Wednesday May 28, 2025

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GOOD MORNING

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By THE STAR STAFF

uerto Rico Police Commissioner Joseph González

Falcón on Tuesday defended the tactical response of officers ambushed by motorcyclists during an incident in Santurce’s Barrio Obrero last Thursday.

González asserted that the Police Bureau’s current security strategy is working, and reporting a decrease in homicides, carjackings and fatal accidents.

“My priority is for our police officers to get home alive,” González said at the Police Bureau’s Hato Rey headquarters. “I will never question how an officer reacts to a situation like this. Mocking their actions is unacceptable. There’s no room for criminals here.”

González said the two officers stopped by the motorcyclists executed a “tactical retreat,” which has been used in other jurisdictions in the United States to protect officers’ lives. He added that there has currently been a reduction of 52 homicides, 15 fatal accidents, and 72 carjackings compared to the previous year.

Meanwhile, Highway Patrol Division Director Capt. Elvis Zeno Santiago reaffirmed the police force’s commitment to road safety.

“As long as these all-terrain vehicles remain illegal on the roads, we will continue to intervene,” he said. “It’s not a threat; it’s reality. We’re saving lives.”

The press conference followed incidents reported

By THE STAR STAFF

Police Commissioner Joseph González Falcón responded Tuesday to questions from the press about the incident in Utuado, in which an officer shot and killed a man identified as Daniel Maldonado Díaz during an intervention at his residence early Monday morning.

“It’s a tragedy on both sides,” González said at a press conference at Police Headquarters in Hato Rey. “Our colleagues received a call about a complaint, they arrived at the scene as quickly as possible, and what happened happened. I cannot and should not expand further on this matter.”

The police commissioner said the officer involved was disarmed as part of the agency’s protocol, evaluated by a psychologist, and subsequently issued a backup weapon. “This colleague decided to take a few days off,” González said, noting that the

over the weekend, including an ambush in Santurce and a chase in Río Grande where two municipal police officers were injured after a motorcyclist pointed a firearm at them.

In response to the rise in cases of this nature, Gov. Jenniffer González Colón announced the creation of a committee to evaluate the use of all-terrain vehicles on the island. The inclusion of figures such as Rey Charlie, a spokesperson for motorcycle groups, has generated controversy. The governor responded that her priority is to “listen to those who bring solutions, even if they have had run-ins with the law.”

“The rules are the rules, and as long as the law doesn’t change, we will continue to intervene,” Zeno Santiago reiterated.

officer was not transferred to other duties as had been suggested.

Regarding staff preparation for handling situations involving people who may be experiencing mental health issues, González stated that officers receive training, although he acknowledged the difficulty of identifying these conditions upon arriving at a scene.

“We often arrive and don’t know the person’s condition,” he said. “We go out to address a complaint we receive.”

The commissioner declined to comment on the officer’s specific actions during the intervention, noting that doing so would be irresponsible without a complete picture.

“When we talk about these situations, things happen in seconds,” he said. “The perspective of each of the colleagues involved is different.”

The investigation into the use of force is being conducted by the Special Investigations Division and the Use of Force Investigation Unit.

Puerto Rico Police Commissioner Joseph González Falcón

Health chief tells Senate panel review committee has yet to be created

By THE STAR STAFF

Expressing a willingness to move forward, Health Secretary

Víctor Ramos Otero said Tuesday at a public hearing of the Senate Health Committee that a review committee to help doctors with insurers has yet to be created.

The subject of the hearing was Senate Resolution 63, which investigates compliance with Act 73-2023.

The law, passed last year, aims to resolve a longstanding issue with the credentialing process for physicians by insurers, particularly the slow and repetitive procedures healthcare professionals face in order to practice in Puerto Rico.

Ramos admitted that upon taking office a few months ago, he encountered significant delays. As a result, the Central Review Committee has not yet been established, and the reports required by law have not been submitted. He emphasized, however, that actions are already underway.

“We know this can’t wait,” Ramos said. “We are evaluating the profiles of candidates to join the Central Review Committee, and as required by law, we will announce its composition before June 30. That is our commitment, and we will fulfill it.”

“Law 73-2023 is not just a legislative procedure; it is a tool designed to relieve the burden on doctors, clinicians,

psychologists, and other providers,” added the health secretary, who is a pediatrician. “History shows that many have had to fill out the same forms repeatedly for different insurance companies. With this law, that changes. We are implementing a single form and a centralized digital system that reduces redundancy and streamlines the process.”

Ramos further noted that the Office of the Insurance Commissioner has already activated the Online Credentialing System (SICRO).

“This platform allows providers to submit a single application for multiple health plans, including government and Medicare Advantage plans. One process, multiple results. Every time we eliminate redundancy, we fulfill Governor Jenniffer González’s mission of eliminating bureaucratic barriers,” he said. “This makes it easier for providers to stay on the island, open offices, serve more patients, and ultimately save more lives. This is not just a technical issue; it is deeply humane and focused on benefiting patients.”

Ramos reiterated his “conviction that Puerto Rico’s health system can and must be transformed -- from the operational to the human aspect.”

PRASA says it is willing to talk to workforce

By THE STAR STAFF

Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) Executive Director Luis González Delgado reaffirmed on Tuesday PRASA’s commitment to engage in meaningful dialogue with its workforce, following the guidelines established by the Financial Oversight and Management Board.

The dialogue aims to clarify any questions regarding the process related to the development of the Classification and Compensation Plan (PCR by its initials in Spanish).

González emphasized that PRASA is open to responsible communication and that meetings with labor representatives will focus solely on the process of the plan, not its

content, as requested by the oversight board.

“Our commitment to engage in dialogue remains strong and continuous, always in compliance with the rules governing this process,” the official said.

On Tuesday morning at 8:16 a.m., PRASA received an official meeting request from the Authentic Independent Union (UIA). In response, PRASA has scheduled a meeting for next Tuesday, June 3, to guide labor representatives through the steps taken and to address any questions about the PCR process.

On Oct. 7, 2024, the oversight board conditionally approved the allocation of $5 million from the current budget to provide a one-time incentive of $1,000 to active PRASA employees. The incentive is contingent upon PRASA submitting its PCR for evaluation

before any negotiations can begin. The board’s communication clearly stated that negotiations on the content or implementation of the plan cannot start until it has received official approval.

In compliance with this directive, PRASA submitted the draft PCR on Nov. 15, 2024. As of early Tuesday, the oversight board had not responded to the submission, according to the public corporation.

On Dec. 5, 2024, an agreement was signed between PRASA and the UIA, which included the delivery of a physical copy of the draft plan to the union under confidentiality conditions. In the agreement, the UIA acknowledged that negotiations could not commence and that details of the draft could not be disclosed until the oversight board provides its approval. The UIA also agreed to refrain from making public statements until then.

Vieques Coca Cola Fest generates $1 million for

By THE STAR STAFF

Vieques Mayor

José “Junito” Corcino

Acevedo estimates that over $1 million in profits were collected for small and midsize businesses on the offshore island municipality during the two-day “Vieques

Coca-Cola Fest 2025’ last weekend on the grounds of the Sun Bay resort.

“We are very pleased with the celebration of the ‘Vieques Coca-Cola Fest 2025’ and the multi-million dollar impact it had on our small and medium-sized businesses this past weekend,” Corcino said Tuesday in

a written statement. “We’re talking about at least a million dollars injected into the local economy, impacting all sectors of Vieques. This shows that in Vieques we can do things differently and achieve impactful results for our people.”

Corcino said no major incidents oc-

PRASA said it will continue to follow all mandated steps rigorously.

curred during the event, where security was provided by municipal police and commonwealth police stationed in Vieques, along with the Rangers Corps of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources.

“I want to thank our people, who not only enjoyed this artistic and cultural event, but also actively participated in its development,” the mayor said. “I also recognize the work of our merchants over this long weekend; you are an essential part of the success of this event.”

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Health Secretary Víctor Ramos Otero (Facebook via Senado de Puerto Rico)

Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority Executive Director Luis González Delgado

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Dream of decent housing for channel residents coming true, albeit bittersweet for some

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul1@gmail.com

Twenty years ago the Martín Peña Channel (Caño de Martín Peña) was a narrow, fetid waterway in the heart of San Juan filled with garbage and other debris, and lined with informal housing that was barely livable due to the unbearable stench.

Yet hundreds of people lived on the banks of the 3.5-mile-long tidal channel -- which once was a broad waterway before migrants from the countryside threw their trash into it over a span of decades until it was largely filled in, stagnant and rotting and barely meters wide -- enduring the stench in a situation one resident called “a calvary.”

Today, the margins of the channel, which is part of the San Juan Bay National Estuary, are littered with abandoned houses that have yet to be removed. In the distance, heavy machinery belonging to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can be seen working on dredging.

names like Paseo de Conde and Villa Pelicano.

The reaction of the new residents is a mixed bag.

When asked if she likes her new situation, Myrna González, 44, said “Yes and no.” Her old abode was much larger than her new house, but where she was living was isolated by a fire that claimed surrounding houses. She also doesn’t have to endure the occasional flooding that accompanied heavy rains, not to mention the horrid stench.

“Here there aren’t so many problems, but my old house was much bigger and here there’s a lot of noise,” González said.

Also, her new house has construction problems and the location is not so good.

“There are cracks in the walls and a lot of leaks, and the [nearby] avenue makes a lot of noise,” she said.

Also, she is not happy with the 25-year wait required to sell the property.

with the move, though he opted to take the expropriation money he was given and buy a house further up the peninsula from the new house.

Rivera, a member of Puerto Rico’s soccer Hall of Fame, said he liked living next to the channel, having grown up next to it, and wasn’t bothered by the awful stench.

“It never bothered me; I grew up with it so it never affected me,” he said. “It was fun growing up next to the water.”

The residents have been moved to the Cantera peninsula to the north of the channel, in three brand new housing projects with

“It’s not good business,” she said. “I don’t plan to live here that long.”

Héctor “Pepito” Rivera wasn’t happy

The public-private project includes the development of more new public housing units, with some 1,300 units planned. It is part of a larger project to promote the rehabilitation and revitalization of eight communities surrounding the channel. A community land trust is playing an important role in the effort, which also involves ecosystem restoration. The effects of the project can already be seen in the form of kids happily riding their bicycles down streets once dominated by drug dealers from the nearby Las Margaritas housing project.

Majority of nautical tourism firms operate without valid certificate

Corrective action is underway, Tourism Company says

By THE STAR STAFF

The Puerto Rico Comptroller’s Office (PRCO) issued a qualified opinion Tuesday regarding the Puerto Rico Tourism Company’s operations in the nautical tourism industry.

A qualified opinion indicates that while noncompliance may be significant, it is not widespread.

The report highlights that 68% of the nautical tourism companies reviewed continued to operate without a valid Tourism Activity Certification as of March 27, 2025. The issue is attributed to the Tourism Company lacking sufficient personnel to perform the necessary inspections, resulting in unfair competition for operators who comply with the law and current regulations.

The audit, which included three main findings, also pointed out several deficiencies in the registration of nautical tourism companies. The auditors discovered expired certifications categorized as regular and expired conditional certifications in 28% of the files examined. Additionally, the Tourism Company does not maintain a public registry

of companies engaged in nautical tourism activities and tourist marinas, as mandated by the Nautical Tourism Law of 2010 (Law 241-2010).

During a visit to the Tourism Company’s Services and Oversight Office, it was confirmed that the archive lacks a designated custodian, there is no record of who has access, and the documents are disorganized and scattered throughout the files. The disarray can lead to the loss of documents and negatively impact the planning, investment, and development of nautical tourism companies.

The audited financial statements indicated that the Tourism Company earned revenues of $377.4 million and had expenditures of $264.6 million for the period from 2022 to 2023.

Tourism Company

Executive Director Willianette Robles Cancel confirmed later Tuesday that the agency has formally responded to the Comptroller’s Office’s findings related to nautical tourism, and that under the new administration, measures have already been taken to correct the deficiencies identified in the audit.

“Last April 2025, the Puerto Rico Tourism Company received the audit report related to nautical tourism, corresponding to processes carried out since July 1, 2021, and over a period of three years, with recommendations aimed at strengthening the work of the Office of Tourism Services and Oversight,” Robles Cancel said in a written statement.

The official said that after receiving the report, the Tourism Company acted “diligent-

ly and responsibly in response to each of the observations noted.” She added that “concrete measures have been implemented to ensure regulatory compliance and strengthen transparency in our management.”

Among the actions taken, Robles Cancel noted the update of an accessible public registry of companies and individuals authorized in nautical tourism and marinas, as well as the creation of a digital system to facilitate its management and public access.

“Instructions were given to the Nautical Tourism Program staff to strengthen field oversight, ensuring that all companies operate with current certifications and comply with legal and regulatory requirements,” she stated.

Robles Cancel also detailed that training for the personnel in charge of the files was reinforced, a direct custodian was assigned to manage them, and internal mechanisms were implemented in accordance with Regulation 4284. She added that work is underway to formalize a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources and the Ports Authority “to optimize the processes for granting certifications and ensure integrated, rigorous, and efficient management.”

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Trump intends to cancel all federal funds directed at Harvard

By STEPHANIE SAUL

The Trump administration is set to cancel the federal government’s remaining federal contracts with Harvard University — worth an estimated $100 million, according to a letter that was being sent to federal agencies Tuesday. The letter also instructs agencies to “find alternative vendors” for future services.

The additional planned cuts, outlined in a draft of the letter obtained by The New York Times, represented what an administration official called a complete severance of the government’s long-standing business relationship with Harvard.

The letter is the latest example of the Trump administration’s determination to bring Harvard — arguably the country’s most elite and culturally dominant university — to its knees, by undermining its financial health and global influence. Since last month, the administration has frozen about $3.2 billion in grants and contracts with Harvard. And it has tried to halt the university’s ability to enroll international students.

(Sophie Park/The New York Times)

The latest letter, dated May 27 from the U.S. General Services Administration, is expected to be delivered Tuesday morning to federal agencies, according to an administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the official had not been authorized to discuss internal communications.

The letter instructs agencies to respond by June 6 with a list of contract cancellations. Any contracts for services deemed critical would not be immediately canceled but would be transitioned to other vendors, according to the letter, signed by Josh Gruenbaum, commissioner of the GSA’s federal acquisition service, which is responsible for procuring government goods and services.

Contracts with about nine agencies would be affected, according to the administration official.

Examples of contracts that would be affected, according to a federal database, include a $49,858 National Institutes of Health contract to investigate the effects of coffee drinking and a $25,800 Homeland Security Department contract for senior executive training. Some of the Harvard contracts under review may have already been subject to “stop work” orders.

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“Going forward, we also encourage your agency to seek alternative vendors for future services where you had previously considered Harvard,” the letter said.

The administration has cast its actions against Harvard as a fight for civil rights. It has accused the university of liberal bias, of continuing to use racial considerations in its admissions policies despite a Supreme Court ban, and of allowing antisemitic behavior on campus.

The university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has cast the fight as one over its First Amendment rights and accuses the Trump administration of trying to control its personnel, curriculum and enrollment.

Faced with government demands that included a ban on students “hostile to the American values,” an audit of the political ideology of students and faculty to ensure “viewpoint diversity,” and quarterly status updates to the administration, Harvard has vigorously pushed back in federal court.

In one lawsuit, filed last month, Harvard seeks the restoration of more than $3 billion in federal funding. In another,

filed last week, it has asked a federal court to reinstate its right to enroll international students.

Last week, Judge Allison D. Burroughs temporarily reinstated Harvard’s right to enroll international students, and a hearing Thursday will determine whether that order should be extended.

During his campaign for a second term, President Donald Trump attacked elite universities as controlled by “Marxist maniacs and lunatics,” and vowed to increase taxes on the investment returns of university endowments, a plan approved this month by the House of Representatives. The tax provision, which still needs Senate approval, would cost Harvard, which has an endowment of $53 billion, an estimated $850 million a year.

Harvard has borne the brunt of the White House’s assault on higher education, and administrators and faculty on campus have watched with growing fear as the federal government has handed down edict after edict, cutting away at the financial foundation of the school.

The university has about 6,800 international students, making up 27% of its total enrollment. Harvard’s president, Alan M. Garber, characterized the cancellation of its ability to enroll international students as a potentially devastating blow.

“We condemn this unlawful and unwarranted action,” Garber wrote in a statement last week, adding that it “imperils the futures of thousands of students and scholars across Harvard and serves as a warning to countless others at colleges and universities throughout the country who have come to America to pursue their education and fulfill their dreams.”

The Trump administration letter cited what it called a pattern in which Harvard had shown a “lack of commitment to nondiscrimination and our national values and priorities.”

As evidence, the letter said that The Harvard Law Review, an independent student-run publication, had recently given a fellowship to a law student who had been accused of assaulting a Jewish student during a 2023 pro-Palestinian campus protest.

The student avoided criminal prosecution on misdemeanor assault charges in that case and agreed to perform community service, but did not admit wrongdoing.

The letter also claimed that Harvard had not complied with the 2023 Supreme Court decision that banned the use of race as a deciding factor in admissions.

But the percentage of Black first-year students declined to 14% in fall 2024 after that decision, from 18% a year earlier. In the same period, Black enrollment in Harvard Law School’s first-year class dropped to 3.4%, the lowest it had been since the 1960s.

The letter did not provide statistical evidence for its claim about admissions, but cited the university’s addition of a remedial math course. It said the course was the result “of employing discriminatory factors, instead of merit, in admission decisions.”

The Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass., May 1, 2025. The Trump administration is set to cancel the federal government’s remaining federal contracts with Harvard — worth an estimated $100 million, according to a letter sent to federal agencies on Tuesday.

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By MATTATHIAS SCHWARTZ

Afederal judge expressed frustration Monday night with the government’s failure to give due process to a group of deportees the administration is trying to send to South Sudan but is now holding in Djibouti, as he had mandated last week.

“It turns out that having immigration proceedings on another continent is harder and more logistically cumbersome than defendants anticipated,” the judge, Brian E. Murphy of U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, wrote in his 17-page order. He added that if giving deportees remote proceedings proved too difficult, the government could still return the men to the United States.

Murphy’s earlier order, issued last Wednesday, mandated that six of the eight men be given a “reasonable fear interview,” or a chance to express fear of persecution or torture if they were sent on to South Sudan. At a hearing that day, he found that the government had violated another order that the deportees be given notice in a language they could understand, and at least 15 days to challenge their removal. Instead, the judge found they

were given “fewer than 16 hours’ notice.”

On Monday night, Trina Realmuto, a lawyer for the migrants in the case, confirmed that her team had not been given phone access to them. The Homeland Security Department’s public affairs office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The substance of Murphy’s order was not surprising, as he rejected a motion from the government that he pause one of his earlier orders. But his criticism of the government’s delay in offering due process appeared to reflect his growing frustration in another contentious case in the back-and-forth between the Trump administration and federal courts.

The day after Murphy ordered that the migrants remain in U.S. custody, the White House called them “monsters” and the judge “a far-left activist.” Then, on Friday night, Murphy ordered the government to “facilitate” the return from Guatemala of a man known as O.C.G., one of the original plaintiffs in the case.

“The Judges are absolutely out of control,” President Donald Trump wrote Thursday in a social media post criticizing Murphy. “This must change, IMMEDIATELY!”

The case before Murphy is a class-action lawsuit that considers the due process rights of not only the men in Djibouti but also any migrants eligible for deportation whom the Homeland Security Department is trying to send to a so-called third country other than their country of origin.

The administration has already struck deals with Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala, Mexico and El Salvador as part of its efforts to remove people who would be difficult to deport to their home countries. More recently, the administration has tried to send migrants to war-torn countries such as South Sudan and Libya. Both of those countries have “do not travel” ratings from the State Department because of the possibility of armed conflict and other threats.

There were eight deportees aboard the flight to Djibouti. One is South Sudanese, and the government has said that another will be sent to his home country, Myanmar, leaving the six others in limbo. All eight have been convicted of violent crimes.

“The court recognizes that the class members at issue here have criminal histories,” Murphy wrote. “But that does not change due process.”

his return to office, in Memorial Day remarks

Judge criticizes government inaction in case of migrants held in Djibouti Trump praises military service, and

By ERICA L. GREEN

President Donald Trump memorialized the nation’s fallen soldiers in a speech at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, recognizing the families of servicemen and servicewomen who died fighting for their country hours after airing grievances and attacking his political opponents on social media.

In remarks commemorating Memorial Day, Trump thanked those who had fought in some of the nation’s defining battles, and cited specific stories of sacrifice by soldiers and their families.

“We certainly know what we owe to them,” Trump said. “Their valor gave us the freest, greatest and most noble republic ever to exist on the face of the earth — a republic that I am fixing after a long and hard four years.”

He also used the occasion, traditionally a solemn day of tributes, to indirectly criticize his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, for his border policies while valorizing his own return to office.

“We’re doing so very well right now, considering the circumstances,” Trump said. “And we’ll do record-setting better with time. We will do better than we’ve ever done as a nation, better than ever before. I promise you that.”

Trump delivered the speech after taking part in the presidential tradition of laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns to honor America’s war dead. He was joined by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance, both of whom served in the military.

Trump, who has had a complex and sometimes hostile relationship with the military, has sought to recast himself as its biggest booster in his second term.

During his first presidential campaign, he attacked a Gold Star family who criticized him during the 2016 Democratic National Convention. During his first term, he disparaged veterans

It was a starkly different tone than he used on social media before the remarks. On Truth Social, he posted a message that did not mention veterans but wished a “HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY TO ALL, INCLUDING THE SCUM THAT SPENT THE LAST FOUR YEARS TRYING TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY THROUGH WARPED RADICAL LEFT MINDS.” Trump also railed against what he called “USA HATING JUDGES.”

In his remarks, he largely stuck to his efforts in recent weeks to connect his return to office to a restoration of the nation’s military might.

In a politically charged commencement speech at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday, Trump told cadets that they were entering “the greatest and most powerful army the world has ever known.” He added: “And I know, because I rebuilt that army, and I rebuilt the military.”

and military service members — questioning what they got out of putting their lives on the line, and calling those who died in wars “suckers” and “losers.” He even suggested that Gold Star families had spread COVID-19 inside the White House.

In his speech Monday, Trump praised fallen soldiers who “picked up the mantle of duty and service, knowing that to live for others meant always that they might die for others.”

He also detailed the service and deaths of soldiers, and spoke directly to some of their children.

“For the families of the fallen, you feel the absence of your heroes every day in the familiar laugh no longer heard, the empty space at Sunday dinner, or the want of a hug or a pat on the back that will never come again,” Trump said.

“Every Gold Star family fights a battle long after the victory is won,” he said, “and today, we lift you up and we hold you high.”

Earlier this month, he announced that he would rename May 8, which is widely celebrated in Europe as “Victory in Europe” or “V-E Day,” as “Victory Day for World War II,” so that the United States could celebrate its achievements in that conflict.

He also said he would rename Veterans Day, celebrated on Nov. 11, as “Victory Day for World War I,” drawing pushback from veterans groups because it would champion conquest over sacrifice, and leave most living veterans without a holiday commemorating their service.

Next month, he is set to host a military parade in Washington, billed as the “Army’s birthday celebration,” to commemorate the Army’s 250th anniversary. The event, on June 14, also falls on Trump’s 79th birthday.

During his remarks Monday, after musing about returning to office for a second term in time to host soccer’s World Cup and the Summer Olympics — a quirk of timing he attributed to divine intervention — Trump highlighted the upcoming anniversary celebration, which he said “blows everything away.”

President Donald Trump takes part in a Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Monday, May 26, 2025. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)

A tornado came for Cave City. Would Trump’s FEMA?

By EMILY COCHRANE

Veda Rose Knappenberger lost everything in March when a tornado tore up her house in Cave City, Arkansas, leaving her bruised and shaken to the core.

A neighbor, Kathy McLeod, invited Knappenberger, 78, to sleep on her couch until help arrived. But by then, the Federal Emergency Management Agency had delivered startling news: It was denying assistance to residents of the nine counties hit by the storm system, saying the damage appeared contained enough for state and local officials and volunteers to handle.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a Republican who served as President Donald Trump’s press secretary in his first term, appealed the denial. Another month passed. Sanders made a personal appeal in a phone call with her former boss. Shortly after, on May 13, Trump announced he had approved a disaster declaration for Arkansas, allowing residents to apply for a type of FEMA aid known as individual assistance.

“They shouldn’t have denied it — they should have at least said, ‘We’re working on it,’” McLeod said upon learning that federal help was coming after all. “That way, people wouldn’t have thought they were just forgotten.” She would tell Knappenberger the news when she picked her up from physical therapy, which she needed in part for injuries she suffered during the storm.

Disaster experts and government officials have long wrestled with where to draw the line for federal assistance, especially as climate change makes severe weather events more frequent and costly. Indeed, FEMA has denied aid requests in the past, under both Democratic and Republican presidents.

But at a moment when the Trump administration is openly discussing dismantling FEMA and has sharply reduced its staff, it has taken FEMA months to make decisions about disaster declarations. At one point, before a series of approvals Friday, there were about twice as many outstanding disaster declarations as that time last year.

And even as disaster-struck states waited to hear from the federal government, some in FEMA had proposed quadrupling the amount of damage that communities must incur to qualify for federal funds to rebuild roads, schools and other public infrastructure.

In Arkansas, Knappenberger and others whose homes or businesses were damaged by the tornadoes that struck March 14 and 15 are now eligible for housing assistance, rental money or help with other expenses that insurance doesn’t cover. But another type of FEMA aid that Sanders

Debris from a March storm and tornado that ravaged the small town of Cave City, Ark., May 2, 2025. At a moment when the Trump administration is openly discussing dismantling the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and has sharply reduced staffing, it has taken months to make decisions about disaster declarations. (Houston Cofield/The New York Times)

had requested — to help repair public infrastructure — was denied soon after.

On Thursday, she announced that the state would cover 35% of costs to repair infrastructure and that local governments would cover the rest.

“The state of Arkansas is going to step up,” Sanders said in a news release.

Arkansas’ experience has further deepened the anxiety that many local officials and their constituents are feeling at the outset of hurricane and wildfire season. So has the lack of clarity around whether other states walloped by tornadoes recently will receive aid. Mississippi, which suffered damage in the same system as Arkansas in March, just received aid approval Friday, more than two months after the tornadoes.

Last week, a team from FEMA arrived in Cave City to start the agency’s belated relief efforts. As of Sunday, 78 applications for nearly $750,000 in assistance had been approved there and across the state.

Still, “there’s no doubt that in the interim, while we’ve been waiting on this, it’s put people in a pretty tough situation,” said Mayor Jonas Anderson, whose office is nonpartisan. And while there was relief and gratitude over the individual assistance and help from the state, he was worried

faces the threat of spring tornadoes. But until March 14, few had experienced such a direct hit.

One tornado, part of a cluster that ripped through Arkansas that Friday and Saturday, traveled low to the ground for more than 70 miles.

It destroyed Cave City’s only grocery store, the relatively new dentist’s office, the funeral home and the auto parts store. One of the city’s churches was reduced to a tiled floor, where the shape of a cross was still intact.

It also swept through part of the old motel court, whose 1930s stone and geode cottages stand over the city’s eponymous cave, where residents once stored milk and butter to keep them cool. And it ripped up more than a dozen homes, many uninsured, and dozens of trees that had stood for generations.

The denial of federal aid affirmed for many residents the importance of being self-reliant, yet it also served as a reminder that some of their neighbors simply cannot be.

“You can’t count on that, and that isn’t, I don’t think, how God wants us to be,” said Jill Carr, speaking of relying on government assistance. Her ancestors had helped build the old bank vault where she, her daughter-in-law and her dogs huddled for safety when the tornado came through. It sent a piece of roof crashing down on the statue of Jesus in her prayer garden.

about how communities like his could shoulder a majority of infrastructure repair costs.

“On-the-ground reality will show that most small communities don’t have a lot of room in the budget,” he added. While the initial denial stung Cave City residents, many were already skeptical that the federal government could help them, regardless of who was in charge. The city of nearly 2,000 people leans conservative, and many pointed to their Christian faith as a guiding force.

“I’m not placing my confidence or faith in our federal government — I put my confidence in Jesus, and he’s going to take care of us,” said Irma Carrigan, 71, seated outside the elaborate stone cabins that stand over the city’s cave earlier this month as a handyman worked on a nearby roof.

She added, “If I didn’t look at it that way, I’d be in the insane asylum right now.”

The appeal of Cave City, nestled in a constellation of rural towns in northeastern Arkansas, is in its quiet, tightknit community. Some of its residents can trace their ancestry to the families who first settled there around 1890.

Before the summer harvest in July, when thousands come for a festival celebrating “the world’s sweetest watermelons,” the town always

“He wants us to be self-sufficient and do our best to do it ourselves,” she said. But for those who do not have insurance, savings or family support, Carr said a few weeks before the FEMA aid came through, “my feelings are hurt for those people.”

“It feels terrible,” she added, her eyes repeatedly filling up with tears.

No lives were lost in Cave City, though the tornadoes killed three people nearby in the state. But the damage was extensive enough that there were immediate pleas for help.

Church volunteers drove into town to remove downed trees and deliver food. A visitor from Wisconsin handed Carrigan a bag with two blocks of cheese after clearing trees from the motel grounds, without mentioning the couple hundred dollars tucked inside.

When word first circulated that Trump had denied their state’s aid request, some residents chalked it up to problems that existed with FEMA before he returned to office.

Others guessed that the request had not reached his desk. Or maybe Trump had not understood how bad a hit Cave City had taken.

“If he saw, surely he would do something about it,” Rebecca Mullins said of the president, standing near the holes in her roof where birds have built nests. “Any godly person would.”

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Electric vehicles died a century ago. Could that happen again?

By IVAN PENN

More than a century before Tesla rolled out its first cars, the Baker Electric Coupe and the Riker Electric Roadster rumbled down American streets. Battery-powered cars were so popular that, for a time, about a third of New York’s taxis were electric.

But those early electric vehicles began to lose ground to a new class of cars, like the Ford Model T, that were cheaper and could more easily be refueled by new oil-based fuels that were becoming available around the country. Bolstered by federal tax incentives in the 1920s, the oil industry boomed — and so did gasoline-powered cars.

That history has largely been forgotten, and almost all of the early electric cars have disappeared so completely that most people alive today have never seen one — and many have no idea that they even existed. A few specimens are in museums and private collections, including a fully restored Baker Electric that Jay Leno keeps in his sprawling California garage.

Jay Leno with a restored 1909 Baker Electric at a facility for his large automobile collection in Burbank, Calif., April 29, 2025. Scholars who have studied the earlier age of electric vehicles, at one point so popular that about a third of New York’s taxis were electric, see parallels in their demise in the early decades of the 1900s and the attacks they are facing now. (Maggie Shannon/ The New York Times)

Leno’s ancient electric car has a wooden frame and 36-inch rubber wheels. It looks like a stagecoach, but it is propelled by electric motors and batteries just like a current-day Tesla Model Y or Cadillac Lyriq. It elicited smiles and amazement from people on the streets of Burbank, California, when Leno drove it around town recently.

The car may be a novelty, but it is newly relevant because the United States may be poised to repeat history.

The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are working to undercut the growth of electric vehicles, impose a new tax on them and swing federal policy sharply in favor of oil and gasoline.

Scholars who have studied the earlier age of electric vehicles see parallels in their demise in the early decades of the 1900s and the attacks they are facing now. In both eras, electric cars struggled to gain acceptance in the marketplace and were undermined by politics. A big knock against them was they had to be charged and ultimately were considered less convenient than vehicles with internal combustion engines.

“Electric cars are good if you have a towing company,” President Donald Trump said at a campaign rally in Iowa in October 2023. At another appearance the next month, he said, “You can’t get out of New Hampshire in an electric car.”

Charging and access to fuel were also concerns a century earlier.

Americans in the 1920s wanted to explore the country. But many rural and suburban areas didn’t have electricity. President Franklin D. Roosevelt made a big push to electrify the entire country in 1936 — the last farms were connected to the grid in the early 1970s. That made it difficult to use electric cars in many places.

Republican leaders say that electric vehicles do not deserve subsidies in the tax code and that their tax bill levels the playing field that Democrats had tilted in favor of one technology.

A hundred years ago, lawmakers also put their thumbs on the scale — and came down on the side of oil.

The triumph of internal combustion made long-distance travel accessible to the masses and helped power the U.S. economy. It also led to deadly urban air pollution and has been a major cause of climate change.

Now, the decadeslong tug of war between combustion engine and electric cars is intensifying again, and electric cars may be in trouble, at least in the United States.

Sales of electric cars are growing quickly in most of the rest of world, increasing 35% in China in the first four months of the year and 25% in Europe, according to Rho Motion, a research firm. But in the United States, sales were up a more modest 11% in the first three months of 2025, according to Kelley Blue Book.

Republican leaders are pushing legislation that would eliminate many Biden administration programs intended to promote electric vehicle sales, including a $7,500 federal tax credit. They also want to impose a new annual $250 fee on electric vehicle owners to finance highway construction and maintenance.

Leno, the former “Tonight Show” host, who now has an online show focused on cars, “Jay Leno’s Garage,” has a restored 1909 Baker Electric in his collection. It has a top speed of 25 mph and can travel 80 miles on a full charge.

With a high-top cab decorated in Victorian flair, it has two fabric-cushioned bench seats facing each other and roller shades on the windows. The car was meant to accommodate fanciful women’s hats, which at the turn of the century were often big and bold. As an added touch, the car’s designers mounted a makeup case inside the car.

“What do men like?” Leno said. “Something that rolls, explodes and makes noise. That’s why men like the gasoline car, because it frightened children, you know, that type of thing.”

Leno said he loves the Baker, which he drives around Burbank at least once a year, to see holiday lights and decorations with his wife.

He said such vehicles had many merits, convenience among them. They are low maintenance, they’re fast and you can fuel them at home, particularly at night when electricity is generally much more affordable than during the day.

The concept of home charging isn’t new. Home car chargers also made their debut a century ago, only bulkier and a bit more frightful.

“It looked like a machine out of Dr. Frankenstein’s laboratory,” said Leslie Kendall, chief historian at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.

Kendall said electric cars could have stuck around and even done well. But they were hampered by the lack of electricity in many communities, long charging times and their higher costs relative to gasoline vehicles — a Model T in 1908 cost about $650 compared with $1,750 for an electric roadster.

“You could carry extra gas with you,” he said. “You couldn’t carry extra electricity.”

Richard Riker, a grandson of electric car pioneer Andrew L. Riker, said his grandfather had identified one of the biggest stumbling blocks to the cars he designed and sold — one that lingers to this day.

“They didn’t have charging stations out on the street corners like my grandfather said they need to,” Riker said.

During the Biden administration, Congress sought to address that shortcoming by allocating $7.5 billion for the construction of public chargers. Trump has halted that program.

One of Andrew Riker’s cars from the mid-1890s, a topless, two-seater cab that still sputters along at about 15 mph, is on display at the Petersen museum along with other electric vehicles, both from history and those under development.

Despite policy and other challenges, Riker said he was still optimistic about electric vehicles. He expects that in the coming decades, technical advances will give such vehicles a big edge over gasoline vehicles.

“If you can charge a car in five minutes and go 500 miles,” he said, “the gasoline engine is history.”

Trump’s tariffs and tax bill may derail US battery industry

By REBECCA F. ELLIOTT

The robots were doing practice runs.

It was the day before production was set to begin, and every few seconds, machines folded a stack of paper-thin battery cells into a metallic sheath. Then they sealed the pouch around the edges.

This tightly choreographed assembly line is the result of yearslong American efforts to match China’s industrial policy in areas such as battery manufacturing. Ultimately, the batteries produced at this Michigan factory by LG Energy Solution, a South Korean company, will help balance the supply and demand for power on U.S. electric grids.

The silver-colored pouches — roughly the size of two computer keyboards set end to end — will be placed into large battery containers that can be more than 20 feet wide. In the past few years, electric utilities and other energy companies have begun spending billions of dollars to install scores of such big batteries around the country in parking lots, at old industrial sites and on what used to be farmland.

The batteries play an increasingly central role in the electricity business, especially in states like California and Texas, which have lots of solar and wind farms that produce energy at relatively low cost but only some of the time. The batteries serve as a sponge, soaking up energy when a lot of it is available and dispensing it when homes and businesses need it most.

But President Donald Trump’s tariffs on China may knock this fledgling industry off course. Another threat is brewing in Congress, where House Republicans, with Trump’s blessing, have passed a budget bill that analysts say would drastically restrict access to subsidies for making and using rechargeable batteries.

Tristan Doherty, chief product officer for LG Energy Solution’s U.S. energy storage unit, Vertech, compared tariffs to a drug that can be deadly at high concentrations.

“The dose makes the poison, right?” Doherty said during a recent visit to the LG factory in Holland, Michigan. “A little bit of tariff metered out on the right time scale, at the right level, can get us to a much better place. But too much too fast can kill us.”

What happens to the companies that make batteries and install them on American grids will affect how quickly the country is able to meet rising power demand and how much that energy will cost.

Without such batteries, utilities would have to invest a lot more in expensive power plants and transmission lines to be prepared for scorching summer afternoons or frigid winter mornings when power use soars. Such spending would drive up electricity prices significantly, energy experts say.

Trump’s tariffs on China have already caused battery costs to rise sharply for U.S. buyers. When U.S. tariffs on Chinese batteries topped 150% for a monthlong period starting in April, companies stopped importing cells from China, executives said.

LG has made batteries for vehicles at its Michigan factory for more than a decade. At the beginning of May, the plant also began making batteries typically used to store energy. The storage batteries use iron and phosphate and go by the name LFP.

China makes nearly all LFP batteries.

Most U.S. electric cars, by contrast, use batteries made up of materials such as nickel and cobalt, which are more expensive than iron and phosphate but can store more energy, enabling cars to travel several hundred miles on a charge.

The Trump administration temporarily lowered tariffs on China in mid-May, to 30%, though batteries face additional levies. But the legislation that Republicans advanced would also make it harder to claim lucrative subsidies for making and installing batteries.

If the Republican budget bill took effect in its current form, it would be “something of a kill switch” for the tax credits available for making batteries, said Antoine Vagneur-Jones, an analyst at BloombergNEF. It also would quickly end tax credits for installing them on the grid.

Businesses are worried. Tesla, which sells energy storage systems in addition to cars, warned in April that the levies would have an “outsized” effect on its energy business, which relies on Chinese batteries. That was before Trump partly rolled back tariffs on China for 90 days.

Trump and his aides have expressed strong opinions about the energy sector. They love oil, gas and critical minerals but have dim views of electric vehicles and wind and solar energy. Batteries appear to occupy something of a middle ground.

Chris Wright, the energy secretary, seemed ambivalent about them in a March interview with The New York Times. “Batteries have a role. Solar is growing rapidly,” he said. “These are things of interest. I think we’re just a little bit more sober about it.”

Asked for comment for this article, the Trump administration did not directly address batteries but criticized wind and solar energy.

“The wind and solar industries in the United States have lived on more than three decades of subsidies,” an administration spokesperson said. “Despite those subsidies, those energy sources still don’t come close to the affordability, reliability and

security found in other sources of energy such as nuclear, coal and natural gas.”

The science behind LFP batteries was developed in the 1990s by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin. But it was China that recognized the technology’s commercial promise. Most manufacturers in the United States make batteries with nickel and cobalt.

“For a long time, we were not paying too much attention here in the U.S.,” said Arumugam Manthiram, a University of Texas engineering professor whose research helped pave the way for LFP batteries.

One company, A123 Systems, briefly produced LFP batteries in the United States, only to file for bankruptcy protection in 2012. A Chinese automotive supplier eventually bought most of the company’s assets.

Around that time, the company now known as LG Energy Solution, one of the world’s biggest battery manufacturers, began making cells for cars in Holland. Its light gray factory is less than 10 miles from Lake Michigan.

LG had planned to expand the factory to supply Toyota’s vehicles. But electric vehicles are not taking off as quickly in the United States as many companies anticipated. Electricity demand, on the other hand, is rising rapidly. As a result, the company changed its expansion plan and outfitted a new wing of the factory for LFP production, a $1.4 billion undertaking.

When the new assembly lines are running at full tilt, they will make enough cells to satisfy more than a quarter of current U.S. demand for LFP batteries, according to data from LG and Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, a research firm. The investment decision predated Trump’s trade policy announcements, Doherty said.

“There was already an understanding that the cost of importing cells from China was going to be going up,” he said, citing Biden-era tax and trade policy aimed at encouraging companies to buy U.S.-made batteries.

Another company, AESC, also started making LFP batteries for storage systems this spring, in Tennessee.

During the recent tour of the LG factory, operators were adjusting a machine designed to wind giant sheets of aluminum foil, like thread around a bobbin. The foil was coated on both sides in a thin layer of dark gray material containing iron and phosphate, the cathode. Machines would later press and slice that coated foil into strips to be paired with their other half, the anode.

While China remains the primary source for the components of LFP batteries, LG expects that its cells from Holland will not have any Chinese ingredients by early 2026, Doherty said. If successful, it would be the culmination of a long decoupling from a country that controls much of the supply chain for battery materials.

Still, the Republican tax bill remains a big concern. Without tax credits, it would not be profitable for LG to make cells in the United States at current battery prices, Doherty said.

“This all just creates more uncertainty,” he said. “Investment, especially big investment, hates uncertainty.”

A worker inside LG Energy Solution, a South Korean battery manufacturer in Holland, Mich., April 30, 2025. The batteries produced at an LG Energy Solution factory will store power to balance supply and demand on electric grids. (Brittany Greeson/The New York Times)

US stocks end sharply higher on Trump’s tariff reprieve

Wall Street surged on Tuesday as investor risk appetite was buoyed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff respite and an unexpected jump in consumer confidence.

A broad rally sent all three major U.S. stock indexes higher, with strength in the AI-related “magnificent seven” group of momentum stocks putting the tech-laden Nasdaq out front.

The S&P 500 is now within 5% of its record closing high reached on February 19, having plunged as much as 18.9% below that level in the wake of Donald Trump’s erratic tariff announcements, which have whipsawed markets for much of the President’s second term.

“When (Trump) came out with guns blazing April 2, the market thought the world was ending,” said Paul Nolte, senior wealth adviser and market strategist at Murphy and Sylvest in Elmhurst, Illinois. “The selloff was so strong and quick that you would expect some rebound, and the rebound has been so sharp and quick that you would expect some type of pullback as investors digest it and ask themselves what the terrain really looks like.”

In the latest move, the president backed down from his 50% tariff threat against the European Union, delaying its implementation until July 9 to allow for negotiations between the White House and the 27-nation bloc.

“Investors have kind of figured Trump out a little bit,” Nolte added. “He’s like the poker player at the table that you know is making some bets and then when pressed by the other players at the table, he folds.”

On the economic front, a 14.4% surge in currentmonth consumer confidence added momentum to the rally, helping investors look past a steeper-than-expected drop in new orders for core capital goods, considered a barometer of U.S. corporate spending plans.

Richmond Federal Reserve President Thomas Barkin told Bloomberg that economic data has yet to show increased price pressure or joblessness, echoing the sentiments of many Fed officials who anticipate the key interest rate will remain unchanged until the full effect of Trump’s tariffs is known.

Minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s most recent monetary policy meeting are due on Wednesday.

Long-dated U.S. Treasury yields dipped, while those on the 30-year note were set for their biggest one-day fall since late April, mimicking a steep price rally in longerterm Japanese debt.

According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 gained 118.93 points, or 2.05%, to end at 5,921.75 points, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 460.64 points, or 2.46%, to 19,197.85. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 738.18 points, or 1.77%, to 42,341.25.

All 11 major sectors of the S&P 500 were green. Airlines and megacap tech-related growth stocks were the clear outperformers.

Semiconductors were also ahead of the pack, one day before chipmaker Nvidia is due to report its quarterly results. Year-on-year, the AI darling is expected to post a

43.5% jump in earnings per share, on a 66.2% revenue surge.

Temu-parent PDD Holdings dropped after reporting a 47% fall in first-quarter profit and missed quarterly revenue estimates.

European shares kicked off the week on a positive note on Monday, recouping the previous session’s losses, as markets heaved a sigh of relief after U.S. President Donald Trump delayed his threat to impose a 50% tariff on the region.

The pan-European STOXX 600 index closed 1% higher. It had lost 0.9% on Friday after Trump unexpectedly called for sharp tariffs on goods from the European Union,

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saying that negotiations with the region were not moving fast enough.

On Sunday, Trump extended the deadline for tariffs to July 9 from June 1, after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the 27-nation bloc needed more time to produce a deal.

The automobiles and parts index, sensitive to tariff-related pressures, led broader gains with a 1.8% rise. However, they were limited by a 3.3% decline in Porsche.

Defence companies were among the biggest boosts to the STOXX 600 index, with Rheinmetall and Leonardo gaining over 3% each and the aerospace and defence index advancing 1.7%.

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She sacrificed everything to reach the US. Under Trump, she decided to leave.

By ANNIE CORREAL

For Yessica Rojas, the choice was clear. After less than two years in Missouri, she and her two children had to leave.

The reason, she said, were stories about Venezuelan mothers like her that had gone viral on social media. Rojas heard they had been deported to Venezuela while the U.S. authorities held on to their children.

“It just isn’t worth it now,” said Rojas, 29, explaining her decision to leave the United States.

The stories are not just rumors: This year, a Venezuelan 2-year-old called Antonella by her family remained in foster care while her mother was sent back to Venezuela and her father to a prison in El Salvador. (Antonella has since been returned to her family.)

Rojas left Branson, Missouri, the same week.

Episodes like this one have sent shock waves through immigrant communities, accomplishing what the Trump administration’s warnings — and even the promise of $1,000 for those willing to “self-deport” — alone could not do: They have persuaded at least some migrant parents to leave the United States.

It is not clear how many people have abandoned their American lives since President Donald Trump began his second term. A recent flight carried around 65 people who opted to leave for Colombia and Honduras, according to the Trump administration, and individual stories of immigrants leaving voluntarily have emerged across the country.

Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, said in a statement last week, “It’s an easy choice: Leave voluntarily and receive a $1,000 check or stay and wait till you are fined $1,000 day, arrested and deported without the possibility to return.” She added: “We encourage all parents, who are here illegally, to take control of their departure through the CBP Home app.”

Rojas left her home country of Venezuela two years ago and first spent a spell living in Colombia, she said. She packed up her son and daughter in the

Another passenger takes a photo of Yessica Rojas and her children Yessiel, 3, and Kenyerly, 8, as they traveled between Panama and Colombia by boat, en route back to her native Venezuela, on May 6, 2025. Stories on social media of people being deported to Venezuela, while American authorities held on to their children, have driven some mothers to leave the United States. “It just isn’t worth it now,” Rojas said. (Federico Rios Escobar/The New York Times)

summer of 2023 and made her way to Missouri, after the three crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and turned themselves over to authorities to request asylum. They ended up in Branson because a friend had settled there.

Acclimating to the small Ozark city was not easy, Rojas said. But gradually she found her way, discovering secondhand stores for winter clothes and finding the two jobs that allowed her to buy ice cream for her daughter, she said.

Then came 2025, and, with it, Trump’s new immigrations policies, which to her seemed to take particular aim at Venezuelans. The story of Antonella went viral on TikTok and in WhatsApp groups. Rojas said the threat of losing her children — Kenyerly, 8, and Yessiel, 3 — ate at her, and she immediately began to fear for them.

She asked a lawyer about seeking help from the U.S. government to leave the country, which officials have described as “the safest option for illegal aliens.” But Rojas said she was ultimately too scared to have any contact with the authorities.

Instead, she left quietly, giving short notice at her restaurant and housekeeping jobs, not saying too much to her children’s teachers at school. She

sold the used gray Chevrolet that she had scrimped and saved to buy for $800 so she would not have to walk to work anymore.

“I had to pack up my little things and leave again,” she said.

The family set out in late April.

Over the next few weeks, Rojas and her children took buses to Texas and to the U.S. border, where two years before they spent five days in a detention center, sleeping under crinkly aluminum blankets and eating frozen burritos that made Yessiel, then still a baby, sick.

In Texas, “the bus was full of Venezuelans,” Rojas said. “They said they’d rather leave than go through something bad there,” she said, adding of U.S. officials: “They have painted us as criminals.”

In Mexico, the family curled up on more long bus rides — from Monterrey to Mexico City to Tuxtla, near the country’s southern border, where Rojas’ brother and his family joined her.

Then they traveled farther south, finally boarding a boat in Panama for an eight-hour trip along the Caribbean Coast to the edge of the fearsome jungle they had once trekked through on their way north: the Darién Gap.

Along the way, they met other fa-

milies like theirs: with single mothers who had left the United States, terrified of being separated from their children. These mothers, too, were Venezuelan; many had fled their crisis-torn country years before and given birth to sons and daughters in other countries. This added to their fear that if they were to be deported from the United States, their children would be held by the immigration authorities or sent elsewhere.

In the Panamanian port town of Puerto Obaldía, on the edge of the Darién Gap, Rojas took out her phone this month and found a photo: It was of her, Kenyerly and Yessiel as they prepared to cross the Darién in July 2023.

“Look how little they were,” she said.

Now, she tried to prepare them for what might lie ahead. Not a week in the jungle, crossing swift-moving rivers, hiking until nightfall in the mud. Not a scramble across the U.S. border to reach a new country with an unfamiliar language. But bare shelves, a life without the ice cream and the other small luxuries she had finally been able to afford.

Rojas admitted she herself wasn’t ready for what she might find in Venezuela — the unrest she had fled had turned into a full-scale humanitarian crisis, with sky-high prices alongside regular shortages of basic goods and medicines.

“It’s going to be a drastic change,” she said. “We really don’t know how it’s going to be.”

Still, she tried to get the children excited, reminding them how happy their grandparents would be to see them.

In Puerto Obaldía, her son ran circles around her, playing with other boys who had just gotten off the boat in the tiny jungle village. “Let’s go!” he shouted over and over again, in English. “Let’s go!”

Last week, Rojas finally arrived in Venezuela. In a phone call, she said she was grateful to have made it safely back to the city of Mérida, even if food prices were high and the journey home had cost her everything she had saved: more than $2,000.

She feared she had little to show for all her struggles. But she had her son and her daughter.

A quiet funeral in Israel for victim of Washington shooting

By ISABEL KERSHNER

Weeks before, Yaron Lischinsky had made plans to travel to Israel on Sunday with his partner, Sarah Milgrim. He wanted to introduce her to his family for the first time and, relatives said, propose to her.

Instead, Lischinsky, 30, was laid to rest Sunday at sunset, in a small cemetery a short walk from his family home in the village of Beit Zayit, nestled in the wooded hills west of Jerusalem.

Lischinsky and Milgrim, 26, were gunned down Wednesday night outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington as they left a reception for young professionals and diplomats hosted by the American Jewish Committee.

The shooter, identified by the police as Elias Rodriguez, 31, of Chicago, cried out “Free, free Palestine!” as he was being apprehended — a call heard in protests around the world against Israel and its war in the Gaza Strip, which was ignited by the deadly Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.

Rodriguez has been charged with the murder of foreign officials, first-degree murder and other crimes. U.S. authorities said they would also be investigating the attack as a hate crime and a crime of terrorism.

For their part, Lischinsky, a research assistant in the political department at the Israeli Embassy, and Milgrim, who organized and worked with delegations at the embassy, were both known as peace-seeking bridge-builders, according to their colleagues.

On Sunday, quiet prevailed over Beit Zayit, a community of about 1,600 residents with a store, a clinic and an outdoor library in a tiny pavilion. Residents of the town described the

Lischinsky family as very private and modest people.

In keeping with the family’s desire for privacy, the return to Israel of Lischinsky’s remains and his funeral were unusually low-profile affairs, without media coverage.

Lischinsky’s coffin arrived in Israel on Friday and was received by representatives of the

family and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a brief, private ceremony at the airport, according to a statement from the ministry.

Israelis were outraged by the killing of Lischinsky and Milgrim but many said that amid the global rising tide of antisemitism and antiIsrael sentiment they saw such an attack coming.

“The people of Israel have been attacked for thousands of years,” said Israel Perel, 83, who moved to Beit Zayit five decades ago, seeking a home in nature.

“We won’t give in to those who want to do us harm,” he said, speaking outside the community’s small administrative center Sunday afternoon. He had come looking for an Israeli flag to take with him to Lischinsky’s funeral.

In the intense late afternoon heat, hundreds of people began to stream toward the cemetery in a pine forest on the edge of the village for the 6 p.m. funeral.

Israel’s foreign minister, Gideon Saar, attended the ceremony and gave one of the eulogies.

Lischinsky, an outstanding student who had grown up in Germany and Israel, was a deeply committed Israeli patriot and had aspired to become a professional diplomat for his country, according to his teachers and colleagues.

After his burial, his close family tarried by the fresh grave, covered in wreaths of flowers, until darkness fell as long lines of mourners embraced them and offered words of comfort, according to some people in attendance.

Lischinsky came from a culturally mixed background with a Jewish father and a Christian mother, and was a practicing Christian, according to his brother, Hanan Lischinsky, 32. People who had worked with Lischinsky in the embassy said that over his last two years there, he had identified as Jewish.

The funeral service blended religious traditions and elements. A leader of the Hebrewspeaking King of Kings congregation of Jerusalem — part of a Messianic community that says its mission is to reveal the true face of Jesus to Israel — officiated alongside representatives of the Orthodox Jewish burial society.

“The best revenge is not to resemble your enemies,” one of Lischinsky’s family members, who the family asked not to be identified, said during the eulogies. “I choose love and not hate.”

“The terrorist who killed my brother,” the family member added, “I want to tell him that I love him, that I forgive him, and already I am not angry with him. If one day I see him I will give him a big hug, and I will tell him what a human Yaron was, and I will tell the terrorist how much God loves him, and that I am full of love toward him.”

On Monday, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Saar, and attended a ceremony that commemorated the embassy aides.

Milgrim’s funeral is scheduled to take place Tuesday near the Kansas City suburb where she grew up.

Lischinsky’s family never got to meet her.

Mourners on their way to the funeral of Yaron Lischinsky in Beit Zayit, Israel, on Sunday, May 25, 2025. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv/The New York Times)

Wreaths cover the grave of Yaron Lischinsky in Beit Zayit, Israel, on Sunday, May 25, 2025. Lischinsky, a staff member at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, was killed in a shooting attack last week at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv/The New York Times)

Trump’s vision: One world, three powers?

By EDWARD WONG

For President Donald Trump, anytime is a good time for dealmaking, but never more so than now with the leaders of China and Russia.

Last Monday, Trump said he wanted to normalize commerce with Russia, appearing to lessen the pressure on Moscow to settle its war with Ukraine. And he is trying to limit the fallout from his own global trade war by urging China’s leader to call him.

“We all want to make deals,” Trump said in a recent interview with Time magazine. “But I am this giant store. It’s a giant, beautiful store, and everybody wants to go shopping there.”

Trump may have something even bigger in mind involving Russia and China, and it would be the ultimate deal.

His actions and statements suggest he might be envisioning a world in which each of the three so-called great powers — the United States, China and Russia — dominates its part of the globe, some foreign policy analysts say. It would be a throwback to a 19th-century style of imperial rule.

Trump has said he wants to take Greenland from Denmark, annex Canada and reestablish U.S. control of the Panama Canal. Those bids to extend U.S. dominance in the Western Hemisphere are the clearest signs yet of his desire to create a sphere of influence in the nation’s backyard.

He has criticized allies and talked about withdrawing U.S. troops from around the globe. That could benefit Russia and China, which seek to diminish the U.S. security presence in Europe and Asia. Trump often praises President Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping, China’s leader, as strong and smart men who are his close friends.

To that end, Trump has been trying to formalize Russian control of some Ukrainian territory — and U.S. access to Ukraine’s minerals — as part of a potential peace deal that critics say would effectively carve up Ukraine, similar to what great powers did in the age of empires. Trump and Putin spoke about Ukraine in a two-

hour phone call last week.

“The tone and spirit of the conversation were excellent,” Trump wrote on social media.

Monica Duffy Toft, a professor of international politics at Tufts University’s Fletcher School, said that the leaders of the United States, Russia and China are all striving for “an imaginary past that was freer and more glorious.”

“Commanding and extending spheres of influence appears to restore a fading sense of grandeur,” she wrote in a new essay in Foreign Affairs magazine. The term “spheres of influence” originated at the Berlin Conference of 1884-85, in which European powers adopted a formal plan to carve up Africa.

Some close observers of Trump, including officials from his first administration, caution against thinking his actions and statements are strategic. While Trump might have strong, longheld attitudes about a handful of issues, notably immigration and trade, he does not have a vision of a world order, they argue.

Yet there are signs that Trump and perhaps some of his aides are thinking in the manner that emperors once did when they conceived of spheres of influence.

“The best evidence is Trump’s desire to expand America’s overt sphere of influence in the Western Hemisphere,” said Stephen Wertheim, a historian of U.S. foreign policy at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

But setting up a sphere of influence in the post-imperial age is not easy, even for a superpower.

Last month, Canadians elected an antiTrump prime minister, Mark Carney, whose Liberal Party appeared destined to lose the election

until Trump talked aggressively about Canada. Leaders of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, have rejected the idea of U.S. control. Chinese officials are threatening to stop a Hong Kong company from selling its business running two ports in the Panama Canal to U.S. investors.

“China will not give up its stakes in the Western Hemisphere so easily without a fight,” said Yun Sun, a China analyst at the Stimson Center in Washington.

Even so, Trump and his aides persist in trying to exert greater U.S. influence from the Arctic Circle to South America’s Patagonia region. When Carney told Trump this month in the Oval Office that Canada was “not for sale,” Trump replied: “Never say never.”

In March, Vice President JD Vance visited a U.S. military base in Greenland to reiterate Trump’s desire to take the territory.

And it is no coincidence that Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s two most substantial trips since taking office have been to Latin America and the Caribbean.

In El Salvador, Rubio negotiated with Nayib Bukele, the strongman leader, to have the nation imprison immigrants deported by the U.S. government, setting up what is effectively a U.S. penal colony. Rubio also pressed Panama on its ports.

During that trip to the region, Rubio was asked by a reporter whether administration officials had discussed setting up spheres of influence, which would entail negotiating limits on each superpower’s footprint, including in Asia. Rubio, who has more conventional foreign policy views than Trump, asserted that the Unit-

ed States would maintain its military alliances in Asia. Those alliances allow it to base troops across the region.

“We don’t talk about spheres of influence,” he said. “The United States is an Indo-Pacific nation. We have relationships with Japan, South Korea, the Philippines. We’re going to continue those relationships.”

Some analysts say Trump’s approach to the war in Ukraine is consistent with the concept of spheres of influence. The United States is talking to another large power — Russia — about how to define the borders of a smaller country and is itself trying to control natural resources.

Trump has proposed terms of a settlement that would mostly benefit Russia, including U.S. recognition of Russian sovereignty over Crimea and acknowledgment of Russian occupation of large swaths of eastern Ukraine. Last week, Trump even seemed to back off his demand that Russia agree to an immediate ceasefire with Ukraine. Earlier, he got Ukraine to sign an agreement to give U.S. companies access to the country’s minerals.

Supporters of Trump’s settlement proposal say it reflects the reality on the ground, as Ukraine struggles to oust the Russian occupiers.

But Trump’s praise of Putin and of Russia, and his persistent skepticism of America’s role in NATO, has inflamed anxieties among European nations over a potentially waning U.S. presence in their geographic sphere.

The same is true of Taiwan and Asian security. Trump has voiced enough criticism of the island over the years, and showered enough accolades on Xi, that Taiwanese and U.S. officials wonder whether he would waver on U.S. arms support for Taiwan, which is mandated by a congressional act.

Trump says he wants to reach a deal with China. Whether that would go beyond tariffs to address issues such as Taiwan and the U.S. military presence in Asia is an open question.

“Beijing would love to have a grand bargain with the U.S. on spheres of influence,” said Sun, the China analyst, and “its first and foremost focus will be on Taiwan.”

Trump administration officials have not detailed how far the United States would go to defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion. At his confirmation hearing, Elbridge Colby, undersecretary of defense for policy, was asked by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., why Colby’s stance on defending Taiwan appeared to have “softened” recently.

Colby said Taiwan was “not an existential interest” for the United States and affirmed a vague commitment to Asia: “It’s very important the core American interest is in denying China regional hegemony.”

President Donald Trump departs to board Marine One as he heads to travel to the Middle East for his first foreign state visit on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, D.C. on Monday, May 12, 2025. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)

Trump got what he wanted from South Africa, and damaged America NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL

By LYDIA POLGREEN

It might sound improbable in light of the bizarre encounter that unfolded in the Oval Office last Wednesday, but President Donald Trump and Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s president, actually have quite a few things in common. Both are lavishly wealthy business tycoons who coveted, then achieved, rather late in life, the highest office in their land. Both share a taste for the refined leisure of the moneyed global elite — golf for Trump, fly fishing for Ramaphosa.

But most important, both built their formidable reputations on a knack for making deals. In Trump’s case, this usually involved real estate: hotels, casinos, luxury condominiums. Ramaphosa, for his part, was central to one of the most celebrated deals of the 20th century: He was the lead negotiator in the talks that brought an end to apartheid in South Africa.

Ramaphosa and his party, the African National Congress, achieved this remarkable feat in no small part through his uncommon knack for finding common ground and a willingness to make hard choices and big sacrifices to achieve peace with a sworn enemy. Sure, Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk, leaders of their respective parties, got the Nobel Peace Prize. But Ramaphosa, relentless and charming in equal measure, played a critical role in getting the deal over the finish line.

So it is perhaps not surprising that Ramaphosa, a debonair statesman who does not lack confidence in his abilities, thought he could bring his considerable talents to the Oval Office and at least begin the process of making some kind of deal with the man who thinks of himself as the king of deals. Instead, Trump hijacked the meeting to focus on a racist fantasy of white South Africans suffering genocide at the hands of a Black majority. As spectacle, it was grimly riveting. As statecraft, it was deeply damaging.

It’s not like there wasn’t anything serious to talk about. The two countries are at odds over a range of issues — South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, tariffs, aid cuts to the country’s most vulnerable citizens — that would benefit from reasoned discussion. But Trump had clearly planned to ambush Ramaphosa, bringing in a television screen and dimming the lights to show a video of an opposition party leader, Julius Malema, leading a crowd in a chant, “Kill the Boer, kill the farmer,” that Trump and his allies claim supports their view that white people face genocidal violence in South Africa.

It was, to say the least, misleading. Malema, a notorious gadfly and former leader of the youth wing of the African National Congress, was long ago expelled amid a storm of fights with the party’s leaders. His party, the Economic Freedom Fighters, advocates the broad seizure and redistribution of white land without compensation, a policy that the ANC has long rejected. Trump might point to the law that allows the government to seize land “for a public purpose or in the public interest,” but the government so far has not done so without compensation.

all of the country’s wealth in white hands would remain largely unchanged. There would be no expropriation of land, no forced divestment.

A small Black elite would get a seat at the corporate South African table, Ramaphosa among them. A small Black middle class would emerge at the edges of that elite. But the fundamental inequality baked in by apartheid — a tiny sliver of mostly white people holding the vast majority of land and wealth — would endure. A report published in The World Bank Economic Review that examined wealth distribution in South Africa from the end of apartheid to 2017 found that the top 10% of the country controls 86% of its wealth, an astonishing gap.

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In the South Africa of the Trumpist fever dream, in which a bloodthirsty Black majority seeks vengeance against whites by taking their land and even their lives, EFF would be wildly popular. But in last year’s general election in the real South Africa, it was in some ways the biggest loser, slipping from third to fourth largest party in parliament.

Indeed, the white landowner is no longer a reliable political boogeyman. When I went to South Africa to report on the election last May, I found that the real xenophobic rage driving politics there was directed primarily at poor migrants from other African countries, who have become convenient scapegoats for the intractable inequality that has long defined South Africa. I heard plenty of complaints about Somali shopkeepers supposedly gouging the residents of poor townships outside Cape Town, but hardly a peep about the wealthy Afrikaner families that control vast swaths of rich farmland just a few miles away.

This is a remarkable turnabout, but its roots lie in the vaunted deal that Ramaphosa helped make to end apartheid. The white minority that had subjugated and ruled the Black majority after expropriating their land, herding them into poor Bantustans and profiting from their cheap labor, would yield to democracy and a new constitution that would grant the right to vote to all South Africans. In exchange for political power, the fundamental economic arrangements that had concentrated virtually

Perhaps this explains why Ramaphosa’s party, which had enjoyed overwhelming support from voters since the end of apartheid in 1994, finally lost its majority last year. But when faced with the choice of coalition partners to build a government, Ramaphosa shunned radical parties like the Economic Freedom Fighters, with their chants about killing farmers, and formed a coalition government with its archrival, the Democratic Alliance, a party deeply associated with white wealth.

Members of that party were among the mixed-race delegation that made the trip to the White House on Wednesday, composed of politicians from Ramaphosa’s uneasy coalition government, and rounded out by a pair of famous golfers and South Africa’s richest man. Multiple white members of the delegation tried to persuade Trump that his fears of white genocide were misplaced, that violent crime is a problem that affects all South Africans. Trump, theatrically waving around fake evidence of a fake problem, was unmoved. He wasn’t there to make a deal. He was there to make memes and score points with his most rabid fans.

Through all of Trump’s lies and bluster, Ramaphosa remained remarkably composed. At the end of the meeting he reminded his counterpart that later this year South Africa would play host to the Group of 20, and said he hoped Trump would attend. It was a telling reminder that the world is changing fast.

President Donald Trump and President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, May 21, 2025. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)

Busca redefinir zona marítimo terrestre para frenar la privatización de playas

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EL CAPITOLIO – La senadora Ada Álvarez Conde presentó el martes el Proyecto del Senado 628, con el propósito de redefinir científicamente la zona marítimo terrestre de Puerto Rico, como parte de los esfuerzos para frenar la privatización de las playas y fortalecer la protección ambiental.

“Esta es una herramienta necesaria para combatir la erosión costera, mejorar la fiscalización de construcciones ilegales y proteger el acceso público a nuestras costas”, expresó Álvarez en declaraciones escritas.

La medida enmienda la Ley de Muelles y Puertos de 1968 y la Ley del Cuerpo de Vigilantes de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales, para incluir una nueva definición legal que contemple mareas máximas vivas equinocciales, oleaje extremo, dunas, manglares, estuarios y bermas. Esta definición busca facilitar el deslinde,

manejo y protección de estos bienes públicos ante el cambio climático y construcciones no autorizadas.

Además, el proyecto establece que el Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales (DRNA) y la Autoridad de Puertos deberán crear un reglamento en 180 días para definir procedimientos uniformes de deslinde y fiscalización. Ambos organismos deberán rendir un informe sobre su cumplimiento a la Asamblea Legislativa en o antes de 240 días.

La medida fue presentada por petición de expertos en geociencia y conservación, entre ellos Pedro Gelabert, Ruperto Chaparro, Ernesto Díaz, Miguel Canals, Aurelio Mercado y Alfredo Torruella.

“El pueblo tiene derecho a acceder y disfrutar de sus playas. Esta medida atiende décadas de ambigüedades legales y reafirma que las playas son patrimonio colectivo y no propiedad de unos pocos”, añadió la senadora.

Radican cargos contra 12 personas por ocho asesinatos en seis municipios

SAN JUAN – El comisionado del Negociado de la Policía, Joseph González, informó el martes que en conjunto con el Departamento de Justicia se radicaron cargos criminales contra 12 personas por su presunta participación en ocho asesinatos ocurridos en los municipios de Corozal, Coamo, Guaynabo, Caguas, Las Piedras y Camuy.

“Cada arresto representa justicia para las víctimas y sus familias. Como he dicho, los casos se presentan cuando están listos; la prisa es la peor enemiga de una investigación criminal efectiva”, expresó González en una sesión informativa.

Entre los acusados, seis fueron arrestados, tres serán excarcelados para enfrentar cargos, uno será extraditado desde una prisión federal y dos se mantienen prófugos. Once enfrentan cargos por asesinato en primer grado y uno por asesinato atenuado.

El coronel Manuel De Jesús Treskow, comisionado auxiliar de Investigaciones Criminales, destacó que la colaboración ciudadana ha sido esencial para los arrestos. “Exhortamos a los ciudadanos a comunicarse de forma confidencial al 787-343-2020 si poseen datos relevantes sobre estos u otros crímenes”, indicó.

Entre los casos destacados:

* En Corozal, Edwin Omar Díaz Santiago fue arrestado por el asesinato de Joel Santiago Matos y Roberto Ortiz Matos el 4 de mayo frente al negocio El Cruce Bar and Grill. Tres personas más resultaron heridas.

* En Coamo, se radicaron cargos a cinco personas por el asesinato de Nathanael Sánchez Massa y Mary Lynne Rivera Santiago el 10 de mayo de 2023. Rivera, una víctima inocente, fue baleada mientras compraba desayuno.

* En Guaynabo, José Damián Ortiz Rodríguez será extraditado por el asesinato de Reinaldo Herrera Santana, ocurrido en 2019.

* En Caguas, cuatro individuos enfrentan cargos por el asesinato de Leonel Vega Rosario, de 17 años, el 9 de septiembre de 2021, frente al negocio Casa Segura.

* En Las Piedras, Neftalí Javier Esquilín Lebrón es buscado por asesinar a Januel Alberto Rivera el 21 de julio de 2024.

* En Camuy, Víctor Soto Concepción fue citado por la muerte de Rafael Juan Arbelo Bosque, ocurrida tras una confrontación vial.

“La Policía de Puerto Rico reitera su compromiso con la seguridad y la justicia y agradece la colaboración de la ciudadanía en la lucha contra el crimen”, puntualizó González.

Cierran carretera 140 en Jayuya tras impacto de camión con tendido

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JAYUYA – La carretera 140, a la altura del kilómetro 8.8 en el barrio Collores de Jayuya, fue cerrada al tránsito en ambas direcciones durante

la mañana de este martes, luego de que un camión impactara varios postes del tendido eléctrico, provocando su caída.

Aunque no se reportaron personas heridas en el incidente, un vehículo resultó con daños tras la caída de uno de los postes. Las autoridades exhortaron a los conductores a evitar el área y tomar precauciones, especialmente si transitan en dirección de Jayuya hacia Ponce.

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Two decades after her death, Celia Cruz lives on for her fans

By JOHNNY DÍAZ

Celia Cruz reigned for decades as the “Queen of Salsa,” with her signature shout of “¡Azúúúcar!” expressing in Spanish her music’s brand of joy and optimism. Twenty-two years after her death, the Cuban powerhouse singer still captivates her fans.

The petite woman with a raspy voice wore tight, glittering dresses and colorful wigs and danced in high heels while singing her hit Spanish-language songs such as “La negra tiene tumbao” and “Ríe y llora.”

Born Oct. 21, 1925, Cruz began her career in Cuba in 1940 and continued it in exile, producing more than 70 international albums and winning multiple Grammy Awards and Latin Grammys.

She moved to New York in 1961, and brought her musical Cuban roots and mixed them with Puerto Rican and later Dominican rhythms, helping to usher the birth of salsa as a popular Latino genre in the United States.

“When people hear me sing,” she said in an interview with The New York Times in 1985, “I want them to be happy, happy, happy. I don’t want them thinking about when there’s not any money, or when there’s fighting at home. My message is always ‘felicidad’ — happiness.”

Cruz died in 2003 at her longtime home in Fort Lee, New Jersey, from complications after a surgery for a brain tumor. She was 77. Following a tour of her coffin in Miami, masses of fans honored her at a public viewing in New York City.

More than two decades later, her message still resonates, and she remains relevant in what would have been her birth’s centennial this year. She has remained specially visible in Miami, where many Cuban exiles and their children revere her, and the sound of bongo drums are heard in private and public celebrations.

“I see Celia Cruz not only as a legendary performer but as an enduring symbol of cultural memory, resilience and diasporic pride,” Karen S. Veloz, a Cuban American music professor at Florida International University in Miami, said in an interview. “She stands as a cultural icon whose music traverses generations, political borders and languages.”

And beyond Miami, Cruz has maintained a digital audience too, with more than 6 million monthly listeners on Spotify and her official YouTube channel garnering about 493,000 subscribers.

Here are some of the different ways that the grande dame of salsa, also referred to simply as Celia by her fans, has been honored recently.

The Celia bobblehead

For a home baseball game on May 14, the Miami Marlins gave away 8,000 bobbleheads of Celia Cruz as part of the organization’s annual Cuban Heritage Day. The doll featured a smiling Cruz holding a microphone and wearing a blue ruffled dress. As part of the ticket package, the team sold commemorative baseball jerseys

Celia Cruz in a 1998 portrait. More than two decades after her death, the Cuban powerhouse singer’s message still resonates, and she remains relevant in what would have been her birth’s centennial this year. (Ángel Franco/New York Times Photo)

with her image that were designed by a Miami artist known as Disem305.

The team also hosted Lucrecia, a Celia Cruz tribute singer, who threw the ceremonial first pitch and performed her songs.

A new mural in Miami

Artwork in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami captures Cruz’s incandescent smile and her joie de vivre, with two portraits set to a backdrop in teal and pink.

“As an artist and a huge salsa and Celia Cruz fan, this is a huge honor for me,” its creator, Disem305, said of the mural, which measures 11-feet high and 45-feet wide.

“On the right side of the wall, there’s a younger Celia with the Freedom Tower standing tall behind her to represent the Cuban community here in Miami,” he said, referring to the Miami landmark where many Cuban refugees arrived in the 1960s and ’70s. “On the left side, there’s a portrait of an older, more mature Celia — the one that comes to mind when most of us hear her name — with her huge, contagious smile.”

He said he was commissioned by the Marlins to design the mural and the commemorative jersey.

A commemorative coin

Cruz became the first Afro-Latina to appear on American quarters as part of the 2024 U.S. Mint’s American Woman Quarters collection, which honored a di-

verse group of notable American women in a variety of fields.

The U.S. Mint described Cruz as a “cultural icon, and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century.”

The quarter’s tail shows her dazzling smile as she performs in a rumba-style dress. “¡Azúcar!” — which means “Sugar!” — is inscribed on the right.

A posthumous award

In April, Cruz was posthumously honored with a “Legend Award” at the Billboard Latin Women in Music gala in Miami.

A montage highlighted her early days in Cuba as she broke gender barriers in a male-dominated industry, eventually elevating Afro-Cuban sounds on global stages.

“Celia Cruz made her life a carnival with a voice that seemed out of this world,” the singer Joya said on the show.

The Puerto Rican performers Ivy Queen, La India and Olga Tañón paid tribute to Cruz by singing a medley of her songs.

“¡Qué viva la reina!” La India shouted to the audience and viewers.

Celia on exhibit

From January to February, the Museum of Art and Design at Miami Dade College celebrated the singer with the exhibit “Celia Cruz: Work.”

The exhibit, which included videos, posters and Cruz’s wigs and gowns, drew more than 400 people to the Hialeah campus, museum officials said.

Pinecrest Gardens, a lush botanical oasis south of Miami, also remembered Cruz in January with a celebration that included a concert series featuring musicians.

As part of the reopening after restoration of the Freedom Tower, which is operated by Miami Dade College, officials will host a Freedom Tower Family Day on Oct. 11 for visitors “to experience Celia’s story” through readings, art activities and performances.

“She is not only a global icon,” María Carla Chicuén, a college spokeswoman, said in a statement, “but a cherished figure in Miami, whose life and legacy are deeply intertwined with the history of the Freedom Tower.”

New studies dismiss signs of life on distant planet

By CARL ZIMMER

In April, a team of astronomers announced that they might — just might — have found signs of life on a planet over 120 light-years from Earth. The mere possibility of extraterrestrial life was enough to attract attention worldwide. It also attracted intense scrutiny from other astronomers.

Over the past month, researchers have independently analyzed the data, which suggested that the planet, called K2-18b, has a molecule in its atmosphere that could have been created by living organisms. Three different analyses have all reached the same conclusion: They see no compelling evidence for life on K2-18b.

“The claim just absolutely vanishes,” said Luis Welbanks, an astronomer at Arizona State University and an author of one of the studies.

The debate has less to do with the existence of alien life than with the challenge of observing distant planets. We can see a nearby planet like Jupiter because it reflects enough sunlight to become visible to the naked eye. But a planet like K2-18b is so far away that it becomes invisible not just to the naked eye but to conventional telescopes.

Astronomers have devised a series of increasingly sophisticated tricks to glean information about distant planets. They can measure the wobble of stars and the gravity of planets orbiting them. In 2010, researchers caught a glimpse of GJ 1214b, a planet 48 light-years away, as it passed in front of the star it orbits. When the star’s light shined through the planet’s atmosphere, certain wavelengths were absorbed, indicating that GJ 1214b might have an atmosphere rich in water vapor.

In 2022, astronomers began using a powerful new tool to peer at distant planets

In an image provided by the European Space Agency, an artist’s impression of the exoplanet K2-18b, 120 light-years from Earth, whose atmosphere has been creating a stir in astronomical circles. In April 2025, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent analyses discount the evidence. (European Space Agency via The New York Times)

this way. They pointed the James Webb Space Telescope at faraway solar systems and began detecting exquisitely faint patterns in starlight, clues to the complexity of exoplanet atmospheres.

The following year, Nikku Madhusudhan, an astronomer at the University of Cambridge, and his colleagues zeroed in on K2-18b as it passed in front of its own star, using instruments on the Webb telescope that are extremely sensitive to near-infrared light. As K2-18b passed in front of the star, the starlight underwent a subtle shift — caused by a planetary atmosphere containing hydrogen, carbon dioxide and methane, the researchers concluded.

They also found suggestive hints of a fourth gas, dimethyl sulfide — which could be a very big deal. On Earth, the only source for dimethyl sulfide in the atmosphere is life. Photosynthetic microbes in the ocean produce the molecule as a defense against ultraviolet light from the sun. The molecule escapes their cells and ends up in the air.

But the signal was so faint that it was hard to be certain that it was real. So Madhusudhan’s team arranged to look again at K2-18b, in 2024. This time, they used a different instrument on the space telescope, which looks at longer wavelengths of midinfrared light.

In the team’s second search, they again

found a signature of dimethyl sulfide, this one seemingly even stronger than the first.

In April, Madhusudhan and his colleagues described their results in a paper published in Astrophysical Journal Letters. Speaking at a news conference the day before, Madhusudhan said there was only “a three-in-athousand chance of this being a fluke.”

Rafael Luque, an astronomer at the University of Chicago, characterized Madhusudhan as a world expert on exoplanets. “Madhu has been a pioneer in the field,” he said. “I have the utmost respect for that team.”

Nevertheless, Luque and his colleagues decided to take a look at the data for themselves.

For their own analysis, the scientists combined all the observations of K2-18b in both the near-infrared and mid-infrared wavelengths. On May 19, they reported that this combined data contained strong signals of hydrogen, carbon dioxide and methane, but no clear evidence of dimethyl sulfide.

The critics argue that the new mid-infrared observations were much weaker than those in near-infrared. On its own, they say, the mid-infrared light could fool researchers with faint noise masquerading as a real signal of dimethyl sulfide.

“I can just say straight up there is no statistically significant signal in the data that

were published a month ago,” Jacob Bean said. Bean, an astronomer at the University of Chicago who discovered GJ 1214b’s atmosphere, worked with Luque on the May 19 study.

Welbanks, a former student of Madhusudhan’s, and his colleagues analyzed the K2-18b data in a different way. If the mid-infrared signal was genuine, did it have to come from dimethyl sulfide?

The team considered 90 molecules that could plausibly be produced on a planet like K2-18b. Those molecules didn’t have to be produced by life, however; chemical reactions driven by sunlight could be enough.

The researchers concluded that the mid-infrared signal might have been produced by 59 of the 90 molecules. The strongest candidate in their analysis was not dimethyl sulfide but propyne, a gas that welders use as fuel.

Welbanks and his colleagues aren’t claiming that propyne is actually present on K2-18b. They simply argue that the faint light from the planet’s atmosphere can create ambiguous patterns that might be the result of one of many gases. Such scanty data certainly isn’t sufficient to consider any planet to be a possible home for life.

On May 15, Madhusudhan and his colleagues responded to Welbanks’ team with a study of their own. They examined 650 possible molecules that might be in K2-18b’s atmosphere; dimethyl sulfide ended up among the molecules at the top of the list. “We’re exactly where we left off a month ago; it’s a good candidate,” Madhusudhan said.

Welbanks said the new study by Madhusudhan simply provided more evidence that dimethyl sulfide does not stand out compared to other possible molecules on K2-18b. “In effect, this is a self-rebuttal,” he said.

It’s possible that the debate over K218b could be resolved within months. Last year Renyu Hu, an astronomer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and his colleagues made more near-infrared observations of the planet. They are now preparing their results. “It will include substantially more data than previously published,” Hu said. Bean said the new observations could dispel much of the confusion about K2-18b. “The science is definitely working,” he said. “It’s going to play out pretty quickly, and I think we’ll have some clarity.”

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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 us-

ted 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: 083-060-063-61001. 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) 983-4146 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 REGIONAL. LUISA I. ANDINO AYALA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN

MMG PRCI I, LLC

Demandante V. FERRETERIA TESORO

DEL EBANISTA, INC.;

JESUS M. MORALES

VELEZ, SU ESPOSA

ELIZABETH RIVERA

VAZQUEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandado(s)

Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV05282. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA.

A: FERRETERIA TESORO DEL EBANISTA, INC.; JESUS M. MORALES

VELEZ, SU ESPOSA

ELIZABETH RIVERA

VAZQUEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; Y AL PUBLICO EN GENERAL:

El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de San Juan, Puerto Rico, hago saber a la parte demandada y, al PUBLICO EN GENERAL, y a todos los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surjan de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados

asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante, a saber: FINCA 45: HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor de Banco Santander Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma de $460,000.00, intereses al 1% por ciento anual sobre el interés preferencial y a vencer a la presentación, según consta de la escritura #150, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 12 de junio de 1990, ante el Notario Manuel L. Correa Márquez, inscrito al folio 122 del tomo 1263 de Río Piedras Norte, finca #45, inscripción 16ta. MODIFICACION: Modificación de Hipoteca por $460,000.00 de la inscripción 16ta: A partir de la fecha de otorgamiento de la presente escritura, el 10 de diciembre de 2004, el referido pagaré devengará el interés al tipo fijo del 12% anual hasta su pago total, según consta de la escritura #46, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 10 de diciembre de 2004, ante el Notario José J. Ledesma, inscrito al folio 208 del tomo 1570 de Río Piedras Norte, finca #45, inscripción 17ma. MODIFICACION: Modificación de Hipoteca por $460,000.00 de la inscripción 16ta: A partir de la fecha de otorgamiento de la presente escritura, el 27 de abril de 2007, el referido pagaré a tenor con lo dispuesto en el Artículo 145 de la Ley hipotecaria, se extiende dicho gravamen hipotecario por 35 años a partir de la fecha de otorgamiento de la escritura #13, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 27 de abril de 2007, ante la Notario Tamara Pagán Ortega, inscrito al folio 208 del tomo 1570 de Río Piedras Norte, finca #45, inscripción 18va. BITACORA: Al asiento 2024-068047-SJ02, el día 12 de junio de 2024, se presenta Demanda expedida en San Juan, el 11 de junio de 2024, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, caso civil SJ2024CV05282, por concepto de Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Prenda e Hipoteca, sobre las fincas #45, #5,130 y #1,071 de Río Piedras Norte, por $3,024,522.74 y $3,165,981.75. Pendiente de calificación y despacho. FINCA 5130: HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagare a favor de Scotiabank de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, esta y otra finca, por la suma de $150,000.00, responde esta por $75,000.00, intereses al 10% anual y a vencer a la presentación, según consta de la escritura #12, otorgada en San Juan, el 22 de mayo de 2001, ante la Notario Loyda E. Rivera Torres, inscrito al folio

móvil del tomo 1427 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca #5,130, inscripción 18va. HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagare a favor de The Bank and Trust of Puerto Rico, o a su orden, esta y otra finca, por la suma de $250,000.00, responde esta por $125,000.00, intereses al 10% anual ya vencer a la presentación, según consta de la escritura #34, otorgada en San Juan, el 25 de octubre de 2002, ante la Notario Ana T. Ruiz Comas, inscrito al folio 102 del tomo 1528 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca #5,130, inscripción 20. Sustitución de Pagaré Extraviado: Se sustituye el pagan por $150,000.00 de la inscripción 18va, por este haberse extraviado, sin haberse saldado la deuda, Sentencia expedida el 8 de mayo de 2003 por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, caso civil #KCD-02-0034, inscrito al folio 102 del tomo 1528 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca #5,130, inscripción 21a. HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagare a favor de Portador, o a su orden, esta y otra finca, por la suma de $500,000.00, responde esta por $250,000.00, intereses al 10% anual y a vencer a la presentaci6n, según consta de la escritura #4, otorgada en San Juan, el 17 de marzo de 2005, ante el Notario Rubén Cerezo Hernandez, inscrito al folio 102 del tomo 1528 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca #5,130, inscripción 22a. Modificación de Hipoteca por $500,000.00 inscripción 16ta: Las cuales se expresan en el idioma ingles: A) The interest payable under the mortgage note will be at the rate equal to the rate per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) at all times equal to that resulting by adding one point seventy five percentage points to the offered quotation for the rate of interest (expressed out to the sixth decimal place) on deposits of dollars in immediately available funds in leading banks in the London Interbank Market with a tenor equal to ninety days (LIBOR) as published by Telerate Systems, Inc, on Bloomberg at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London Time) on the first day of each trimester of natural year, or if such day is not a business day, on the immediately preceding business day. Said interest will be adjusted every ninety days at the beginning of each trimester of said natural year (the first day of January, April, July and October), whichever is higher. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days elapsed and will be computed

from the date of execution of this obligation and from the date of commencement of each period of adjustment of the percentage of interest payable. During the initial thirtysix months the interest payables will not be lower than 6.32% nor higher that 7.75%, thereafter there will no limits to the interest rate payable as stated above. B) Any amount of principal and/or interest of the mortgage note that is not paid when due shall bear interest from the due date until full payment at rate per annum equal at all times to two percentage points over the interest rate payable under the mortgage note, según escritura #9, otorgada en San Juan, el 27 de febrero de 2006, ante el Notario Jose M. Biaggi Junquera, inscrito al folio 102 del tomo 1528 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca #5,130, inscripción 23a. Modificación de Hipoteca por $150,000.00-inscripción 18a: Las cuales se expresan en el idioma ingles: A) The interest payable under the mortgage note will be at the rate equal to the rate per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) at all times equal to that resulting by adding one point seventy five percentage points to the offered quotation for the rate of interest (expressed out to the sixth decimal place) on deposits of dollars in immediately available funds in leading banks in the London Interbank Market with a tenor equal to ninety days (LIBOR) as published by Telerate Systems, Inc, on Bloomberg at approximate 11:00 a.m. (London Time) on the first day of each trimester of natural year, or if such da is not a business day, on the immediately preceding business day. Said interest will adjust every ninety days at the beginning of each trimester of said natural year (the first day of January, April, July and October), whichever is higher. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days elapsed and will be computed from” the date of execution of this obligation and from the date of commencement of each period of adjustment of the percentage of interest payable. During the initial thirtysix months the interest payables will not be lower than 6.32% nor higher that 7.75%, thereafter there will no limits to the interest rate payable as stated above. B) Any amount of principal and/or interest of the mortgage note that is not paid when shall hear interest from the due date until full pay-

ment at rate per annum equal at all times to two percentage points over the interest rate payable under the mortgage note, según escritura #10, otorgada en San Juan, el 27 de febrero de 2006, ante el Notario Jose M. Biaggi Junquera, inscrito al folio 102 del tomo 1528 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca #5,130, inscripción 24a. Modificación de Hipoteca por $250,000.00-inscripción 20a: Las cuales se expresan en el idioma ingles: A) The interest payable under the mortgage note will be at the rate equal to the rate per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) at all times equal to that resulting by adding one point seventy five percentage points to the offered quotation for the rate of interest (expressed out to the sixth decimal place) on deposits of dollars in immediately available funds in leading banks in the London Interbank Market with a tenor equal to ninety days (LIBOR) as published by Telerate Systems, Inc, on Bloomberg at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London Time) on the first day of each trimester of natural year, or if such day is not a business day, on the immediately preceding business day. Said interest will be adjusted every ninety days at the beginning of each trimester of said natural year (the first day of January, April, July and October), whichever is higher. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days elapsed and will be computed from the date of execution of this obligation and from the date of commencement of each period of adjustment of the percentage of interest payable. During the initial thirtysix months the interest payables will not be lower than 6.32% nor higher that 7.75%, thereafter there will no limits to the interest rate payable as stated above. B) Any amount of principal and/or interest of the mortgage note that is not paid when due shall bear interest from the due date until full payment at rate per annum equal at all times to two percentage points over the interest rate payable under the mortgage note, según escritura #11, otorgada en San Juan, el 27 de febrero de 2006, ante el Notario Jose M. Biaggi Junquera, inscrito al folio 103 del tomo 1528 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca #5,130, inscripción 25a. HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagare a favor de Westernbank Puerto Rico, o a su orden, esta y otra finca, por la suma de $200,000.00, respon-

de esta por $100,000.00, intereses al 12% anual sobre prime rate y a vencer a la presentación, según consta de la escritura #10, otorgada en San Juan, el 27 de abril de 2007, ante la Notario Tamara Pagan Ortega, inscrito al folio 103 del tomo 1528 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca #5,130, inscripción 27a. Modificación de Hipoteca por $500,000.00-inscripci6n 22a: Las cuales se expresan de la siguiente manera: A) A tenor con lo dispuesto en el Artículo ciento cuarenta y cinco de la Ley Hipotecaria (30 L.P.R.A., sección 2469) se extienda dicho gravamen hipotecario por treinta y cinco años a partir de la fecha de otorgamiento de la presente Escritura. B) A partir de la fecha de otorgamiento de la presente escritura el tipo de interés que devengará la obligación será a razón de una tasa anual equivalente a doce por ciento, hasta el pago total de la totalidad de las cantidades adeudadas. Los intereses serán computados a base del número actual de días transcurridos y en un año de trescientos sesenta días y se devengaran a partir de la fecha de este pagare y de cada fecha de comienzo del periodo de ajuste del tipo del interés pactados, según escritura #14, otorgada en San Juan, el 27 de abril de 2007, ante la Notario Tamara Pagan Ortega, inscrito al folio 104 del tomo 1528 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca #5,130, inscripción 28a. Modificación de Hipoteca por $500,000.00-inscripción 16ta: Las cuales se expresan de la siguiente manera: A) A tenor con lo dispuesto en el Articulo ciento cuarenta y cinco de la Ley Hipotecaria (30 L.P.R.A., sección 2469) se extienda dicho gravamen hipotecario por treinta y cinco años a partir de la fecha de otorgamiento de la presente Escritura. B) A partir de la fecha de otorgamiento de la presente escritura el tipo de interés que devengará la obligación será a razón de una tasa anual equivalente a doce por ciento, hasta el pago total de la totalidad de las cantidades adeudadas. Los intereses serán computados a base del número actual de días transcurridos y en un año de trescientos sesenta días y se devengaran a partir de la fecha de este pagare y de cada fecha de comienzo del periodo de ajuste del tipo del interés pactados, según escritura #17, otorgada en San Juan, el 27 de abril de 2007, ante la Notario Tamara Pagan Ortega, inscrito al folio 185 del tomo 1538 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca #5,130, inscripción 29a. Modificación de Hipoteca

por $250,000. 00-inscripción

20a: Las cuales se expresan de la siguiente manera: A) A tenor con lo dispuesto en el Articulo ciento cuarenta y cinco de la Ley Hipotecaria (30 L.P.R.A., sección 2469) se extienda dicho gravamen hipotecario por treinta y cinco años a partir de la fecha de otorgamiento de la presente Escritura. B) A partir de la fecha de otorgamiento de la presente escritura el tipo de interés que devengará la obligación será a razón de una tasa anual equivalente a doce por ciento, hasta el pago total de la totalidad de las cantidades adeudadas. Los intereses serán computados a base del número actual de días transcurridos y en un año de trescientos sesenta días y se devengaran a partir de la fecha de este pagare y de cada fecha de comienzo del periodo de ajuste del tipo del interés pactados, según escritura #16, otorgada en San Juan, el 27 de abril de 2007, ante la Notario Tamara Pagan Ortega, inscrito al folio 185 del tomo 1528 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca #5,130, inscripción 30a. Modificación de Hipoteca por $150,000. 00-inscripción 18a: Las cuales expresan de la siguiente manera: A) La deuda evidenciada por el Pagare Hipotecario vencerá el 26 de junio del 2045 (en adelante la “Fecha de Vencimiento”), a menos que dicha fecha sea acelerada de ocurrir un Evento de Incumplimiento. A tenor con lo dispuesto en el Artículo Ciento Cuarenta y Cinco (145) de la Ley Hipotecaria (30 L.P.R.A. Sección 2469), la misma no podrá ser cancelada a petición de parte autenticada ante notario hasta tanto pasen veinte (20) años de su vencimiento. B) Los siguientes serán considerados “Eventos de Incumplimiento” bajo el Pagare Hipotecario: no cumplir con el pago de principal interés o cualquier suma de dinero que sea adeudada bajo este pagare cuando sea requerido; que haya ocurrido un evento de incumplimiento bajo la Hipoteca; o que haya ocurrido un evento de incumplimiento bajo cualquier documento de prenda o acuerdo de gravamen mobiliario mediante el cual se haya entregado en prenda este pagare como garantía de las deudas y/u obligaciones de los firmantes ante cualquier persona, entidad o tenedor de este pagare. De ocurrir un Evento de Incumplimiento según descrito en el párrafo anterior y luego de vencido cualquier periodo concedido para subsanar o corregir el Evento de Incumplimiento, el tenedor de este pagare podrá acelerar la fecha de vencimiento de este pagare y declarar la totalidad adeudada bajo este pagare vencida y exigible. La falta de notificación por el tenedor

de este pagare de la ocurrencia de un Evento de Incumplimiento o de acelerar la fecha de vencimiento de este pagare luego de la ocurrencia de un Evento de Incumplimiento no constituye ni se entenderá como una renuncia del derecho que tiene el tenedor de este pagare de acelerar el vencimiento de este pagare y declarar la totalidad adeudada bajo este pagare vencida y exigible. C) A partir de la fecha de otorgamiento de la presente escritura el tipo de interés (la “Tasa de Interés Aplicable”) que devengara la obligación será a razón de una tasa fija anual igual a doce por ciento (12%) o una tasa de interés fluctuante igual a dos puntos porcentuales (2%) sobre la Tasa Primaria, cual sea mayor. Para efectos de esta inciso la “Tasa Primaria” “significa la tasa de interés base anunciada por los principales bancos de los Estados Unidos de Norte América para préstamos corporativos, según publicada en periódicos de circulación general como “The Wall Street Journal”, hasta el pago total de la totalidad de las cantidades adeudadas. Disponiéndose, que, de publicarse más de una de dichas tasas con la misma fecha, prevalecerá de estas la más alta que legalmente pueda cargarse al Deudor Hipotecario de conformidad con las leyes y reglamentos que le sean aplicables. En la eventualidad de que el Deudor Hipotecario incurra en cualquier evento de incumplimiento bajo los documentos de préstamo o incurra en mora la devengara intereses a razón del tipo resultante al añadir dos (2) puntos porcentuales sobre la Tasa de Interés Aplicable. Los intereses serán computados a base del número actual de días transcurridos y en un año de trescientos sesenta (360) días y se devengaran a partir de la fecha de este pagare y de cada fecha de comienzo del periodo de ajuste del tipo del interés pactado, según escritura #128, otorgada en San Juan, el 26 de junio de 2009, ante Notario Genevieve Lopez Stipes, inscrito al folio 185 del 1538 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca #5,130, inscripción 31a. Modificación de Hipoteca por $200.000.00-inscripción 27a: Las cuales se expresan de la siguiente manera: A) La deuda evidenciada por el Pagare Hipotecario vencerá el 26 de junio del 2045 (en adelante la “Fecha de Vencimiento”), a menos que dicha fecha sea acelerada de ocurrir un Evento de Incumplimiento. A tenor con lo dispuesto en el Articulo Ciento Cuarenta y Cinco (145) de la ley Hipotecaria (30 L.P.R.A. Sección 2469), la misma no podrá ser cancelada a petici6n de parte autenticada ante notario hasta tanto pasen

veinte (20) anos de su vencimiento. B) Los siguientes serán considerados “Eventos de Incumplimiento” bajo el Pagare Hipotecario: (1) no cumplir con el pago de principal, interés o cualquier suma de dinero que sea adeudada bajo este pagare cuando sea requerido; (11) que haya ocurrido un evento de incumplimiento bajo la Hipoteca; o (111) que haya ocurrido un evento de incumplimiento bajo cualquier documento de prenda o acuerdo de gravamen mobiliario mediante el cual se haya entregado en prenda” este pagare como garantía de las deudas y/u obligaciones de los firmantes ante cualquier persona, entidad o tenedor de este pagare. De ocurrir un Evento de Incumplimiento según descrito en el párrafo anterior Y luego de vencido cualquier periodo concedido para subsanar o corregir el Evento de Incumplimiento, el tenedor de este pagare podrá acelerar la fecha de vencimiento de este pagare y declarar la totalidad adeudada bajo este pagare vencida y exigible. La falta de notificación por el tenedor de este pagare de la ocurrencia de un Evento de Incumplimiento o de acelerar la fecha de vencimiento de este pagare luego de: la ocurrencia de un Evento de Incumplimiento no constituye no se entenderá como una renuncia del derecho que tiene el tenedor de este pagare de acelerar el vencimiento de este pagare y declarar la totalidad adeudada bajo este pagare vencida y exigible. C) A partir de la fecha de otorgamiento de la presente escritura el tipo de interés (la “Tasa de Interés Aplicable”) que devengara la obligación será a razón de una tasa fija anual igual a doce por ciento (12%) o una tasa de interés fluctuante igual a dos puntos porcentuales (2%) sobre la Tasa Primaria, cual sea mayor. Para efectos de este inciso la “Tasa Primaria” significa la tasa de interés base anunciada por los principales bancos de los Estados Unidos de Norte América para préstamos corporativos, según publicada en periódicos de circulación general como “The Wall Street Journal”, hasta el pago total de la totalidad de las cantidades adeudadas. Disponiéndose que, de publicarse más de una de dichas tasas con la misma fecha, prevalecerá de estas la más alta que legalmente pueda cargarse al Deudor Hipotecario de conformidad con las leyes y reglamentos que le sean aplicables. En la eventualidad de que el Deudor Hipotecario incurra en cualquier evento de incumplimiento bajo los documentos de préstamo o incurra en mora la devengara intereses a raz6n del tipo resultante al añadir dos (2) puntos porcentuales sobre

la Tasa de Interés Aplicable. Los intereses serán computados a base del número actual de días transcurridos y en un ano de trescientos sesenta (360) días y se devengaran a partir de la fecha de este pagare y de cada fecha de comienzo del periodo de ajuste del tipo del interés pactado, según escritura #129, otorgada en San Juan, el 26 de junio de 2009, ante Notario Genevieve Lopez Stipes, inscrito al folio 186 del 1538 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca #5,130, inscripción 32a. FINCA 1071: HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagare a favor de Scotiabank de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, esta y otra finca, por la suma de $150,000.00, responde esta por $75,000.00, intereses al 10% anual y a vencer a la presentación, según consta de la escritura #12, otorgada en San Juan, el 22 de mayo de 2001, ante la Notario Loyda E. Rivera Torres, inscrito al folio móvil del tomo 1440 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca #1,071, inscripción 22a. HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagare a favor de The Bank and Trust of Puerto Rico, o a su orden, esta y otra finca, por la suma de $250,000.00, responde esta por $125,000.00, intereses al 10% anual ya vencer a la presentación, según consta de la escritura #34, otorgada en San Juan, el 25 de octubre de 2002, ante la Notario Ana T. Ruiz Comas, inscrito al folio 105 del tomo 1528 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca #1,071, inscripción 24a. Sustitución de Pagare Extraviado: Hipoteca que resulta de la inscripción 22a, por $150,000.00 por haberse extraviado el pagare, sin haberse saldado la deuda, Sentencia expedida el 8 de mayo de 2003 por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, caso civil #KCD-020034, inscrito al folio 105 del tomo 1528 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca #1,071, inscripción 25a. HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagare a favor de Portador, o a su orden, esta y otra finca, por la suma de $500,000.00, responde esta por $250,000.00, intereses al 10% anual y a vencer a la presentación, según consta de la escritura #4, otorgada en San Juan, el 17 de marzo de 2005, ante el Notario Rubén Cerezo Hernández, inscrito al folio 105 del tomo 1528 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca #1,071, inscripción 26a. HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagare a favor de Westernbank Puerto Rico, o a su orden, esta y otra finca, por la suma de $200,000.00, responde esta por $100,000.00, intereses al 12% anual sobre prime rate y a vencer a la presentación, según consta de la escritura #10, otorgada en San Juan, el 27 de abril de 2007, ante la Notario Tamara Pagan Ortega, inscrito al folio

106 del tomo 1528 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca #1,071, inscripción 28a. Modificación de la Hipoteca por $150,000.00-inscripción 22a: A tenor con lo dispuesto en el Artículo 145 de la Ley Hipotecaria, se extiende dicho gravamen hipotecario por 35 años a partir de la fecha de otorgamiento de la presente escritura; a partir de la fecha de otorgamiento de la presente escritura el tipo de interés que devengará la obligación será a razón de una tasa anual equivalente a 12%, hasta el pago total de la totalidad de las cantidades adeudadas. Los intereses serán computados a base del número actual de días transcurridos y en un año de trescientos sesenta días y se devengaran a partir de la fecha de este pagare y de cada fecha de comienzo del periodo de ajuste del tipo de interés pactado, según escritura #14, otorgada en San Juan, el 27 de abril de 2007, ante la Notario Tamara Pagan Ortega, inscrito al folio 106 del tomo 1528 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca #1,071, inscripción 29a. Modificación de la Hipoteca por $500,000.00-inscripción 20a: Las cuales se expresan en el idioma ingles: the interest payable under the mortgage note will be at the rate equal to the rate per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) at all times equal to that resulting by adding one point seventy five percentage points to the offered quotation for the rate of interest (expressed out to the sixth decimal place) on deposits of dollars in immediately available fundsin leading banks in the London Interbank Market with a tenor equal to ninety days (LIBOR) as “published by Telerate Systems, Inc, on Bloomberg at approximately 11:00a.m. (London Time) on the first day of each trimester of natural year, or if such Day is not a business day, on the immediately preceding business day. Said interest will be adjusted every ninety days at. the beginning of each trimester of said natural year (the first day of January, April, July, and October), whichever is higher. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days elapsed and will be computed from the date of execution of this obligation and from the date of commencement of each period of adjustment of the percentage of interest payable. During the initial thirtysix months the interest payables will not be lower than 6.32% nor higher that 7.75%, thereafter there will no limits to the interest rate payable as stated above. B) Any amount of principal and/or interest of the mortgage note that is not paid when due shall bear inter-

est from the due date until full payment at rate per annum equal at all times to two percentage points over the interest rate payable under the mortgage note, según escritura #222, otorgada en Mayagüez, el 30 de mayo de 2008, ante el Notario Gary E. Biaggi Silva, inscrito al folio 106 del tomo 1528 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca #1,071, inscripción 30a. Modificación de la Hipoteca por $150,000.00-inscripción 22a: Las cuales se expresan en el idioma ingles: The interest payable under the mortgage note will be at the rate equal to the rate per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) at all times equal to that resulting by adding one point seventy five percentage points to the offered quotation for the rate of interest (expressed out to the sixth decimal place) on deposits of dollars in immediately available funds in leading banks in the London Interbank Market with a tenol equal to ninety days (LIBOR) as published by Telerate Systems, Inc, on Bloomberg at approximately 11:00a.m. (London Time) on the first day of each trimester of natural year, or if such day is not a business day, on the immediately preceding business day. Said interest will be adjusted every ninety days at the beginning of each trimester of. said natural year (the first day of January, April, July and October), whichever is higher. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number: of days elapsed and will be computed from the date of execution of this obligation and from the date of commencement of each period of adjustment of the percentage of interest payable. During the initial thirtysix months the interest payables will not be lower than 6.32% nor higher that 7.75%, thereafter there will no limits to the interest rate payable as stated above. B) Any amount of principal and/or interest of the mortgage note that is not paid when due shall bear interest from the due date until full payment at rate per annum equal at all times to two percentage points over the interest rate payable under the mortgage note, según escritura #505, otorgada en Mayagüez, el 9 de septiembre de 2008, ante el Notario Gary E. Biaggi Silva, inscrito al folio 107 del tomo 1528 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca #1,071, inscripción 31a. Modificación de la hipoteca por $500,000.00-inscripción 20a: Las cuales se expresan en el idioma ingles: The interest payable under the mortgage note will be at the rate equal to the rate per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number

of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) at all times equal to that resulting by adding one point seventy five percentage points to the offered quotation for the rate of interest (expressed out to the sixth decimal places on deposits of dollars in immediately available funds in leading banks in the London Interbank “Market with a tenol equal to ninety days (LIBOR) as published by Telerate Systems, Inc, on Bloomberg at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London Time) on the first day of each trimester of natural year, or if such day ls not a business day, on the immediately preceding business day: Said interest will be adjusted every ninety days at the beginning of each trimester of said natural year (the first day of January, April, July and October), whichever ls higher. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days elapsed and will be computed from the date of execution of this obligation and from the date of commencement of each period of adjustment of the percentage of interest payable. During the initial thirty-six months the interest payables will not be lower than 6.32% nor higher than 7.75%, thereafter there will no limits to the 2nterest rate payable as stated above. B) Any amount of principal and/ or interest of the mortgage note that ls not paid when due shall bear interest from the due date until full payment at rate per annum equal at all times to two percentage points over the interest rate payable under the mortgage note, según escritura #506, otorgada en Mayagüez, el 9 de septiembre de 2008, ante el Notario Gary E. Biaggi Silva, inscrito al folio 107 del tomo 1528 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca #1,071, inscripción 32a. Modificación de la hipoteca por $250,000.00-inscripci6n 24a: Las cuales se expresan en el idioma ingles: The interest payable under the mortgage note will be at the rate equal to the rate pe annum (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) at all times equal to that resulting by adding one point seventy five percentage points to the offered quotation for the rate of interest (expressed out to the sixth decimal place) on deposits of dollars in immediately available funds in leading banks ln the London Interbank Market with a tenol equal to ninety days (LIBOR) as published by Telerate Systems, Inc, on Bloomberg at approximately 11:00a.m. (London Tame) on the first day of each trimester of natural year, or if such day 15 not a business day, on the immediately: preceding business day. Said interest will be adjusted every nine-

ty days at the beginning of each trimester of said natural year (the first day of January, April, July and October) whichever 15 higher. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number elapsed and will be computed from the date of execution of this obligation and from the date of commencement of each period of adjustment of the percentage if interest payable. During the initial thirty-six months the interest payables will not be lower than 6.32% nor higher that 7.75%, thereafter there will no limits to the interest rate payable as stated above. Any amount of principal and/or interest of the mortgage note that is not paid when due shall bear interest from the due date until full payment at rate per annum equal at all times to two percentage points over the interest rate payable under the mortgage note, según escritura #507, otorgada en Mayagüez, el 9 de septiembre de 2008, ante el Notario Gary E. Biaggi Silva, inscrito al folio 67 del tomo 1561 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca #1,071, inscripción 33a. Modificación de la Hipoteca por $500,000.00-inscripción 20a: Las cuales se expresan de la siguiente manera: A tenor con lo dispuesto en el Artículo 145 de la Ley Hipotecaria, se extienda dicho gravamen hipotecario por 35 años a partir de la fecha de otorgamiento de la presente escritura, el tipo de interés que devengará la obligación será a razón de una tasa anual equivalente a 12%, hasta el pago total de la totalidad de las cantidades adeudadas. Los intereses serán computados a base del número actual de días transcurridos y en un año de trescientos sesenta días y se devengaran a partir de la fecha de este pagare y de cada fecha de comienzo del periodo de ajuste del tipo del interés pactados, según escritura #17, otorgada en San Juan, el 27 de abril de 2007, ante la Notario Tamara Pagan Ortega, inscrito al folio 67 del tomo 1561 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca #1,071, inscripción 34a. Modificación de la Hipoteca por $250,000.00-inscripción 24a: Las cuales se expresan de la siguiente manera: A tenor con lo dispuesto en el Artículo 145 de la Ley Hipotecaria, se extiende dicho gravamen hipotecario por 35 cinco años a partir de la fecha de otorgamiento de la presente escritura partir de la fecha de otorgamiento de la presente escritura el tipo de interés que devengara la obligación será a razón de una tasa anual equivalente a 12%, hasta el pago total de la totalidad de las cantidades adeudadas. Los intereses serán computados a base del número actual de días transcurridos

en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastaos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 16 de MAYO de 2025. LUIS F ORTIZ ROSA #888, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA.

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS

ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante, v.

JOHN PAUL BASCELLI

MARCELLO T/C/C/ JOHN PAUL BASCELLI

JR.; DEBORAH LYNN

LILTON SCULLEY

T/C/C/ DEBORAH

LYNN BASCELLI y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL

DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados CIVIL NÚM.: VB2024CV00775. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. Yo, LUIS F ORTIZ ROSA, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 23 de abril de 2025 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Propiedad Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento Multivacacional: A-601

WEEK 20. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. This specific Vacation Club Right is coupled with a special property right to the Unit A-601 and includes the right to use such unit during the first (20) week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the FIRST (20) Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club or a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit A-601, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in the resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the Facilities and

common expenses of vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 13,874 inscrita al folio 216 del tomo 252 de Vega Alta, inscripción 1ra en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $13,741.73 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A 601-20. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 26 de junio de 2025, a las 11:30 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastaos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte

demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 16 de MAYO de 2025. LUIS F ORTIZ ROSA #888, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA.

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS

ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante, v. LIZZIE ODETTE HERNÁNDEZ; JOSEPH JAMES WILKS; y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados CIVIL NÚM.: VB2024CV00704. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. Yo, LUIS F ORTIZ ROSA, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 30 de abril de 2025 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Propiedad Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento Multivacacional: A-701 WEEK 44. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. This specific Vacation Club Right is coupled with a special property right to the Unit A-701 and includes the right to use such unit during the first (44) week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the FIRST (44) Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club or a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit A-701, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise,

other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in the resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the Facilities and common expenses of vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 17,800 inscrita al folio 6 del tomo 287 de Vega Alta, inscripción 6ta en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $14,674.33 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A 701-44. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 26 de junio de 2025, a las 11:15 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastaos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción

del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 16 de MAYO de 2025. LUIS F ORTIZ ROSA #888, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE

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

ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante, v. CHARLES NEIL AMENDT CREIGHTON; NYRKA GÓMEZ CREIGHTON T/C/C/ NYRKA GÓMEZ CACHOLA y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados

CIVIL NÚM.: VB2024CV00695. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. Yo, LUIS F ORTIZ ROSA, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 28 de abril de 2025 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Propiedad Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento Multivacacional: A-504 WEEK 20. Cabida: 101.42

Metros Cuadrados. Vacation Club Regime, located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific Vacation Club Right is coupled with a special property right to the Unit A-504 and includes the right to use such unit during the first (20) week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the FIRST (20) Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club or a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit A-504, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in the resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the Facilities and common expenses of vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 16329 inscrita al folio móvil 99 del tomo 276 de Vega Alta, inscripción 1ra en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $20,860.61 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A 504-20. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 26 de junio de 2025, a las 11:00 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastaos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá

que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 16 de MAYO de 2025. LUIS F ORTIZ ROSA #888, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR. LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA.

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Demandante, v. PETER MICHAEL MULLER, LYNN MARY MULLER y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS Demandados

CIVIL NÚM.: VB2024CV00643. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. Yo,

LUIS F ORTIZ ROSA, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 28 de abril de 2025 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Propiedad Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento Multivacacional: B-108 WEEK 10. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. This specific Vacation Club Right is coupled with a special property right to the Unit B-108 and includes the right to use such unit during the first (10) week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the FIRST (10) Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club or a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit B-108, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in the resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 1.2194% in the Facilities and common expenses of vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 18,296 inscrita al folio 202 del tomo 288 de Vega Alta, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda

del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $14,286.53 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad B 108-10. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 26 de junio de 2025, a las 10:45 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastaos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 16 de MAYO de 2025. LUIS F ORTIZ ROSA #888, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE

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

Demandante, v. THOMAS DENNIS

ZOIDIS; KATHERINE STEFFA ZOIDIS t/c/c/ KATHERINE ZOIDIS, y LA SOCIEDAD DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados CIVIL NÚM.: VB2024CV00540. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. Yo, LUIS F ORTIZ ROSA, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 28 de abril de 2025 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Propiedad Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento Multivacacional: A-701 WEEK 8. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. This specific Vacation Club Right is coupled with a special property right to the Unit A-701 and includes the right to use such unit during the first (8) week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the FIRST (8) Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club or a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit A-701, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in the resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with

this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the Facilities and common expenses of vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 13,652 inscrita al folio móvil 6 del tomo 249 de Vega Alta, inscripción 1RA en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $15,228.74 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A 701-8. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 26 de junio de 2025, a las 10:30 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastaos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por

espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 16 de MAYO de 2025. LUIS F ORTIZ ROSA #888, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA.

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS

ASSOCIATION, INC. Demandante, v. HECTOR KABA; SHIRLEY ARLEENE MALDONADO RIOS, y LA SOCIEDAD DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados

CIVIL NÚM.: VB2024CV00539. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. Yo, LUIS F ORTIZ ROSA, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 24 de abril de 2025 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Propiedad Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento Multivacacional: A-601 WEEK 39. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. This specific Vacation Club Right is coupled with a special property right to the Unit A-601 and includes the right to use such unit during the (39TH) week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the (39TH) Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the fo-

llowing week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club or a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit A-601, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in the resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the Facilities and common expenses of vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 13550 inscrita al folio móvil 96 del tomo 247 de Vega Alta, inscripción 5ta en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $9,976.12 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A 601-39. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 26 de junio de 2025, a las 10:15 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastaos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de

los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 16 de MAYO de 2025. LUIS F ORTIZ ROSA #888, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA.

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante, v. WILLIAM JOSEPH TORTORIELLO; SONIA TORTORIELLO t/c/c/ SONIA PEREZ RIVERA; y LA SOCIDAD DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados

CIVIL NÚM.: VB2024CV00536. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. Yo, LUIS F ORTIZ ROSA, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 28 de abril de 2025 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía,

todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Propiedad Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento Multivacacional: A-404 WEEK 29. Cabida: 101.45 Metros Cuadrados. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit A-404 and includes the right to use such unit during the 29 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 29 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit A404, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 13094 inscrita al folio móvil del tomo 49 de Vega Alta, inscripción 1ra en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $19,661.66 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A 404-29. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 26 de junio 2025, a las 10:00 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tri-

bunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastaos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 16 de MAYO de 2025. LUIS F ORTIZ ROSA #888, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR. LEGAL NOTICE

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

OWNERS

ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante, v.

GABRIEL JAEN JR; AMELIA JAEN, y LA

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 24

SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados

CIVIL NÚM.: VB2024CV00461.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. Yo, LUIS F ORTIZ ROSA, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 8 de mayo de 2025 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Propiedad Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento: A-401 SEMANA 32. Cabida: 101.45

Metros Cuadrados. Unit Week 32, VACATION CLUB RIGHT corresponding to unit A-401, of HACIENDA DEL MAR, Vacation Club Regime, located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit A-401, and includes the right to use such unit during the 32, week of each year until December 31 of the Year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 32, Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit A-401, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the HACIENDAS DEL MAR, VACATION CLUB

REGIME and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club. May use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come. First come first serve reservation basis. and the owner of this vaca-

tion club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the Facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 13,187 inscrita al folio móvil del tomo 50 de Vega Alta, inscripción 1ra, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $10,861.67 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A 401-32. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 26 de junio de 2025, a las 9:45 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastaos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones.

Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 16 de MAYO de 2025. LUIS F ORTIZ ROSA #888, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR. LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA.

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS

ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante, v. IHSAN MAHMOUD

ABDUL-RASSOUL; ELIZABETH ABDULRASSOUL y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados

CIVIL NÚM.: VB2024CV00458. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. Yo, LUIS F ORTIZ ROSA, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 30 de abril de 2025 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Propiedad Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento Multivacacional: A-305 WEEK 14. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit A-305 and includes the right to use such unit during the 14th week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 14th Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled

with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit A305, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 16249 inscrita al folio móvil del tomo 90 de Vega Alta, inscripción 1ra, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $13,444.84 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A 305-14. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 26 de junio de 2025, a las 9:30 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastaos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al de-

mandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 16 de MAYO de 2025. LUIS F ORTIZ ROSA #888, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA. HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Demandante, v. JOSE LUIS LAUREANO DIAZ; MARIA DE LOS ANGELES RAMOS RIOS; y LA SOCIEDAD DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados CIVIL NÚM.: VB2024CV00402. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. Yo, LUIS F ORTIZ ROSA, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 30 de abril de 2025 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés

de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Vacation Club Right: Unit week (48) Vacation Club Right corresponding to unit A206 of HACIENDA DEL MAR., Vacation Club Regime, located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific Vacation Club Right is coupled with a special property right to the Unit A-206 and includes the right to use such unit during the first (48) week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the FIRST (48) Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club or a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit A-206, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in the resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the Facilities and common expenses of vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 12894 inscrita al folio móvil 116 del tomo 236 de Vega Alta, inscripción 1ra en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $12,290.80 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A 206-48. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 26 de junio de 2025, a las 9:15 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de

Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastaos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 16 de MAYO de 2025. LUIS F ORTIZ ROSA #888, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE

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

ASSOCIATION, INC. Demandante, v. ROBERT MC NALLY BATCHER t/c/c/ ROBERT MC NALLY; LESLIE

TURNER MC NALLY; y LA SOCIEDAD DE BIENES GANANCIALES

COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados

CIVIL NÚM.: VB2024CV00398.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. Yo, LUIS F ORTIZ ROSA, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 30 de abril de 2025 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Propiedad Multivacacional:

CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento Multivacacional: A-201 WEEK

50. Cabida: 101.45 Metros Cuadrados. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit A-201 and includes the right to use such unit during the 50 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 50 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit A201, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132%

in the facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 12,708 inscrita al folio móvil del tomo 46 de Vega Alta, inscripción 1ra, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $10,784.59 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A 201-50. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 26 de junio de 2025, a las 9:00 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastaos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega

Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 16 de MAYO de 2025. LUIS F ORTIZ ROSA #888, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PR

Demandante V. DAWIL NOEL DE JESUS GONZALEZ

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: CO2024CV00543. (Salón: 1). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JEAN PAUL JULIÁ DÍAZ, JPJULIA@RMMELAW.COM.

A: DAWIL NOEL DE JESUS GONZALEZ.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 15 de 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 21 de mayo de 2025. En Coamo, Puerto Rico, el 21 de mayo de 2025. ELIZABETH GONZÁLEZ RIVERA, SECRETARIA. MARÍA DEL C. MERCADO FUENTES,SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN PHALANX CAPITAL

SERIES 5 REAL ESTATE, LLC

Parte Demandante Vs. CARMEN MIRIAM PÉREZ MELÉNDEZ, FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN MIRIAM PÉREZ MELÉNDEZ

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV06447. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. Yo, IRMA D. CARMONA CLAUDIO, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, a la parte demandada y al público en general les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha librado en el presente caso por el Secretario del Tribunal de epígrafe con fecha 28 de abril de 2025, y para satisfacer la Sentencia dictada en el caso de autos fechada 28 de octubre de 2024, enmendada Nunc Pro Tunc 6 de febrero de 2025, notificada el 10 de febrero de 2025 y publicada el 20 de febrero de 2025, procederé a vender el día 24 DE JUNIO DE 2025, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque certificado y/o giro postal, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: “Residential Apartment number J-Sixteen (J-16) of irregular rectangular shape located in Concordia Gardens II Condominium which in turn is located in the Southeast Corner of the intersection of Sixty Fifty Infantry Highway with State Road One Hundred Eighty One in the Ward of Sabana Llana, San Juan, Puerto Rico, with a total private area of Eight Hundred and Twenty Five square feet (825.0) being its lineal measurements twenty seven feet and ten inches (27’10”) in its widest dimension by forty three feet and nine inches (43’9”) in its longest dimension which includes: foyer with closet, living dining room, balcony, two bedrooms with closets, kitchen, laundry and one bathroom, bounding on the NORTHEAST, with exterior yard; on the SOUTHWEST, with common corridor; on the SOUTHEAST, with apartment K-sixteen; and on the NORTHWEST, with common corridor. This apartment has one entrance door with access from and exit to the principal corridor of the fifteenth floor of

the building which consists or communicates the apartment with the elevator and the stairs, through which it has access from and exit to the public thoroughfare. Le corresponde a este apartamento un porcentaje de .4104% en los elementos comunes. Goza de servidumbres a su favor constituidas sobre las fincas 13,353; 11,558 y 17,914. Inscrita al Folio 133 del Tomo 461 de Sabana Llana, Registro Inmobiliario Digital del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, Sección Quinta (V) de San Juan, Finca Número 18,729. Dirección Física Concordia Gardens II, Apt. 16J, Río Piedras, PR 00923. Con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte demandante las cantidades adeudadas, o sea, la suma principal de $87,995.55 más intereses al tipo convenido y demás términos y condiciones, según la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 24 DE JUNIO DE 2025, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de $101,372.68. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 1 DE JULIO DE 2025, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, la cantidad de $67,581.79. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA, el 9 DE JULIO DE 2025, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, la cantidad de $50,686.34. A la propiedad no le afectan gravámenes preferentes. A la propiedad le afectan los siguientes gravámenes (a ejecutarse): Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Doral Bank, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $96,050.00, con intereses al 5.50% anual, vencedero el día 1 de julio de 2035, constituida mediante la escritura número 254, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 23 de junio de 2005, ante el notario Miguel A. Hernández Agosto, e inscrita al folio 14 del tomo 1,000 de Sabana Llana, finca número 18,729, inscripción 11ma. Modificada la hipoteca de la inscripción 11ma., en cuanto al principal, el cual se amplía en la suma de $5,322.68, para un nuevo principal que será por $101,372.68, con intereses al 4.50% anual, vencedero el día 1 de junio de 2052, mediante la escritura número 229, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 21 de mayo de 2012,

ante el notario Gadiel O. Rosario Rivera, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Sabana Llana, finca número 18,729, inscripción 12ma., y última. A la propiedad no le afectan gravámenes posteriores. Se le advierte a los licitadores que la adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el mismo acto de la adjudicación en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal, y para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que tenga (n) interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción de los gravámenes que se están ejecutando, que los mismos serán eliminados del Registro de la Propiedad, y para conocimiento de los licitadores y el público en general, y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general, una vez por semana durante el termino de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía, y se le notificará además a la parte demandada y a su abogado o abogada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo siempre que haya comparecido al pleito. Si el (la) deudor (a) por Sentencia no comparece al pleito, la notificación será enviada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a las últimas direcciones conocidas. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como la de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere al crédito de ejecutante, continuarán subsiguientes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Y para conocimiento de la parte demandada, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, expido el presente Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Librado en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 20 de mayo de 2025. IRMA D. CARMONA CLAUDIO, ALGUACIL. LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYA-

MÓN SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante Vs. LAS SUCESIONES DE: FRANCISCO MORENO NAVARRO, CARMEN LUISA DIAZ SANTIAGO T/C/C CARMEN L. DIAZ DE MORENO

T/C/C CARMEN LUISA DIAZ DE MORENO, FRANCISCO MORENO DIAZ Y LUIS MORENO DIAZ COMPUESTAS POR CARMEN MORENO DIAZ, NERELIZ MORENO RAMOS, LUIS MORENO RAMOS, FRANCES MORENO, FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL; MENGANO Y MENGANA DE TAL; SUTANO Y SUTANA DE TAL, JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LAS SUCESIONES; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2025CV01781. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO Y MANDAMIENTO DE INTERPELACIón. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, El Presidente de los Estados Unidos, El Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico.

A la parte co-demandada:

A) CARMEN MORENO DIAZ, NERELIZ MORENO RAMOS, LUIS MORENO RAMOS Y FRANCES MORENO COMO MIEMBROS DE LAS SUCESIONES DE FRANCISCO MORENO NAVARRO Y CARMEN LUISA DIAZ SANTIAGO T/C/C CARMEN L. DIAZ DE MORENO T/C/C CARMEN LUISA DIAZ DE MORENO; A LAS SIGUIENTES

DIRECCIONES: (a) 2106 TENNYSON LANE SAVANAH, GEORGIA 31405; (b) URB. FLAMINGO HILLS #174 CALLE 5 BAYAMON, PR 00957-1724.

B) FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE FRANCISCO MORENO NAVARRO; A LAS SIGUIENTES

DIRECCIONES: (a) 2106 TENNYSON LANE SAVANAH, GEORGIA 31405; (b) URB. FLAMINGO HILLS #174 CALLE 5 BAYAMON, PR 00957-1724.

C) MENGANO Y MENGANA DE TAL COMO

POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN LUISA DIAZ SANTIAGO T/C/C CARMEN L. DIAZ DE MORENO T/C/C CARMEN LUISA DIAZ DE MORENO, A LAS SIGUIENTES DIRECCIONES: (a) 2106 TENNYSON LANE SAVANAH, GEORGIA 31405; (b) URB. FLAMINGO HILLS #174 CALLE 5 BAYAMON, PR 00957-1724.

D) SUTANO Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE FRANCISCO MORENO DIAZ, A LAS SIGUIENTES DIRECCIONES: (a) 2106 TENNYSON LANE SAVANAH, GEORGIA 31405; (b) URB. FLAMINGO HILLS #174 CALLE 5 BAYAMON, PR 00957-1724.

E) JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE LUIS MORENO DIAZ, A LAS SIGUIENTES DIRECCIONES: (a) 2106 TENNYSON LANE SAVANAH, GEORGIA 31405; (b) URB. FLAMINGO HILLS #174 CALLE 5 BAYAMON, PR 00957-1724.

Por la presente se le(s) notifica que se ha radicado en la Secretaría de este Tribunal una Demanda Enmendada en Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca por la vía ordinaria en contra de Las Sucesiones de Francisco Moreno Navarro, Carmen Luisa Díaz Santiago t/c/c Carmen L. Díaz de Moreno t/c/c Carmen Luisa Díaz de Moreno, Francisco Moreno Díaz y Luis Moreno Díaz, en la cual se alega que adeuda a la parte demandante por concepto de hipoteca la suma de $102,807.85 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de noviembre de 2024, más intereses al tipo pactado de 5.875% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago

total de la obligación. Además Las Sucesiones de Francisco Moreno Navarro, Carmen Luisa Díaz Santiago t/c/c Carmen L. Díaz de Moreno t/c/c Carmen Luisa Díaz de Moreno, Francisco Moreno Díaz y Luis Moreno Díaz, adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 5.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $11,200.00 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley y cualquiera otros adelantos que se hagan en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca número 5 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 25 de enero de 2019, ante el Notario Público Francisco Arriví Silva, de la finca número 32,127, inscrita al Folio 61 del Tomo 699 de Bayamón Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Primera. Por razón de dicho incumplimiento, y al amparo del derecho que le confiere el Pagaré, el demandante ha declarado tales sumas vencidas, líquidas y exigibles en su totalidad. Este Tribunal ha ordenado que se le(s) cite a usted(es) por edicto que se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general. Quedan emplazados y notificados de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda enmendada en su contra. Se les ordena a que dentro del término de treinta (30) días, a partir de la notificación de la presente Orden, acepten o repudien la participación que les corresponda en la herencia de Francisco Moreno Navarro, Carmen Luisa Diaz Santiago t/c/c Carmen L. Diaz De Moreno t/c/c Carmen Luisa Diaz De Moreno, Francisco Moreno Díaz y Luis Moreno Díaz. Los co-demandados miembros de la Sucesiones de Francisco Moreno Navarro, Carmen Luisa Diaz Santiago t/c/c Carmen L. Diaz De Moreno t/c/c Carmen Luisa Diaz De Moreno, Francisco Moreno Díaz y Luis Moreno Díaz se incluyen en la demanda enmendada ya que como herederos responden por las cargas de la herencia según lo dispuesto en Nuestro Ordenamiento Jurídico. Se les apercibe y notifica que, de no expresarse dentro de ese término de 30 días en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. También se les apercibe que luego del transcurso del término de 30 días antes señalado contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación de la presente Orden, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del causante y, por

consiguiente, responden por las cargas de dicha herencia conforme el Artículo 1578 del Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. 2785. Se ordena a la parte demandante a que, en vista de que las sucesiones de Francisco Moreno Navarro, Carmen Luisa Diaz Santiago t/c/c Carmen L. Diaz De Moreno t/c/c Carmen Luisa Diaz De Moreno, Francisco Moreno Díaz y Luis Moreno Díaz, se incluye a los herederos conocidos y herederos desconocidos de Francisco Moreno Navarro, Carmen Luisa Diaz Santiago t/c/c Carmen L. Diaz De Moreno t/c/c Carmen Luisa Diaz De Moreno, Francisco Moreno Díaz y Luis Moreno Díaz, denominados Carmen Moreno Díaz, Nereliz Moreno Ramos, Luis Moreno Ramos y Frances Moreno; Fulano y Fulana de Tal; Mengano y Mengana de Tal; Sutano y Sutana de Tal; John Doe y Jane Doe, proceda a notificar la presente Orden mediante publicación de un edicto a esos efectos una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de la Isla de Puerto Rico. Se le(s) emplaza y requiere que dentro de los sesenta (60) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto excluyendo el día de la publicación de este edicto conteste(n) la demanda radicando el original de la contestación en este Tribunal y enviando copia de la Contestación de la Demanda a las oficinas de CARDONA & MALDONADO LAW OFFICES, P.S.C. ATENCIÓN al Lcdo. Duncan Maldonado Ejarque, P.O. Box 366221, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-6221; Tel (787) 622-7000, Fax (787) 625-7001, Abogado de la Parte Demandante. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Se le(s) advierte que si dejare(n) de contestar la Demanda en el período de tiempo antes mencionado, podrá dictarse contra usted(es) Sentencia en Rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado sin más citarle(s) ni oírle(s). EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y con el Sello del Tribunal. DADA hoy 19 de mayo de 2025, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARILYN COLÓN CARRASQUILLO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA COMMERCIAL

EQUIPMENT FINANCE

Demandante Vs. RAISNE CORPORATION; NELSON MASSARI

FELICIANO

Demandados Civil Núm.: AG2025CV00323. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y REPOSESIÓN DE GARANTÍA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: NELSON MASSARI

FELICIANO - CARR. #459, KM. 10.3, INTERIOR, BO. JOBOS, SECTOR MONCHO VALLE, ISABELA PR 00662. 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. 572023, 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 N´úm. 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. Re-

presenta 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 NÚM.: 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 19 de mayo de 2025. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. NILDA TORRES ACEVEDO, SUBSECRETARIA.

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

UNITED STATES

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

Demandante Vs. IVÁN VÁZQUEZ BÁEZ, SU ESPOSA VIRGEN MARÍA TORRES GONZÁLEZ

T/C/C VIRGEN M. TORRES GONZÁLEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2025CV01519. 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: IVÁN VÁZQUEZ BÁEZ, SU ESPOSA VIRGEN MARÍA TORRES GONZÁLEZ T/C/C VIRGEN M. TORRES GONZÁLEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS - BARRIO ACHIOTE, SOLAR #1, CARR. 825 KM 1.7, SECTOR LA CANTERA, NARANJITO PR 00719; DIRECCIÓN POSTAL: BARRIO ACHIOTE, SOLAR #1, CARR. 825 KM 1.7, SECTOR LA CETENA, NARANJITO PR 00719; HC-72 BOX 3766-218, NARANJITO PR 00719 Y HC-73 BOX 4785, NARANJITO PR 00719. 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. 572023, 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 NúM.: 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 19 de mayo de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. SANDRA I. BÁEZ HERNÁNDEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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

Demandante Vs. SUCESION DE EDWIN

AVILA VARGAS, COMPUESTA POR SUS HIJOS EDWIN JEROME AVILA ORTEGA Y FABIOLA NICOLE AVILA ORTEGA; CAROLINE ORTEGA BERRIOS, POR SI Y EN CUANTO A LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2025CV01677. (504). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A: EDWIN JEROME AVILA ORTEGA, COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIONES DE EDWIN AVILA VARGAS. POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le notifica que se ha radicado en esta Secretaría por la parte demandante, Demanda sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria en la que se alega adeuda la suma principal de $124,941.80, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 6.50% anual, desde el día 1ro de mayo de 2018, hasta su completo pago, más recargos acumulados, más la cantidad de $16,500.00 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, así como cualquier otra suma estipulada en el contrato de préstamo, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. La propiedad hipotecada a ser vendida en pública subasta es: URBANA: Solar radicado en la URBANIZACIÓN

MONTECASINO HEIGHTS, en el Barrio Mucarabones del término municipal de Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, que se describe en el piano de inscripción de la Urbanización, con el número, área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación: Número del solar: número Cuatro (4) del Bloque “N”. Área del solar: QUINIENTOS SIETE PUNTO CERO CERO (507.00) METROS CUADRADOS. En lindes: por el NORTE, con la Calle número Cinco guión A (5-A), en una distancia de once punto cero cero (11.00) metros y el solar número Tres (3), en una distancia de veintiocho punto cero cero (28.00) metros; por el SUR,, con el solar número Cinco (5), en una distancia de treinta y nueve punto cero cero (39.00) metros; por el ESTE, con Montecasino (Madelaine), en una distancia de trece punto cero

cero (13.00) metros; y por el OESTE, con los solares números Diez (10) y Once (11), en una distancia de trece punto cero cero (13.00) metros. En este solar se ha construido una casa de vivienda para una familia, de bloques y hormigón reforzado. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 170 del tomo 473 de Toa Alta, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Tercera, finca número 21,124, inscripción quinta. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido publicado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día de la publicación. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 572023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. La información del (de la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante es la siguiente:

Lcdo. Baldomero A. Collazo Torres Bufete Collazo & Surillo, LLC

P.O. Box 11550 San Juan, P.R. 00922-1550 Tel. (787) 625-9999

Fax (787) 705-7387

E-mail: bcollazo@lawpr.com

Se le advierte, además, a los herederos que conforme el caso de Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria v. Latinoamericana de Exportación, Inc., 164

D.P.R. 689, 696 (2005) y a tenor con las disposiciones del Artículo 1578 del Código Civil

de Puerto Rico (31 L.P.R.A. sec. 11021), deberá aceptar o repudiar la herencia del causante Edwin Avila Vargas, dentro del término de treinta (30) días. De no expresar su intención de aceptar o repudiar la herencia dentro del término que se le fijó, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. Se le notifica también por la presente que la parte demandante habrá de presentar para su anotación al Registrador de la Propiedad del Distrito en que está situada la propiedad objeto de este pleito, un aviso de estar pendiente esta acción. Para publicarse conforme a la Orden dictada por el Tribunal en un periódico de circulación general. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto que firmo y sello en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy 15 de mayo de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. VIVIAN J. SANABRIA, SUBSECRETARIA.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V. MELISSA CRUZ CASANOVA T/C/C MELISSA CARRASQUILLO CASANOVA POR SÍ Y COMO HEREDERA DE NÉSTOR FÉLIX GARCÍA T/C/C NESTOR FELIX GARCIA RODRIGUEZ Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CA2025CV00654. (Civil: 401). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. BELMA ALONSO GARCÍAOFICINABELMAALONSO@GMAIL. COM. MARINILDA RIVERA VARGASMRIVERAVARGAS@YAHOO.COM. A: LA PARTE DEMANDADA, LUZ VERÓNICA GARCÍA, PAOLA ALEXANDRA GARCÍA COMO PARTE DE LA SUCESIÓN DE NÉSTOR FÉLIX GARCÍA T/C/C NÉSTOR FÉLIX GARCÍA RODRÍGUEZ, MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLE HEREDERO DESCONOCIDO DE NÉSTOR FÉLIX GARCÍA T/C/C NÉSTOR FÉLIX GARCÍA RODRÍGUEZ. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que

el 14 de 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 20 de mayo de 2025. Notas de la Secretaría: se enmienda a los fines de incluir a la parte, mengano de tal, posible heredero desconocido. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 20 de mayo de 2025. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. ROSA M. VIERA VELÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. CARLOS A. RAMOS FONTANEZ Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CR2024CV00501. (Salón: 001). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JOSÉ A. LAMAS BURGOSJLAMAS@LVPRLAW.COM. A: CARLOS A. RAMOS FONTANEZ - CARR 775 KM 6.5 INT BO PINAS, COMERIO PR 00782; HC04 BOX 8801, COMERIO PR 00782. (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 20 de mayo de 2025. En Comerío, Puerto Rico, el 20 de mayo de 2025. ELIZABETH GONZÁLEZ RIVERA, SECRETARIA. MARÍA I. CRUZ ORTIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS

VAPR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

Demandante V. EDUARDO MARTIN VELEZ TIRADO

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: CG2025CV00106. (Salón: 703). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

ADELA SURILLO GUTIÉRREZADELA.SURILLO@GMAIL.COM.

A: EDUARDO MARTIN VELEZ TIRADO. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia par edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 05 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 20 de mayo de 2025. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 20 de mayo de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MARIEL CRUZ RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA

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Demadante V. HECTOR R. RODRIGUEZ CINTRON

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: BY2024CV07458. (Salón: 503). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JOSÉ A. LAMAS BURGOSJLAMAS@LVPRLAW.COM. A: HECTOR R. RODRIGUEZ CINTRON.

(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 21 de mayo de 2025. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 21 de mayo de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. IVETTE M. MARRERO BRACERO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. JOHANNA V. SANCHEZ PENA

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: JU2025CV00012. (Salón: 702). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

JOSÉ A. LAMAS BURGOSJLAMAS@LVPRLAW.COM. A: JOHANA V. SANCHEZ PEÑA - 1147 CALLE AFRODITA, URB COLINAS DEL ESTE, JUNCOS PR 00777-7310. (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 21 de mayo de 2025. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 21 de mayo de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. VIONNETTE ESPINOSA CASTILLO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. LENDUS LLC Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: DO2025CV00073. (Salón: 503). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. MARITZA DEL CARMEN GUZMÁN MATOS - MGUZMAN@ PARTNERSLEGALSERVICESPR. COM.

A: LENDUS LLC; JOHN DOE; RICHARD DOE, POSIES TENEDORES DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO DESCRITO MÁS

ADELANTE.

(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 ar-

chivada 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 21 de mayo de 2025. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 21 de mayo de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. IVETTE M. MARRERO BRACERO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Parte Demandante Vs. ELIEZER SANTANA FEBUS

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV07012. 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: ELIEZER SANTANA FEBUS - URB LEVITTOWN LAKES CJ6 CALLE DR GUZMÁN RODRÍGUEZ, TOA BAJA PR 00949-3314; 255 CALLE MERHOFF, SAN JUAN PR 00915-2422. 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 AÑASCO, Puerto Rico, hoy día 24 de abril de 2025. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. JAILENE ACEVEDO GUZMÁN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Parte Demandante Vs. LUIS J. NEGRÓN VÉLEZ

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SS2024CV00847. 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: LUIS J. NEGRÓN VÉLEZ - PARCELAS CIBAO #104, SAN SEBASTIÁN PR 006858806; HC 8 BOX 86723, SAN SEBASTIÁN PR 00685-8806. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará

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

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en SAN SEBASTIÁN, Puerto Rico, hoy día 24 de abril de 2025. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. IVELISSE ROBLES MATHEWS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Parte Demandante Vs. FELIX L ROCHE TORRES

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: JD2024CV00696. 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: FELIX L ROCHE TORRES - RESIDENCIAL MAXIMO MIRANDA

APT 40, VILLALBA PR 00766; HC 2 BOX 4802, VILLALBA PR 00766-9716; 4083 HIGBEE STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19135. 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@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en JUANA DÍAZ, Puerto Rico, hoy día 25 de abril de 2025. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. GLORIVEE MORALES SÁEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE

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Parte Demandante Vs. PEDRO L APONTE ACOSTA

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: JD2024CV00693. 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.

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Qatari push to dominate another sport, table tennis, draws scrutiny

By HANNAH BEECH

In a near-empty venue in a near-empty patch of desert on the outskirts of Doha, Qatar’s capital, table tennis stars unfurled deadly slices and killer smashes last week as they vied to be crowned world champion.

Behind the scenes, another battle was playing out with just as much ferocity, as a wealthy Qatari businessperson sought the presidency of the governing body of international table tennis, the latest example of Persian Gulf interests trying to extend their influence over global sports.

For many people, table tennis may evoke images of college dorms or suburban basements, but it is one of the world’s most popular sports and a growing commercial force, particularly in East Asia.

Interviews with dozens of the sport’s current and former officials and players have cast light on the rising power of Persian Gulf nations such as Qatar and raised concerns about a history of bribery and lavish spending by Qatari officials — in table tennis and in other sports.

Last Monday, a Swiss whistleblower who has tangled with Khalil Al-Mohannadi, a Qatari businessperson with hopes of being elected president of the International Table Tennis Federation this week, was detained at the sport’s world championships in Doha.

The whistleblower, Georg Silberschmidt, a former official with Swiss Table Tennis, was surrounded by more than 20 security personnel and taken into custody after passing out flyers for a new players union meant to promote athletes’ rights.

For 24 hours, he and two employees of the players union were interrogated, put in prison cells and pressured to sign documents in Arabic, a language they do not speak. A member of the union was shown a photo of Silberschmidt by a representative of the Qatar

Table Tennis Association and was told that the Swiss man had broken the law.

Silberschmidt and the two other people detained were later released without charges and left the country.

“I don’t think I will ever go back to Qatar,” Silberschmidt said.

The International Table Tennis Federation’s presidential election was Tuesday, and its integrity unit has been investigating whether Al-Mohannadi or people supporting him are trying to influence the vote through monetary means, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The integrity unit declined to confirm or comment on specific cases under investigation.

But in a statement to The New York Times, the federation said that because of “the significance of our upcoming elections,” it had “engaged leading professional support specialized in the sector to ensure compliance and enforcement.”

“In response to recent allegations concerning certain candidates, we reiterate our absolute commitment to free, fair and clean elections,” the statement said.

Al-Mohannadi, who is the federation’s senior executive vice president, did not respond to repeated queries from the Times. Few people in the table tennis world are willing to criticize him publicly.

His rivals in the presidential election are the Swedish incumbent, Petra Sörling, and Mohamed El Hacen Ahmed Salem of Mauritania.

Al-Mohannadi has been associated with the federation for decades. After he was elected its deputy president in 2005, accusations mounted that the Qatar Table Tennis Association had engaged in vote-buying. Delegates spoke of money stuffed in envelopes and travel expenses being covered in return for support from nations in Africa and Eastern Europe.

The case was brought to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland. After receiving testimony from more than a dozen witnesses who described a range of electoral irregularities, the arbitrator ruled that there was “convincing evidence that bribery did take place.”

The election was annulled, and Al-Mohannadi did not run in the next one, held in 2006. But in 2014, he was again voted in as deputy president.

Although there is little local interest in

An inflatable version of the World Cup trophy is pulled off the field prior to the United States vs. Iran World Cup soccer match at Al Thumama stadium in Doha, Qatar on Nov. 29, 2022. A wealthy Qatari businessman’s campaign to lead table tennis’ global body is being investigated and one of his critics was detained and interrogated in Doha. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)

table tennis in Qatar, it has hosted the world championships twice. Al-Mohannadi, who used to work for the Qatari government as an undersecretary and at the state broadcaster, has promoted the sport for more than 30 years.

In recent years, Qatar has been raising its global profile through sports. It has naturalized athletes from other nations to compete in the Olympics and has played host to major international events, most famously the men’s soccer World Cup in 2022. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, officials for FIFA, soccer’s governing body, were bribed to vote for Qatar to host that tournament, in what many consider one of the dirtiest votes in sports history.

Qatar denies all the allegations. Qatar has also held world championships in athletics, handball and artistic gymnastics.

On the eve of the table tennis championships in Doha, Qatari officials boasted that tickets had sold fast. Chinese fans, who are among the sport’s most avid, complained that they couldn’t get seats. But at many of the early matches, the stands were devoid of spectators, except for officials and players’ entourages.

There are 227 member associations in the table tennis federation — more than in the United Nations — and each voting representative in the election Tuesday was eligible for about a weeklong stay in Qatar, with flights and luxury accommodations covered.

In 2021, Swiss Table Tennis and its German counterpart raised various concerns about Al-Mohannadi, including his ownership of a Qatari sports company that imported table tennis equipment, something that the federation’s rules appear to forbid. (Al-Mohannadi eventually transferred the company to a family member.) The federation’s thenpresident suspended Al-Mohannadi from his vice-presidential duties over those concerns.

But an internal investigation by the federation absolved Al-Mohannadi.

Five people who served on table tennis boards with Al-Mohannadi said he was rarely interested in the details of governance, often staying away from meetings for long stretches of time. He occasionally spoke up to complain that the hotel suites in which federation officials were staying were lacking, they said.

The current accommodations for federation delegates who had gathered in Doha for Tuesday’s election, one member from the Caribbean said, are “spectacular.”

NBA Playoffs

Eastern Conference Finals (Best of 7)

Game 1

Indiana Pacers 138, New York Knicks 135 (OT)

Game 2

Pacers 114, Knicks 109 Game 3

Knicks 106, Pacers 100 Game 4 (IND leads series 2-1)

Tuesday

Knicks at Pacers, 8 p.m. ET Game 5

Thursday

Pacers at Knicks, 8 p.m. ET (TNT)

Western Conference Finals (Best of 7)

Game 1

Oklahoma City Thunder 114, Minnesota Timberwolves 88

Game 2

Thunder 118, Timberwolves 103 Game 3

Timberwolves 143, Thunder 101 Game 4

Monday

Thunder 128, Timberwolves 126 Game 5 (OKC leads series 3-1)

Today

Timberwolves at Thunder, 8:30 p.m. ET (ESPN, ESPN Deportes)

Sudoku

How to Play:

Fill in the empty fields with the numbers from 1 through 9.

Sudoku Rules:

Every row must contain the numbers from 1 through 9

Every column must contain the numbers from 1 through 9

Every 3x3 square must contain the numbers from 1 through 9

Crossword

Aries (Mar 21-April 20)

Some minor but annoying communications could interrupt your routine today. You won’t appreciate the distraction, Aries, but it’s best to take care of whatever it is and then go back to your tasks. You might have to spend part of the day running errands. Traffic might have you frazzled. Spend the evening relaxing at home. You’ve worked hard and you deserve it!

Taurus (April 21-May 21)

Boredom and apathy could tempt you to run to the mall and spend a lot of money on luxuries. You might overindulge in food and drink. This can make you feel better temporarily, Taurus, but in the end all you will have is an empty wallet and a stomachache. Treat yourself, but don’t throw caution to the wind. This feeling will pass by tomorrow, and you don’t want to regret your day!

Gemini (May 22-June 21)

A lot of activity could take place around home today. It could involve a number of visitors, or it could simply be a lot of work that needs doing. Either way, you might feel a bit frazzled, and the temptation to run away from it all might be almost irresistible. Relax! There’s no need to stress out. Just do what needs to be done and enjoy the rest of the day.

Cancer (June 22-July 23)

News of unforeseen success could come your way today, leaving you reeling and breathless. You might feel a bit dazed, Cancer, like you don’t know what to do with yourself. It might take a while to gather yourself. A lot of letters and phone calls may come your way, some routine, some congratulatory. You could write or call a number of your friends. Some errands may be necessary.

Leo (July 24-Aug 23)

Social events or group activities may prove draining today, as a lot of people might want to take advantage of your talents. Your kind, accommodating nature might cause you to try to make everyone happy, Leo, but this isn’t realistic. You might stress yourself to the point of not caring what gets done. Be discriminating about what you commit to doing.

Virgo (Aug 24-Sep 23)

Excess is the word for today, Virgo. You may feel overly optimistic and enthusiastic about everything, and you could throw yourself into it all a bit too eagerly. You could take on more than you can handle. There is the danger of tiring yourself out physically. You could also go the other way and become very lazy, not wanting to do much of anything. Remember, moderation is the best approach.

Libra

(Sep 24-Oct 23)

Today you might feel a little depressed and apathetic, like you don’t care what happens right now. You might try to get your mind off those feelings by spending money. This works, Libra, but don’t spend any more than you have to. These feelings really have more to do with the past than the present. If old pain wells up, let it go. Tomorrow all will seem a lot better!

Scorpio

(Oct 24-Nov 22)

Today you might be with friends who want to go out on the town and spend money. Shopping, eating in fancy restaurants, or going to dance clubs could be in their plans. This is fine, Scorpio, as long as you don’t get caught up in the excess. Find a happy medium between spending too much and acting like a party pooper.

Sagittarius

(Nov 23-Dec 21)

Pressure and worries involving home and family could get in the way of your concentration today, Sagittarius. There may have been a quarrel with a household member that weighs on your mind. The best way to deal with this is to give yourself and everyone else time to cool down. Later you’re likely to find that it has all blown over.

Capricorn

(Dec 22-Jan 20)

Organizing your office and paying bills are likely to be on your agenda today, Capricorn. You could feel overwhelmed by the tasks, and you might be tempted to put them off. It’s better to take it slowly until you get everything done. You don’t have to do them all at once. This should lessen the stress. Spend a quiet evening at home.

Aquarius

(Jan 21-Feb 19)

Excessive food and drink could have you feeling rather sluggish and indifferent to everything. This can get in the way of your usual kindness and affection, but it shouldn’t. Get some rest, take a stomach remedy, and get back to your old self! You might also be tempted to overspend at some point. Think about it first!

Pisces

(Feb 20-Mar 20)

Today a number of chores around the home could have you feeling overwhelmed, Pisces. Family members might abandon you, leaving you disgruntled. Do the most pressing and leave the rest for when they’re home! There might be a difference of opinion between you and your mate. Try to see both sides of the issue and circumvent any serious disagreements.

Answers to the Sudoku and Crossword on page 29

Ziggy

Herman

Speed Bump