchez was arrested in the hospital and charged with battery with injury, unlawful entry of a motor vehicle and public intoxication, police said. All of the charges are misdemeanors, police said.

He remained in the hospital and has not been booked, police said. Additional details about what led up to the episode were not available.

Earlier Saturday, in response to an inquiry about how

Sanchez was injured, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department referred to a statement about a stabbing that occurred around 12:30 a.m. Saturday in which two men were injured.

One man suffered lacerations and the other had what appeared to be stab wounds, the statement said.

“Detectives believe this was an isolated incident between the two men and not a random act of violence,” the statement said, adding that the men were not from Indianapolis. Police said that the altercation had been captured on video.

Representatives for Sanchez did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Fox Sports declined Saturday night to comment on his arrest.

Before Sanchez was arrested, Fox Sports said on social media that it was grateful to the medical team that was treat-

ing him and that he was in stable condition.

Sanchez, 38, was the fifth overall pick of the 2009 NFL draft and spent five seasons with the Jets, twice leading them to the playoffs, but he missed his entire 2013 season with an injury.

He also played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins. He remained in the NFL for a total of 10 seasons before retiring in 2019 to become a football analyst.

Sanchez appeared to be in Indianapolis before the broadcast of the Las Vegas Raiders and Indianapolis Colts game Sunday afternoon, as part of his role as an analyst for the network.

Sanchez was set to call Sunday’s game alongside Chris Myers, a sportscaster for Fox Sports.

“Playing in Puerto Rico adds a bit more pressure because we’re competing in front of our fans in the stands,” Puerto Rico head coach Jamille Torres Rosario said.

The Bravas of Cidra moved into second place in the Puerto Rican Volleyball Confederation standings on Sunday after avenging their lone loss by defeating the visiting Big Sisters of Carolina.

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