Tuesday Apr 21, 2026

Bill to Incentivize Development of TV Content for Local Consumption Gains Unanimous Approval in PR House

Loíza Territorial Plan Is First in Town’s History

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Bill to incentivize development of TV content for local consumption gains unanimous approval in PR House

By THE STAR STAFF

The island House of Representatives has unanimously approved (46-0) a measure introduced by Speaker Carlos “Johnny” Méndez Nuñez that promotes the development of the local film industry, particularly series, reality shows, game shows, comedy programs and programs aimed at children, thus eliminating the requirement that they have to be scheduled or distributed outside the island to receive any economic incentive from the government.

“It has been recognized that the way to attract, increase, and maintain television production in a location is to provide incentives that help recoup the high costs of these productions and encourage greater investment in the local economy,” states the preamble of the measure, which was approved last week. “However, the current Puerto Rico Incentives Code requires that, in order to consider episodic series, television programs, and other television projects as film projects, they must be intended for commercial distribution or exhibition to the general public outside of Puerto Rico, thus limiting projects whose distribution is restricted to the Puerto Rican market.”

House Bill 443 amends Section 2091.01 of Act 60-2019, known as the “Puerto Rico Incentives Code,” to eliminate the requirement of advertising, distribution or commercial exhibition to the general public outside of Puerto Rico for film projects comprising episodic series, miniseries, and

television programs of a similar nature, including pilots and those produced for digital distribution, and for television projects, including but not limited to reality television programs, known in English as “reality shows,” interview programs, news programs, game shows, entertainment programs, comedy programs, variety programs, and children’s programs.

“The production of local television content is a critical component of Puerto Rico’s film industry because it generates long-term jobs that benefit qualified residents of the island and creates a permanent infrastructure that uses indirect local resources from a variety of industries, including but not limited to transportation, equipment and location rental, food, hotels, among others,” Méndez said.

“Today, it is a reality in the global market that multinational companies are investing in Puerto Rico to create more profitable and far-reaching mechanisms,” he added. “This Legislative Assembly’s commitment has been, and will continue to be, to promote the production of local television programming.”

Switch to free parking for some hospital visitors is subject of Senate hearing

By THE STAR STAFF

Amid a legal dispute between the Medical Services Administration (ASEM) and the company managing the multi-story parking garage at the Puerto Rico Medical Center in Río Piedras, which holds a 40-year contract expiring in two years, questions have arisen about whether the company accurately reports the service’s revenue.

ASEM’s executive director, Regino Colón Alsina, stated that the issue came to light after both parties went to court over the construction of a multi-story parking garage for employees of the Medical Center, commonly known as Centro Médico.

The company, Medical Center Parking Associates LTD, argued that according to the contract, it was obligated to participate in the project; however, ASEM maintained that, since it is not for commercial purposes, the administration would not be affected.

The statements were made during a public hearing of the Committee on Transportation, Telecommunications, Public Services, and Consumer Affairs, chaired by Sen. Héctor Joaquín Sánchez Álvarez, regarding Senate Bill (SB) 1076,

which seeks to introduce a reduced rate for companions of patients hospitalized for more than a week.

“Among the issues in the litigation is whether we are being informed of the true financial implications of the bill,” Colón Alsina said. “If we manage the parking facilities in the future, which is very likely based on our experience, and if we can achieve a free parking rate based on this bill, we will do so.”

Colón Alsina indicated that his intention is for ASEM to resume managing the parking lot when the contract with the company expires in 2028, instead of seeking another lessor through a bid.

ASEM supports the measure, he said, but sees implementation as difficult.

Although SB 1076 proposes providing relief to patients’ companions, several senators questioned whether its implementation would encourage hospitals to raise regular rates, whether visitors would have to identify themselves as companions to receive the benefit, or whether it would represent an onerous burden for a hospital sector already facing financial difficulties.

Rivera Schatz urges chief of staff, treasury chief to deliver requested documents

By THE STAR STAFF

Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz said Monday that he is prepared to go “to the fullest extent” to obtain the information requested by the Committee of the Whole from the La Fortaleza Chief of Staff Francisco Domenech Fernández and Treasury Secretary Ángel Pantoja Rodríguez.

Domenech had until midnight Monday to provide data from the Lobbyist Registry and information on government contracts, while the Treasury Department has until today to provide tax information on government contractor Antonio Sagardía de Jesús.

In response to questions from the press, Rivera Schatz stated, “They can say whatever they want, they can do whatever they want, and we respect that, but there is nothing better than a clear conscience and having the moral authority to demand it.”

“There is nothing better than that, and they know it: that we are going to insist, so I am in no hurry,” the Senate president added. “They can run, run, run, and run, but they won’t be able to escape.”

Rivera Schatz also indicated that the Treasury Department, through the Department of Justice, could appeal the ruling ordering the release of Sagardía’s information. Last Friday, the San Juan Court of First Instance ordered Pantoja Rodríguez to hand over Sagardía’s tax information within 48 hours, and Judge Iris L. Cancio González warned

that noncompliance could result in civil contempt of court.

“I imagine they will appeal,” Rivera Schatz said. “I have no problem prevailing again in the Appeals Court because the legal arguments they are presenting are

unfounded.”

He also said that the treasury secretary, whom he described as “a good person” and “his friend,” believes “fairness must be done for the taxpayer.”

“Defending the taxpayer also means that when someone tries to take advantage of the system with their taxes [...] the taxpayer needs to understand that there are no privileges for anyone, not for Antonio Sagardía, not for Verónica Ferraiuoli, not for me, not for anyone,” Rivera Schatz said. “That’s what it means to do justice for the taxpayer.”

The Senate president also did not rule out requesting additional information, issuing new summonses, and submitting referrals once he receives the documents requested from Domenech, given the “voluminous” nature of the information.

“He asked for until the 15th, and we gave him until the 20th, so I estimate that they will deliver it during the day,” he said, adding that once he receives the documents, he will make them public -- “all the documents.”

“I am going to ask the secretariat to digitize them or somehow put them on the website, so that anyone who wants to review them can do so,” Rivera Schatz said.

ACLU goes to court for information on Operation Stonegarden

By THE STAR STAFF

The American Civil Liberties Union of Puerto Rico filed a writ of mandamus on Monday on behalf of journalist Carlos Berríos Polanco, demanding that the Puerto Rico Police Bureau release public information regarding Operation Stonegarden.

“We are talking about information concerning the use of public funds, coordina-

tion with federal agencies, equipment acquisition, and civil rights safeguards,” ACLU of Puerto Rico Legal Director Fermín Arraiza Navas said in a written statement. “That information does not belong to the agency, but to the country.”

“The law does not allow an agency to simply remain silent, let the deadline expire, and treat access to information as if it were optional,” Arraiza Navas added.

The petition was filed before the Court of First Instance in San Juan and was directed at Police Commissioner Joseph González Falcón. The writ asserts that the Police Bureau failed to respond -- within the timeframe stipulated by the Law on Transparency and Expedited Procedures for Access to Public Information -- to a request filed on Feb. 19 of this year.

Berríos Polanco requested documents regarding the administration and allocation

of Operation Stonegarden funds, as well as proposals, memoranda of understanding, and cooperation or sub-grant agreements signed with federal agencies between fiscal years 2018 and 2025. He also requested operational reports and data on arrests, citations, and other interventions carried out during those operations.

Operation Stonegarden is a Department of Homeland Security grant program, typically providing around $90 million annually to state, local and tribal law enforcement to enhance border security, according to FEMA.gov.

The ACLU of Puerto Rico said the law establishes a 20-business-day timeframe for addressing public information requests, noting that, in this case, the period began on Feb. 20 and expired on March 20. It added that, in the absence of a response or an extension, the Transparency Portal marked the request with the status of “administrative silence.”

Annette Martínez Orabona, executive director of the ACLU of Puerto Rico, asserted that access to public information is a constitutional right indispensable for over-

seeing power and for enabling the citizenry to evaluate government actions based on data and facts.

The request also seeks access to operational policies and training materials regarding the use of force, interactions with civilians, authority to intervene in immigration matters, and protocols for referring individuals to federal custody. Furthermore, it requests documents concerning civil rights safeguards, language access, discrimination prevention, complaint mechanisms, and community impact.

First territorial development plan for Loíza signed into law

By THE STAR STAFF

Gov. Jenniffer González Colón on Monday signed the Municipality of Loíza’s first territorial development plan alongside Mayor Julia Nazario Fuentes. “This Plan allows Loíza to grow in an orderly manner, protecting its resources and creating new opportunities for its people,” the governor stated in written remarks.

“We have never had a Territorial Ordering Plan before,” Nazario added. “I want to thank the Governor for affixing her signature, as well as my planning team, who -- working in conjunction with the state planning agency -labored until this document was fully aligned with the recommendations of our citizens.”

The plan strengthens the commercial corridor along Route PR-187, promotes a

Loíza’s first territorial plan strengthens the commercial corridor along highway PR-187, promotes a compact, mixed-use urban center, and stipulates that urban growth must be harmonized with the protection of the natural and cultural resources that distinguish the northeastern coastal municipality.

compact, mixed-use urban center, and stipulates that urban growth must be harmonized with the protection of the natural and cultural resources that distinguish Loíza.

Furthermore, it recognizes tourism development as a strategic component for the island’s eastern region by incorporating infrastructure projects, the creation of public spaces, and the establishment of a tourism route consortium in collaboration with neighboring municipalities.

Puerto Rico Planning Board Chairman Héctor Morales Martínez noted that the plan provides Loíza with a tool to guide its growth, strengthen its economy, and protect its resources, in accordance with the government’s public policy on planning.

The signing of the plan also aims to expand municipal autonomy, reinforce environmental protection, and promote risk mitigation initiatives -- including those addressing the challenge posed by coastal erosion -- with the ultimate goal of strengthening resilience and improving the quality of life for the residents of Loíza.

House delegation denounces majority move to address minimum wage bill in executive session

By THE STAR STAFF

Rep. Héctor Ferrer Santiago, the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) minority leader in the lower chamber of the island Legislature, joined by Rep. Domingo Torres García, the alternate minority leader, on Monday questioned the true intentions of the New Progressive Party (NPP) legislative majority regarding their decision to hold an executive session concerning House Bill (HB) 1115, a measure that they said would upend the minimum wage review process in Puerto Rico.

Ferrer warned that, while an executive session is a standard part of the legislative process, using it to fast-track a measure after holding only a single public hearing -- and without broader analysis -- raises serious concerns.

“The minimum wage is not a game,” he said. “Attempting to push this legislation through via an executive session demonstrates that the NPP is seeking to avoid public scrutiny regarding a proposal that directly impacts the working class.”

Ferrer Santiago maintained that HB 1115 -- authored by Rep. Roberto López Román -- seeks to return the authority to

set the minimum wage to the Legislative Assembly, thereby eliminating the independent, technical body currently responsible for evaluating wage increases. He contended that this move would open the door to decisions driven by partisan interests rather than by economic data or the actual realities faced by workers.

“Eliminating a data-driven process and replacing it with political decision-making constitutes a dangerous regression,” the PDP minority leader added. “What they are proposing is to turn the minimum wage into a political football, directly harming thousands of Puerto Rican families.”

Torres García, meanwhile, emphasized that while an executive session does not constitute final approval of a measure, it nonetheless represents a critical step toward advancing it to the full floor of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives. In this regard, he noted that there are concerns that the executive session scheduled for Monday may be intended to issue a favorable report on the bill. Torres García called upon the legislative majority to halt the process and allow for an open, participatory, and responsible analysis.

“The right course of action is to conduct public hearings, ensure citizen participation, and formulate serious public policy -- not to make hasty decisions within closed processes in order to push through measures that harm the working people,” Torres García said.

Under bill, parents of minor athletes could enter some sports tourneys for free

By THE STAR STAFF

The House Committee on Recreation and Sports, chaired by Rep. Luis “Josean” Jiménez, on Monday began its evaluation of House Bill 1158, aimed at establishing the “Act for the Protection and Accompaniment of Minors at Sporting Events.”

The bill seeks to mandate that any organizer of a sporting event involving a minor must allow free admission for one responsible adult for every participating minor, provided the event takes place at a public facility.

During the public hearing, Juan Carlos García Rivera, the

administrative director of the Legal Counsel Office at the Department of Recreation and Sports (DRD), expressed his support for the measure sponsored by Rep. Estrella Martínez Soto. He stated that it is “not only an act of social justice but also a necessary safety tool to ensure that no minor participates in large-scale events without the proper supervision and accompaniment of a responsible adult.”

However, he recommended imposing specific requirements on event promoters as a condition for granting the DRD’s endorsement or a permit to use public facilities, thereby preventing “organizers from raising registration fees to recoup lost ticket revenue.”

“A clause could be included in the lease agreement for the public facility in which the promoter commits not to increase registration charges,” García Rivera said.

Emma Sulsona Gándara, president of the Association of Private Schools, recommended consulting with the Department of Justice regarding the legal and constitutional aspects of the measure -- specifically those related to contractual freedom between the parties -- in light of “the potential State intervention in private economic activity and the potential impairment of existing contractual relationships between event organizers and their clients.”

Democrats eye a broader battlefield to capture Congress in November

By EMILY COCHRANE and REID J. EPSTEIN

As the mule-drawn floats and carts lined up for the annual Mule Day parade in Columbia, Tennessee,

Mayor Chaz Molder, a Democratic donkey in conservative country, was bantering with Republican officials when one official called out, “With as much money as you raised, you should have two more donkeys.”

Molder, 42, waved off the remark, but onlookers in mule T-shirts and floppy mule ears weighed in on the mayor’s unlikely challenge to Rep. Andy Ogles, with either a hardy “go get ’em, Chaz” or a quieter call of support for the incumbent, a hard-core conservative who in any other year would be hard to beat.

That Ogles’ seat is even in the conversation is an indication of the political shape Republicans find themselves in as they approach the midterm elections. Anger over President Donald Trump’s war in Iran, spiking gas prices and persistent affordability concerns have led to shifts of up to 20 percentage points in recent elections compared with the 2024 election that returned Trump to the White House.

An attendee holds a campaign sign for Chaz Molder, the mayor of Columbia and a Democratic House candidate, during the town’s annual Mule Day celebrations in Columbia, Tenn., April 11, 2026. Molder, a small-town mayor and turkey hunter with a penchant for retail politics, is one of several Democrats hoping that a focus on kitchen-table issues can reverse their party’s fortunes in places like rural Tennessee. (Brad J. Vest/The New York Times)

Tennessee Republicans thought they drew a safe seat during the last redistricting cycle, slicing a Democratic district in Nashville into three districts stretching into rural areas. The 5th Congressional District now reaches south of even Columbia, a town of nearly 50,000 about 50 miles south of the state capital. Ogles won it for the first time in 2022, by nearly 14 percentage points. The question is whether Trump’s 18-point advantage in the district in 2024 is enough to guarantee a win this fall.

Democrats are becoming increasingly aggressive at targeting Republican seats once considered out of reach. In recent weeks, the House Democratic campaign arm began paying for digital advertising in a South Texas district where Trump prevailed by 18 points and where a Tejano singing star, Bobby Pulido, is challenging a Republican incumbent, Rep. Monica De La Cruz. Democratic digital ads are also attacking Rep. Nick Begich in the at-large House contest that covers all of Alaska, where Trump won by 13 points.

Democrats are also expanding their ambitions in Senate elections, where the four-seat pickup needed for control once felt impossible. Democrats initially focused on maintaining seats in Georgia, Michigan and New Hampshire, with possible pickups in Maine and North Carolina. Now they are looking at Ohio, Alaska, Texas and Iowa — and wondering how to support independent candidates challenging Republicans in Nebraska and Montana.

And in the House, there are plans to soon add more seats that Trump carried by as many as 20 percentage points. On Friday, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee launched Spanish-language digital ads in the Florida districts of Rep. Cory Mills, which Trump won by 13 percentage points, and Rep. Laurel Lee, which Trump won by 11 points; a Miami-area district that he won by 15 points; and a neighboring seat that he won by 25 points.

Meantime, outside opportunities keep opening up, in

western Montana, where Rep. Ryan Zinke is retiring from a seat that Trump won with 54%, and in West Texas, where Tony Gonzales resigned amid a sex scandal from a seat the president won with 57%. (In contrast, Rep. Eric Swalwell, a Democrat under similar scandal, left a district that Kamala Harris won with 66%.)

“Democrats are on offense, Republicans are running scared, and our expansive map reflects it,” said Rep. Suzan DelBene, the Seattle-area chair of the campaign committee.

In a House where Republicans hold a three-seat majority, Democrats need to flip just a few seats to win a majority next year. Harris won nine Republican-held districts, as currently configured, but House Republicans represent 21 additional districts that Trump carried by 10 points or less. Another 55 are in districts Trump carried by 10 to 20 points.

The special election in northwest Georgia two weeks ago had a 25-point swing away from Trump. No one thinks the country will put up numbers like that in November.

But some of the Democrats seen as more likely to make

gains in Republican-leaning districts have cleared more than $1 million in fundraising hauls.

Federal Election Commission reports filed last week showed Molder sitting on a war chest of more than $1.2 million, while Ogles’ campaign reported just $85,000 in cash on hand at the end of March.

“For any Republican that identifies as a Republican voter, they need to take this seriously,” Steve Hickey, chair of the Williamson County Republican Party, said of Ogles’ race and other midterm races. With part of his county included in the district, he added, “we are certainly not resting on our laurels.”

Republicans in Washington and Tennessee remain confident that districts like Ogles’ will remain under their party’s purview.

“Democrats targeting safe Republican seats in red states like Tennessee is pure political hallucination,” said Reilly Richardson, a spokesperson for the House Republican campaign arm. “They’re operating on our turf, and they’ll be stuck wasting their money in unwinnable districts.”

Spending from Republican-aligned super political action committees and other independent expenditure committees is likely to more than make up for whatever money candidates raise anyway.

Ogles’ district replaced what, for 150 years, had been a solidly Democratic seat. Rep. Jim Cooper, the centrist Democrat who first won the old district in 2002, retired, leaving it for Ogles, the former mayor of rural Maury County. Since then, Ogles, 54, has garnered scrutiny and controversy, including a federal investigation into his finances and backlash over a slew of anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim comments.

But Ogles has batted back both Republican and Democratic challengers in the past. In recent days, he has highlighted the renaming of a Columbia post office; his support for plans to open a new veterans clinic in the district; and his fierce opposition to illegal immigration, temporary protected status for Haitian migrants and Muslims of all kinds.

“I’m sorry to hurt your feelings, but ‘America First’ means Americans first,” Ogles said during a conference call with constituents Thursday, responding to a question about his opposition to a pathway to citizenship for refugees and other immigrants.

Haunted by ‘dark thoughts,’ Louisiana father kills 8 children

By EDUARDO MEDINA, CHRISTINA MORALES and JOHNNY DÍAZ

Eight children were killed and two other people were gravely wounded in a shooting spree that spanned at least three locations in Shreveport, Louisiana, and ended with the gunman shot dead after a police chase Sunday morning, authorities said.

The gunman, Shamar Elkins, 31, had mental health problems and had recently expressed suicidal thoughts, family members said in interviews.

The children ranged in age from 3 to 11, officials said, and seven of the eight were Elkins’. He shot them execution style, according to a spokesperson for the Shreveport Police Department.

The children were identified by the Caddo Parish Coroner’s Office as Jayla Elkins, 3; Shayla Elkins, 5; Kayla Pugh, 6; Layla Pugh, 7; Markaydon Pugh, 10; Sariahh Snow, 11; Khedarrion Snow, 6; and Braylon Snow, 5.

Shamar Elkins also shot two other people,

including his wife, who was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries Sunday, officials and relatives said.

After the shootings, authorities said, Elkins took a car by force, and police officers pursued him. The officers opened fire and Elkins died, Cpl. Chris Bordelon of the Shreveport Police Department said in a news conference. It is unclear if officers killed Elkin or if he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Mayor Tom Arceneaux of Shreveport described the killings in a news conference as “maybe the worst tragic situation we’ve ever had.”

On Sunday afternoon, friends and relatives of Elkins said they were processing the devastating toll of the killings. Police have not offered a possible motive and their investigation is ongoing.

In interviews, relatives described Elkins as someone who was recently struggling with his mental health and who was stressed about his relationship with his wife, Shaneiqua Pugh.

Earlier this month, on Easter Sunday, he called his mother, Mahelia Elkins, and his stepfather, Marcus Jackson. Mahelia Elkins and

cocaine addiction, so she left him to be raised by a family friend, Betty Walker. Mahelia Elkins reconnected with her son more than a decade ago.

Walker, who spoke to authorities Sunday but did not witness the shootings, said in an interview that Shamar Elkins shot his wife several times, including in the head and in the stomach.

Walker said she last saw Elkins last weekend when his family came over for dinner. Nothing appeared off with him at the time, she said.

“I was getting up this morning to make myself some coffee, and I got the call,” she said. “My babies — my babies are gone.”

Records show that Elkins had at least two prior convictions, including for driving while intoxicated in 2016 and for the illegal use of weapons in 2019.

In a police description of the March 2019 incident, an officer wrote that Elkins pulled a 9 mm handgun out of his waistband and shot at a vehicle five times after the driver of the car had pulled a silver handgun on him. One of the bullets Elkins shot was found near a school where children were playing outside.

at least three locations in Shreveport on Sunday morning, the authorities said. (Shreveport Police Department via The New York Times)

Jackson said in interviews that their son sounded despondent. They said they could hear his children playing in the background during the call.

Shamar Elkins told them through tears that he wanted to take his own life. He told Jackson that his wife wanted a divorce, and that he was drowning in “dark thoughts.”

“I told him, ‘You can beat stuff, man. I don’t care what you’re going through, you can beat it,’” Jackson said. “Then I remember him telling me: ‘Some people don’t come back from their demons.’”

Shamar Elkins hung up, promising to tell his children, dressed in their Sunday best, that their grandparents in Oklahoma City said hello.

Mahelia Elkins said she did not know exactly what problems her son was having with his wife. Records show that they were married in 2024. She added that her son worked for UPS and had served in the Army.

The Army said in a statement Sunday that Shamar Elkins served in the Louisiana Army National Guard from August 2013 to August 2020 as a signal support system specialist and a fire support specialist. He had no deployment and left the Army as a private.

Mahelia Elkins said she was not extremely close with her son. She had Shamar Elkins when she was a teenager and struggling with a crack

Willie Vasher, who used to work at UPS with Elkins, said in an interview that his children were friends with the Elkins children when they lived in Shreveport in 2024. Elkins appeared like a typical devoted father, Vasher said.

The only thing that stuck out to him about Elkins was that he often appeared stressed. He had a bald spot on his head because he had a tendency to nervously pull out his hair throughout the day, Vasher said. Mahelia Elkins said she also noticed that tic.

“All day I’ve been asking, ‘What happened,’” Vasher said.

In recent weeks, Shamar Elkins’ mother and stepfather had felt uneasy about their son, even as he appeared to signal some hope. He shared a prayer on Facebook this month that began: “Dear God, Today I ask you to help me guard my mind and my emotions.”

He sent them a photo of his family. His mother texted him last Tuesday to ask how they were, and he replied, “Everyone is doing OK.”

On Thursday, Mahelia Elkins texted: “I love y’all. Give my grandson and my granddaughters a kiss from grandma. Thanks so much.”

He never replied.

On Sunday, Jackson got the first hint that something was wrong when strangers commented on his Facebook posts to say Shamar Elkins was “the devil.”

Mahelia Elkins took out her phone and read a headline that eight children — including her grandchildren — were dead.

“Why, God?” she said, crying. “Why?”

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL

The four lessons liberals should consider after Orban’s defeat

By ROSS DOUTHAT

The defeat of Viktor Orban’s government in Hungary’s parliamentary elections may usher in a new era in Western commentary, when neither conservatives nor liberals will be tempted to draw sweeping lessons from a small landlocked country with a population smaller than the state of Michigan.

But before the temptation recedes, let me give in to it just once. And since the obvious lesson from Hungary for the Republican Party — an attempt to build a new conservative order will fail if it’s perceived as authoritarian and corrupt — probably comes too late for the Trump administration, I want to focus on realities that liberals might consider as they cheer Orbanism’s defeat.

The first lesson is that Western democracy under populist conditions is more resilient than a certain kind of anxious analysis suggests. There is a very important distinction between having a leader who makes authoritarian moves and actually being an authoritarian state, and the road from the first scenario to the second is not a simple matter of flipping a switch labeled “autocracy.” Orban ruled Hungary, a country with a thin democratic tradition, for 16 long years, and yet despite the power his circle wielded over industry and media, his rise and fall tracked the rise and fall of his

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popular support. Hungary had a mostly pliant press and a gerrymandered Parliament, but it was not East Germany or Putin’s Russia; when the people tired of Orban, he was gone.

This is not an argument that it would be perfectly fine if an American president (of either party) consolidated as much power as Orban enjoyed. It’s merely a case for not living inside worst-case scenarios where the United States — a society not at all like Hungary, with a vast array of competing power centers and centuries of democratic tradition — is one election or one Caesarist chief executive away from permanent dictatorship.

This leads to the second lesson of Hungary for liberals, which is that the best political response to populism is usually to deal with its concrete policy demands, rather than insisting that a democratic emergency requires people to back the establishment no matter what.

Peter Magyar, the incoming Hungarian prime minister, ran against Orbanist corruption, but otherwise he promised his own form of nationalism and even tacked to Orban’s right on immigration. In the process he vindicated the most basic theory of how to respond to a populist era: Move to the cultural right, especially on immigration.

It’s a simple admonition but one that establishment leaders in both Europe and America have found nearly impossible to follow, preferring to treat their periodic electoral victories as opportunities to return — as the Biden administration did, to its own destruction — to the very policies that prompted populist rebellion in the first place.

That temptation remains powerful, with various autopsies on Orbanism doubling as epitaphs for the entire post-liberal era, casting its intellectual scene especially as a Potemkin village funded by Hungarian largess. This brings me to the third point I wish liberals would internalize: The crisis of the post-Cold War order exists independently of would-be “post-liberal” intellectuals, including the writers and thinkers whom Orban’s government supported.

Shutter the Budapest cafes named for Roger Scruton, purge the conservative university Orban built up, and it won’t have any effect on the prospects of right-wing parties in the rather more important nations of France, Germany and Britain. That’s because the phenomena of populism and nationalism are organic reactions to an age of mass migration, collapsed birthrates, deindustrialization and digital anomie. Conservative intellectuals have attached themselves to the reaction, but they did not create it. You will not reckon with the post-liberal era by defunding right-wing academic conferences.

Finally, you also will not reckon with this moment until you see that it is not only the populists who can be antidemocratic or illiberal. Orbanism emerged initially as a popular reaction to the impositions of the European Union, a

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban looks on as President Donald Trump speaks during a bilateral lunch at the White House in Washington, Nov. 7, 2025. Orban and his right-wing playbook were embraced by parts of the American right — now some are worried by his defeat. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times)

political arrangement that is sometimes bloodlessly described as suffering from a “democratic deficit,” which is to say that it often allows a bureaucratic caste to ignore public opinion and trample national sovereignty. And Orban has shared a continent for the past decade with governments that in the name of liberalism perpetuate their own soft tyrannies, their own traducement of human rights and human dignity. It is not Hungary but Britain that regularly arrests and imprisons its citizens for social media posts. It is not Hungary but Finland and Iceland where Christians can face legal harassment for expressing traditional views on sexuality and marriage. It is not in Hungary but in the Netherlands that young people suffering from psychiatric conditions can be euthanized.

And it is no brief for the place Orbanism ended, in corruption and defeat, to suggest that many institutions that imagine themselves to be treating an illiberal infection somewhere out there, among the hoi polloi, badly need to heal themselves.

C3Tec impulsa la innovación femenina con la 9na edición del programa Codepillars

POR EL STAR STAFF

CAGUAS – El Centro Criollo de Ciencia y Tecnología del Caribe (C3Tec) anunció la décima edición de su exitoso programa Codepillars, una iniciativa educativa que este año celebra su décimo aniversario formando a niñas en las disciplinas de ciencia, tecnología, ingeniería y matemáticas.

Como parte de esta 9na edición, un grupo selecto de 20 niñas presentó cinco proyectos innovadores desarrollados a lo largo del programa sabatino, evidenciando su capacidad para integrar conocimientos científicos. Entre las propuestas se destacan Reshore, un sistema de barreras submarinas con esculturas ecológicas para mitigar la erosión costera; Aquabot, un robot acuático diseñado para limpiar hábitats marinos y fomentar la biodiversidad; CalmTech Pack, una herramienta sensorial portátil para asistir a personas durante episodios de ansiedad; Reef 3D, un sistema de arrecifes artificiales sostenibles que promueve la regeneración de ecosistemas marinos; y Emotional Peace, un reloj inteligente que monitorea el bienestar emocional y conecta a los usuarios con redes de apoyo y recursos especializados.

El programa, que se extendió desde septiembre de

2025 hasta abril de 2026, culminó con un evento de cierre el 18 de abril en las instalaciones del C3Tec, donde las participantes presentaron sus prototipos destacando el impacto de la educación STEM en la solución de desafíos sociales y ambientales.

“En C3Tec creemos firmemente en el poder transformador de la educación científica. Codepillars no solo despierta el interés por la tecnología, sino que cultiva líderes capaces de diseñar soluciones con propósito. Celebrar diez años de este programa es reafirmar nuestra misión de abrir espacios para que más niñas se visualicen como científicas, ingenieras e innovadoras “,expresó Tasha Endara, directora ejecutiva de la institución.

Desde su creación, la iniciativa Nenas en la Ciencia ha impactado a más de 6,500 niñas en Puerto Rico, mientras que el programa Codepillars ha beneficiado directamente a más de 200 participantes en los últimos nueve años, consolidándose como una de las plataformas educativas más rel-

evantes en el fomento del talento femenino en STEM. El crecimiento del programa ha sido gracias al apoyo continuo del Titin Foundation, quienes han sido una pieza clave todos estos años para impactar a jóvenes emprendedoras y visionarias.

“Para nuestra fundación, acompañar iniciativas como esta no es solo un acto de apoyo. Es, ante todo, una convicción. Una apuesta decidida por un futuro en el que más niñas se vean a sí mismas como creadoras, como innovadoras, como líderes”, señaló Sofía Martínez-Álvarez González, presidenta y CEO de Titín Foundation.

Cayey se corona como la nueva Miss Teen World Puerto Rico 2026

POR EL STAR STAFF

CAYEY

– En una noche cargada de elegancia, talento y emoción, la joven Paola M. Burgos Díaz, representante del pueblo de Cayey, se alzó con el título de Miss Teen World Puerto Rico 2026 durante la gran final celebrada ayer domingo en el Teatro Municipal de Cayey.

La nueva soberana, de 18 años y estudiante de Biología en la UPR de Cayey, se destacó entre un grupo

de 22 candidatas provenientes de distintos pueblos de la Isla, logrando impresionar al jurado en las distintas competencias de la noche que incluyeron traje de baño, traje de gala y pregunta final.

“Este triunfo representa un sueño hecho realidad. Hoy asumo este título con mucho orgullo y con el compromiso de llevar el nombre de Puerto Rico en alto, inspirando a otros jóvenes a creer en sí mismos y luchar por sus metas”, expresó la nueva reina.

De las 22 candidatas, fueron seleccionadas 13 finalistas, de las cuales también se coronaron otras reinas que representarán a Puerto Rico en distintos certámenes internacionales. Esta edición marcó la número 22 del certamen, consolidando su trayectoria como una de las plataformas juveniles más importantes del país.

La velada comenzó al son del flamenco español, que se hizo sentir en la presentación de las candidatas, aportando un toque cultural distintivo al espectáculo. Asimismo, con el peculiar sonido del violín, las participantes realizaron su desfile en traje de gala, luciendo deslumbrantes sobre el escenario entre una mezcla de colores, brillos y texturas que cautivaron al público.

Entre los premios especiales, algunos de los galardones recayeron en Miss Teen Guaynabo, Sofía Montalvo, quien obtuvo el premio de Piel Más Hermosa y el Premio Natasha Maisonet recayó en Miss Teen Ba-

yamón Gerriana A. Barradas; De igual forma, Reynelis Rosado, Miss Teen San Germán, fue reconocida como Mejor Figura; mientras que Camila Figueroa, Miss Teen Mayagüez, recibió el premio de Fotogenia, entre otros reconocimientos otorgados durante la noche.

Uno de los momentos más emotivos de la velada fue la despedida de la reina saliente, Alondra Díaz, quien lució radiante para posteriormente entregar su corona a la nueva soberana.

El certamen contó con la animación de Nicole Chacón y Luis Daniel Rosario, quienes guiaron la velada con dinamismo y elegancia. Como parte del espectáculo artístico, el público disfrutó de la participación especial del cantante Cristian Diana, primer finalista de la reciente edición de “Objetivo Fama”, quien puso el toque musical a la noche.

La selección de la nueva reina estuvo a cargo de un variado jurado compuesto por Zashely Alicea (Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2025), Génesis Dávila (modelo y empresaria), Maydelise Columna (Miss Intercontinental 2010), Dr. Guillermo Colón Colón (medicina primaria y estética), Dra. Mireily Martínez (dentista), Norwill Fragoso (actriz y comunicadora), Gisela Asencio (Fashion Icon y filántropa), Erik Negrón (motivador y tallerista) y Gabriel Román (presidente de Miss Grand Paraguay y fundador de Miss Teen Continental).

Scheherazade promises kids one night of magic

By PEGGY ANN BLISS

Special to The STAR

Scheherazade.

If you can spell it you’ve won half the battle.

But there’s another lesson in this famous ballet by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, one the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra (PRSO), under the baton of Karlo Flores, will serve up on a special plate complete with dancing and narration for families with children. This exotic adventure will be held Saturday at a special time, special price and special invitation to kids under three (usually barred from concerts).

Not that there’ s anything babyish about this lavish presentation, which attendees of all ages will enjoy (if they can take a few misplaced howls of delight).

Once upon a time, there was an Arabian princess named (you know) who offered herself in marriage to a cruel sultan named Shahryar to save the kingdom. The sultan, who was so angry at women (because his first wife had cheated on him) that he set out to punish the whole sex. Every day, he forced one young woman of his kingdom to marry him, and after one day had each one killed. After he had gone through about 300 wives, and there were no more eligible women left, this brave (and very smart) young lady, daughter of his close adviser, married Shahryar over her father’s protestations. When they went to bed the first night, she began telling him a story, but stopped. She waited until the morning to finish the story but immediately started another one. She repeated this ruse for 1001 nights,

sicians like Gustavo Dudamel, director of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, has spawned more than 60 versions throughout the world, including El Reforma USA.

Flores, who has a bachelor’s degree in violin performance from the conservatory, dedicated himself for 15 years to that key orchestra instrument before becoming seduced by conducting. From the podium, he has developed several programs to attract children and youth to the many positive aspects of music.

His concert, despite the hard-to-spell title, should delight listeners of all ages, yet still get them home before junior’s bedtime.

The show begins at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the Pablo Casals Symphony Hall at Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center in Santurce. Special prices are in effect to attract the whole family.

always leaving him with a cliffhanger ending before he fell asleep.

Each night, she wove story after story -- about Ali Baba and the 40 thieves, about Sinbad the sailor and about Aladdin and his magic lantern, each night remembering to keep Shahryar too intrigued to kill her. Also woven into her stories were lessons of love, mercy and justice.

Meanwhile, the sultan got the message and the couple even had children together.

Scheherazade had saved the kingdom!

While this story may sound brutal, children will take away what they need, gently aided by veteran actress Provi Sein and a

small corps of dancers from Puerto Rico’s first company, Ballet de San Juan. Magic at the podium

Karlo Flores is the creator of this magic. With a master’s degree in conducting from Peabody Conservatory at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., he is the academic coordinator and conductor for the 100x35 music program for children and youth, which operates under the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music in Miramar. This innovative effort is patterned on Venezuela’s El Sistema, created to teach values through shared musical experiences. The program, which produced mu-

Ye concert in Poland is canceled

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Astadium in Poland announced late last week the cancellation of a summer concert by Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, as European countries bristle at the rapper’s attempt at a comeback after years of antisemitic comments and a song titled “Heil Hitler.”

“In a country marked by the history of the Holocaust, we cannot pretend that this is just entertainment,” Marta Cienkowska, the country’s minister of culture and

national heritage, wrote in Polish on social media last week.

Adam Strzyzewski, the director of Silesian Stadium in Chorzow, Poland, said Friday on social media that the concert scheduled for June 19 would not take place because of “formal and legal reasons.” Ye did not immediately respond to the news on social media.

This month, the British government barred Ye from entering the country, which resulted in the cancellation of a festival he was supposed to headline. Ye also post-

poned a show in Marseille, France, as the French interior ministry considered banning the event.

The shows are part of a small tour to promote Ye’s latest album, “Bully,” with performances scheduled in Istanbul, New Delhi and Madrid. In the United States, Ye had no issues with his first live shows since 2021, playing two sold-out nights near Los Angeles.

The tour comes a few months after Ye took out a full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal that said he regretted his antisemitic behavior and attributed it to untreated bipolar disorder. It was not his first apology, with Ye posting in Hebrew in 2023 to ask for forgiveness from Jewish people. In 2025, he took back that apology and declared himself a Nazi.

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Wall Street closes slightly down on renewed tensions between US, Iran

U.S. stocks closed slightly ⁠lower ⁠on Monday, with each of the three major ⁠indexes coming off a third straight week of gains, as renewed U.S.-Iran tensions put the durability of a two-week ceasefire in question.

Iran is considering attending peace talks with the U.S. in Pakistan, a senior Iranian official told Reuters, following moves by Islamabad to end a U.S. blockade of Iran’s ports.

However, a separate source said Vice President JD Vance was still in the U.S., denying reports he was on his way to Pakistan for talks.

Iran opened the Strait of Hormuz on ⁠Friday, fueling a ⁠broad market surge, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq posting record highs for a third straight session for their biggest weekly gains in 11 months. However, Tehran closed the crucial shipping waterway again over the weekend.

U.S. crude jumped 6.87% to settle at $89.61 a barrel and Brent rose to settle at $95.48 per barrel, up 5.64% on the day, lifting the S&P 500 energy index 0.21%.

“The news over the weekend with the re-closure of the strait or the boarding of the Iran vessel, that gets us a little away from it’s fully reopened, but the timing doesn’t ⁠look like ⁠it’s still that far off as ⁠it was with at least talks over the week,” said Tom Hainlin, national investment strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management in Minneapolis.

“But you’re in the middle of first-quarter earnings season too, so then the ⁠question is, has there been any bleed over into the real economy, and so far you’ve heard from the banks that consumer credit looks okay and their spending looks okay.”

The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 4.87 points, or 0.01%, to 49,442.56, the S&P 500 lost 16.92 points, or 0.24%, to 7,109.14 and the Nasdaq Composite declined 64.09 points, or 0.26%, to 24,404.39.

Communication services was the worst-performing sector, as Meta was down 2.56% to snap a nine-session winning streak, its longest ⁠since October.

Netflix fell 2.55% to also weigh on the sector, and has fallen about 12% since announcing its quarterly results ⁠and the departure of co-founder Reed Hastings last week.

The CBOE Volatility Index, known as Wall Street’s “fear gauge”, gained after falling for the past eight sessions and was last up 1.37 points at 18.85, after reaching a one-week high of 19.99. Investors will look to assess the impact of the Iran war on corporate earnings and on the broader economy, with companies including Lockheed Martin and IBM scheduled to report later this week.

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Of the 48 S&P 500 companies that have reported earnings through Friday morning, 87.5% have topped analyst expectations, according to LSEG data. The current first-quarter earnings growth rate stands at 14.4%.

Among other movers, QXO shares lost 3.12% after the construction supplies distributor struck a $17 billion deal to acquire building products distributor and ⁠installer TopBuild, whose shares surged 19.38%.

Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a 1.08-to-1 ratio on the NYSE, but declining issues outnumbered advancers by a 1.01-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.

The S&P 500 posted 44 new 52-week highs and no new lows while the Nasdaq Composite recorded 173 new highs and 42 new lows.

Iran and Washington plan new talks in Pakistan

By TYLER PAGER, ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS, FARNAZ FASSIHI and MAX BEARAK

Despite sending mixed signals in recent days, both the United States and Iran gave clearer indications Monday that they were planning to send negotiators to peace talks in Pakistan this week.

Vice President JD Vance is expected to leave Washington for Islamabad on Tuesday, according to two U.S. officials, and two Iranian officials said that Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the influential political and military figure who attended the last round of talks, would attend if Vance also did. The new round of talks had been in doubt as the countries traded threats over the weekend, and as their two-week ceasefire neared its expiration.

Both countries’ presidents have reiterated their hardened stances. President Donald Trump said Monday on social media that “if Iran’s new leaders (Regime Change!) are smart, Iran can have a great and prosperous future!” And Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran’s president, said that continuing the war “benefits no one,” but followed up with a post saying that there was “deep historical mistrust” looming over the upcoming talks.

People pass near a billboard depicting American aircraft in a net in Enghelab Square in Tehran, on Monday, April 20, 2026. Despite sending mixed signals in recent days, both the United States and Iran gave clearer indications on Monday that they were planning to send negotiators to peace talks in Pakistan this week. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times)

The conflicting signals echoed those Iran sent before the first round of talks, which ended without an agreement to end

the war. Iran had cast doubt on those negotiations even taking place, only for its delegation to arrive hours later.

The two-week truce, which went into effect April 8, is being tested in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for oil and gas that Iran has sought to control, prompting the United States to blockade Iranian ports. A U.S. Navy destroyer fired on an Iranian cargo ship Sunday after it defied that blockade, Trump said, and ultimately U.S. forces seized it. Iran’s armed forces called it “piracy,” warning that they would soon retaliate, according to Tasnim, a semiofficial Iranian news agency

Here’s what else we are covering:

— Pakistan: Pakistan was preparing to host new U.S.-Iran peace talks. Officials said they would deploy 10,000 extra security personnel in Islamabad, the capital.

— Lebanon: The U.S. State Department will host another round of ambassador-level talks between Israel and Lebanon on Thursday, the department said. Israel wants the disarmament of Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militant group, and Lebanon wants a complete Israeli withdrawal from its south.

— Energy prices: The U.S. energy secretary, Chris Wright, acknowledged Sunday that gasoline prices in the United States could remain elevated for months. Oil prices are up by about 33% since the war began on Feb. 28.

US has turned back 27 ships since Strait of Hormuz blockade started

By ERIC SCHMITT

The U.S. Navy has turned back 27 ships trying to enter or exit Iranian ports since a U.S. blockade outside the contested Strait of Hormuz began about a week ago, the military’s Central Command said Monday.

A U.S. military official also said Monday that a team of Marines was searching as many as 5,000 containers aboard the Touska, an Iranian cargo ship that the Navy disabled and seized in the Gulf of Oman on Sunday after it tried to evade the blockade.

It was the first time a vessel was reported to have tried to evade the U.S.-imposed blockade on any ship entering or exiting Iranian ports since it took effect last week.

U.S. officials will determine what to do with the disabled vessel once the search is completed, a U.S. military official said Monday, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss operational matters. One option would be to tow the stricken ship to Oman, independent specialists said. An alternative would be to let the Touska steam to an Iranian port, if it can.

The ship’s crew will be returning to Iran soon, a second U.S. military official said.

“The message is out that most ships are not

wanting to go out there,” Kevin Donegan, a retired vice admiral and former top Navy commander in the Middle East, said in an interview Monday.

The Touska’s captain had ignored multiple radioed U.S. warnings to halt.

The guided-missile destroyer Spruance, one of more than a dozen Navy warships enforcing the U.S. blockade, ordered the vessel’s crew to evacuate its engine room. The Spruance then fired several rounds from its Mk-45 gun into the ship’s propulsion system as it steamed toward the port of Bandar Abbas in Iran, Central Command said in a statement that included a video of the firing.

The Mk-45 deck gun, located on the Spruance’s bow, can shoot 16 to 20 rounds per minute. The 5-inch-diameter projectiles it fires weigh about 70 pounds each and contain the equivalent of roughly 10 pounds of TNT.

A spokesperson for Iran’s military reiterated a threat Monday to “take the necessary action against the U.S. military” in response to the ship’s seizure, Iran’s state broadcaster reported. Iran has waited to take action so far in order to protect the ship’s crew and some of their family members, he said.

Social media accounts in Iran said the

country had launched retaliatory drone strikes against U.S. Navy ships in the region, a purported attack that the Pentagon said Monday never happened.

The Touska was one of “several vessels of interest” that U.S. intelligence analysts have been monitoring in recent days, both inside and outside the blockade boundary, the U.S. military official said.

“We have eyes on every single one of them,” Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of Central Command, told reporters Friday.

Gen. Dan Caine, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Thursday that U.S. military commanders elsewhere in the world, and especially in the Indo-Pacific region, would “actively pursue any Iranian-flagged vessel or any vessel attempting to provide material support to Iran.”

Maduro is gone, and the purge has begun

By ANATOLY KURMANAEV and MARIANA MARTÍNEZ

U.S. Special Forces brought down President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela swiftly and publicly. Now, the people who kept him in power are being purged gradually and inconspicuously. Some have been fired or detained, and others are anxiously looking over their shoulders, worried they might be next.

Oligarchs close to Maduro’s family have been snatched from their homes. His political allies have been summarily removed from their posts. His relatives have been sidelined from business deals and barred from media appearances.

The housecleaning is being carried out by Maduro’s former vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, who is running the country under instructions from the Trump administration. The detentions and leadership purges have unfolded without public explanation, but often with the approval — and sometimes at the urging — of the White House, according to people close to Rodríguez’s government.

After Maduro was dragged off in January to a New York jail, Rodríguez presented herself as a reluctant and temporary stand-in for a fallen leader, denouncing his capture as an illegal attack on her country.

But now, with Maduro gone, she is dismantling his ruling coterie and embarking on the largest redistribution of power in Venezuela in decades.

The overhaul of national leadership, combined with sweeping new laws and her alliance with President Donald Trump, is reshaping Venezuela and its management of one of the planet’s largest oil reserves, just as the world grapples with the energy turmoil caused by war in the Middle East.

In the three months since Maduro’s capture, Rodríguez has changed 17 ministers, replaced military commanders and installed new diplomats. She has also overseen the detention of at least three businesspeople tied to Maduro, fired several of his relatives and cut off most of his family from oil contracts.

In their places, she has appointed her own loyalists or championed businesspeople beholden to her, while opening the doors to American oil and mining investors.

The changes have brought little transparency or pluralism to a government that remains authoritarian. Venezuela’s opposition says that rather than returning the country to democracy, Rodríguez is solidifying her rule.

But she is hardly making all decisions on her own. After capturing Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in an overwhelming show of force,

Protesters demonstrating for and against the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro argue from behind barricades across the street from the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan, where Maduro, the ousted president of Venezuela, and his wife, Cilia Florez, were scheduled to be arraigned later on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. (Karsten Moran/ The New York Times)

the Trump administration threatened to attack Venezuela again if the new leaders refused to cooperate. Several senior Venezuelan officials and government insiders have likened Rodríguez’s rule to governing with a gun to her head.

Rodríguez is now using that threat of U.S. coercion to go after ruling party power brokers once considered untouchable. The result has been a political win for Trump and Rodríguez, allowing U.S. officials to settle scores with Maduro allies who had defied them, while simultaneously cementing Rodríguez’s leadership.

Venezuela’s transformation from U.S. adversary to a protectorate has been head spinning for most Venezuelans.

Polls show a large majority of Venezuelans welcome the end of Maduro’s 13-year autocratic reign, which he enforced through violence, corruption and electoral fraud.

Many also remain skeptical of Rodríguez, a longtime official of the governing Socialist Party who has never held elected office.

But for Maduro’s friends, business associates and governing party companions, the new political landscape has ushered in an unfamiliar swirl of anxiety and danger.

More than a dozen spoke with The New York Times on the condition of anonymity, fearing reprisal. Some said they had been placed under surveillance by Venezuela’s secret police since Maduro’s ouster. Others said they had tried to stay out of Caracas, the capital, and have considered exile.

The Venezuelan government did not

respond to questions for this article. A White House spokesperson, Anna Kelly, said the Trump administration had a mutually beneficial relationship with the Rodríguez government.

“We are dealing very well with President Delcy Rodríguez,” Kelly said. “Oil is starting to flow, and large amounts of money, unseen for many years, will soon be greatly helping the people of Venezuela.”

The people who lost out from Maduro’s downfall are part of a disparate group. They include relatives of Maduro and his predecessor Hugo Chávez, many of whom amassed great wealth in the nearly three decades of their combined rule.

They also include businesspeople who owe their fortunes to personal ties to the two presidents, as well as veterans of the socialist movement formed by Chávez in the 1990s, which became known as chavismo.

The Trump administration had been considering Rodríguez as Maduro’s successor since 2025, and had indirect contact with her. There has been no evidence that she was privy to the U.S. military’s plans, yet that fact has not eased the distrust within the governing party.

Rodríguez’s caretaker post began hours after Maduro’s capture, on Jan. 3, with a fiery speech denouncing U.S. aggression. A week later, Rodríguez led a retinue of power brokers and Cuban officials to commemorate dozens of Cuban and Venezuelan service members who died in the American attack.

“We are not handing down a legacy of traitors and cowards,” Rodríguez said in a televised speech intended to project unity.

Most of those by her side that day have since been cast aside.

Maduro’s longest-serving minister, Gen. Vladimir Padrino López, was fired as defense minister in March and later given a much less important post running agriculture. Maduro’s son, Nicolás Maduro Guerra, and a son of Flores, Yosser Gavidia Flores, have been sidelined from lucrative business deals with the state, according to government insiders.

Maduro’s attorney general, Tarek William Saab, was fired, given a consolation post, and then fired again. Camilla Fabri, Maduro’s immigration envoy, lost her post. Days later, her husband was detained.

And then there’s Cuba’s foreign minister, Bruno Rodríguez. Since attending Rodríguez’s speech, he has watched his country’s decadeslong alliance with Venezuela unravel in weeks.

As Rodríguez has tightened control, the dismissals grew bolder.

The first Maduro confidant to fall was Alex Saab, a Colombian-born businessperson and Fabri’s husband, who has made billions from preferential food and oil trade contracts and

is under indictment in the United States on corruption-related charges.

On Jan. 16, Rodríguez wrote on social media that Saab was no longer Venezuela’s industry minister, thanking him “for his service to the Fatherland” and saying he would “assume new responsibilities.”

Two weeks later, Saab was detained. U.S. officials and Rodríguez are now negotiating his fate, which includes potential extradition to the United States.

People close to Rodríguez said she had overseen the detention of two other prominent businesspeople close to Maduro’s family: Raúl Gorrín and Wilmer Ruperti. Gorrín also faces a corruption-related indictment in the United States.

Saab’s lawyer declined to comment. Legal representatives for Ruperti and Gorrín did not respond to requests for comment.

Rodríguez’s administration has neither commented on the detentions nor announced any charges, leaving Maduro’s allies to speculate who might be next.

Rodríguez in March widened the purge to the armed forces, firing Venezuela’s entire military leadership, including Padrino López, once considered one of Venezuela’s most powerful men.

One Venezuelan general said that many see the dismissals of senior commanders as the start of a much deeper, U.S.-guided overhaul of Venezuela’s armed forces.

People close Rodríguez’s government said she had coordinated some replacements with the Trump administration. U.S. officials, they said, have also pressured her to go after American adversaries like Gorrín and Saab.

The winners of Rodríguez’s economic restructuring include Venezuela’s traditional economic elites, who once sided with the opposition but made peace with chavismo. Their bet on stability over democracy has given them access to foreign markets and the U.S. banking system.

Western investors are other beneficiaries. They have recently been descending on Caracas’ luxury hotels searching for bargain assets in the oil, mining and tourism industries.

Only one senior minister in Maduro’s government remains in his post: Diosdado Cabello, the interior minister who oversaw the governing party’s repression apparatus.

Cabello is wanted by the United States on drug-trafficking charges and had clashed with Rodríguez in the past. But his connections to armed pro-government groups have also made him a valuable ally — and a risky target.

To hang on to power, Cabello has recast himself, from ruling party pit bull to a patriotic guarantor of stability.

Reopening Strait of Hormuz would ease oil crisis but only so much

A speedboat armed with machine guns and operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps draws nears U.S. Navy vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz on May 10, 2021. Although much of the regular Iranian navy is destroyed, the IRGC can still deploy small, speedy boats like these to disrupt shipping. (U.S. Navy via The New York Times)

By REBECCA F. ELLIOTT

Shipping companies are facing confusion and uncertainty about the status of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow passageway through which a significant share of the world’s energy flows, as they assess mixed messages from officials in Iran and the United States.

But even if the strait fully opens soon — on Saturday, Iran’s military said it would reimpose “strict” control over traffic — it will take weeks for substantial amounts of Persian Gulf oil and gas to reach buyers around the world.

And it will be much longer before companies repair the damage that has been inflicted on one of the world’s most important energy-producing regions.

It is likely to be a long time before a gallon of gasoline costs less than $3 a gallon, as it did before the United States and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28. Shortages of certain products like jet fuel and natural gas may also persist in some countries for weeks or longer.

“We don’t expect oil prices — and therefore pump prices — to go back to prewar levels,” said Arjun Murti, a partner at Veriten, an energy research and investment firm based in Houston.

Think of the Strait of Hormuz, which sits between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula, as a valve. It must be open for energy to flow. But whether shipping companies reposition tankers and producers turn wells back on will depend heavily on whether they believe that the détente between Iran and the United States and Israel is durable.

Spencer Dale, who until recently served as the chief economist of the London-based oil company BP, said that producers who have been forced to turn off their oil and gas wells will be reluctant to restart them “until people have confidence that you have a lasting agreement.”

Traders were hopeful on Friday, when the most commonly cited international price of oil, Brent futures, fell 9% to about $90 a barrel, the lowest settlement price since the second week of the war.

But for those who needed an actual tanker full of oil, the price on Friday was higher: almost $99 a barrel, according to Argus Media. That second price, often called the spot price, more closely reflects what companies, such as refiners, pay for commodities — and therefore how much energy will cost the economy as a whole.

“Normally this distinction between the two markets is something for oil geeks

and traders to worry about,” said Dale, now a visiting professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science. “It really matters right now.”

One of the biggest variables for oil prices will be whether shipping companies — and their insurers — believe that the strait is safe.

The status of the waterway remained murky on Saturday after Iran’s military said that the strait would remain “under strict control.” A day earlier, the country’s foreign minister said that the strait was “completely open.” President Donald Trump framed the foreign minister’s announcement as a breakthrough but, complicating matters, Trump said that the United States would maintain its blockade on ships headed to or from Iranian ports. That has effectively prevented Iran from exporting energy in recent days.

Ships had not returned to the strait in great numbers as of Friday afternoon.

Should shipping from Iran’s neighbors restart, a first order of business will be for the tankers full of energy that have been stuck in the Persian Gulf to leave for countries in Asia and Europe that depend heavily on the region. Empty vessels would also have an opportunity to pick up fuel from storage tanks, making space for newly extracted oil and natural gas. All of that would give the global economy an infusion of energy that it badly needed.

But the war has inflicted the kind of damage that takes months, if not years, to repair. Not only have producers turned off an estimated 10% of global oil supply, but more than 80 energy facilities in the region have been damaged, many of them severely, according to the International Energy Agency. Restoring output to prewar levels could take up to two years, Fatih Birol, the agency’s executive director, said this past week.

Waking up in pain? Your sleep position may need adjusting.

By AMANDA SCHUPAK

Ever wake up with a crick in your neck or a pain in your lower back? Are you roused from sleep by heartburn, or a partner complaining that you snore?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, your sleep position might be to blame.

There is no one “right” way to sleep, said Dr. Indira Gurubhagavatula, a professor of sleep medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.

But if you are waking up with discomfort or stiffness or having restless nights, certain adjustments to your sleeping posture may help. Here are some of the most common issues associated with how people sleep, and what to do about them.

On your side

Many of us sleep on our sides with no problem. But for some people — especially those with joint issues or who are older — it can put a lot of pressure on the shoulder, hip and knees, said Dr. Rohan Jotwani, a pain medicine specialist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City.

Sleeping on top of a memory foam or gel mattress pad can help by distributing your weight more evenly, he said. Placing a pillow between your knees can also reduce hip, knee and lower back pain by keeping your legs and hips aligned.

When you’re on your side, using a pillow that is either too thick or too thin can force your spine out of alignment, leading to muscle and joint strain. Or it can put pressure on nerves, causing pain, tingling or weakness in your shoulders, arms or upper back, Gurubhagavatula said.

Those who have a deviated septum may find that sleeping on their side affects how well they breathe, said Dr. Gerald Suh, an ear, nose, throat and sleep specialist in Princeton, New Jersey. The condition occurs when the thin layer of cartilage and bone that divides the nasal cavity is off-center or crooked. It is common, he said, affecting probably more than 80% of people, though only about 30% notice an influence on breathing.

For some, it’s easier to breathe when they sleep on the side that the narrower nostril is on, allowing air to flow unimpeded through the wider one, Suh said.

On your back

The goal when sleeping is to maintain the natural curvature of the spine and neck “without creating too many bends and twists and turns,” Jotwani said. Sleeping on your back is best for maintaining this alignment, he said, but it can also cause or exacerbate other issues.

The symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea, for instance — which occurs when the muscles in the throat relax during sleep and cause snoring and temporary pauses in breathing — can worsen when lying face up, said Azadeh Yadollahi, a scientist who studies sleep and airway disorders at the University Health Network in Toronto.

If you have sleep apnea, sleeping on your side can help keep the airway open and let you breathe more freely, Gurubhagavatula said.

Sleeping on your back may also worsen acid reflux symptoms by allowing stomach acid to seep into the esophagus. And while any sleeping position can lead to nasal congestion, lying face up can cause you to feel even more stuffy, especially when dealing with a cold or allergies, Suh said.

Propping up the top half of your body with a pillow or a wedge-shaped bolster helps relieve acid reflux, Gurubhagavatula said. Or try elevating the head of your bed by putting blocks under the legs of your bed frame, she said. Some research also suggests that sleeping on your left side can help, too.

Pregnant women are often told to avoid sleeping on their backs after about 20 weeks to prevent the uterus from putting pressure on a large vein that carries blood from the lower body to the heart. That could restrict blood flow to vital organs or lower blood pressure, leading to lightheadedness.

When pregnant, it’s safest to sleep on your side, especially the left side, as this moves the weight off the vein, Gurubhagavatula said. This should help with pregnancyrelated acid reflux, too, she added.

On your stomach

This is the least common sleeping position, Gurubhagavatula said. It also tends to be the hardest on your spine. Having your head turned to one side all night strains the neck, Jotwani said. And that can be compounded by a thick pillow that angles your neck upward.

The position can also hyperextend your lower back. In a review published in 2025, researchers found that sleeping on the stomach is associated with more lower back pain than sleeping on the back or side.

If you enjoy sleeping on your stomach but wake up with low back pain, it can help to put a small pillow under your pelvis. This prevents your abdomen from sinking into the mattress and putting too much arch in your back, Jotwani said. But if possible, he added, sleep on your back or side for better alignment.

How to learn to sleep in a different position

Switching to a new position “can be very daunting,” Jotwani said. He recommended identifying a new position and then trying to spend at least a little time in it each night. Over time, your body will get used to it.

Strategic placement of pillows, special cushions or devices can help keep you in one position throughout the night, Gurubhagavatula said. To stay on your side, try placing a body pillow behind you, she suggested. There are also cushions that strap onto your back to keep you on your side, and electronic devices that vibrate when they sense that you’ve rolled onto your back. They’re the technological equivalent of getting elbowed by your bed partner, Yadollahi said.

If you’re new to sleeping on your back, Gurubhagavatula said you might be more comfortable with a small pillow under your knees, even if it feels awkward for the first few nights.

Your sleep position is just one of many factors that contributes to your overall sleep quality, Gurubhagavatula said. Maintaining a consistent sleep schedule, getting adequate exercise and keeping your bedroom dark and cool are all important.

But, she added, if getting a good night’s sleep can be “as simple as turning onto your side, then why not try it?”

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Humans had dogs before they had farming, ancient DNA confirms

By EMILY ANTHES

In the waning days of the last ice age, when humans were still hunting with spears and using cave walls as canvases, a hot new trend was spreading through the Paleolithic landscape.

By roughly 14,000 years ago, huntergatherer societies across Europe had discovered dogs, scientists reported in two new papers, which were published recently in the journal Nature. The studies provide the first definitive genetic evidence that dogs existed during the Paleolithic period, before humans developed agriculture.

The researchers, who used several approaches to analyze DNA extracted from ancient canine specimens, identified Paleolithic dogs at five archaeological sites in Europe and Western Asia. The oldest of these dogs lived about 15,800 years ago, pushing back the oldest known genetic evidence of dogs by nearly 5,000 years.

These early dogs came from sites that extend from Britain to Turkey, and were associated with several very different huntergatherer populations. But the dogs themselves were closely related. Across the five sites, the dogs were more genetically similar than the humans were, the researchers found.

“The people are so different, but the dogs are very much the same,” said Greger Larson, a paleogeneticist at the University of Oxford and one of the authors on both new studies, which were conducted by large, international scientific teams.

The research provides new insight into the early history of dogs, as well as the genetic legacy and the interspecies relationship that extends to today.

“It’s really a major step forward in advancing our knowledge of humans and dogs,” said Elaine Ostrander, a canine genomics expert at the National Human Genome Research Institute who was not involved in the research.

Dog bones

Dogs descended from ancient wolves, but exactly when and where they first emerged remains a subject of intense scientific debate. Some scientists have suggested that the size and shape of ancient canine specimens indicate that dogs and wolves diverged more than 30,000 years ago.

But such remains can be tricky to identify definitively. In some cases, geneticists have determined that canine remains that initially appeared to be from dogs actually belonged

In an undated image from Kathryn Killackey, an artist’s reconstruction of a site in Turkey 15,800 years ago, based on evidence from archaeological excavations by University of Liverpool researchers. New research pushes the first genetic evidence of dogs back by 5,000 years and suggests that hunter-gatherer groups may have acquired dogs from one another. (Kathryn Killackey via The New York Times)

to now-extinct wolves. In others, they haven’t been able to recover enough DNA to make a conclusive call about species. Before the new research, the oldest definitive dog DNA dated back just 10,900 years.

In one of the new studies, scientists assembled and analyzed the complete genomes of eight ancient canines and compared them with ancient and modern wolves and dogs. Six of the animals had genomes that resembled those of dogs, they concluded. And two of those dogs dated back to the Paleolithic era — a 15,800-year-old dog from Pinarbasi, Turkey, and a 14,300-year-old dog from Gough’s Cave, an archaeological site in Britain.

The genomes from those two Paleolithic dogs became “the Rosetta Stone, for lack of a better term, that then unlocked all of the stuff that we already had in our database,” said Lachie Scarsbrook, a paleogeneticist at the University of Oxford and an author of one of the studies.

That database had three other ancient canines, their species unknown. The genetic data on these animals was incomplete: Scientists had previously sequenced only the DNA from their mitochondria, representing a small fraction of their total genetic material. (A vast majority of an animal’s DNA is stored in the cell nucleus.)

But the mitochondrial DNA from these

three unknown canines was so similar to the mitochondrial DNA from the British and Turkish dogs that the scientists concluded that these animals were probably Paleolithic dogs, too. They were 14,000 to 14,300 years old and came from sites in Germany, Italy and Switzerland.

In the second paper, scientists used a different approach to extract and analyze DNA from more than 200 ancient canine remains, including samples from the same site in Switzerland. They analyzed nuclear DNA from the same canine that the first team had identified as being a Paleolithic dog and reached the same conclusion.

Paleolithic pups

Overall, the researchers found evidence of genetically similar Paleolithic dogs at five archaeological sites that were associated with people from three hunter-gatherer cultures: the Magdalenian, Anatolian and Epigravettian peoples.

These are “utterly different cultures,” said Ian Barnes, a paleogeneticist at the Natural History Museum in London and an author of one of the studies. “Presumably linguistically different, completely culturally different, ecologically different, with the same animal. So how does that square up? How does that happen?”

One possibility, the researchers pro-

posed, is that dogs spread through Europe as the Epigravettian culture expanded across the continent roughly 16,000 years ago, and Epigravettian people passed dogs along to other hunter-gatherer populations they encountered.

How these dogs slotted into these societies remains unclear. “What these animals were doing for them, or whether they were just following them, this we don’t really know,” said Laurent Frantz, a paleogeneticist at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and an author of both studies. But given the varied human cultures and environments, it’s possible that these genetically similar dogs were performing different jobs in different human populations.

That means that while humans would later turn dogs into highly specialized tools, optimized to pull sleds or wriggle into badger holes, these Paleolithic dogs might have been more like “a Swiss Army knife,” Larson said. “The dogs might be doing different things, but the dogs themselves are all the same color, same height, same genomic ancestry.”

These hunter-gatherer societies did appear to have close relationships with the dogs, the researchers reported. At some sites, for instance, there was evidence that humans had perhaps provided these early dogs with food and, in death, had treated their bodies like human ones.

When the first farmers began to arrive in Europe — migrating from southwestern Asia roughly 9,000 years ago — they brought their own dogs with them. “There was basically a mixing of all the different dogs from both hunter-gatherer groups and farming groups,” said Pontus Skoglund, a paleogeneticist at the Francis Crick Institute in London who was an author of both studies.

Europe’s farmers thus ended up with dogs that still carried a lot of ancestry from the dogs that had once lived alongside the continent’s hunter-gatherers. Modern European dogs can also probably trace much of their ancestry back to those canines, the researchers said.

Still, the biggest questions surrounding the origins of the dog remain unanswered.

“It’s very exciting that we have this first view of Paleolithic, really early dog ancestry,” Skoglund said.

“But the question of where dogs come from, and who were these people that domesticated them or started to build this bond,” he added, “we’re still trying to find out.”

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trescientos cuarenta y ocho con nu eve mil ochocientas setenta y nu eve diezmilésimas (348.9879) de metros cuadrados equivalentes a cero con ochocientas ochenta y ocho diezmilésimas (0.0888) de cuerda. En lindes por el Noreste en distancia de veinticinco con diez milésimas (25.010) de metros lineales con solar #770 (antes número 30 del bloque GM); por el Suroeste en distancia de veinticinco con noventa y dos milésimas (25.092) de metros lineales con solar #774 (antes número 32 del bloque GM); por el Sureste en distancia de trece con novecientas cincuenta y nueve milésimas (13.959) de metros lineales con la avenida Roberto Sánchez Vilella (antes avenida principal Campo Rico); y por el Noroeste en distancia de trece con novecientas cuatro milésimas (13.904) de metros lineales con los solares #771 y #773 de la Calle Pampero (antes número 14 y 15 del bloque GM). En el solar enclava una estructura de dos niveles de hormigón y bloques para fines residenciales. Finca Número 8,566, inscrita al folio 191, del tomo 191 de Sabana Llana, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección V de San Juan. CODIFICACIÓN

NÚM.: 063-090-198-20-001. ENTIDAD EXPROPIANTE Y CITAR LA LEGISLACIÓN EN VIRTUD DE LA CUAL SE EXPROPIA: El procedimiento de Expropiación Forzosa se instituye por el Municipio de San Juan, conforme a la Autorizada de la Ley General de Expropiación Forzosa del 12 de mayo de 1903, según enmendada, el Código Municipal de Puerto Rico, Ley 107 del 14 de agosto de 2020, según enmendada; la Ordenanza Núm. 1, Serie 2021-2022 y la Resolución Núm. 1, Serie 2025-2026 de la Legislatura Municipal de San Juan. El interés y el fin para el cual el Municipio de San Juan se propane a adquirir la propiedad es para mejorar el area eliminando un estorbo publico declarado por el Municipio. Quedan emplazados y notificados que en este Tribunal se ha radicado Demanda de Expropiación Forzosa. El abogado de la parte demandante es el Lcdo. Pablo Guerrero Sanfilippo cuya dirección postal es: 1353 Ave. Luis Vigoreaux, PMB 270, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, 00966 cuyo número de teléfono es (787) 273-0611 y su correo electrónico es: pguerrerosanfilippo@gmail.com. Se les advierte que este edicto se publicará en un periódico de circulación general una sola

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Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de SALINAS, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Salinas, el 2 DE JUNIO DE 2026, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: “RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número 141 en el plano de parcelación de la Comunidad Rural Montesoria del barrio Aguirre del término municipal de Salinas, con una cabida superficial de 348.00 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la calle número tres de la comunidad; por el SUR, con Parcela número 140 de la comunidad; por el ESTE, con calle número siete de la comunidad; y por el OESTE, con la Parcela número 129 de la comunidad.” Finca número 10,571, inscrita al folio 19 del tomo 263 de Salinas, Registro de la Propiedad de Guayama. La Hipoteca Revertida consta inscrita al folio 162 del tomo 286 de Salinas, Finca

10,571, Registro de la Propiedad de Guayama, inscripción 5ª. Propiedad localizada en: COMUNIDAD MONTESORIA, 141 CALLE MAR Y SOL, BO. AGUIRRE, SALINAS, PR 00704. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de la Carga: $129,000.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 19 de enero de 2090. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $129,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Salinas, el 9 DE JUNIO DE 2026, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $86,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $64,500.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Salinas, el 16 DE JUNIO DE 2026, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $87,577.68 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $37,590.43 en intereses acumulados al 20 de noviembre de 2025 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 5.060% anual hasta su

total y completo pago; más

$11,006.25 de seguro hipotecario (MIP); más $5,280.00 de cargos por servicio; más

$2,750.56 de seguro; más

$1,565.00 de tasaciones; más

$540.00 de inspecciones; más $7,763.50 de adelantos de honorarios de abogado; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $12,900.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado. A tenor con la Regla 44.3 de Procedimiento Civil se condena a la parte demandada a pagar intereses aplicables sobre el importe de la presente sentencia incluyendo costas y honorarios de abogado, desde esta fecha y hasta que sea satisfecha. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Salinas, Puerto Rico, hoy 25 de febrero de 2026. ÁNGEL MERCADO QUILES, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. ALBERTO SANTIAGO ORTIZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #564.

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COMPUESTA ENTRE AMBOS; SUCESION DE

NARCISO MATOS REYES

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DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM): Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL:

El Alguacil que suscribe, certifica y hace constar que en cumplimiento de Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América. Todo pago recibido por el (la) Alguacil por concepto de subastas será en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del (de la) Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Todo derecho, título, participación e interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar radicado frente a una calle sin nombre del municipio de Río Grande, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial aproximada de doscientos dieciséis punto cero seis metros cuadrados, y en lindes por el NORTE, en catorce punto cuarenta metros con la Urbanización Villas de Río Grande; por el SUR, en doce punto noventa metros con una calle sin nombre; por

el ESTE, en dieciséis metros con un solar ocupado por la señora Francisca Osorio; y por el OESTE, en quince punto cincuenta metros con otro solar ocupado por la señora viuda de Navarro. Edificación: Casa de cemento y bloques de una planta, con un valor de $12,000.00, mediante la escritura número 56, otorgada en Río Grande, Puerto Rico, el día 28 de septiembre de 1978, ante el notario Abraham Morales Jiménez, e inscrita al folio 230 del tomo 213 de Río Grande, finca número 10,238, inscripción 1ra. Consta inscrita al folio 230 del tomo 213 de Río Grande, finca número #10,238, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de Carolina. La propiedad objeto de ejecución está localizada en la siguiente dirección: #30 Bo. Barrio Las Flores, Río Grande, P.R. 00745. Se informa que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravamen posterior, una vez sea otorgada la escritura de venta judicial y obtenida la Orden y Mandamiento de cancelación de gravamen posterior. (Art. 51, Ley 210-2015). En relación a la finca a subastarse, se establece como tipo mínimo de licitación en la Primera Subasta la suma de $70,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca #494, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 16 de agosto de 2004, ante el notario Angel A. Colón Vázquez, inscrita al folio 33 del tomo 478 de Río Grande, finca #10,238, inscripción 2da. La PRIMERA SUBASTA, se llevará a cabo el día 6 DE MAYO DE 2026 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mis oficinas sitas en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, el tipo mínimo para la primera subasta es la suma de $70,000.00. Si la primera subasta del inmueble no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 13 DE MAYO DE 2026 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo sitio y servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes del precio pactada para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $46,666.66. Si la segunda subasta no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 20 DE MAYO DE 2026 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar y regirá como tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta la mitad del precio pactado para la primera, o sea, la suma de $35,000.00. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo, para con su

producto satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: La suma de $40,286.47, la cual se desglosa a continuación: una suma principal de $38,779.35, más intereses a razón del 6.125% anual, desde el 1 de diciembre de 2024, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, más una suma principal diferida (piggyback) por la suma principal de $1,507.12, la cual no genera intereses, más los cargos por demora que se corresponden a los plazos atrasados desde la fecha anteriormente indicada a razón de la tasa pactada de 5% de cualquier pago que éste en mora por más de quince (15) días desde la fecha de su vencimiento, más adelantos para el pago de seguros y contribuciones, entre otros; más una suma de $7,000.00, para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otra suma que resulte por cualesquiera otros adelantos que se hayan hecho la demandante, en virtud de las disposiciones de la escritura de hipoteca y del Pagaré hipotecario. Para más información, a las personas interesadas se les notifica que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal, durante las horas laborables. Este EDICTO DE SUBASTA, se publicará en los lugares públicos correspondientes y en un periódico de circulación general en la jurisdicción de Puerto Rico. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los referentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente Escritura de Venta Judicial y el Alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días, de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Expedido en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, a 26 de marzo de 2026. SANDRALIZ MARTÍNEZ TORRES, ALGUACIL CONFIDENCIAL #737. JORGE A. ORTIZ ESTRADA, ALGUACIL REGIONAL #622.

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Demandante Vs. SUCESION DE NOELIA ESQUERDO BURGOS COMPUESTA POR CHRISTIAN CAMACHO ESQUERDO, NOELIA SOFIA MELENDEZ ESQUERDO, FULANO DE TAL, FULANA DE TAL, SUTANO DE TAL, SUTANA DE TAL, A, B Y C COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y HONORABLE SECRETARIO DE HACIENDA DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO

Demandados Civil Núm.: FECI2014-0939. (002). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA, SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el 6 DE MAYO DE 2026, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: URB. EL CONQUISTADOR A-14 CALLE 5 TRUJILLO ALTO, PR 00976 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización El Conquistador, situado en el Barrio Carraízo del municipio de Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, con el número catorce de la Manzana “A” con una cabida de trescientos veintidós metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con los solares nueve y ocho, distancia de catorce metros; por el SUR, con la calle cinco, distancia de catorce metros; por el ESTE, con el solar quince, distancia de veintitrés metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar trece, distancia de veintitrés

metros. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 46 del Tomo 198 de Trujillo Alto, finca número 10,017, en el Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Cuarta. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $86,900.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 13 DE MAYO DE 2026, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $57,933.33. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 20 DE MAYO DE 2026, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $43,450.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura de hipoteca número 846 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 7 de noviembre de 1997, ante el Notario Alberto C. Rafols Méndez y consta inscrita al Tomo móvil 667 de Trujillo Alto, finca número 10,017, inscripción 6ta. Modificada mediante la escritura número 356, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 17 de junio de 2011, ante el Notario Gabriel O. Rosario Rivera, inscrita al Folio 205 del Tomo 881 de Trujillo Alto, finca número 10,017, inscripción 8vs, en el Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Cuarta. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido contra la parte demandada a satisfacer a la parte demandante por concepto de hipoteca la suma de $83,505.59 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de octubre de 2013, más intereses al tipo pactado de 5.50% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, la parte demandada adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% 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; las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $8,690.00. Igual

cantidad para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $8,690.00 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. Surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormente, pesa el gravamen posterior a la hipoteca que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se relacionan a continuación: Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Secretario del Departamento de Desarrollo Urbano y Vivienda de los Estados Unidos de América, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $7,127.60, sin intereses, vencedero el día 1 de diciembre de 2027, constituida mediante la escritura número 87, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 14 de abril de 2008, ante el notario Hiram Rodríguez García, e inscrita al tomo 667 de Trujillo Alto, finca número 10,017, inscripción 7ma., como Asiento Abreviado extendidas las líneas el día 15 de abril de 2011, según la Ley número 216 del día 27 de diciembre de 2010. (Fue presentado el día 29 de mayo de 2008 al Asiento 1604 del Diario 450). Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores conocidos y desconocidos que tengan inscritos, no inscritos, presentados y/o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del cré-

dito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 30 de marzo de 2026. HÉCTOR L. PEÑA RODRÍGUEZ, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA, SALA SUPERIOR.

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ESTRELLA

COMMERCIAL LLC

Demandante Vs. JERRY DAVID RAMOS RODRÍGUEZ; NAYDA HERNÁNDEZ BUITRAGO

Demandados Civil Núm.: GCD2011-0202. (303). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO; EJECUCIÓN DE PRENDA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. Yo, ENID NAZARIO CORREA, ALGUACIL PLACA #407, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Guayama, 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 5 de febrero de 2026 y para satisfacer la Sentencia dictada en el caso de autos fechada 13 de julio de 2012, notificada el 17 de agosto de 2012 y publicada mediante edicto el 27 de agosto de 2012, procederé a vender el día 6 DE MAYO DE 2026, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Guayama, 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 el siguiente bien mueble: Pagaré Hipotecario por la suma principal de $205,900.00 a favor de Banco Santander Puerto Rico, o a su orden, con intereses a razón de 9% anual fijo y vencimiento a la presentación, garantizado mediante hipoteca constituida en primer rango en virtud de la Escritura #3, otorgada en Guayama, Puerto Rico el día 31 de enero de 2006, ante el Notario Público Rafael J. Velázquez Villares, sobre una propiedad perteneciente a Jerry David Ramos Rodríguez y Nayda Ivette Hernández Buitrago, la cual consta inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Guayama, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Guayama, Finca #23,504. Simultáneamente con la venta del Pagaré Hipotecario antes descrito se procederá a vender el siguiente bien inmueble que lo garantiza: HORIZONTAL PROPERTY: Commercial Unit number three hundred four (304) of Commerce Plaza Condominium Building I.: Urban Individualized Commercial Unit of reinforced concrete, concrete blocks and gypsum board partitions for commercial use, situated in the Machete Ward of the municipality of Guayama, Puerto Rico identified as Commercial Unit number three hundred four (304) and located in the Southern side of the third floor of the building known as “Commerce Plaza Condominium, Building I”. Commercial Unit number three hundred four (304) has an area of approximately one thousand one hundred eight (1,108) square feet, and is bounded: on the NORTH, by the interior wall of the Building that separates it from the lobby and the central hallway of the third floor; on the SOUTH, by the exterior wall of the building; on the WEST, by the interior wall of the Building that separates it from Commercial Unit number three hundred two (302); and on the EAST, by the interior wall of the Building that separates it from Commercial Unit number three hundred six (306). The entrance to this commercial unit communicates it with the central lobby of the third floor of the building, which through its stairs and elevators, and common use areas give it access to State Road number three (3). This commercial unit consists of a one-story enclosed area of rectangular shape. This Commercial Unit has a participation on the common elements of the property, which expressed as a percentage, equals four point forty six percent (4.46%), a common expense share, which, expressed as a percentage, equals

its participation in the common elements, and is valued for registration purposes only, in the sum of one hundred sixty six thousand one hundred thirty five (166,135.00). This commercial unit has appreciation for its exclusive use of the parking space designated with the number of this unit. The said parking space is a limited common element reserved for the exclusive use of the owner of this unit or its designees. Consta inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Guayama, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Guayama, Finca Número Veintitrés Mil Quinientos Cuatro (23,504). Con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte demandante las cantidades adeudadas, o sea, la suma principal de $181,110.70, 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 Guayama. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 6 DE MAYO DE 2026, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de $247,080.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 13 DE MAYO DE 2026, A LAS 9:30 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 $164,720.00. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 20 DE MAYO DE 2026, A LAS 9:30 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 $123,540.00. A la propiedad no le afectan gravámenes preferentes. A la propiedad le afecta el siguiente gravamen (a ejecutarse): Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Banco Santander Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $205,900.00, con intereses al 9.00% anual, vencedero a la presentación, constituida mediante la escritura número 3, otorgada en Guayama, Puerto Rico, el día 31 de enero de 2006, ante el notario Rafael J. Velázquez Villares, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Guayama, finca número 23,504, inscripción 2da. 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, 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 término de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía, y se le notificará además a la parte demandada 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. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. 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 Guayama, Puerto Rico, a 12 de marzo de 2026. ENID NAZARIO CORREA, ALGUACIL PLACA #407. ***

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE MAYAGÜEZ SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAGÜEZ MARÍA TERESITA DEL NIÑO JESÚS RAMÍREZ MELLA Y OTROS

Demandante V. DORAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: MZ2025CV01715. (Salón: 206). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE

PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

LUIS R. SANTOS MONTALVOLRSANTOS59@HOTMAIL.COM.

A: DORAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, JOHN DOE, RICHARD ROE Y JUAN DEL PUEBLO CORP.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 10 de abril de 2026, 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 10 de abril de 2026.

En Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, el 10 de abril de 2026. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. JOSSIE BOBE RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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MORTGAGE, INC. Demandante Vs.

MARLA ESTHER RIVERA

GIOVANNETTI POR SI Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESION DE MARIO

YNDALECIO GARCÍA

GARCÍA T/C/C MARIO

YNDALECIO JOSÉ

GARCÍA GARCÍA T/C/C

MARIO YNDALICIO JOSÉ

GARCÍA GARCÍA T/C/C

MARIO JOSÉ GARCÍA

T/C/C MARIO I. GARCÍA; LA SUCESION DE MARIO

YNDALECIO GARCÍA

GARCÍA T/C/C MARIO

YNDALECIO JOSÉ

GARCÍA GARCÍA T/C/C

MARIO YNDALICIO JOSÉ

GARCÍA GARCÍA T/C/C

MARIO JOSÉ GARCÍA

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T/C/C MARIO I. GARCÍA

COMPUESTA POR MARIO

ALAN GARCIA GOMEZ

T/C/C MARIO ALAN

GARCIA; ALEJANDRO

JOSE GARCIA GOMEZ

T/C/C ALEJANDRO

GARCIA; ALICIA MARIA

GARCIA GOMEZ T/C/C

ALICE GARCIA; FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL COMO

POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM); ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA

Demandados Civil Núm.: AR2025CV00400. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A) A LA PARTE CODEMANDADA: FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL, COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS

DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE MARIO

YNDALECIO GARCÍA

GARCÍA T/C/C MARIO YNDALECIO JOSÉ

GARCÍA GARCÍA T/C/C

MARIO YNDALICIO JOSÉ

GARCÍA GARCÍA T/C/C

MARIO JOSÉ GARCÍA

T/C/C MARIO I. GARCÍA; A LAS SIGUIENTES

DIRECCIONES: (A) PO BOX 141933 ARECIBO, PR 00614-1933; (B) URB. CAMINO DEL VALLE

A-12 CALLE TRIANGULO ARECIBO, PR 00612. 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 Mario Yndalecio García García t/c/c Mario Yndalecio José García García t/c/c Mario Yndalicio José García García t/c/c Mario José García t/c/c Mario I. García. Los co-demandados miembros de la Sucesión de Mario Yndalecio García García t/c/c Mario Yndalecio José García García t/c/c Mario Yndalicio José García García t/c/c Mario José García t/c/c Mario I.

García 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, se incluye a los herederos conocidos y herederos desconocidos de Mario Yndalecio García García t/c/c Mario Yndalecio José García García t/c/c Mario Yndalicio José García García t/c/c Mario José García t/c/c Mario I. García denominados Alicia Maria Garcia Gomez t/c/c Alice Garcia como miembros de la Sucesión de Mario Yndalecio García García t/c/c Mario Yndalecio José García García t/c/c Mario Yndalicio José García García t/c/c Mario José García t/c/c Mario I. García; Fulano y Fulana de Tal como posibles herederos desconocidos de la Sucesión, 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 15 de abril de 2026, en Arecibo, Puerto Rico. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. PILAR H. MERCADO GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE

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

Demandante V. EMMANUEL DURÁN CLEMENTE

Demandado

Civil Núm.: CA2026CV00662. Sala: 403. Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO; COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE GRAVAMEN MOBILIARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: EMMANUEL DURÁN CLEMENTE.

Por la presente se le notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal una Demanda en su contra en el pleito de epígrafe. El abogado de la parte demandante es el Lcdo. Jean Paul Juliá Díaz, Rivera-Munich & Hernández Law Offices, P.S.C.; P.O. Box 364908, San Juan, PR 00936-4908; Tel. (787) 622-2323 / Fax (787) 622-2320. Se le advierte que este Edicto se publicará en un (1) periódico de circulación general una (1) sola vez y que si no comparece a contestar dicha Demanda radicando el original de la misma a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// 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 Superior, Sala de Carolina, con copia al abogado de la parte demandante, dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación del Edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. En un término de diez (10) días a partir de la publicación de este Edicto, la parte demandante le notificará por correo certificado con acuse de recibo copias del Emplazamiento por

Edicto y de la Demanda a su última dirección conocida: Urb. Vistamar, Calle Córdova 388C, Carolina, Puerto Rico 00983. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 10 de abril de 2026. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MILLIANIE RIVERA SÁNCHEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. HARRY ORTIZ ALICEA

Demandado

Civil Núm.: SL2025CV00504. Sala: 703. 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: HARRY ORTIZ ALICEA.

Por la presente se le notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal una Demanda en su contra en el pleito de epígrafe. El abogado de la parte demandante es el Lcdo. Jean Paul Juliá Díaz, Rivera-Munich & Hernández Law Offices, P.S.C.; P.O. Box 364908, San Juan, PR 00936-4908; Tel. (787) 622-2323 / Fax (787) 622-2320. Se le advierte que este Edicto se publicará en un (1) periódico de circulación general una (1) sola vez y que si no comparece a contestar dicha Demanda radicando el original de la misma a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// 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 Superior, Sala de Caguas, con copia al abogado de la parte demandante, dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación del Edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. En un término de diez (10) días a partir de la publicación de este Edicto, la parte demandante le notificará por correo certificado con acuse de recibo copias del Emplazamiento por Edicto y de la Demanda a su última dirección postal conocida: Urb. Pueblo, 56 Calle Federico Selles W, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico 00754. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal,

Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 10 de abril de 2026. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. ZAIDA AGUAYO ÁLAMO, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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

LA SUCESION DE GILBERTO RIVERA GONZALEZ COMPUESTA POR ANGEL LUIS

RIVERA GONZALEZ, LIRIO BELEN RIVERA

GONZALEZ, ARACELIS RIVERA GONZALEZ, LA SUCESION CARLOS ROBERTO RIVERA

VÁZQUEZ, COMPUESTA POR ROBERTO CARLOS

RIVERA SANCHEZ Y DAPHNE ALEXANDRA

RIVERA SANCHEZ; EDDA MILAGROS RIVERA

VÁZQUEZ, IRIS VIOLETA

CAMACHO RIVERA, JAY PAUL CAMACHO, ROGELIO VELÁZQUEZ

RIVERA, CARLOS JUAN

VELÁZQUEZ RIVERA, ABRAHAM VELAZQUEZ

RIVERA, VICTOR LUIS

VELAZQUEZ RIVERA, IVIS ENEIDA RIVERA

CHIMELIS, BIENVENIDA

VELAZQUEZ RIVERA, LUZ DELIA VELAZQUEZ

RIVERA, SARA

VELAZQUEZ RIVERA, ZOILO VELAZQUEZ

RIVERA, ANDRES

VELAZQUEZ RIVERA, NOEMI VELAZQUEZ

RIVERA, NORMA

VELAZQUEZ RIVERA, MARIA DE LOURDES

VELAZQUEZ RIVERA, JAIME MIGUEL

STEVENSON RIVERA, MIGDALIA ROBLES

RIVERA, NELLY ROBLES

RIVERA, JANNETTE

RIVERA FIGUEROA

Demandantes Vs. JOEL VELAZQUEZ

RIVERA, ROBERTO

VELAZQUEZ RIVERA, NIMIA RIVERA FIGUEROA

Demandados

CIVIL NUM. CA2025CV03869.

SALA: 403. SOBRE: LIQUIDACIÓN DE COMUNIDAD HEREDITARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. A: JOEL

VELAZQUEZ RIVERA

3166 FAIRVIEW DR. AVON, OHIO 44011

ROBERTO VELAZQUEZ

RIVERA

P.O. BOX 0043

ESTAFETA 0944

PARAISO, REPUBLICA DE PANAMÁ PANAMÁ

NIMIA RIVERA FIGUEOA

HETHZIDAH, GA

POR LA PRESENTE se le NOTIFICA Y EMPLAZA que ante este Tribunal se ha radicado una acción en el caso de epígrafe mediante la cual se solicita que este Honorable Tribunal ordene la partición, liquidación y adjudicación de los bienes a favor de los demandantes y designe como Administradora de la Sucesión de Gilberto Rivera González a la CPA Marisol Morales. De no comparecer, este Honorable Tribunal emita orden dirigida al señor Alguacil para que comparezca en la Escritura de Parcial de Bienes Hereditarios. 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 dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del edicto a: Estudio Legal 401, 1605 Ave. Ponce de León, Cond. San Martín STE 401, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 009091819. 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 sana discreción, lo entiende precedente. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy 13 de abril de 2026. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, Secretario. MILLIANIE RIVERA SÁNCHEZ, SubSecretario.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA.

FRANCISCO ALEXIS GARCÍA HERNÁNDEZ TAMBIÉN CONOCIDO COMO FRANCISCO ALEXIS GARCÍA

PARTE DEMANDANTE VS JANICE DAMARYS GARCÍA HERNÁNDEZ; HARRY HERNÁNDEZ CABAN; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL

PARTE DEMANDADA

CIVIL NÚM.: AG2026CV00473. SALÓN: SOBRE: DIVISIÓN O LIQUIDACIÓN DE LA COMUNIDAD DE BIENES HEREDITARIOS; DIVISIÓN DE COMUNIDAD DE BIENES; ENRIQUECIMIENTO INJUSTO; NOMBRAMIENTO DE ADMINISTRADOR JUDICIAL DE LOS BIENES DEL FINADO (CAUSANTE). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: FULANO DE TAL; SUTANO DE TAL

POR EL PRESENTE, se le notifica que se ha presentado la Demanda de epígrafe en su contra, y se le apercibe que deberá presentar al Tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haberse sido publicado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día de la publicación. Este caso fue presentado a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC) por lo que usted deberá presentar el original de su alegación responsiva a través del sistema; al 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 de este Tribunal, y notificar copia a la representación legal de la parte demandante: LCDO. GIL G. VILLANUEVA HERNÁNDEZ

RÚA NÚM. 22,640 LCDA. YARELYS P. VEGA GONZÁLEZ RÚA NÚM. 24,132 SERLEGINT LLC PO BOX 5030 PMB 1704

AGUADILLA, PR 00605

TEL: (787) 890-8080 / FAX: (787) 986-7344

CORREOS ELECTRÓNICOS: info@ serlegint.com; yvega@serlegint.com Se le apercibe, también, que si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término de treinta (30) días, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente, sin más citarle ni oírle. Este edicto deberá ser publicado una (1) vez en un periódico de circulación general de la Isla de Puerto Rico, a fin de que comparezca si quiere alegar su derecho. El edicto iden-

tificará en letra negrilla tamaño diez (10) puntos toda primera mención de persona natural y/o jurídica que aquí se mencione conforme a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil, según enmendadas.

EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal, el 9 de abril de 2026. Sarahi Reyes Pérez, Secretario(a) Regional. Arlene Guzmán Pabón, Secretario(a) Auxiliar del Tribunal.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. LUIS OQUENDO JIMENEZ COMO PARTE DE LA SUCESION DE SONIA

AISA JIMENEZ PRIETO Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: BY2025CV04361. (Salón: 501). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

JOSÉ A. LAMAS BURGOSJLAMAS@LVPRLAW.COM.

A: FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION DE SONIA

AISA JIMENEZ PRIETO. (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 abril de 2026, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 14 de abril de 2026. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 14 de abril de 2026. ALICIA AYALA

SANJURJO, SECRETARIA.

NEREIDA QUILES SANTANA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL

TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

CENTRO JUDICIAL DE ARECIBO SALA SUPERIOR DE ARECIBO

E.M.I. EQUITY MORTGAGE, INC. COMO ANGE DE SERVICIO DE PHALANX CAPITALSERIES 21 PL LLC.

Demandante V. LA COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CREDITO DEL DOCTOR MANUEL ZENO GANDIA Y OTROS Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: AR2025CV02543. (Salón: 401 - CIVIL SUPERIOR). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

DUNCAN R. MALDONADO EJARQUE - EJECUCIONES@CMPRLAW.COM. A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, DEMANDADOS DESCONOCIDOS CUYA DIRECCIÓN SE DESCONOCE. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 02 de abril de 2026, 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 16 de abril de 2026. En Arecibo, Puerto Rico, el 16 de abril de 2026. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. VANESSA GONZÁLEZ MALAVÉ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC

Demandante V. ANIE L CLAUDIO MATOS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CT2025CV00308. (Salón 507). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - REGLA 60. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. OSVALDO L. RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ - NOTIFICACIONES@ ORF-LAW.COM.

A: ANIE L CLAUDIO MATOS. (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 abril de 2026, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 15 de abril de 2026. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 15 de abril de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARILYN COLÓN CARRASQUILLO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Parte Demandante Vs. LA SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN MARÍA

BERRÍOS SANTIAGO

T/C/C CARMEN M. BERRÍOS SANTIAGO

COMPUESTA POR SU HIJA IRIS IVETTE RUIZ BERRÍOS, SU NIETA

IVE LIZ RUIZ ROSARIO y MENGANO DE TL, POSIBLE HEREDERO DESCONOCIDOS, DEPARTAMENTO

DE HACIENDA POR CONDUCTO DE LA DIVISIÓN DE CAUDALES

RELICTOS, CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2026CV01389. (508). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO, EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A La Parte Demandada: IVE LIZ RUIZ ROSARIO COMO PARTE DE LA SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN MARÍA

BERRÍOS SANTIAGO

T/C/C CARMEN M. BERRÍOS SANTIAGO

A LAS SIGUIENTES

DIRECCIONES: 413 COND QUINTANA A, SAN JUAN, PR 00917-4747 Y 1305

COND QUINTANA A, SAN JUAN, PR 00917-4773; MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLE HEREDERO DESCONOCIDO DE CARMEN MARÍA

BERRÍOS SANTIAGO

T/C/C CARMEN M. BERRÍOS SANTIAGO.

Queda usted notificado que en este Tribunal se ha radicado demanda sobre ejecución de hipoteca por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega que se adeuda las siguientes cantidades

$42,525.82 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 6.50% anual desde el 1ro de agosto de 2025 hasta su completo pago, más $549.46 de recargos acumulados, los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de $5,940.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo, incluyendo pero sin limitarse a gastos de mantenimiento, inspecciones y otros adelantos “corporate advances”. La propiedad que garantiza hipotecariamente el préstamo es la siguiente: URBAN: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartment number 413 of building number 1, an apartment of irregular shape with an area of 831.73 square feet, equivalent to 77.27 square meters, with boundaries of the SOUTH: with 3 feet 9 inches with the stairway hall, and through which it has exit and entry access and in 27 feet and 3 inches with the external wall which faces one of

the parking areas and which in itself faces with the South on Street B of this project; on the NORTH: it bounds on 31 feet with external wall which faces the interior square common to buildings one and two; on the EAST: in 22 feet 6 inches with the common wall separates it from apartment number 414 and in 4 feet with 4 inches with the stairway hall; on the WEST: in 26 feet with the 10 inches which separates it from apartment number 412. This apartment consists of 3 bedrooms, bathroom, livingdining room, kitchen and laundry. Porcentaje: Elementos Comunes: 0.23%. Inscrita al folio 201 del tomo 964 de Rio Piedras Norte, Finca 28,162. Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección II. La hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 7 del tomo 1482 de Rio Piedras Norte, Finca 28,162. Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección II. Inscripción octava (8va). La demandante es la tenedora por endoso, por valor recibido y de buena fe del referido pagaré objeto de la presente acción. Se interpela a los demandados para que acepten o renuncien a la herencia del (de los) causante (s) dentro de los 30 días subsiguientes a la fecha que fuesen emplazados o requeridos que contesten, para darle cumplimiento el Artículo 1578 del nuevo Código Civil de Puerto Rico, 31 L.P.R.A. § 11021, entendiéndose que, si no se expresan dentro de dicho término, aceptan el caudal relicto; la renuncia se hará por instrumento público o por escrito judicial. La parte demandada deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal. Se le advierte que si no contesta la demanda, radicando el original de la contestación en este Tribunal y enviando copia de la contestación a la abogada de la Parte Demandante, Lcda. Belma Alonso García, cuya dirección es: PO Box 3922, Guaynabo Puerto Rico 00970-3922, Teléfono y Fax: (787) 789-1826, correo electrónico: oficinabelmaalonso@gmail.com, dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, excluyéndose el día de la publicación, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará Sentencia en su contra, concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal, hoy 30 de marzo

de 2026, en San Juan, Puerto Rico. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. GREISHKA CARTAGENA RÍOS, SECRETARIA CONFIDENCIAL DEL TRIBUNAL 1.

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Demandante V. COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CREDITO MANATÍ; JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE

Demandados

Civil Núm.: MT2026CV00317. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE HIPOTECA CON INSTRUMENTO EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, personas desconocidas que se designan con estos nombres ficticios, que puedan ser tenedor o tenedores, o puedan tener algún interés en el pagaré hipotecario a que se hace referencia más adelante en el presente edicto, que se publicará una sola vez. Se les notifica que en la Demanda radicada en el caso de epígrafe se alega que el 22 de octubre de 1993, se otorgó un pagaré a favor de Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito Ciales, o a su orden, par la suma de $20,000.00 de principal, con intereses al 7% anual, con vencedero el 22 de octubre de 2008, ante el Notario José Oscar San Miguel. En garantía del pagaré antes descrito se otorgó la escritura de hipoteca número 323, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 22 de octubre de 1993, ante el Notario José Oscar San Miguel, inscrita al folio 213 vuelto del tomo 189 de Manatí, finca 8100, inscripción 4, Registro de la Propiedad de Manatí. El inmueble gravado mediante la hipoteca antes descrita es la finca 8100 inscrita al folio 120 del tomo 189 de Manatí, Registro de la Propiedad de Manatí. La obligación evidenciada por el pagaré antes descrito fue saldada en su totalidad. Dicho gravamen no ha podido ser cancelado por haberse extraviado el original del pagaré. El original del pagaré antes descrito no ha podido ser localizado, a pesar de las gestiones realizadas. Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito Ciales es el acreedor que consta en el Registro de la Propiedad. Según información

obtenida, la Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito Manatí adquirió la Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito Ciales. RG Mortgage Corporation fue último tenedor conocido del pagaré antes descrito. Efectivo el mes de diciembre de 2019, Scotiabank de Puerto Rico y Oriental Bank se fusionaron. Desde entonces Scotiabank de Puerto Rico es Oriental Bank. Siendo Scotiabank de Puerto Rico sucesora de RG Mortgage Corporation, último tenedor conocido del pagaré objeto de esta demanda, no es necesario demandar a Scotiabank de Puerto Rico y/o RG Mortgage Corporation t/c/c R&G Mortgage de Puerto Rico, ya que Oriental Bank es, desde la unión de Scotiabank con Oriental Bank, el acreedor hipotecario. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de las 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://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente par derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.

LCDO. JAVIER MONTALVO CINTRÓN RUA NÚM. 17682 DELGADO & FERNÁNDEZ, LLC T Mobile Center at San Patricio B7 Tabonuco St. Suite 1000 Guaynabo, PR 00968

Tel. (787) 274-1414 / Fax (787) 764-8241

E-mail: jmontalvo@ delgadofernandez.com

Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 8 de abril de 2026. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. CARMEN J. ROSARIO VALENTÍN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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JULIA DEL CARMEN QUERO CASTRO

Demandante Vs. GERVACIO CABRERA

QUIEN TIENE UN SOLO APELLIDO

Demandado

Civil Núm.: TJ2026RF00010. Sobre: DIVORCIO RUPTURA IRREPARABLE - PETICIÓN INDIVIDUAL. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A La Parte Demandada: GERVACIO CABRERA. Por la presente se le(s) notifica que se ha radicado en la Secretaría de este Tribunal una Demanda de Divorcio por Ruptura Irreparable. 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. Se le notifica que 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 se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso se requiere que dentro de los treinta (30) 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 la Lcda. Sharon W. Achécar Martínez P.O BOX 16466 San Juan, P.R 00908-6466; Tel (787) 617-4828, correo electrónico sharonwachecar@ yahoo.com Abogada de la Parte Demandante. Se le(s) advierte que si dejare(n) de contestar la Demanda en el periodo 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 06 de abril de 2026, en Carolina, Puerto Rico. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. AMELIA Z. GARCÍA BRIONES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ANDREA TERESA

HERNANDEZ GONZALEZ Demandante Vs. FRANCIS JOSUE TORRES MALDONADO Demandado Civil Número: AR2026RF00199. Sobre: PRIVACIÓN PATRIA POTESTAD. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL

PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.

UU., ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.

A: FRANCIS JOSUE

TORRES MALDONADO - DIRECCIÓN DESCONOCIDA.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere que conteste la Demanda De Privación de Patria Potestad 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 Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired/ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal radicando el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente y notificando copia a la abogada de la parte demandante, Lcda. Yolanda Machado Torres de Servicios Legales de Puerto Rico, Inc. al Apartado Postal P O Box 1927, Arecibo PR 00613-1927 o a su dirección electrónica ymachado@servicioslegales. org. Se le apercibe que si no compareciera usted contestando dicha demanda o haga alegación responsiva dentro del término de treinta (30) días, a partir de la publicación de este Edicto, radicando el original de la contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente, con copia a la parte demandante, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará Sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello de este Tribunal en Arecibo, Puerto Rico, hoy 27 de marzo de 2026. VIVIAN FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. JULISSA MARRERO ROMÁN, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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Demandante V. JESSICA CAMACHO RIVERA

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: PO2025CV02465. (Salón: 605 CIVIL SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

GINA H. FERRER MEDINA - LAWOFFICES. GINAFERRERMEDINA@GMAIL. COM.

A: JESSICA CAMACHO RIVERA.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 13 de abril de 2026, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 13 de abril de 2026. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 13 de abril de 2026. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. BRENDA SANTIAGO LÓPEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Caso Núm.: BY2026RF00005. (FAMILIA Y MENORES - SALA DE BAYAMÓN SALÓN 4003).

Sobre: DIVORCIO - RUPTURA IRREPARABLE. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. AMANDA LACLAUSTRA VIDOT - ALACLAUSTRA@ SERVICIOSLEGALES.ORG. A: ROLANDO NIEVES TORRES. (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 abril de 2026, 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 re-

presentando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 14 de abril de 2026. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 14 de abril de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. IRIS M. OJEDA ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN FIRSTBANK

PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. HECTOR J. PRIETO PACHECO

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: SJ2025CV08635. (Salón: 901 CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

JOSÉ A. LAMAS BURGOSJLAMAS@LVPRLAW.COM.

A: HECTOR J. PRIETO PACHECO. (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 abril de 2026, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 14 de abril de 2026. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 14 de abril de 2026. GRISELDA

RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. VIRGEN Y. DEL

VALLE DÍAZ, SECRETARIA

AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE

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Demandante V. REINEIRO RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: AG2025CV02037. (Salón: 601 CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

JOSÉ A. LAMAS BURGOSJLAMAS@LVPRLAW.COM. A: REINEIRO RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ - DIRECCION FISICA: CAIMITAL ALTO CARR 2KM 122.3 AGUADILLA PR 00603; DIRECCIÓN POSTAL: HC 4 BOX 42403 AGUADILLA PR 00603. (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 abril de 2026, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 15 de abril de 2026. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, el 15 de abril de 2026. Sarahi Reyes Pérez, Secretaria. Arlene Guzmán Pabón, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

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Demandante V. MARGARET

ANN MONTAGUE

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: VB2025CV00970. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

JESSICA D. MARTÍNEZ BIRRIELJMARTBIRR@YAHOO.COM.

A: MARGARET

ANN MONTAGUE. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 13 de abril de 2026, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 14 de abril de 2026. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 14 de abril de 2026. Alicia Ayala Sanjurjo, Secretaria. Chrysthine Fonseca Rodríguez, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

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CENTRO JUDICIA DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS

ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante V. KARL MARINACCIO Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: VB2025CV00864. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JESSICA D. MARTÍNEZ BIRRIELJMARTBIRR@YAHOO.COM. A: KARL MARINACCIO; FULANO Y SUTANA DE TAL, COMO MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE ROSAMARIA MARINACCIO.

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 13 de abril de 2026, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 14 de abril de 2026. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 14 de abril de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. CHRYSTHINE FONSECA RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante V. HARRISON SYLVANUS TYSON Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: VB2025CV00865. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JESSICA D. MARTÍNEZ BIRRIELJMARTBIRR@YAHOO.COM. A: HARRISON SYLVANUS TYSON T/C/C HARRISON SYLVARUS TYSON TYSON, POR SÍ Y REPRESENTACIÓN DE SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; MARY BETH TYSON T/C/C MARY BETH, POR SÍ Y REPRESENTACIÓN DE SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 13 de abril de 2026, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 14 de abril de 2026. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 14 de abril de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. CHRYSTHINE FONSECA RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS

ASSOCIATION, INC. Demandante V. PEARL ROSE STRATYNER Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: VB2025CV00872. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JESSICA D. MARTÍNEZ BIRRIELJMARTBIRR@YAHOO.COM.

A: PEARL ROSE STRATYNER. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

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Ponce forces 7th match in LVSF B semifinals

Leonas & Criollas in a win-or-gohome duel on Wednesday

By THE STAR STAFF

Semifinal Series B of the Women’s Superior Volleyball League (LVSF by its initials in Spanish) will feature a seventh and decisive match this Wednesday, after the Leonas of Ponce successfully defended their home court -- Juan “Pachín” Vicéns Auditorium -- for the third consecutive time by defeating the Criollas of Caguas in straight sets on Sunday night.

The match was contested with the intensity of a championship final, with all three sets decided in extra points in favor of the Leonas: 26-24, 29-27 and 28-26.

Ponce came from behind in every single set. In the first, Caguas was unable to hold onto leads of 12-5 and later 22-18, despite effective spiking from Alexandra Sczech.

The Leonas responded with a 4-0 run

-- fueled by two attacks from Sherridan Atkinson -- to tie the score at 22. After

trading points until the score reached 2424, Ponce closed out the set with another

spike from Atkinson and a block by Jenselyn Morales against Caguas’ Genesis Collazo.

In the following two sets, the Criollas once again had victory within their grasp -holding identical 24-22 leads -- but failed to close them out. The home team capitalized on every opportunity to seal the win in both sets in extra points.

Ponce’s leading scorers were Atkinson, who tallied 24 points, and Claire Chaussee, who contributed 20.

Jenaisya Moore led the scoring for Caguas with 15 points, followed by Temi Thomas-Ailara with 12, while Sczech and Collazo each contributed 11.

In team statistics, Ponce prevailed in attacks (49-48), aces (3-0), digs (90-83), passes (46-35), and assists (20-6). Caguas led in blocks (13–9).

The winner of Wednesday’s match will advance to play the undefeated Cangrejeras of Santurce in the finals.

Mayagüez hands winless Quebradillas its 11th-straight loss

By THE STAR STAFF

The Indios of Mayagüez topped the Piratas of Quebradillas, dealing the winless hosts their 11th loss of the season, and the Atléticos of San Germán and Mets of Guaynabo were also winners in Superior National Basketball league games on Sunday night.

At Raymond Dalmau Coliseum in Quebradillas, the Indios defeated the Piratas 114-106 in a high-scoring affair that remained tight much of the way before the visitors created some separation in the second half en route to the win.

A high-pitched first half featured 25 lead changes and the Indios headed into the locker room holding a 59-56 lead. Mayagüez (4-5) took control in the second half, dominating the third quarter and maintaining its advantage down the stretch, ultimately sealing the victory from the free-throw line.

Nathan Sobey led the Indios’ offense with 31 points and 6 assists, followed by Tyrell Harrison with 24 points and 12 rebounds. Sam Waardenburg added 16 points and 8 rebounds.

For Quebradillas, Víctor Liz led all scorers with 36 points, while Jameer Nelson Jr. scored 22 points in his debut, and Emmanuel Mudiay also contributed 22.

At Arquelio Torres Coliseum in San Germán, meanwhile, the Atléticos prevailed 99-89 over the Leones of Ponce.

The first half ended tied at 46, but the Atléticos gained control in the second half, winning the third quarter and outplaying the visitors in the final 10 minutes.

Nick Perkins led the Atléticos (7-3) with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, followed by André Curbelo with 22 points and 9 assists. Montrezl Harrell added 19 points.

Jezreel de Jesús led Ponce (4-8) with 30 points.

At Roberto Clemente Coliseum in Hato Rey, the Mets defeated the Cangrejeros of Santurce, 94-91.

The Mets got out to a 23-14 first-quarter lead and extended it to double digits for much of the first half for a 51-39 advantage at the intermission.

Guaynabo held a double-digit lead through much of the second half before Santurce managed to narrow the gap in the closing moments. In the end, the Mets executed better from the free-throw line to seal the victory.

Maxwell Abmas had 20 points and 9 assists for Guaynabo (4-6), and Jaysean Paige also scored 20 points. Ysmael Romero contributed a double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds, while Devin Williams added 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Malik Beasley and Ángel Rodríguez scored 17 points each for the Cangrejeros (4-5), with Rodríguez also tallying 10 assists. Jordan Howard added 14 points in his debut.

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