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UPR publishes profile of PAN beneficiaries

By THE STAR STAFF

Aprofile of households participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (PAN by its local acronym in Spanish) in Puerto Rico shows that most include an older adult, while half include a member with a disability.

The recent study was conducted by the Center for Development Studies (CED in Spanish) at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus (UPRRP) and provided an insightful profile of households participating in the PAN on the island.

The analysis utilizes the most current data from the Census Bureau for 2023, revealing that some 597,000 households in Puerto Rico are enrolled in the PAN.

Key findings from the study indicate that 68% of those households have incomes below the poverty line. Additionally, 55% include at least one adult aged 60 or older. The study also highlights that 29% of participating households have at least one child under 18 years of age, while nearly half contain a member with a disability.

José Caraballo Cueto, an economist and director of the CED, emphasized that many households enrolled in the PAN consist of older adults or individuals with disabilities, a significant portion of whom live in poverty. The study also reveals that 59% of these households had at least one individual employed outside the home in the past year, which marks an increase from previous statistics -- 47% in 2016 and 51% in 2019.

Caraballo Cueto stressed the importance of acknowledging that not all PAN households are disconnected from the labor market. Instead, the rise in the percentage of households

A recent study conducted by the Center for Development Studies at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, revealed that some 597,000 households in Puerto Rico are enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known locally as PAN.

with at least one worker suggests that low-wage employment often does not provide a pathway out of poverty.

In a written statement, the CED encouraged individuals to familiarize themselves with the definitions of poverty and related technical terms by visiting an associated link. They also suggested exploring the official Census website for more comprehensive statistics on Puerto Rico.

UPRRP Chancellor Angélica Varela Llavona remarked that the analysis by the Center for Development Studies offers valuable data essential for crafting effective policies that address socioeconomic challenges affecting societal well-being.

The CED, a newly established entity at UPR Río Piedras, is dedicated to providing consulting services related to economic and human development.

By THE STAR STAFF

The Puerto Rico Comptroller’s Office reported Tuesday that the Municipality of Barceloneta overpaid more than $1.5 million for contracts and purchases between July 1, 2019 and Dec. 31, 2023. The audit, with five findings, resulted in the issuance of a qualified opinion due to significant, though not widespread, noncompliance.

The report details that the municipality overpaid $1.4 million for the purchase of a property valued at $13.5 million, without reviewing or submitting the appraisal reports to the Municipal Tax Collections Center, as required by regulations.

Some $148,485 was also overpaid for the purchase of air conditioning consoles, despite the original contract being for $50,000. The contractor invoiced for purchases made up to eight months after the contract expired.

The municipality disbursed another $29,060 for debris removal, without amending the original contract, and paid $501,882 for professional services from an engineer for

construction at Dr. Francisco Susoni School that was never performed.

The audit also reveals that the municipality failed to collect $146,162 from a corporation for extracting material from the municipal lumberyard. After the audit, the municipality recovered $46,824, leaving an outstanding balance of $99,338.

It also notes the payment of $203,649 to a pensioner who was reinstated in her position, even though the law stipulates that she should receive only half of her base salary. After a consultation with the Retirement Board, the pension was suspended and the refund of the money improperly received was ordered.

The Comptroller recommended that the Office of Management and Budget ensure compliance with the Comptroller’s Office Corrective Action Plan in the Municipality of Barceloneta. The municipality’s budget was $27.5 million in 2020, $26.1 million in 2021, $26.5 million in 2022, $30.9 million in 2023, and $32.1 million in 2024.

MIDA study shows consumers are worried about tariffs

By THE STAR STAFF

The Chamber of Food Marketing, Industry and Distribution (MIDA by its acronym in Spanish) presented a preview on Tuesday of the 2025 Consumer X-ray, the industry’s primary tool for understanding consumer behavior in Puerto Rico.

This year’s study is framed within a context of economic pressures caused by sustained inflation, the threat of new tariffs, and the possibility of adjustments to federal programs.

Among the main findings, it is notable that all items of monthly consumer spending experienced increases, with the sole exception of entertainment, which saw a 5% decrease. Specifically, those interviewed reported that their spending on food and household goods increased by 13%, rising from $452 in 2024 to $509 per month in 2025. Similarly, spending on mortgages or rent increased from $569 to $615 per month, utilities (water and electricity) rose from $360 to $386, and transportation costs increased from $665 to $712.

“Concern about new tariffs is widespread,” emphasized MIDA President Félix Aponte.

He noted that 82% of respondents believe the tariffs will negatively affect the local economy, and 61% expect that their family finances will be severely impacted.

Another aspect revealed was the concern about their ability to cover basic needs in light of potential cuts to federal funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Pro-

gram (PAN by its local acronym in Spanish) and Medicare.

“Among the PAN beneficiaries surveyed, 92% indicated that their ability to purchase food and meet their health needs will be affected in some way,” MIDA Executive Vice President Manuel Reyes Alfonso noted. “Forty-eight percent indicated that they would be severely affected. We cannot forget that Puerto Rico has the highest percentage of its population receiving nutritional assistance among U.S. jurisdictions.”

Richard Valdés, president of the Consumer X-ray Committee, said consumers are seeking more than simply lower prices; they are looking for added value in their purchasing

Félix Aponte, president of the Chamber of Food Marketing, Industry and Distribution (midatraining.org)

decisions due to limited budgets.

“We are facing a consumer who, under economic pressure, has had to transform their purchasing decisions,” Valdés said. “While almost all monthly spending items have increased, more than half of households have maintained or seen their income decrease.”

Diana Rodríguez, president of Lighthouse Strategies -- the company responsible for the study -- emphasized that “the consumer of 2025 not only seeks to save, but also wants to feel good about their purchases.” In this regard, she added that the study confirms the evolution of the value equation: quality, health, convenience and emotional aspects are now key considerations. For 57% of respondents, “value” means obtaining quality at the best price. Additionally, one in two consumers agree that their emotions significantly influence their purchasing decisions.

“The value equation is emotional, strategic, and shaped by the historical and social moment the buyer is experiencing,” Rodríguez pointed out.

Rodríguez added that essential consumer products such as meat, rice, bread, and eggs remain at the top of the shopping list. However, consumers now face a new economic landscape that necessitates reevaluating priorities at all levels -- consumer, retail, distribution and public policy.

“Meat is the most frequently purchased product, with 78% of respondents indicating they regularly buy it, followed by rice (64%) and bread (42%),” she said. “Eggs, which had lost popularity in recent years due to the impact of avian flu, have re-emerged in

fourth place, increasing from 42% in 2023 to 48% in 2025.”

The quality of meat is one of the top three most important attributes when choosing a store, according to the survey.

“This data confirms that, for Puerto Rican consumers, the value equation extends far beyond price, with a strong emphasis on the quality of key products,” Rodríguez emphasized.

The study revealed that over 91% of consumers continue to cook at home, combining savings with the intention of improving their diets. Seventy percent are taking steps to eat better, preferring products that are low in sugar, free from preservatives, and suitable for air frying.

“This consumer seeks practical and healthy options,” Rodríguez said. “Ninety-seven percent prefer products that are easy to prepare, do not require refrigeration, and cook quickly. Meanwhile, 75% look for low-sugar products. This presents a clear opportunity for brands that develop real solutions catering to the modern home lifestyle.”

The attributes most valued by consumers when choosing a store are low prices and proximity to home. Regarding brands, 64% of respondents are open to changing brands, with Generation X and millennials being the most likely to do so.

Despite the rise of digital shopping, traditional print advertising remains crucial, especially among the baby boomer generation.

This year, the study will include a module on beverage consumption and updates in the snack, pet, and frozen food categories.

Multisector alliance places 114 homeless people in permanent housing in record time

By THE STAR STAFF

The Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Services Administration (ASSMCA by its initials in Spanish) and the Moriviví Coordinator announced Tuesday that they managed to place 114 homeless people in permanent housing in just 100 days, surpassing the initial goal of 100. The challenge, called “100 in 100,” ended a week before the deadline and was carried out in 54 municipalities, including Vieques and Culebra.

The effort included collaboration with the Housing Department, Housing Finance Authority, Family Department, CESCO, the

Demographic Registry, the Water and Sewer Authority, and LUMA Energy. During the celebration of the achievement, held at the Old Ponce Casino, 10 key entities were recognized and testimonies of people who managed to escape homelessness were heard.

ASSMCA Administrator Dr. Catherine Oliver noted that “housing is one of the most important social determinants of health.”

“At ASSMCA, we recognize the importance of having stable and safe housing to ensure treatment adherence, achieve emotional stability, and promote overall well-being,” she said.

The initiative successfully placed 27 chronically homeless people in housing, while

the average age of the heads of household was 47. The average time the individuals spent on the streets was 561 days.

Keilyn Vale, principal officer of the Moriviví Coordinator, emphasized that “this achievement demonstrates that eradicating homelessness is possible when we join forces and work in a coordinated manner.”

“It’s not just about reaching a numerical goal, but about demonstrating what we can achieve when we prioritize human dignity,” she said.

The rapid relocation model, previously used after disasters, was adapted for the initiative as a permanent and effective strategy.

Dr. Catherine Oliver, head of the Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Services Administration

COVID cases remain high as other respiratory infection rates fall

By THE STAR STAFF

The Department of Health announced Tuesday that respiratory infections such as influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) show a downward trend in Puerto Rico, while COVID-19 transmission remains high but without a significant increase in deaths.

Influenza remains below the warning threshold and epidemic threshold, with only 5.4% of cases resulting in hospitalizations.

“This suggests that vaccination, surveillance and health promotion strategies are yielding tangible results,” the agency said. No new flu-associated deaths have been reported and hospitalizations are considered manageable.

Influenza remains below the warning threshold and epidemic threshold, with only 5.4% of cases resulting in hospitalizations. COVID-19 transmission remains high, meanwhile, but without a significant increase in deaths.

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RSV, which mainly affects infants and older adults, is also at low levels and with no deaths reported so far this year. Some 453 hospitalizations have been recorded since Jan. 1, but hospitals have had sufficient capacity to treat those cases.

As for COVID-19, although cases continue to rise, deaths remain low and severe cases are minimal. There is only one person in intensive care due to complications related to this virus. In addition, more than 83,000 doses of the updated vaccine have been administered through the end of May, reflecting a collective commitment to prevention.

The Health Department also recommended precautions against Saharan dust, which has affected air quality on the island.

It is suggested to avoid unnecessary outdoor exposures and wear masks or goggles, especially in people with asthma or chronic lung diseases.

The report highlights that the Puerto Rican population has shown interest in getting vaccinated and adopting prevention practices, which has allowed maintaining stability in medical care. The commitment of the government and health professionals is to continue working to protect public health, officials said.

Meanwhile, the “Health in Your Town” initiative remains active in Utuado through Friday, offering free health services to the community, including general medical, dental and optometric evaluations, as well as the delivery of health certificates for minors.

of mishandling funds for sports facilities

By THE STAR STAFF

Vega Baja Mayor Marcos Cruz Molina has formally requested an investigation by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience (COR3), and the Office of the Inspector General into the Department of Recreation and Sports (DRD by its initials in Spanish). He alleges that there has been misappropriation of funds intended for the rehabilitation of state-owned sports facilities in his municipality.

Cruz Molina’s complaint comes after more than eight years of waiting since Hurricane Maria struck in September 2017, causing significant damage to recreational and sports infrastructure across the island, including 15 DRD-owned facilities in Vega Baja, the mayor said.

According to official documents and damage assessments conducted by FEMA, the facilities were identified as eligible for federal recovery funds.

“About eight years have passed, and these facilities have still not been renovated,” the mayor said. “This directly affects hundreds of young people, sports teams, and communities that

rely on these spaces for their physical, social, and emotional development.”

The sports facilities in Vega Baja to which Cruz Molina

referred include: Alturas de Vega Baja, Jardines de Vega Baja, El Rosario, Villa Real, El Verde Urbanization, Pugnado Afuera Neighborhood, El Guárico, Monte Carlo, Sabana Neighborhood, Urban Park 2, Las Flores Urbanization, Tortuguero Ranches, Las Flores Urbanization, Brasilia Urbanization, Caribe Neighborhood, Colinas del Marqués Urbanization, San Vicente Urbanization, and Villa Pinares Urbanization.

Cruz Molina said further that the DRD’s apparent lack of action limits recreational and sports opportunities for residents and poses risks to the safety of citizens. Some individuals continue to use the deteriorating spaces despite the hazards.

“The people of Vega Baja have been patient, but we cannot allow recovery to become a broken promise,” the mayor said. “We demand an investigation into potential misappropriation of funds, negligence, or noncompliance on the part of the DRD. Our communities deserve answers and, above all, action. The time for waiting is over.”

Cruz Molina urged that the central government be held accountable and that it create an urgent plan to reactivate pending projects, ensuring equitable access to functional sports facilities for all municipalities.

By THE STAR STAFF

“Mothers and fathers are examples of pure love, dedication, and sacrifice.”

With this phrase, Barceloneta Mayor Wanda Soler Rosario described the work of mothers and fathers in their respective roles of contributing to the development of men and women of integrity, with high values and a deep sense of solidarity. The mayor delivered her remarks as part of the 2025 Exemplary Mothers and Fathers Recognition held Tuesday in the town’s public square.

“The 2025 Exemplary Mothers and Fathers Recognition is a way to let them know that we value and appreciate them while remembering the important work they do for the benefit of the people,” Soler Rosario said. “Mothers and fathers are at the center of families, and their teachings make society more prosperous.”

During the event, some 30 women and men representing the town’s mothers and fathers were recognized. Each received a gift from the mayor, highlighting their inspiration and role models.

The event featured performances by El Trío los Condes,

Salsa de Luva, and their tribute to Marc Anthony. The recognition also included a presentation by Robertito Soler. Each delighted the audience with the best of their respective musical repertoires, paying tribute to mothers and fathers.

“It is up to all of us to recognize the contributions of these two important figures in family units who contribute to achieving a more just and equitable society,” stressed Soler Rosario, who highlighted the contributions of both her mother and father to her personal and professional development. “Whose life stories and examples fill us with hope.”

Vega Baja Mayor Marcos Cruz Molina

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Attack suspect appeared to live a low-key life in Colorado Springs

By SOUMYA KARLAMANGLA and RICHARD FAUSSET

Mohamed Sabry Soliman told the police that he had tried to disguise himself as a gardener on Sunday afternoon when he headed toward a group that was walking in downtown Boulder, Colorado, to remember the hostages being held in the Gaza Strip, authorities said.

Soliman, a 45-year-old born in Egypt, carried flowers he had bought from a Home Depot store, according to a Boulder police detective. He wore an orange vest. And he had strapped on a backpack sprayer, the kind that gardeners often use to apply fertilizer or pesticide.

But the sprayer was full of gasoline.

The fiery weekend terror attack that authorities say Soliman soon carried out — in a plot he said he had hatched himself — injured 12 people, who were burned by two homemade Molotov cocktails that authorities say he threw into the crowd. Soliman yelled “Free Palestine” during the attacks, authorities said, and later told the police he “wanted them all to die” because he believed the demonstrators were “Zionists” supporting the occupation of Palestine.

Turnquist and Gabriel Velasco place flowers outside the Boulder County Courthouse the day after a man attacked people marching peacefully in support of Israeli hostages being held in Gaza with incendiary devices in Boulder, Colo., on Monday, June 2, 2025. Federal officials said on Monday that they had charged the man, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, with hate crimes for an attack that sent eight people to the hospital with burns and other injuries, and injured several others. Velasco’s T-shirt reads “the Jewish people live.” (Michael Ciaglo/The New York Times)

Before Sunday, Soliman appeared to have lived a prosaic life in Colorado Springs, where he drove for a ride-share service and was raising five children with his wife in a worn stucco apartment amid the dry, windy suburban stretch east of town. He told police he had assembled his dangerous arsenal of explosives from everyday household goods.

But the assault resonated far beyond Boulder. It came roughly two weeks after another supporter of the Palestinian cause killed two Israeli Embassy workers in Washington, D.C., sending fresh waves of fear through Jewish communities around the world whose members were left wondering if anywhere was safe for them as Israel’s war against Hamas ground on.

Soliman was arrested minutes after the attack and was being held on a $10 million bond. Police officers found him on a patch of grass near the Boulder courthouse, shirtless and screaming at the crowd, holding two Molotov cocktails. At least 14 other Molotov cocktails were found near him in a black plastic container.

On Monday, he appeared briefly in court and listened as prosecutors said they would be presenting formal charges — for attempted murder, assault and possession of incendiary devices — at a later hearing Thursday afternoon.

Separately, federal officials, in an affidavit filed Sunday, said they sought to charge him with a hate crime.

Soliman had no known criminal history, according to an affidavit for an arrest warrant filed by a Boulder police detective. In an interview with police after his arrest, he said

that he was born in Egypt, had lived in Kuwait for 17 years and moved to Colorado Springs three years ago.

According to the Department of Homeland Security, Soliman had come to the United States in August 2022 on a tourist visa and overstayed it. He had also applied for asylum and received a work permit that later expired.

President Donald Trump had stern words Monday for Soliman, not just because of his actions but because of his immigration status.

“This is yet another example of why we must keep our Borders SECURE, and deport Illegal, Anti-American Radicals from our Homeland,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, his social media platform.

Soliman told the police he had sought vengeance for what he called “his people.” But it was not clear, from court documents, whether Soliman and his family were among the Palestinian people who have been displaced by decades of war and strife in the Palestinian region.

People in Colorado Springs who knew his family members spoke highly of them. Rachel Delzell said she regularly attended the city’s sole mosque with Soliman’s wife, their oldest daughter and other women in his family. Because men and women are separated at the mosque, Delzell said, she had not met Soliman. But she said she was stunned that Soliman was suspected of violence, given the kindness of his other family members.

“I can’t believe he was a part of that,” she said. “You don’t raise a daughter like that and have a wife like that, and do something like that.”

Soliman’s daughter was profiled in The Colorado Springs Gazette as part of a series on high-achieving students who were eligible for college scholarships. In the story, the daughter said she dreamed of going to medical school. She said she had been inspired, in part, by a “difficult surgery” her father had undergone “that restored his ability to walk.”

According to the police affidavit, Soliman told officers he had been planning the attack in Boulder for “the last year” and had been waiting for his daughter to graduate from high school. Her graduation ceremony was on May 29.

Three days later, he drove to Boulder in his Toyota Prius, authorities said, and targeted a group called Run for Their Lives, which organizes walks around the world as a way to bring attention to the hostages who continue to be held by Hamas in Gaza. Soliman told police he had learned about the group after searching online.

He told police he had taken a class to obtain a permit to carry a concealed firearm but said he had been unable to buy one, the police affidavit stated, as he was not “a legal citizen.”

For the city of Boulder, the attack brought up traumatic memories of the 2021 mass shooting at a supermarket in which 10 people were killed by a gunman whose lawyers argued he was mentally ill.

“We saw burn marks on the ground, we saw Israeli flags on the ground, and we saw people wheeled off to ambulances on stretchers,” said Henry Bonn-Elchoness, 18, who was heading to a nearby restaurant when he witnessed the aftermath.

“It was sad and really scary,” he added. “We are all from Boulder and grew up here. The community of Boulder has been hit with a lot of sad and really scary events recently.”

The city, home to the University of Colorado, is surrounded by stunning natural beauty and is known as a sort of heaven for cyclists and outdoor enthusiasts. But its mellow reputation only seemed to underscore that no city is immune from the violent currents pulsing throughout the world.

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Tasa mínima, promedio ponderado, y máxima para préstamos personales pequeños otorgados para la semana que terminó el sábado, 31 de mayo de 2025

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Acting FEMA chief told staff he didn’t know about US hurricane season

By CHRISTOPHER FLAVELLE and LISA FRIEDMAN

The acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency told employees Monday that he did not know the United States has a hurricane season, according to two people who heard the remarks and said it was unclear if he was serious.

The official, David Richardson, has served in the Marines and worked in the Department of Homeland Security’s Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office. After he joined FEMA in May, some FEMA workers expressed concern about his lack of experience in emergency management. The remark, coming a day after the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, could deepen those concerns.

The two people who described the comment asked not to be identified because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

The Department of Homeland Security,

which oversees FEMA, said in a statement that Richardson was joking. The agency statement said FEMA would be focused on disaster response this hurricane season and said the Trump administration is in the process of reforming an agency it believes is bloated.

Even if the comment was a joke, the timing would be questionable. The hurricane season, which began Sunday and lasts through Nov. 30, is considered the agency’s most challenging period, during which the country is the most vulnerable to large-scale devastating disasters that can overwhelm state and local disaster managers. In addition, FEMA has just gone through a major reduction in staffing.

During the same meeting, according to the two people, Richardson told agency employees that FEMA should plan to respond to this year’s hurricane season the same way the agency responded to last year’s hurricane season. But employees have expressed concern with that approach because of the agency’s

reduced staff.

Since the start of the Trump administration, FEMA has lost about one-quarter of its fulltime staff, including one-fifth of the coordinating officers who manage responses to large-scale disasters, according to a former senior official. The departures came after pressure from the Department of Government Efficiency, previously led by Elon Musk, for a massive culling of federal workers.

Richardson’s predecessor at FEMA was Cameron Hamilton, who was pushed out in early May, a day after telling members of Congress that FEMA was vital to communities “in their greatest times of need” and should not be eliminated. The comment appeared to be in conflict with President Donald Trump, who has suggested the agency be eliminated.

On his first full day as acting administrator, Richardson told the agency’s employees that if any of them tried to obstruct his agenda, “I will run right over you.”

In an undated image provided by Tia Dufour/ Department of Homeland Security, David Richardson, the acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Richardson told employees on Monday, June 2, 2025, that he did not know the United States has a hurricane season, according to two people who heard the remarks and said it was unclear if he was serious. (Tia Dufour/ Department of Homeland Security via The New York Times)

Antonio Delgado, Hochul’s No. 2, will challenge her in governor’s race

By JEFFERY C. MAYS

When Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York chose Antonio Delgado to be her lieutenant governor in 2022, she had nothing but the highest praise for her new No. 2.

She said Delgado, then a rising Black political star who represented a competitive House district, was a “battle-tested campaigner.” She praised his work ethic and said that his ability to “unite communities” would serve her administration’s goals.

Three years later, their partnership has completely disintegrated. After months of open political warfare with Hochul, Delgado said Monday he would challenge her in next year’s Democratic primary.

“People are hurting and New York deserves better leadership,” Delgado said in an interview. “There’s an absence of bold, decisive, transformational leadership.”

That phrase has become the theme for Delgado’s campaign, the first official challenge to Hochul, and a message he repeats in a video announcing his candidacy.

He never mentions Hochul by name in the video, but he suggests that everyday New Yorkers deserve a governor with a vision to fight for them as they face unaffordable housing, child care and health care costs.

“Listen, the powerful and well-connected have their champions,” Delgado says in the announcement. “I’m running for governor to be yours.”

There had been widespread speculation that Delgado, 48, planned to mount a primary challenge to Hochul. When he announced in February that he would not seek reelection as her running mate, few raised their eyebrows, because the pair had been at odds for months.

It is rare for a lieutenant governor to run against a sitting governor, but Delgado is known for taking an unconventional path, including with his decision to leave Congress, where he represented a House district in the Hudson Valley, to become Hochul’s No. 2.

While polls do appear to show that Hochul may be vulnerable — 55% of registered voters in a Siena College poll last month said they would prefer to elect someone else as governor — Delgado is still considered a long shot. Hochul is a fundraising behemoth who raised a record $60 million during her last election.

The governor’s poll numbers have also begun to rebound, and Delgado remains relatively unknown. Almost 60% of voters in the Siena College poll had no opinion of him. He would lose to Hochul 46% to 12% in a primary contest held now, the survey found.

The response from some of Delgado’s

colleagues in Albany, New York’s capital, and Washington was less than enthusiastic.

Rep. Pat Ryan, D-N.Y., whom Delgado supported when he ran successfully for his former seat, praised Hochul and said on social media that he was “all in” for her. Carl Heastie, speaker of the state Assembly, said Democrats needed to unite to face the “serious harm New York is facing from Republicans in Washington.”

Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., who challenged Hochul in the 2022 Democratic primary, wrote on social media of Delgado’s announcement, “Based upon my experience this may not be the most well thought out idea!” And Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., said it wasn’t Delgado’s time.

“He would be good for the state in the future,” Espaillat said.

Delgado said he was undeterred by the polling and naysayers and believed that by running for governor, he was demonstrating his commitment to the people who elected him.

“I haven’t seen a vision,” Delgado said of Hochul. “I haven’t seen a decisive leadership that is clear-eyed.”

His relationship with the governor began to fray last year as Hochul was serving as a surrogate for then-President Joe Biden. Delgado called on him in July to drop his reelection bid after a poor debate performance. The governor responded that she disagreed with Delgado but

that he had a right to voice his opinion.

In February, Delgado publicly veered away from Hochul again to call for the resignation of Mayor Eric Adams of New York City, who was facing federal corruption charges and accusations that he engaged in a quid pro quo with the Trump administration to have his indictment dismissed.

Hochul, facing pressure to remove Adams from office, issued a sharp rebuke, saying through a spokesperson that Delgado “does not now and has not ever spoken on behalf of this administration.”

The schism reached its low point in late winter, when Hochul took Delgado’s office space and most of his staff. She stripped him of his role as chair of the state’s regional economic development councils, and confiscated his state-issued electronic devices.

Delgado said in the interview he first realized that he would not be part of Hochul’s decision-making process months after he became lieutenant governor, when she nominated Justice Hector D. LaSalle as the first Latino to lead New York’s highest court.

Left-leaning state Democratic leaders worried that LaSalle was too conservative, and they warned Hochul that his nomination likely faced insurmountable opposition. He went on to become the first nominee for chief judge to be rejected by the state Senate.

As courts call tariffs into question, Trump again turns to his favorite tool

By ANA SWANSON and TONY ROMM

The legitimacy of President Donald Trump’s tariffs is being questioned by U.S. courts, but the president is showing no signs of backing off his favorite tool.

Today, the tariffs that Trump imposed on foreign steel and aluminum are set to double to 50%, a move that the president has said will better protect domestic metal makers.

The increase comes as the U.S. government this week faces off with states and businesses that have sued over the president’s tariffs. Both sides will be required to submit more information as judges work toward final decisions on the legality of Trump’s steepest tariffs.

The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled last week that some of the steep tariffs that Trump had imposed were illegal, a significant setback for the president’s agenda.

But a separate court temporarily paused that decision less than 24 hours later. As judges weigh that appeal, the tariffs in question — which include the levies Trump imposed on Canada, Mexico and China for what he said was their role in the fentanyl trade, as well as the global tariffs Trump announced, and then quickly paused, in April — are expected to remain in effect until at least June 9.

On Monday, a group of businesses behind that original lawsuit urged the court to reject the government’s newest request. Lawyers for companies including VOS Selections, a wine importer, said they would face “irreparable harm” — as would “millions of consumers”— if Trump can maintain many of his tariffs while the legal fight proceeds.

A legal win by the businesses would make them eligible to be reimbursed for hefty tariffs that they have paid in recent months. But lawyers for VOS Selections said that relief may not come soon enough — especially for many businesses that are investing heavily to reorganize their supply chain or are at risk of going out of business.

“What good is a refund of the tariffs paid to a business that is bankrupt and no longer exists?” the complaint read.

A ruling against the government would strip the president of the use of a legal authority he has used to raise and lower tariffs on a whim, by declaring first fentanyl and then the U.S. trade deficit to be an “international economic emergency.” The Court of International Trade ruled that Congress had not given the president such expansive authority.

But the president has many other ways to

President Donald Trump visits the U.S. Steel Irvin Works in West Mifflin, Pa., on Friday, May 30, 2025. President Trump is set to raise tariffs on steel and aluminum this week, even as the courts are challenging the legitimacy of other levies.(Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

impose tariffs. On Sunday, one of Trump’s top trade advisers insisted that the president would find methods to target other countries even if the trade court ruled against some of his levies.

“Rest assured, tariffs are not going away,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on “Fox News Sunday.” He said the president possessed “so many other authorities” that if the court ultimately sided against the White House, Trump could still “bring on another or another or another.”

The steel and aluminum tariffs that Trump announced on a visit to a Pennsylvania steel mill Friday will draw on one of those other methods.

The steel and aluminum tariffs were issued under a legal statute related to national security, known as Section 232. To impose those types of tariffs, the president must first initiate an investigation into whether imports of a certain item pose a national security threat. If the investigation determines that they pose a threat, the president has the authority to tax those imports.

Trump has already used that authority to order tariffs on foreign cars and car parts. And his administration is carrying out investigations into many other areas, including pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, lumber, copper, airplanes, trucks and critical minerals.

Those investigations could be used to roll out more tariffs soon, regardless of the outcome of the court cases. There have been other historical investigations where no action was taken

but could be, including on uranium and vanadium, used in the production of steel alloys.

Brad Setser, an economist at the Council on Foreign Relations, estimated that the Section 232 cases now in place or in process could potentially cover 40% of U.S. trade.

The president also has the trade case he started against China in his first term, which could be repurposed to quickly impose additional tariffs on Chinese goods. That case used another legal statute known as Section 301, which also requires an investigation into whether imports are hurting American businesses before tariffs or other measures are issued to help them. There are a handful of other laws that give the president the authority to impose different kinds of tariffs as well.

Setser said replicating the scale of the tariffs that the court could strike down with these other authorities would be doable.

“It will just take more time, a lot more process and won’t allow the president the same ability to raise or lower tariffs over a weekend without any real capacity for interests that would be adversely affected by tariff shifts to provide comment,” he said. “In other words, the trade war will slow down.”

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Wall Street stocks end higher on Nvidia, trade talks hopes

U.S. stock indexes closed higher on Tuesday, helped by gains in Nvidia and other chipmakers, as investors awaited possible negotiations between the United States and its trading partners for more clarity on Washington’s tariff plans.

President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are set to speak this week, the White House said on Monday, days after Trump accused China of violating a Geneva agreement to roll back tariffs and trade restrictions. Beijing said it would safeguard its interests and that the accusation was groundless.

The Trump administration wants countries to provide their best offer on trade negotiations by Wednesday as officials seek to accelerate talks with multiple partners ahead of a self-imposed deadline in just five weeks, according to a draft letter to negotiating partners seen by Reuters.

“The most important thing for investors is that the administration wasn’t going to impose those much-larger-than-expected tariffs and just leave them on, which would have almost certainly led to a recession,” said Chris Zaccarelli, Chief Investment Officer at Northlight Asset Management.

“The fact that the U.S. is actively engaged with so many trading partners – China, the UK, Japan, the EU, etc. – has investors feeling more optimistic that we will avoid a recession.”

In May, a softening of Trump’s harsh trade stance allowed a recovery in risky assets, with the benchmark S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq posting their biggest monthly percentage gain since November 2023.

According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 gained 34.59 points, or 0.58%, to end at 5,970.53 points, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 157.54 points, or 0.82%, to 19,400.15. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 219.19 points, or 0.52%, to 42,524.67.

Information technology stocks rose, boosted by gains in Nvidia. Chipmaker Broadcom hit a fresh record high after the company said it has begun to ship its latest networking chip that aims to speed AI.

“Commentary that Trump and Xi will speak started getting discussed yesterday and chips are likely a topic on the table,” said Angelo Zino, a senior equity analyst at CFRA Research.

“Given Nivdia is essentially currently locked out of China, any discussion is prone to favor Nivdia and chips rather than hurt the story.”

A U.S. Labor Department report showed job openings increased in April, but layoffs picked up, signaling a slowing la-

bor market as tariffs impact the economic outlook.

Factory orders dropped sharply in April, as the boost from front-loading of purchases ahead of tariffs faded. Data from the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau showed a 3.7% fall, after an unrevised 3.4% jump in March.

Monthly jobs data on Friday will offer more signs on how trade uncertainty is affecting the world’s biggest economy.

Central bank officials, including Fed Board Governor Lisa Cook, Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee and Dallas President Lorie Logan are due to speak through the day.

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South Korea’s new leader faces tough tests right from the start

Supporters of Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the center-left Democratic Party, pack the street outside the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, as they await election results on Tuesday night, June 3, 2025. Lee, who won election after his opponent conceded early Wednesday, takes office as one of the most powerful presidents that South Korea has elected in recent decades. (Jun Michael Park/The New York Times)

By CHOE SANG-HUN

If there is one characteristic that defines Lee Jae-myung, South Korea’s new president, it’s that he is a survivor. He has survived criminal charges, a near-fatal stabbing attack and the martial law enacted by his fiercest enemy, former President Yoon Suk Yeol. Now he is taking on what may be his toughest test yet: leading a deeply divided nation through daunting challenges both at home and abroad.

Lee, who won South Korea’s presidential election after his opponent conceded early Wednesday, takes office as one of the most powerful presidents that South Korea has elected in recent decades. Much of South Korea’s political power is concentrated in the presidency, and Lee will also wield considerable control over the National Assembly, where his Democratic Party holds a large majority of seats.

But long is the list of problems that Lee faces.

The political turmoil set off by Yoon’s short-lived declaration of martial law and his subsequent impeachment and removal has exposed a country deeply fractured between the left and right, between generations and be -

tween genders. South Korea is facing mounting pressure from its sole military ally, the United States, even as the nuclear threat from North Korea grows. President Donald Trump has not only slapped South Korea’s export-driven economy with heavy tariffs but also demanded that it pay more to keep U.S. troops on its soil.

Lee warned that the second Trump administration was bringing “the law of the jungle” into international relations. But Lee, 61, who rose to become a charismatic leader of South Korea’s biggest political party after working in a sweatshop in his teens, said he would also rise to this challenge, with “pragmatic diplomacy centered on the national interest.”

“I will crawl between his legs if necessary, if that’s what I have to do for my people,” Lee said this week about Trump. “But I am not a pushover, either. South Korea also has quite a few cards to play in give-and-take negotiations.”

For Washington, Lee could represent a sharp departure from Yoon, who antagonized China and North Korea and aligned his country more firmly with the United States in the strategic competition between Washington and Beijing. Yoon also won plaudits from Washington for leaving behind his country’s historical grievances to improve ties with Japan, Korea’s former colonial master.

Lee and other leaders of his Democratic Party are not as enthusiastic about warming up to Japan, which they accused of failing to come clean on the brutalities it inflicted during its colonial rule. Lee has said he will also seek to mend ties with North Korea and China, South Korea’s largest trading partner, while maintaining a strong military alliance with the United States.

Such a stance could set off alarms in Washington. U.S. officials have been urging South Korea to increase trilateral cooperation with the United States and Japan to contain North Korea and China. Even before Lee won the election, a warning came out from Washington.

“We know that many countries are tempted by the idea of seeking both economic cooperation with China and defense cooperation with the United States,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday. But “economic dependence on China,” he warned, “only deepens their malign influence and complicates our defense decision space during times of tension.”

Lee has spurned his conservative enemies’ accusation that he was “pro-China” and “anti-U.S.” by repeatedly stressing the importance of the alliance with Washington and trilateral cooperation with the United States and Japan for regional security.

“But that doesn’t mean that we have to make enemies of other nations,” he said.

South Korea’s political turmoil began when Yoon declared martial law in December to try to remove Lee and other “anti-state forces” in the National Assembly, who he

said had repeatedly used their majority power to obstruct his policies. Yoon’s brazen move outraged South Koreans, who swarmed the streets. Yoon was impeached by the Assembly and in April was officially removed from office by the Constitutional Court, opening the way for Tuesday’s election.

During his short-lived military rule, Yoon had planned to arrest Lee, according to prosecutors. But Lee was the biggest political beneficiary of the dramatic collapse of Yoon’s misjudged martial law, as many South Koreans saw him as the only politician with enough political resources to lead the country.

“People are so shocked by the martial law and felt such a threat to their democracy that punishing those responsible was the dominating theme in the election,” said Park Sung-min, CEO of Min Consulting, a Seoul-based political advisory company. “All the potential misgivings people might have about Lee Jae-myung’s foreign and economic policies and his legal trouble became secondary.”

Lee enters office with legal uncertainty hanging over his head. He has been tried on several charges, including allegations of bribery and election-law violations, and there is debate over whether proceedings should continue or be postponed until after his five-year term. His conservative critics have accused him of using the election as a shield against his legal trouble. Lee insists that the criminal charges against him are groundless and politically motivated.

Widely differing views on Lee’s legal trouble are emblematic of the political polarization in South Korea, which has deepened in recent years. No matter who won the election, a large swath of the population would not have accepted the result. Lee vowed to ease the problem by building “national unity.”

He has said he will not seek political revenge, but the right-wing opposition has been skeptical, citing some of Lee’s own words. He has vowed to “ferret out” and “punish” those who collaborated with Yoon in his declaration of martial law.

Eventually, Lee will be judged by his performance in revising South Korea’s economy, analysts said. South Koreans cited fixing the economic slump as the most urgent task for the new leader.

“The election was about punishing the martial law,” said Shin Yul, a political scientist at Myongji University in Seoul. “But what the people most want is stability and a better economy.”

Low turnout in Mexico’s far-reaching judicial election fuels legitimacy concerns

By EMILIANO RODRÍGUEZ MEGA, JAMES WAGNER and SIMON ROMERO

Mexico’s sweeping reorganization of its judicial system got off to a rocky start. The nationwide election of thousands of judges over the weekend was marked by an exceptionally high level of abstention, with nearly 90% of voters opting not to take part.

Only 12.6% to 13.3% of voters cast ballots in Sunday’s election, according to estimates from the national electoral authority, fueling legitimacy concerns. That means the contentious judicial election had one of the lowest turnouts in any federal election since the early 2000s, when Mexico transitioned to a democracy.

The dismal turnout points to the confusion and indecision across the country over the election, which shifts the judiciary from an appointment-based system to one in which voters choose judges. Supporters of the plan have argued that it makes the system more democratic, while critics have characterized it as a power grab by the governing leftist Morena party.

Some voters who did turn out expressed puzzlement over the bewildering number of candidates vying for nearly 2,700 judgeships, including those who will sit on the Supreme Court and hundreds of other federal and local tribunals. Electoral monitoring groups reported that several voters simply used cheat sheets provided by Morena, President Claudia Sheinbaum’s party.

“It did not seem to me to be a demo -

cratic exercise — it was a clear attempt to manipulate the vote,” said Laurence Pantin, an expert on judicial independence and director of Juicio Justo, or Fair Trial, a nonprofit organization that seeks to broaden access to justice in Mexico.

Pantin and other volunteers said they had detected several irregularities Sunday, including voters carrying printed sheets indicating which candidates to select, multiple people entering voting booths at once and voters taking photos of their filled ballots — a possible indication of vote buying.

“There was an effort by Morena or groups related to the government to mobilize people,” Pantin said.

Ricardo Anaya, a senator and former presidential candidate for the center-right National Action Party, said on social media that the low turnout and voters’ lack of knowledge about whom to vote for amounted to an “absolute failure.”

“This isn’t democracy,” Anaya said. “It’s an insult.”

Facing such criticism, Sheinbaum on Monday called the judicial election an “unprecedented, impressive, wonderful, democratic” event, even though the electoral authorities had forecast that turnout could reach a somewhat higher level of 20%. By contrast, turnout was about 60% in last year’s election, in which Sheinbaum won the presidency.

Still, she said that the high end of the estimated voter turnout, 13%, was double that for a 2021 referendum on whether to

investigate former presidents, which saw a participation of about 7%.

But the stakes were much lower in 2021, when the government was simply polling the population. This time, in one of the most far-reaching judicial overhauls attempted by any major democracy, voters were called upon to replace about half of Mexico’s judges; they will elect the rest in 2027.

The idea to elect judges by popular vote was proposed by Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Sheinbaum’s predecessor as president and her political mentor. He contended that the overhaul was needed to root out corruption and nepotism, and he pushed for it after the Supreme Court and federal judges stymied or blocked some of his flagship infrastructure projects and plans, like weakening Mexico’s electoral watchdog agency.

Because Mexico votes with paper ballots, which must be counted by hand, results for the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court, were not expected to be announced until Monday or later this week. Still, preliminary results made available Monday signaled that various candidates aligned with the governing party were expected to win seats on the Supreme Court.

Opposition figures and legal experts had feared such an outcome, arguing that Morena could use its current popularity among voters to consolidate control over the judiciary well into the future, eroding the separation of powers in Mexico’s political system.

Despite such concerns, some voters said they were simply perplexed by having to vote for so many judges at the same time.

“I didn’t know anyone,” said Jorge López Lozoya, 58, who voted in Ciudad Juárez, across the U.S. border from El Paso, Texas. “So I just picked eeny, meeny, miny, moe to see how it turns out.”

Viri Ríos, a political analyst, said that voter turnout had been similar to that for judicial elections elsewhere in the world — albeit smaller in scale than Mexico’s — and that any institutional overhaul would generate problems and not be seamless.

She added, however, that these elections would pose a “serious problem” for

pamphlets of candi-

on May 28, 2025. The election to overhaul Mexico’s courts could result in a justice system more beholden to the nation’s dominant party, Morena. (Luis Antonio Rojas/The New York Times)

Morena down the road, because “solving the problems of the judicial system is complex.”

Many Mexicans agree that the judicial system needed reform. But now that the overhaul pushed by Morena has been achieved, Ríos said, the party will have to show results.

“Morena promised that after this reform the administration of justice would be improved,” she said. “If that doesn’t happen, then for the first time in the history of Mexico, we’re going to have a party that is directly responsible for it.”

Arturo Castillo Loza, a member of the electoral agency’s governing body, called the election a huge undertaking, “organized in an extremely adverse context,” in which all three branches of government hindered the process.

The agency received only a small fraction of the money it had requested to organize the election, and Congress denied requests to delay the election by two months, Castillo said. Adding to the confusion, the judiciary filed more than 600 legal actions to stop the vote, even though it was opposing an election that had already been enshrined in the constitution.

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dates by the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation building in Mexico City, Mexico,

If Trump walks away from Ukraine now, he looks weak, and Putin wins NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL

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For all the disarray and unfairness of President Donald Trump’s approach to the war in Ukraine, he is right about a few big things. He is right that the war’s continuing human carnage is a tragedy, given the unlikelihood of a military breakthrough for either side after more than three years of fighting. He is right that ending the war could open the way to economic development in both Ukraine and Russia and help the global economy, too. And he is right to be frustrated with President Vladimir Putin’s intransigence and recent acceleration of bombing in Ukraine.

But Trump would be profoundly wrong to walk away from ceasefire talks, as he keeps threatening to do.

An American withdrawal would only encourage a new military push by Putin, who has staked his authoritarian rule on bringing Ukraine to heel and seizing its territory. Nor would Ukraine surrender. It has developed ways to hold back Russian forces, including through a domestic defense industry that may produce a few million drones this year. Other European powers, including Britain, Germany and France, will also continue to support Ukraine.

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intentions). He said Wednesday that he was “not happy” with Putin’s recent attacks on Ukraine and said Monday that he was “absolutely” considering new economic sanctions on Russia.

Both sides have reasons to consider a truce. Ukraine has continued to lose territory, while Russia’s progress has been extremely costly in terms of casualties and destroyed equipment. Over the past year, Russia has gained only about 0.6% of Ukraine’s territory, and hundreds of thousands of its soldiers have been wounded or killed, The Washington Post reported. That is not a sustainable ratio.

The outlines of a likely deal are clear enough. Russia would keep territory that it controls in Ukraine’s east and south, including the Crimean Peninsula. It would also receive promises from the West to lift economic sanctions and not to admit Ukraine to NATO. For Ukraine, the West could commit to military and economic support if Russia attacks again and, more immediately, to integrate Ukraine even more closely into the European economy. Ukraine’s resilient, talented population would then have an opportunity to thrive.

We have many objections to Trump’s Ukraine policy. He has echoed Putin’s lie that Ukraine started the war, and Trump humiliated President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine in the Oval Office. “The policy since the beginning of the Trump administration has been to put pressure on the victim, Ukraine, rather than on the aggressor, Russia,” Bridget Brink, who resigned as U.S. ambassador to Kyiv last month, recently wrote. Ultimately, though, Trump does not appear to be a committed Putin ally. He just does not seem to care much what happens in Ukraine. He wants the United States to stop paying for billions of dollars’ worth of military aid. Above all, he wants to look personally strong and successful.

Events have presented him with a chance to achieve that outcome. The key step is to demonstrate resolve against Putin. After more than a quarter-century in power, the Russian leader has come to believe, with some cause, that he can outfox or outlast American presidents. And Trump has been, by far, the friendliest president toward him. Absent a show of strength from the United States now, Putin will rationally assume weakness. He will assume that a more expansive victory awaits him in Ukraine.

From the outset, the Russian president has believed that the world’s democracies were too soft to stay committed to Ukraine. He has staked the outcome of his war on driving a wedge between the United States and Europe — and America losing interest. Neither should happen. On the contrary, Trump has ways to ratchet up the cost of continued fighting for Russia and support Ukraine.

He has already won Ukraine’s agreement to mine its mineral resources, and he can accelerate the delivery of promised American military supplies. He can impose

new sanctions on Russia, as he has threatened. Several Republican senators — including Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Charles Grassley of Iowa — support new sanctions. “Putin, in my view, is playing us all,” Graham said recently. Another option is to persuade the European Union to give Ukraine about $300 billion in frozen Russian assets. Germany announced new support for Ukraine this week. “Nothing less than the peaceful order of our entire continent is at stake,” Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said. Whatever the specifics, the goal should be to make Putin understand that Trump and European leaders will not abandon Ukraine. The war will remain a slog in which Russia gains small amounts of territory at a very high price.

Trump likes to cite the ancient military principle of peace through strength. Ronald Reagan popularized the idea in modern times, and he used it to great effect against the Soviet empire that shaped Putin’s approach to power. Trump now has an opportunity to display strength and push Russia and Ukraine toward a settlement that would allow him to claim success and, far more important, end this gruesome war.

It would not be the outright defeat that Russia deserves. It would not be a victory, however. Putin set out to conquer Ukraine and install a puppet government, and he has failed. Instead, Ukraine’s young democracy has survived and sent a message to other would-be conquerors: Wars of aggression rarely result in the thorough victories that aggressors like to imagine.

President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, May 23, 2025. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)

Sobre mil niños y jóvenes participan en el DRD Summer Grand Prix en 11 municipios

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SAN JUAN – Más de mil niños y jóvenes participarán del 6 al 8 de junio en el primer DRD Summer Grand Prix, un evento multideportivo que se celebrará en once municipios simultáneamente, informó el martes el secretario del Departamento de Recreación y Deportes (DRD), Héctor Vázquez Muñiz.

“Esta es la primera edición de este evento, con el que buscamos seguir creando espacios nuevos para el desarrollo deportivo de los niños, niñas y jóvenes atletas, optimizando los recursos ante la realidad de un presupuesto reducido”, explicó Vázquez Muñiz en declaraciones escritas.

Las competencias tendrán lugar en Gurabo, Caguas, Humacao, Salinas, Las Piedras, Maunabo, San Lorenzo, Cidra, Loíza, Río Grande y San Juan, y conta-

rán con atletas de entre siete y dieciocho años, además de un evento para adultos mayores.

El DRD Summer Grand Prix contará con 28 disciplinas deportivas, incluyendo atletismo, natación, lucha, levantamiento de pesas, surf adaptado y voleibol adaptado. El evento será dedicado a la paratleta Alelí Medina, de 15 años y natural de Isabela, tricampeona mundial de surf adaptado y primera puertorriqueña en ganar oro en el ISA World Para Surfing Championship en la categoría Vision Impairment 2.

“Alelí es tremenda atleta, y de seguro le espera un futuro extraordinario y brillante en materia deportiva. Pero la dedicatoria de este evento va más allá. Esta joven representa un ejemplo de superación e inspiración para todos, demostrando que no hay límites para lograr cualquier cosa que uno se proponga en la vida”, expresó el secretario.

Buscan declarar monumento histórico el Tunel Negro de Quebradillas

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SAN JUAN – El presidente de la Comisión de Desarrollo Económico de la Cámara de Representantes, Joel Franqui, anunció la radicación del Proyecto de la Cámara 684 el cual tiene como propósito declarar como monumento histórico el antiguo ‘Túnel Negro’, ubicado en el barrio Terranova del municipio de Quebradillas, y el cual sirvió por décadas como principal vía de la red de trenes de carga y pasajeros que le daban la vuelta a la Isla.

“El Túnel Negro es un lugar de enorme valor histirico y centro de atracción para miles de turistas que visutan el municipio de Quebradillas. Esta estructura centenaria contiene elementos históricos y arquitectónicos que pueden ser examinados para la declaración de zona y área histórica, y así poder incluirse en los registros nacionales y federales. El norte de esta medida es que se

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declare el Tunel Negro como zona historica, para asi ayudar a la presernacion de unos de los lugares mas reconocidos del area noroeste de Puerto Rico”, comentó Franqui, quien tambien representaante el Distrito #15 de Hatillo, Camuy y Quebradillas.

El llamado Túnel Negro, posee una gran longitud, como su geometría curva se unen para evitar que se pueda ver el otro extremo desde sus entradas creando total oscuridad en algunos puntos a lo largo del túnel. Esta característica es la razón por la cual se le conoce como el Túnel Obscuro o Túnel Negro. La Oficina Estatal de Conservación Histórica ha explicado que este recurso, de valor histórico como obra de la ingeniería, tiene alrededor de 6 metros de altura, 5 metros de ancho y 142 metros de longitud. El túnel se dejó de usar en el año 1953 cuando la American Railroad Company descontinuó sus servicios de carga y de pasajeros en ferrocarril.

El Túnel Negro (también conocido como el Túnel de Quebradillas) fue documentado inicialmente por el doctor Luis Pumarada en agosto de 1978 para el ‘Inventario Histórico e Industria de Puerto Rico’ que se preparó para la Oficina del Presidente de la Universidad de Puerto Rico.

a licitadores sobre la entrega del Contrato de Emergencia antes del 13 de junio

San JUAN – La Administración de Servicios Generales (ASG) notificó el martes a todos los licitadores registrados que ya fue enviado el documento del Contrato de Emergencia, el cual debe ser completado y entregado en o antes del viernes, 13 de junio de 2025.

El Contrato de Emergencia permite que el Gobierno de Puerto Rico active a proveedores de servicios y suplidores previamente evaluados en caso de surgir una emergencia. Según explicó la administradora de ASG, Karla Mercado Rivera, “esto facilita la respuesta inmediata del gobierno durante la temporada de huracanes 2025, asegurando un proceso rápido, ordenado y transparente”.

Los licitadores deberán entregar el documento completo en la Oficina de Asuntos Legales de ASG, ubicada en el piso 13 de la Torre Norte del Edificio Gubernamental Roberto Sánchez Vilella, en San Juan, entre las 8:00 de la mañana y las 4:00 de la tarde. Para más detalles o consultas, los interesados pueden comunicarse directamente con la ASG o visitar el portal oficial www.asg.pr.gov.

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Casals Festival to end this week with high-caliber concerts

By THE STAR STAFF

After two exhilarating weekends brimming with music and extraordinary talent, the Casals Festival 2025 enters its final week, poised to deliver two high-caliber concerts that promise a memorable conclusion.

Today at 7 p.m., the esteemed Ulysses Quartet -- an ensemble of four exceptional string virtuosos hailing from Canada, the United States and Taiwan -- will grace the stage at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music in Miramar. The evening will showcase the quartet’s remarkable artistry as they perform captivating works by legendary composers Haydn, Auerbach and Dvořák. Celebrated as one of the most electrifying string quartets in the contemporary classical scene, the Ulysses Quartet are known to enthrall audiences with their daring interpretations and innovative approach to chamber music.

Established a decade ago, the Ulysses Quartet has become a beacon of excellence in the world of chamber music. Their illustrious career has garnered them numerous international accolades, as well as prestigious residencies at noted institutions such as Juilliard and GBH Music. They have enchanted audiences in iconic venues such as Carnegie Hall and Wigmore Hall.

The quartet is dedicated not only to artistic excellence but also to music education, developing engaging interactive programs and workshops designed to make classical music accessible to diverse audiences. Additionally, they actively promote the work of underrepresented composers. Their diverse discography reflects their passion for both traditional and contemporary repertoire, showcasing their versatility and commitment to

the art form.

The festival will culminate on Saturday, June 7, at 7 p.m. in the Pablo Casals Symphony Hall at the Luis A. Ferré Fine Arts Center (CBA by its initials in Spanish) in Santurce. This grand closing concert will feature renowned American cellist Mark Kosower, who will perform as a soloist with the prestigious Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra under the masterful direction of principal conductor Maximiano Valdés. The concert program promises to be an emotional journey, highlighted by Gustav Mahler’s monumental Symphony No. 5 and the vibrant Concerto No. 2 by Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera, creating an unforgettable experience for classical music aficionados.

Kosower, known for his rich and distinctive sound as well as his remarkable interpretive versatility, serves as the principal cellist of the acclaimed Cleveland Orchestra. He has earned a reputation as a celebrated soloist and chamber musician. His repertoire spans an impressive range, from beloved classical masterpieces to lesser-known concertos by composers such as Ginastera and Miklos Rozsa, with recordings that can be found on esteemed labels like Naxos and Delos. In 2017, he established the Bach for Humanity initiative, dedicated to bringing the timeless music of Bach to diverse communities, including shelters and educational centers. Kosower has performed as a soloist with prestigious orchestras across the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America, and has captivated audiences at renowned international festivals.

The Casals Festival, organized by the Corporation for the Performing Arts, stands as one of the leading classical music events in the Caribbean, having established itself as a vital platform for internationally acclaimed artists and a cherished mee -

Established a decade ago, the Ulysses Quartet has become a beacon of excellence in the world of chamber

ting place for devoted fans of the beloved genre.

Tickets for the concerts are available at Ticketera, Ticket Center and the CBA box office.

Berklee in Puerto Rico music program starts its 30th edition

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The 30th edition of the Berklee in Puerto Rico program, produced by the nonprofit organization Make Music Happen in collaboration with Berklee College of Music, officially began Tuesday at the Escuela Libre de Música Antonio Paoli (ELMAP) in Caguas.

This milestone edition brings together 191 students from across the island for a weeklong immersive experience in contemporary music education, performance, and mentorship, led by Berklee professors.

Luis Álvarez Fiol, founder of Make Music Happen, shared his excitement about the program’s launch and thanked the partnering institutions who made the important milestone possible.

“It is with great joy that we begin the 30th edition of Berklee in Puerto Rico, inspired by the enthusiasm and energy of these 191 students who live their passion for music to the fullest,”

Álvarez Fiol said. “Once again, Berklee College of Music faculty have prepared a rigorous and challenging curriculum to help these talented young people develop their skills to the fullest.”

“Berklee in Puerto Rico changes lives,” he added. “We are grateful to the sponsors and collaborators who have made the 30-year legacy of Berklee in Puerto Rico possible.”

Caguas Mayor William Miranda Torres also welcomed the program back to the municipality for its 30th anniversary, emphasizing the town’s commitment to educational partnerships.

“Today marks the beginning of a transformative experience for our youth. As an Educating City, we are proud to once again host Berklee in Puerto Rico and be part of a project that promotes talent, discipline, and a passion for music,” the mayor said. “We believe in opening doors. This program represents the union of efforts between institutions that believe in the power of music education as a tool for change.”

This year, the Berklee in Puerto Rico pro -

gram received over 600 applications, of which 313 were admitted and 191 started the program -- with 175 students enrolled in the standard modality and 16 in the university credit modality.

The academic team includes a dynamic group of Berklee professors and guest artists who will offer classes in music theory, improvisation, instrumental technique, and ensemble performance at ELMAP’s facilities, now hosting the program for the third consecutive year. Students will also participate in master classes on composition, arranging and songwriting.

Caguas Mayor William Miranda Torres

music. (Facebook via Ulysses Quartet)

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7 easy ways to make your basil (and other herbs) last so much longer

By SETH KUGEL

At markets in the spring, abundant, wellpriced bunches of herbs can be just as tempting as strawberries and asparagus. But bringing them home often means that one’s best intentions collide with the harsh realities: Herbs can go from sprightly to swampy before you have time to use them up. The simple tips that follow can help you make sure they never go to waste.

1. Choose your herbs wisely. Look for the freshest herbs you can find, which can last longer in the fridge and freezer, suggests Nasim Alikhani, the chef of Sofreh in Brooklyn, New York, and author of the cookbook “Sofreh.”

Herbs should be perky and vibrant, with plump, well-hydrated leaves and stems. (Avoid bunches with wilted, limp or waterlogged leaves, or discolored areas.) If possible, skip herbs in small plastic packages: Their condition can be hard to gauge.

2. Prep your herbs for storage right away. Like flowers, herbs can’t wait to be released from their packaging. Once you’re home, spread out the loose herbs and pluck away any wilted or browned leaves that may have been hiding (the adage about rotten apples applies here, too).

“If you have one bit of cilantro leaf that’s been chewed up or damaged in some way, that’s going to be a focal point for bacteria,” said Donald W. Schaffner, a food microbiologist at Rutgers University.

Alikhani also likes to rinse her herbs before storing them, which has another advantage: You’ll be more likely to cook with herbs if you know they’re washed and ready to go. But make sure they’re well dried — Alikhani uses her salad spinner, but you can also blot them with paper towels — as “residual moisture will travel with the herbs,” contributing to bacterial growth, Schaffner said.

3. Keep soon-to-be-used herbs hydrated. If you’re planning to use all your herbs in the next day or two (pesto, perhaps?), go for a simple approach. Alikhani just washes them without drying and adds them to a quart container of ice-cold water at the back of her fridge. To ensure the herbs absorb the water well, give the stem ends a trim before immersing them.

4. For longer storage, pack strategically. Herbs can keep in the fridge for one to two weeks. They’ll last longest when they have “enough moisture to keep them fresh but not so much moisture that they turn into a soupy,

Well-dried herbs erbs are wrapped in paper towels before being tucked into a resealable food storage bag and placed in the fridge. Herbs can keep in the fridge for one to two weeks. Food styled by Yossy Arefi. (Yossy Arefi/The New York Times)

swampy mess,” Schaffner said.

To maintain that balance, Alikhani recommends wrapping well-dried herbs in a paper towel before tucking them into a resealable food storage bag in the fridge. But Schaffner cautions that may retain too much moisture. “My recommendation is just to make sure that everything is as dry as possible before placing into the bag,” he said. Whatever you choose, be sure to use a generously sized bag or container to ensure air circulation, and seal it well.

5. Handle living herbs with care.

You might assume a plant will stay fresh longer than cut herbs, but without proper care, it can fade quickly. If you have herbs growing in your garden (or on your windowsill), aim to harvest them early in the day, and use sharp kitchen shears to avoid damaging them.

If bringing home a hydroponic plant, remove it from its wrapping, then trim any wilted leaves or mushy-looking roots. Place the plant in a jar with water coming up just past its roots, and set it on a windowsill that gets indirect sunlight. Change the water every day or two to keep the roots healthy.

6. Use herbs as vegetables, not just garnishes.

No matter how deftly you handle herbs, their freshness is fleeting, so use them with abandon while you have them. Persian cooks like Alikhani already tend to follow this approach: “We buy herbs by pounds in Iran,” she said. “They are not garnishes — they are our food.”

These strategies will help you use up your haul long before they wilt:

— Stir handfuls of chopped herbs through ... everything. Pots of warm rice, soup, stew, pasta or risotto turn instantly vibrant when finished with herbs.

— Let them star in salads. Take a cue from

Greek maroulosalata and add a generous helping of chopped dill, cilantro or parsley (including the tender stems) to your next salad. Or just make herb salad (aka tabbouleh).

— Add herbs to ground-meat recipes. Stirring plenty of finely chopped herbs into ground-meat mixtures for meatballs, burgers and meatloaf doesn’t just add flavor — it also helps keep them tender when cooked.

— Blend up an all-purpose green sauce. Creamy, silky, tangy or spicy green sauces tend to work with any combination of herbs. Use them as a marinade; a topping for grilled or roasted meat or seafood; or a dip for bread or vegetables.

— When in doubt, turn to eggs. Frittata, quiche and savory egg pie would never say no to a handful of herbs. Egg recipes can go as green as you like.

— If herbs are past their prime, cook them down. Even tired-looking herbs can still infuse longer-cooking dishes with flavor (and their texture isn’t as important, since they’ll soften up as they cook anyway). Take a cue from Andy Baraghani’s ash reshteh, a Persian greens and noodle soup, and add a pile of chopped herbs to a braise, stew or soup as it cooks.

7. When all else fails, freeze them.

Having fresh herbs is good, Alikhani said, “But is it essential? No, it is not.” When you’re caught without fresh herbs, “freezing them saves the cook’s life.”

Start by packing finely chopped herbs tightly into an ice cube tray, then fill the tray almost to the top with olive oil or water, freeze until solid, and transfer to resealable bags to keep in the freezer for up to two months. The oil-based cubes are handy for enriching soups, stews and pastas, while the water-based ones can quickly infuse a smoothie, lemonade or frozen cocktail with flavor.

If you’d rather not put anything but water in your ice cube trays, use a freezer bag instead: Mix chopped herbs with a few spoonfuls of oil and transfer to a freezer bag, pressing to flatten into a thin, even layer. The flat layer of herbs freezes especially fast, which can be an advantage. “If you’re going to freeze something, you want to try to freeze it as quickly as possible,” Schaffner said, to preserve quality. When ready to cook, simply break off a piece.

For a more straightforward option, bundle up an herb “cigar” of parsley, dill or cilantro, wrap in plastic and freeze. When you need chopped herbs for a recipe, use kitchen shears to quickly snip off what you need. It may not be the same as fresh, but the flavor still lasts.

Maroulosalata (green salad with feta and dill)

Although the iconic Greek salad, colorful with tomatoes, feta and olives, might spring to mind when contemplating Greek salads, monochromatic maroulosalata (which translates to “lettuce salad”) is arguably the more popular option in Greece. The salad is simple and effortless: Toss sliced romaine hearts, fresh dill, crumbled feta and sliced scallions with olive oil and fresh lemon juice, then season with salt and pepper, no separate dressing required. The key to this refreshing chopped salad is slicing the lettuce into delicate shreds, then soaking them in ice water to get them extra-crisp before draining, drying and tossing with the rest of the ingredients. Serve with grilled seafood, such as shrimp or fish, or as a sunny side salad with souvlaki or roast chicken. But this salad can also stand alone, as a light, summery supper on the hottest of days. By Farideh Sadeghin

Yield: 4 to 6 servings

Total time: 35 minutes

Ingredients:

2 romaine hearts, trimmed and thinly sliced (about 10 cups)

Ice

1 cup crumbled feta cheese

3/4 cup lightly packed fresh dill fronds

4 scallions, trimmed and thinly sliced 1/3 cup olive oil

3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Salt and pepper

Preparation:

1. Place the lettuce in a large bowl and cover with ice water. Let soak for 15 to 20 minutes to get crisp, then drain. Dry the lettuce either in a salad spinner or using towels, then transfer to a large bowl.

2. Add the feta, dill and scallions, and drizzle with olive oil and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper, toss to combine and serve.

Risotto with greens and peas. A risotto can be a great repository for lightly wilting greens and herbs. (Yossy Arefi/The New York Times) The

The San Juan Daily Star Wednesday, June 4, 2025 15

How to manage your blood sugar with exercise

By HILARY ACHAUER

These days, more and more of us have to worry about our blood sugar.

Some 38 million Americans have diabetes, and more than two times that number have prediabetes. Many millions more have some form of insulin resistance, which can make you tired, irritable and even dizzy. And all of these conditions become more common as we age.

The good news is that exercise can help. It’s at least as important as your diet for preventing and treating insulin resistance and diabetes. It can also help you lose weight, which is often the most important step in leveling out blood sugar.

Exercise has several unique ways to help your body process glucose, said Dr. Donald Hensrud, a specialist in preventive medicine and nutrition and medical editor of “The Mayo Clinic Diet.” Although any exercise is good for you, the type of movement you choose and when you do it can play a big role in how much it helps.

Here are some things you should think about when planning workouts, according to experts.

Exercise is essential for managing blood sugar.

The causes of diabetes are complex. Family history, genetics, weight and diet certainly play a role. But it’s clear that exercise can dramatically lower your blood glucose, regardless of your diagnosis, and improve how well your body uses insulin.

Movement can be a powerful medicine for people with diabetes and other forms of insulin resistance. But intensity and timing can make a difference. (Jiaqi Wang/The New York Times)

In fact, research has shown that exercise is generally more effective at preventing diabetes than medication is (though it is important to use all types of treatment). During exercise, your muscle cells can more easily use the glucose in your blood. This lowers blood sugar directly and can also reduce the fat around your organs, an important risk factor for diabetes and insulin resistance, said Dr. Gerald I. Shulman, a professor of medicine and physiology at the Yale School of Medicine.

In particular, studies show that regular high-intensity interval training or moderate continuous exercise can make a difference, reversing prediabetes in almost 40% of the participants — although it could take months or even years for many people to see long-lasting changes.

Prioritize strength training and intensity.

Any movement is better than none, and simply going for a walk can have benefits. But according to research, the two most effective ways to lower your blood sugar through exercise are high-intensity workouts and strength training.

A recent study found that strength training was significantly more effective for controlling blood sugar levels than

aerobic exercise for people with Type 2 diabetes, and this likely holds true for other people worried about their blood sugar, Shulman said.

Also, both aerobic exercise and strength training create more mitochondria, which can help fight Type 2 diabetes, but weightlifting appears to be slightly more effective than aerobic exercise, assuming you are pushing yourself, Shulman said.Strength training is especially important for older people, since insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes accelerate the normal loss of muscle and strength that comes with age, particularly for women. While walking is good exercise for the heart, it generally won’t build much muscle, said Michael Joseph Gross, author of “Stronger: The Untold Story of Muscles in Our Lives.”

The way you strength-train is also important, he added. To be most effective, the weights should feel heavy. A systematic review of the research found that lifting challenging weights helped lower blood sugar more effectively than low-intensity strength training.

Consider alternating your strength training session with high-intensity interval training, which has been shown to be especially effective in managing blood sugar for peo-

ple with prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes. If you have diabetes, consult a doctor before radically changing your fitness regimen. When is the best time to work out?

If you do not have insulin resistance, the time of day you work out doesn’t matter much.

But for people with prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes, studies suggest that afternoon exercise tends to help reduce blood sugar levels. That’s because blood sugar rises and falls in regular patterns over the course of the day, and as the day goes on, the body becomes less insulin sensitive. Thus afternoon exercise is typically less likely to cause dangerous glucose spikes.

Experts recommend working out at least three days per week, with no more than two days in a row without activity. For people with insulin resistance, including diabetes, the best time to exercise is about 30 minutes after starting a meal to prevent blood sugar spikes.

If morning workouts fit better with your schedule, try not to eat too many carbohydrates beforehand and start the day with a small meal of protein and healthy carbohydrates like fruit, vegetables and whole grains.

Prediabetes and new-onset diabetes are much more responsive to lifestyle changes like diet and exercise than longer-term cases, Hensrud said, so it’s important to address insulin resistance as soon as possible.

“I tell people with new diabetes they’re in control,” he said, “and the most important thing to do is decrease weight through dietary changes and exercise.”

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN

ORLANDO SANTIAGO

ORTIZ Y MADELINE

RODRÍGUEZ CHARRIEZ Peticionarios EX PARTE

Civil Núm.: TA2025CV00478.

Sala: 500. Asunto: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. CITACIÓN

POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: REPUBLIC

MORTGAGE

CORPORATION; URBANIZACIÓN SAN FERNANDO DEVELOPMENT; THACKERAY

CORPORATION, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA

COMO THACKENAY; LOS HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE GELPICIO ORTIZ

ESPADA Y 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 LA FINCA QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBIRÁ Y A TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE.

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 la finca que se describe 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 peticionaria 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.“URBANA: Solar marcado F-Dos (F-2) en el plano de la Urbanización San Fernando (hoy Jardines de San Fernando), sito en el Barrio Contorno del término municipal de Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de trescientos diez y siete metros cuadrados con novecientos diez y nueve milésimas de metro cuadrado (317.919 mts. cds.), en lindes por el Norte, con el solar número F-Tres (F3), de la misma Urbanización, en una distancia de veinte y cuatro metros y noventa y nueve centímetros (24.99 mts); por el Sur, con el Solar F-Uno (F-1) del mismo proyecto, en una distancia de veinte y cinco metros setenta y un milímetros (24.071 mts.); por el Este, con la Calle número Ocho (8) del mismo proyecto, en una distancia de doce metros y setecientos un milímetros (12.701); y por el Oeste, con terrenos en la Urbanización San Fernando o San Fernando Development (antes Republic Mortgage Investors), en una distancia de doce metros con setenta centímetros (12.70 mts.).” Número de catastro: 083-060-063-61-001. Alegan los Peticionarios que poseen la referida propiedad de forma pública, pacífica, ininterrumpida y en concepto de dueños desde el 1984, y que la adquirieron de del tío de uno de los copeticionarios (Gelpicio Ortiz Espada). El abogado de la parte Peticionario lo es: JAVIER SEVILLANO VICÉNS (RUA 20126); Dirección: P.O. Box 192278, San Juan, P.R. 00919 Teléfono: (787) 9834146 Correo electrónico: solutions@sevillanolegal.org. 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 los interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públicos afectados en el término improrrogable de veinte (20) días a contar de la fecha de la última publicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO

en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, bajo mi firma y sello el 7 de mayo de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA REGIO-

NAL. LUISA I. ANDINO AYALA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR 406 COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO DE CARIBECOOP Demandante Vs. CARMEN NANCY TORRES TORO, ET AL Demandados Caso Núm.: PO2023CV01343. Salón Núm.: 406. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. A: CARMEN NANCY TORRES TORO; SUCESIÓN HÉCTOR RAMÓN CAMACHO

MIRANDA, JOHN DOE Y RICARD ROE COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS.

El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce, hago saber a la parte demandada, que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el 12 de marzo de 2025, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la siguiente propiedad: [2320 CALLE AZABACHE, URB. VISTAS DEL MAR PONCE PR 00716]: FINCA: Número 34,920, inscrito al folio 87 del tomo 1248 de Ponce Norte, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Ponce. URBANA: Solar marcado con el número A-28 del piano preparado por la Corporación de Renovación Urbana y Vivienda de Puerto Rico par a su proyecto de escolares denominado CRUV-135-VBC-98 (Lirios del Sur ), radicada en el Barrio Canas, sito Pámpanos del término municipal de Ponce, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de doscientos metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar número A-29 de la mencionada urbanización, distancia de veinte metros; por el SUR, con el solar A-27 de dicho proyecto, distancia de veinte metros; por el ESTE, con el solar número A-9 de la susodicha urbanización , distancia de diez metros y por el OESTE, con la calle número 2 del mencionado proyecto CRUV-135-VBC-98, dis-

tancia de diez metros. En este solar enclava una casa para fines residenciales. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor, el día 12 de marzo de 2025, por virtud de la cual se condenó a la parte demandada pagar a la parte demandante la suma principal de $57,540.32 por concepto de principal, recargos por $220.23, demora por $96.24 e intereses por $2,317.28 sobre dicha suma al 7.50% de interés anual hasta su total y completo pago, así como la suma adicional de $7,000.00 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorario s de abogado, $7,000.00 para cubrir intereses además de los garantizados por ley, $7,000.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que pueda hacerse bajo la hipoteca, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato de préstamo. La venta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posteriores que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA subasta, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 25 DE JUNIO DE 2025, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina del referido Alguacil, localizada en el Centro Judicial de Ponce, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $70,000.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, la misma se llevará a efecto el día 2 DE JULIO DE 2025, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $46,666,66, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA, la misma se llevará a efecto el día 10 DE JULIO DE 2025, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para

la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $35,000.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Cuando se declare desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si está es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Todas las subastas deberán ser acordadas y celebradas según lo ordenado por el Tribunal. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se 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 remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados en la Secretaría de este Tribunal, durante las horas laborables, todo esto en virtud del artículo 102 de la Ley Número 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 mejor conocida como la Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmobiliaria de Puerto Rico. La parte demandante en este caso está representada por el Lcdo. Marcos Raúl Cortés Reyes, RUA 18745, cel. 787-508-6969, mcortesreyes@ gmail.com. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy 9 de mayo de 2025. JUAN CARLOS PÉREZ TORRES, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE SUPERIOR DE PONCE.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA REGIÓN JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR DE 406 COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO DE CARIBECOOP Demandantes Vs. NELIZA SOCORRO GARCÍA RIVERA, ET AL Demandado Civil Núm.: PE2023CV00042. Sala: 406. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. A: NELIZA SOCORRO GARCÍA RIVERA POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SUCESIÓN VÍCTOR MANUEL CRUZ SANTANA; CARMEN LYDIA RIVERA PARIS; HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS SUCESIÓN VICTOR MANUEL CRUZ SANTANA.

El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce, hago saber a la parte demandada, que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el 13 de marzo de 2025, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la siguiente propiedad: [COMUNIDAD TALLABOA ENCARNACIÓN, CALLE 3 #220, PEÑUELAS, PUERTO RICO, 00624]: FINCA: Número 7241, inscrito al folio 245 del tomo 118 de Peñuelas, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de Ponce. URBANA: RUSTICA: Comunidad Rural Tallaboa Encarnación de Peñuelas, Barrio Tallaboa. Solar: 220. Cabida: 472.23 metros cuadrados. Linderos: NORTE, con la parcela 221 de la comunidad; SUR, con la parcela 219; ESTE, con la Sucesión de Jorge L. Valdivieso; OESTE, con la calle número 3 de la comunidad. Radicada en el Barrio Tallaboa. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor, el día 13 de marzo de 2025, por virtud de la cual se condenó a la parte demandada pagar a la parte demandante la suma principal de $56,415.95 por concepto de principal, recargos por $222.42, e intereses por $3,776.00 sobre dicha suma al 7.00% de interés anual hasta su total y completo pago, así como la suma adicional de $6,330.00 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios

de abogado, $6,330.00 para cubrir intereses ademas de los garantizados por ley, $6,330.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que pueda hacerse bajo la hipoteca, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato de préstamo. La venta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posteriores 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 ésto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevara a efecto el día 25 DE JUNIO DE 2025, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina del referido Alguacil, localizada en el Centro Judicial de Ponce, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $63,300.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, la misma se llevará a efecto el día 2 DE JULIO DE 2025, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $42,200.00, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA, la misma se llevará a efecto el día 10 DE JULIO DE 2025, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $31,650.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Cuando 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 de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Todas las subastas deberán ser acordadas y celebradas según lo ordenado por el Tribunal. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se esta ejecutando, y para conocimien-

to de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se 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 remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados en la Secretaría de este Tribunal, durante las horas laborables, todo esto en virtud del artículo 102 de la Ley Número 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 mejor conocida como la Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmobiliaria de Puerto Rico. La parte demandante en este caso esta representada por el Lcdo. Marcos Raúl Cortés Reyes, RUA 18745, tel- 787-508-6969, mcortesreyes@gmail.com. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy 9 de mayo de 2025. MANUEL MALDONADO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR. ***

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DIXIE LLERAS GRITSIPIS Demandante V. ALFRED ROLDÁN SOTO Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: BY2025RF00434. (Salón: 4002 FAMILIA Y MENORES). Sobre: AUTORIZACIÓN JUDICIAL Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. THAIS MARIE HERNÁNDEZ ROMÁN - THAISHERNANDEZLAW@GMAIL. COM. A: ALFRED ROLDÁN SOTO. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 de mayo 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 28 de mayo de 2025. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 28 de mayo de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. WILMARY RODRÍGUEZ RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO JESÚS OBRERO

Demandante V. RUBÉN C. ROMÁN FIGUEROA

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: SJ2024CV10464. (Salón: 603). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

JOSÉ R. GONZÁLEZ RIVERAJRG@GONZALEZMORALES.COM. JUAN ÁNGEL SANTOS BERRÍOS SANTOSBERRIOSLAW@GMAIL. COM.

RICARDO ANDRES ACEVEDO BIANCHI - ACEVEDOBIANCHI@ GMAIL.COM.

A: RUBÉN C.

ROMAN FIGUEROA.

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 28 de mayo 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 28 de mayo de 2025. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 28 de mayo de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. ARELYS RIVERA MEDINA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ROBERT ALAN RECK Demandante V. ADMINISTRACIÓN DE ASUNTOS DEL VETERANO Y OTROS Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: CA2025CV00682. (Civil: 408). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO ENMENDADA.

LUIS G. PARRILLA HERNANDEZLPARRILLA@FERRAIUOLI.COM. A: ADMINISTRACIÓN DE ASUNTOS DEL VETERANO, BANK OF AMERICA N.A., DEUTSCHE BANK, FULANO DE TAL Y MENGANO DEL CUAL COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO , LUIS G PARRILLA HERNANDEZ. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 28 de mayo 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 29 de mayo de 2025. Notas de la Secretaría: SE ENMIENDA A LOS FINES DE ENVIARLE

LA SENTENCIA POR EDICTO AL LCDO. LUIS G PARRILLA

HERNANDEZ. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 29 de mayo de 2025. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. KEILA GARCÍA SOLÍS, SECRETARIA

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CARLO MARAZZI

SANTIAGO Y KAREN

ELIZABETH LARSON MITCHELL

Demandante V. SMALL BUSINESS

ADMINISTRATION; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE

Demandados

Civil Núm.: SJ2025CV03818. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE HIPOTECA CON INSTRUMENTO EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, personas desconocidas que se designan con estos nombres ficticios, que puedan ser tenedor o tenedores, o puedan tener algún interés en el pagaré hipotecario a que se hace referencia más adelante en el presente edicto, que se publicará una sola vez.

Se les notifica que en la Demanda radicada en el caso de epígrafe se alega que el 25 de junio de 2018, se otorgó un pagaré a favor de Small Business Administration, o a su orden, por la suma de $54,100.00, con intereses al 1.750% anual y vencedero en 30 años, ante el notario Mariluz Rivera Ortiz. En garantía del pagaré antes descrito se otorgó la escritura de hipoteca número 134, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 25 de junio de 2018, ante el notario Mariluz Rivera Ortiz, inscrita al tomo Karibe de Santurce Norte, finca #16159, inscripción 17ma, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección I. El inmueble gravado mediante la hipoteca antes descrita es la finca 16159 inscrita al folio 157 del tomo 429 de Santurce Norte, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección I. La obligación evidenciada por el pagaré antes descrito fue saldada en su totalidad. Dicho gravamen no ha podido ser cancelado por haberse extraviado el original del pagaré. El original del pagaré antes descrito no ha podido ser localizado, a pesar

de las gestiones realizadas. Small Business Administration es el acreedor que consta en el Registro de la Propiedad. Small Business Administration fue último tenedor conocido del pagaré antes descrito. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido publicado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de 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 mismas 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 la apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2029, 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) menos 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. Representa a la parte demandante el Lcdo. Javier Montalvo Cintrón, RUA #17,682, Delgado Fernández, LLC, PO Box 11750, Fernández Juncos Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00910-1750. Tel. [787] 274-1414, jmontalvo@ delgadofernandez.com. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 14 de mayo de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MARÍA I. COLÓN RIVERA, SUBSECRETARIA.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

JOSÉ ARNALDO LÓPEZ MEJÍAS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CG2025CV00213. (Salón: 802). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JEAN PAUL JULIÁ DÍAZJPJULIA@RMMELAW.COM. A: JOSE ARNALDO LÓPEZ MEJÍAS. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 28 de mayo 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 mayo de 2025. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 30 de mayo de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. ZAIDA AGUAYO ÁLAMO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. WILLY O. RIVERA ALAMEDA

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CB2025CV00161. (Salón: 307). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JEAN PAUL JULIÁ DÍAZJPJULIA@RMMELAW.COM. A: WILLY O.

RIVERA ALAMEDA. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 27 de mayo 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 no-

tificación 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 29 de mayo de 2025. En Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, el 29 de mayo de 2025. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. ARACELIS CAMACHO ACEVEDO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. ALEX JOSE

SOTO ALVARADO

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CI2025CV00051. (Salón: 101 SALA SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JEAN PAUL JULIÁ DÍAZJPJULIA@RMMELAW.COM.

A: ALEX JOSE

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 29 de mayo 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 29 de mayo de 2025. En Ciales, Puerto Rico, el 29 de mayo de 2025. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁ-

LEZ, SECRETARIA, BRUNILDA HERNÁNDEZ MÉNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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LORENA FRONTADO

BETANCOURT, en representación de SUCESION DE AUREA MENENDEZ ALVAREZ

T/C/C AUREA ALVAREZ

T/C/C AUREA ARBEIT, compuesta por MIGUEL

ANGEL BETANCOURT

T/C/C MIGUEL A. BETANCOURT yADA

EVELIN BETANCOURT ALVAREZ

DEMANDANTES Vs. BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO; FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO; JOHN DOE y JANE DOE

DEMANDADOS

CIVIL NUM.: BY20250V02069.

SOBRE: CANCELACION DE PAGARE HIPOTECARIO EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL PUEBLO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.

A: JOHN DOE y JANE DOE

Demandados

Desconocidos

POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y se les notifica que se ha presentado en la Secretaría de este Tribunal la Demanda del caso de epígrafe solicitando la cancelación de un pagaré suscrito a favor de Doral Mortgage Corporation, o a su orden, por la suma de $30,000.00, intereses al 10 1/2%, vencedero el 1ro de agosto de 2007, ante el Notario José R. Torres Zayas, Finca Número 23,606, inscripción 7ma., Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I, cuyo pagaré fue saldado en su totalidad y no ha podido ser cancelado por haberse extraviado el mismo. Se apercibe y advierte a ustedes como personas desconocidas que puede ser tenedores o estar interesados en el pagaré extraviado, que de no contestar la Demanda radicando el original de la contestación ante la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón y notificar copia de la contestación de ésta a la parte demandante por conducto de su abogado, Lcdo. Guillermo A. Rodríguez Santiago, PO Box 3024, Caguas, PR 00726; Teléfono 787-810-4461, dentro de los próximos treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este emplazamiento por edicto que será publicado una sola vez en

un periódico de circulación diaria general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia, concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. Extendido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 8 de mayo de 2025. Alicia Ayala Sanjurjo, Sec Regional Interina. Militza Mercado Rivera, Subsecretaria(o).

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COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CREDITO LA COMERIEÑA Demandante v. JOHN DOE Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CR2025CV00144 (SALÓN 001). Sobre: CANCELACION O RESTITUCION DE PAGARE EXTRAVIADO. ORLANDO MALDONADO RIVERA LIC.OMALDONADO@GMAIL.COM NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 27 DE MAYO 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 27 de MAYO de 2025. En COMERIO, Puerto Rico, el 27 de MAYO de 2025. ELIZABETH GONZALEZ RIVERA, Secretario(a). f/ CARMEN APONTE FLORES, Secretario(a) Auxiliar del Tribunal.

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Demandante Vs.

consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Humacao, Puerto Rico, hoy día 29 de mayo de 2025. JENNISA GARCÍA MORALES, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. RAQUEL QUIÑONES SOTO, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO, SALA SUPERIOR. LEGAL NOTICE

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Demandante V. NELSON R. MARRERO CHARRIEZ

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: NJ2024CV00124. (Salón: 500-A). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

OSVALDO L. RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ - NOTIFICACIONES@ ORF-LAW.COM.

A: NELSON R. MARRERO CHARRIEZ.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 de mayo 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 29 de mayo de 2025. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 29 de mayo de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. VIVIAN J. SANABRIA ORTIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. ANA L. RIVERA FELICIANO

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: DO2024CV00167. (Salón: 500-A). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. OSVALDO L. RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ - NOTIFICACIONES@ ORF-LAW.COM.

A: ANA L. RIVERA FELICIANO.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 de mayo 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 29 de mayo de 2025. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 29 de mayo de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. IVETTE M. MARRERO BRACERO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. EZEQUIEL

CINTRON ROSADO

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: BY2024CV03068. (Salón: 500-A). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM.

A: EZEQUIEL

CINTRON ROSADO. (Nombre de las partes que se le

notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 de mayo 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 29 de mayo de 2025. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 29 de mayo de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. VIVIAN J. SANABRIA ORTIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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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. YANIRA ROMAN SANTIAGO Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: AG2024CV01983. (Salón: 602). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FASJCFORTUNO@FORTUNO-LAW. COM. A: SUCESIÓN DE YANIRA ROMÁN SANTIAGO COMPUESTA FELIX CUBERO COMO HEREDERO CONOCIDO Y/O PARTE CON INTERÉS; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHA SUCESIÓN - DIRECCIONES

CONOCIDAS: URB. PRADERA REAL, SOLAR C-29, ISABELA PR 00662; URB. PRADERA

REAL, 1188 CALLE LOS UCARES, ISABELA PR 00662; URB. PRADERA REAL, 1188 CALLE LOS UCARES, C-29, ISABELA PR 00662; SUITE 23, CASTILLA VALLEY, ISABELA PR 00662. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 27 de mayo 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 28 de mayo de 2025. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, el 28 de mayo de 2025. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. ZUHEILY GONZÁLEZ AVILÉS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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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. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.

A: MANUEL A. RIVERA RUIZ, COMO HEREDERO CONOCIDO Y/O PARTE CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN DE JESÚS MANUEL RIVERA PÉREZ; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN DE JESÚS MANUEL RIVERA PÉREZ - BO. MOROVIS NORTE, PROYECTO LAS CUMBRES, A-8, MOROVIS PR 00687; URB. CUMBRES, 108 CALLE FLAMBOYAN, MOROVIS PR 00687; BARRIO BARAHONAS, URB. VILLA ROCA, CALLE 22 B-5, MOROVIS PR 00687. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días a partir de la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando 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. 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. Representa a la parte demandante, la representación legal cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato: BUFETE FORTUÑO & FORTUÑO FAS, C.S.P. LCDO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FAS, RUA NUM.: 11416 PO BOX 3908, GUAYNABO, PR 00970 TEL: 787-751-5290, FAX: 787-751-6155

E-MAIL: ejecuciones@fortuno-law.com En Ciales, Puerto Rico a 27 de mayo de 2025. Vivian Y. Fresse González, Secretaria. Brunilda Hernández Méndez, Sub-Secretaria.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA TRIBUNAL DE VEGA BAJA UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RURAL DEVELOPMENT A/C/C LA ADMINISTRACION DE HOGARES DE AGRICULTORES Demandante Vs.

SUCESIÓN DE JULIO

COLÓN RIVERA Y SUCESION DE FRANCISCA RODRÍGUEZ

T/C/C FRANCISCA DÍAZ

RODRÍGUEZ, AMBAS COMPUESTAS POR SUS HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS EFRAÍN COLÓN T/C/C EFRAÍN COLÓN RODRIGUEZ, ÁNGEL L. COLÓN RODRÍGUEZ, JACKELINE M. COLÓN, KATHERINE COLÓN Y MIGUEL A. COLÓN RODRÍGUEZ; SUCESIÓN DE OCTAVIO COLÓN RODRÍGUEZ COMPUESTA POR SUS HEREDEROS

CONOCIDOS JACKELINE M. COLÓN, KATHERINE COLÓN, OCTAVIO COLON JR., RAUL COLONY DENNIS COLON; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉ EN DICHAS SUCESIONES Demandados Civil Núm.: VB2024CV00987.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: SUCESIÓN DE JULIO COLÓN RIVERA Y SUCESION DE FRANCISCA RODRÍGUEZ T/C/C FRANCISCA DÍAZ RODRÍGUEZ, COMPUESTAS POR SUS HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS ANGEL L. COLÓN RODRÍGUEZ, JACKELINE M. COLÓN, KATHERINE COLÓN; SUCESIÓN DE OCTAVIO COLÓN RODRÍGUEZ COMPUESTA POR SUS HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS JACKELINE M. COLÓN, KATHERINE COLÓN, OCTAVIO COLON JR., RAUL COLON Y DENNIS COLON; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHAS SUCESIONES - URB. EL ROSARIO, C-21 CALLE A, VEGA BAJA, PR 00693-5707; PO BOX 522, QUEBRADILLAS, PR 00678-0522; URB. EL ROSARIO, C-21, CALLE A, MANATÍ, PR 00674 Y

BO. PUEBLO NUEVO, 106 CALLE ALBA, VEGA BAJA, PR 00693-3364.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de 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 del hogar, el inciso de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquiera 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. Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. De ser el demandado un heredero de una sucesión, se les apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que de no expresarse dentro de ese término de treinta (30) días, en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. También se les apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que luego del transcurso del término de treinta (30) días antes señalado, contados a partir de la fecha de publicación de este edicto, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del(los) causante(s) y, por consiguiente, responden por las cargas de dicha herencia conforme dispone el Artículo 1,578 del Nuevo Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. sec. 11,021. Representa a la parte demandante, la representación legal cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato:

BUFETE FORTUÑO & FORTUÑO FAS, C.S.P. LCDO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FAS RUA NUM.: 11416 PO BOX 3908, GUAYNABO, PR 00970

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

ejecuciones@fortuno-law.com

Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 22 de mayo de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA INTERINA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RURAL DEVELOPMENT A/C/C LA ADMINISTRACIÓN DE HOGARES DE AGRICULTORES Demandante Vs. GERMÁN DOLORES ORTIZ OTERO T/C/C GERMÁN D. ORTIZ OTERO, SU ESPOSA SYLVIA RODRÍGUEZ SÁNCHEZ T/C/C SYLVIA MERCEDES RODRÍGUEZ SÁNCHEZ T/C/C SYLVIA M. RODRÍGUEZ

SÁNCHEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2025CV01514. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: GERMÁN DOLORES ORTÍZ OTERO T/C/C GERMÁN D. ORTIZ OTERO, SU ESPOSA SYLVIA RODRÍGUEZ

SÁNCHEZ T/C/C SYLVIA MERCEDES RODRÍGUEZ

SÁNCHEZ T/C/C

SYLVIA M. RODRÍGUEZ

SÁNCHEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS - BARRIO PALMARITO, LOTE # 1, CARRETERA 568, KM 17.1, COROZAL PR 00783; DIRECCIÓN POSTAL: 464 BREEZEWAY DRIVE, APOPKA FL 32712; 5102 SILVER LN APT 131, ORLANDO FL 32808

Y HC-75 BOX 1665, NARANFLTO PR 00719; 52-06 INDIAN HILL RD

APTO. 202, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32808-2827.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Adrninistración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de 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 del hogar, el inciso de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquiera 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. Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Representa a la parte demandante, la representación legal cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato: BUFETE FORTUÑO & FORTUÑO FAS, C.S.P. LCDO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FAS

RUA NUM.: 11416 PO BOX 3908, GUAYNABO, PR 00970

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

E-MAIL:

ejecuciones@fortuno-law.com

Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 22 de mayo de 2025. Alicia Ayala Sanjurjo, Secretaria. Sandra I. Báez Hernández, Sub-Secretaria.

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SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC. Demandante V. HAYDEE BURGOS

TORRES; Y LA SUCESIÓN DE LUIS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ DIAZ

T/C/C LUIS RODRIGUEZ DROZ COMPUESTA POR HAYDEE BURGOS

TORRES, FULANO (A) DE TAL, Y SUTANO (A) DE TAL, COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS

Demandados

Civil Núm.: PO2025CV00082. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO E INTERPELACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: LA SUCESIÓN DE LUIS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ DIAZ

T/C/C LUIS RODRIGUEZ DROZ COMPUESTA POR HAYDEE BURGOS TORRES, FULANO (A) DE TAL, Y SUTANO (A) DE TAL, COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS - URB. GLENVIEW GARDENS, CALLE ESTADÍA I-9, PONCE, PUERTO RICO 00731; URB. LAS DELICIAS CALLE JUAN RONDÓN #607, PONCE, PR 00728.

Se les notifica a USTEDES que se ha radicado una Demanda Enmendada en su contra por la parte demandante HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., mediante el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC) solicitando un Cobro de Dinero por la vía ordinaria. POR LO TANTO, se le emplaza por edicto y se le requiere que notifique a MARINI PIETRANTONI MUÑIZ LLC., Lcdo. Luis C. Marini Biaggi (lmarini@mpmlawpr. com) y la Lcda. Getzemarie Lugo Rodríguez (glugo@ mpmlawpr.com), 250 Ponce de León Ave., Suite 900 San Juan, PR 00918, Tel. 787-705-2171, copia de su contestación a la Demanda Enmendada dentro de los (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Ustedes deberán presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se representen por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán

presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce, con copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación del edicto en el periódico de circulación general. Si dejaren de contestar podrá anotarse la rebeldía y dictarse contra ustedes sentencia en rebeldía concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda Enmendada, sin más citarles ni oírles. Se les interpela judicialmente, además, para que dentro del término legal de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación del presente edicto, acepten o repudien mediante instrumento público o comparecencia judicial especial, la participación que les corresponde en la herencia de Luis Rafael Rodríguez Díaz t/c/c Luis Rodríguez Droz. Se les apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que de no expresarse dentro de ese término de treinta (30) días en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, señalados contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación de la presente Orden y publicación, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del causante y por consiguiente responden conforme dispone el Artículo 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico, 31 L.P.R.A. §11021. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, a tenor con la Orden del Tribunal, hoy día 23 de mayo de 2025. CARMEN TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA.

LOYDA TORRES IRIZARRY, SUB-SECRETARIA.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE ORIENTAL BANK

Demandante V. LUIS GUILLERMO RODRÍGUEZ RUBERTE, FULANA DE TAL, AMBOS POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA ENTRE AMBOS; MIRIAN ROMÁN RODRÍGUEZ; FULANO DE TAL, AMBOS POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA ENTRE AMBOS

Demandados

Civil Núm.: PE2025CV00001. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA.

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

RODRÍGUEZ

RUBERTE, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE

LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON MIRIAN ROMÁN RODRÍGUEZ; MIRIAN ROMÁN RODRÍGUEZ, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON LUIS GUILLERMO RODRÍGUEZ RUBERTE - FÍSICA: BO. TALLABOA ALTA PARC 187 A CALLE C PEÑUELAS, PUERTO RICO 00624; POSTAL: HC 3 BUZÓN 9852, PEÑUELAS, PUERTO RICO 00624; POSTAL: 200 CANTERBURY RIDGE PARKWAY #408, CANTON, GA 30114.

Por la presente se le notifica a usted que se ha radicado en esta Secretaría la demanda de epígrafe. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial. pr/index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de 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 esta, 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. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, en Humacao, Puerto Rico, hoy día 8 de mayo de 2025. Carmen Tirú Quiñones, Secretaria. Samary Rodríguez Estrada, Sub-Secretaria. LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (FDIC), COMO SÍNDICO DE DORAL BANK Y DORAL MORTGAGE

CORPORATION; DORAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION; FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO COMO SUCESOR EN DERECHO DE DORAL BANK Y DORAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION Y DORAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION; CORPORATION SERVICES COMPANY PUERTO RICO INC., COMO AGENTE RESIDENTE DE PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION POR CONDUCTO DE PHH MORTGAGE SERVICES; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE, COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS

Demandados

Civil Núm.: CG2025CV00483. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: JOHN DOE; RICHARD ROE, POSIBLES TENEDORES DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO DESCRITO MÁS ADELANTE. Por la presente se le notifica que se ha radicado una Demanda donde se solicita se cancele el siguiente pagaré, el cual está extraviado, así como la hipoteca que garantiza su pago: (i) pagaré a favor Doral Financial Corporation., o a su orden, por la suma principal de $250,000.00, con intereses al 6 1/2 % anual, vencedero el 1ro de diciembre del año 2035, mediante escritura número 1800, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico el 18 de noviembre de

2005 ante el notario Luis Archilla Diaz e inscrita en la Sección Segunda de Caguas, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, finca 10,588 de Gurabo, inscripción 5ta. Por la presente se les emplaza y requiere para que notifique a la Lcda. Maritza Guzmán Matos, PMB 767, Avenida Luis Vigoreaux #1353, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00966, teléfono (787) 758-3276, abogada de la parte demandante, con copia de vuestra contestación a la demanda radicada en este caso contra ustedes, dentro de un término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación de este Edicto. Por la presente se les apercibe de que de no comparecer a formular alegaciones dentro de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la fecha de la publicación de este Edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia de acuerdo con lo solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 21 de mayo de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. ZAIDA AGUAYO ÁLAMO, SUB-SECRETARIA.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE GUAYNABO ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS

FUND, LLC

Parte Demandante Vs. DEWART J.

FIGUEROA RIVERA

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: GB2024CV00757.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: DEWART J. FIGUEROA RIVERACOND MONTE VERDE 11 CARR 838 APT 10, GUAYNABO PR 009694614.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal

podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Osvaldo L. Rodríguez Fernández cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law. com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico, hoy día 30 de abril de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. SAMARY RODRÍGUEZ ESTRADA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC Parte Demandante V. VANELIS MONTANEZ RAMOS Parte Demandada Civil: BY2024CV04385. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: VANELIS MONTANEZ RAMOS - BO NUEVO CARR 167 RAMAL 816 KM 2.0, BAYAMON PR 00956; RR 11 BOX 5630 BAYAMON PR 009569715; RR 11 BOX 20800 BAYAMON PR 009569934.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de

la parte demandante, Natalie Bonaparte Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie.bonaparte@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com. EX-

TENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 30 de abril de 2025. Alicia Ayala Sanjurjo, Secretaria. Samary Rodríguez Estrada, Secretaria Auxiliar.

LEGAL NOTICE

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

ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC Demandante V. ADELAIDA FLORES DELGADO Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CG2024CV03920. (Salón: 704). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - REGLA 60. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERA - NATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW.COM. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO

ADELAIDA FLORES DELGADOURB BAIROA PARK, 2H60 CALLE JOSE REGUERO, CAGUAS, PUERTO RICO, 00727-1117. A: ADELAIDA FLORES DELGADO - URB BAIROA PARK 2H60 CALLE JOSE REGUERO, CAGUAS PR 00727-1117. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 19 de mayo 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 29 de mayo de 2025. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 29 de mayo de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. LIZ WHARTON ROSA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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June 4, 2025

A Trump official threatens to sue California schools over trans athletes

AB Hernandez, center, flashes a sign as she shares the first-place spot on the podium with Jillene Wetteland, left, and Lelani Laruelle during a medal ceremony for the high jump at the California high school track-and-field championships in Clovis, Calif., Saturday, May 31, 2025. In a rules compromise, AB Hernandez shared first place in the high jump and triple jump in the California high school championship, and shared spots on the awards podium, too. (Adam Perez/The New York Times)

By JULIET MACUR

The U.S. Department of Justice earlier this week threatened legal action against California public schools if they continued to allow trans athletes to compete in high school sports, calling the students’ participation unconstitutional and giving the schools a week to comply.

In a letter sent to public school districts in the state on Monday, Harmeet K. Dhillon, assistant attorney general for civil rights, said the California Interscholastic Federation’s 2013 bylaw that allowed trans athletes to compete violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution and discriminated against athletes on the basis of sex.

“Scientific evidence shows that upsetting the historical status quo and forcing girls to compete against males would deprive them of athletic opportunities and benefits because of their sex,” Dhillon wrote, referring to trans girls as males.

Elizabeth Sanders, a spokesperson for the California Department of Education, said Monday that the department was preparing to send guidance to the state’s school districts on how to respond, and that it would do so Tuesday.

The Justice Department’s move came two days after a trans girl won championships in

two girls’ events at the California state track and field meet, and less than a week after President Donald Trump decried her inclusion in the competition, saying that he would cut federal funding to the state if it let her participate.

At the meet, held over two days in Clovis, California, the trans girl, AB Hernandez, won the girls’ high jump and triple jump, and also finished second in the long jump for Jurupa Valley High School, in what is arguably the most competitive high school meet in the nation. In a statement provided by the group TransFamily Support Services, her mother, Nereyda Hernandez, said that it was her daughter’s third year of competing in sports.

Jacqueline Paul, a spokesperson for the Jurupa Unified School District, did not respond Monday to requests for comment. Neither did Rebecca Brutlag, a spokesperson for the California Interscholastic Federation, a nongovernmental body that regulates high school sports events in the state, including the state track and field meet.

After Trump’s threats last week to cut funding, the federation changed its rules regarding how the participation of trans athletes would affect other competitors, in an effort to make the event fair without excluding anyone.

Under the new rule, the athlete who finished immediately behind Hernandez would be elevated to share her placement. At the state meet, those athletes shared the podium with Hernandez, even though they technically had finished one spot behind her.

Two days before the meet, the Justice Department announced that it had sent legal notices to the federation, the state attorney general and state superintendent of public instruction, saying it was joining an ongoing U.S. Department of Education investigation into California’s transgender sports policies. It also had directed the U.S. attorney’s office in Southern California to review the state’s policies, it said.

The recent moves by the Justice Department were the latest examples of the Trump administration trying to keep trans women out of women’s sports. In February, Trump signed an executive order directing agencies to withdraw federal funding for any schools that refused to bar trans girls and women from women’s events.

“From now on, women’s sports will be only for women,” he said when signing the order. But some states, including Maine, Minnesota and California, have not complied.

His administration sued Maine because of it, threatening to hold back some federal funds from the state, and Attorney General Pam Bondi has suggested that Minnesota and California

could expect similar lawsuits if they do not comply. Last month, Minnesota filed a preemptive lawsuit against Trump because of his trans athlete ban.

Despite the flurry of legal threats looming over the state meet last weekend, the event unfolded without major incident.

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