Wednesday May 10, 2023

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Bill filed to lock in ‘rum cover over’ for PR, USVI at $13.25 per proof gallon

By THE STAR STAFF

U.S. Senator Bob Menéndez (D-N.J.), Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón (RP.R.), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives Stacey Plaskett (D-V.I.) introduced legislation on Tuesday to modify the amount of money transferred to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands – known as the “rum cover over” – from the excise taxes collected on rum that is produced in or imported into the rest of the United States from the two U.S. territories.

It is the second time at least that the initiative has been filed.

here in the United States, and 80% of the rum consumed around the world, is made in Puerto Rico. Annually, we receive more than $330 million from the rum excise tax cover-over, which has been vital to supporting critical services, including healthcare, education, and public safety, and funding environmental and other conservation initiatives,” said González Colón, a co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Rum Caucus. “This increase is vital to address uncertainty that both Puerto Rico and USVI have experienced, including funding cliffs on several occasions, and ensure that resources continue reaching our community.”

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“The rum cover over is a critical tool to promote economic development and create good paying jobs in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands,” Menéndez said. “Our bipartisan, bicameral legislation would eliminate the limitation on funds returned to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands for the production and transportation of rum to the mainland United States, ensuring these two territories benefit fully from the taxes on rum sold in the continental U.S. This bill would also ensure that a portion of the funds covered over to Puerto Rico will be transferred to the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust Fund to support the island’s sustainability and conservation efforts.”

Under current law, excise tax collections on imported rum are transferred to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands at the rate of $13.25 per proof gallon; $10.50 per proof gallon is in permanent law, and the remaining $2.75 per proof gallon requires periodic reauthorization by Congress. The legislation would amend Section 7652 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, making $13.25 per proof gallon the amount covered over by law, eliminating the need for congressional action and enhancing long-term sustainable economic growth in the two U.S. territories.

The legislative effort would also add a new provision that would require a portion of the funds transferred to Puerto Rico to go toward the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust. A private, nonprofit organization, the trust provides for the conservation of natural areas on the island, including through sustainable agricultural efforts, projects that promote the reforestation and restoration of Puerto Rico’s natural habitat, and the development of educational programs that foster the protection of natural areas.

“Our rum industry in Puerto Rico has great economic impact, more than 70% of the rum that is consumed

Plaskett, the U.S.V.I. delegate to Congress, noted that “[t]he cover-over has been part of the fundamental tax relationship between the United States and its territories going back over a century,” Plaskett said. “This bill would repeal the limit that has been imposed on the program since 1984. That will help to provide essential public services and to encourage production and employment on the islands as we recover from pandemic and economic downturn. This revenue is a significant source of well-paying jobs on our islands of the United States. To continue to support this vital part of our local economies, I am pleased to co-sponsor this rum cover over permanency legislation with my colleague, Rep. Jenniffer González Colón.”

Cassidy, the senator from Louisiana, added that “[t] he Rum Cover Over has long been critical funding for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, but it continues to face funding cliffs that create uncertainty and jeopardize investment.”

“Just as Louisiana uses offshore energy revenue sharing to restore our coasts, these territories use this revenue to reinvest in their communities,” he said.

Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González

‘No room for xenophobia’: Governor defends investors from outside PR

By THE STAR STAFF

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia had sharp words on Tuesday for those who he said promote an anti-foreign discourse so that foreigners do not invest in buying property or establishing businesses in Puerto Rico.

“Some people, what they do is criticize that people come from outside Puerto Rico to invest in Puerto Rico, including to rent properties,” the governor said at a news conference. “To those I say that in Puerto Rico there is no room for xenophobia. That we can’t be saying if you weren’t born here and you’re not from here you’re not welcome. The moment that happens in Puerto Rico, it is the beginning of the end.”

“Our border has to be open and whoever wants to come here to Puerto Rico to reside and invest here within the law, is more than welcome,” he added. “To [have] this kind of xenophobic and racist attitude is out of place.”

Pierluisi was referring to complaints made by residents of several communities, such as Loíza Street in San Juan, that people from outside the community have monopolized the purchase of properties to convert them into short-term rentals.

The governor said he favors the regulation of this rental model and that several bills in the Legislature are aimed at regulating that type of business.

Pierluisi made his remarks after concluding a meeting with members of his economic cabinet.

Man kills woman on the street in Cataño, then takes his own life

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

Days after the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics held the First Symposium on Gender Violence Statistics in Puerto Rico, a murder-suicide was reported at 8 a.m. Tuesday at a mini grocery store in Barrio Palma in the Cucharilla Sector of Cataño.

The killing was allegedly carried out by a man who shot a woman before taking his own life, police said.

According to the police, the incident began on the premises of a supermarket where allegedly an argument broke out and then shots were heard. The woman died on the pavement after being shot by the man, who has not yet been identified and who police said was violating a protection order.

Police said that after the slaying, the man entered the business and took his own life.

The case is being treated as a domestic violence incident under the purview of Law 54.

Late last week, in the aforementioned symposium, health and statistical perspective topics of major relevance were addressed, such as the importance of the health perspective

when analyzing violence, “safe kits” and help for victims of rape, domestic violence rates in Puerto Rico, the processing of protection orders, other manifestations of gender-based violence, and risky behaviors in high school students, among others.

Statistics Institute Executive Director Dr. Orville M. Disdier Flores said the symposium was of great importance for the institute and for society in general since it was a forum that deepened the empirical evidence and offered key information that can contribute to the prevention and eradication of gender violence in Puerto Rico.

“From the Institute we emphasize the importance of continuing to provide data and statistics that allow us to continue developing strategies that help the economic and social development of Puerto Rico, and to build a healthy society both physically and mentally,” Disdier said.

The Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics is an executive branch government entity, with fiscal and administrative autonomy, whose main purpose is to ensure that Puerto Rico has complete, reliable statistics and quick and universal access. More information can be found at its website: www.estadisticas.pr.; and on social networks through Facebook (@estadisticas.pr),

Woman detained in killing of Peruvian tourists

By THE STAR STAFF

Marangely Mclat Claudio turned herself in at the Caguas police headquarters earlier this week after it was determined she had some connection with a double homicide early last Saturday in a business on Loíza Street in Santurce.

The woman was being held Tuesday at the Puerto Rico Police Bureau General Headquarters in Hato Rey, “In order to protect the integrity of the investigation, no additional details will be offered, at this time,” Police Commissioner Antonio López Figueroa said in a written statement.

Mclat Claudio was caught on video disseminated by police firing a gun in the area where Peruvian tourists Franco Medina Angulo and Sergio Palomino Ruiz were killed.

It would appear that the tourists were caught in crossfire between Mclat Claudio and other people who also discharged their weapons in the place.

“We emphasize the call to anyone who may possess any type of information that contributes to the clarification of the events that culminated in the death of the two young people of Peruvian origin,” the commissioner added. “Information is received through 787-343-2020. It is handled confidentially and the anonymity of those who collaborate is guaranteed.”

Gov. Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia said Tuesday that there is no doubt that last Saturday’s double homicide can be expected to have an undesirable effect on tourism.

“If everything, every act of violence and even more so any murder that is tragic, and if it happens, if it affects the tourist who visits us, then it has an impact,” the governor said

in response to questions from the press. “There is no doubt that it has an impact. Puerto Rico is now perceived as a safe destination. And the reason is that although we have a crime problem, basically in Puerto Rico people can move about, tourists can move about, visit different parts of the island without any danger.”

“The entity that manages the destination, that is, the DMO … periodically surveys tourists and the latest survey reflects that 93 percent of those who visit us, of tourists, feel safe in Puerto Rico,” Pierluisi added. “In other words, yes, that incident has an impact, it is very regrettable. We are talking about two young students who came here to Puerto Rico to celebrate the birthday of one of them. And, well, obviously they were innocent victims in a crossfire that is being investigated and will be investigated to the utmost extent.”

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Gov. Pedro Pierluisi said he favors the regulation of the short-term rental model and that several bills in the Legislature are aimed at regulating that type of business.

Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Executive Director Dr. Orville M. Disdier Flores

Governor: PREPA workers who won’t work for Genera could land at DNER

By THE STAR STAFF

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) employees who decline to work for Genera PR will be transferred to the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER), Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia said Tuesday.

At a news conference to discuss the economy, the governor announced that the DNER has said it needs more employees and would welcome most of those who do not choose to work with Genera PR.

The transition package for those moving to Genera includes six months worth of salary.

“The government’s commitment is to relocate personnel that do not want to work with Genera PR, honor their salary and respect their acquired rights,” Pierluisi said. “The agency that is basically expressing the greatest interest in receiving these personnel is the DNER.”

The DNER has publicly said it needs to strengthen its structures to conserve Puerto Rico’s biodiversity, including maintaining the Ranger Corps.

La Fortaleza Chief of Staff Noelia García Bardales added that there is also a need at the

DNER for personnel to maintain and operate the flood pumps that the agency manages in

various regions of fhe island.

“The knowledge of equipment operation that the personnel of the Electric Power Authority have is particular,” she said. “So the need and the expertise merge and it is a perfect match.”

PREPA employees have until today to take advantage of the benefits offered by the central government.

Genera PR, the private company that will manage the utility’s power plants, has the goal of hiring 800 PREPA employees. So far it has hired “close to” 450 workers, Ivan Báez, vice president of government and public affairs for General PR, said in a radio interview.

Genera PR will take over PREPA’s power plant operations on June 1, 2023.

As happened when LUMA Energy took over PREPA’s electricity transmission and distribution system, many PREPA workers have refused to work with Genera PR for fear they may lose their pension benefits.

Employees who do not go to Genera have the option of moving to other government agencies.

Judge orders parties in PREPA bankruptcy to get on with mediation

By next Tuesday, May 16, the mediation team must file a schedule for future mediation sessions between the mediation team and the principal mediation parties.

“The Mediation team is directed to include the following information in future mediation reports: the number of completed mediation sessions in the prior month and the number of scheduled further mediation sessions as of the date of the report, whether the participants are attending with empowered principals as required above, whether the participants have made proposals and counter proposals in good faith, and whether any further assistance is needed from the Court,” Swain said.

Meanwhile, LUMA Energy, the private operator of PREPA’s transmission and distribution (T&D) system, has until May 15 to submit its proposed fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget to the energy regulator, according to a resolution issued May 8.

Therefore, LUMA requested that the PREB amend the procedural calendar to grant the parties until May 16 to meet, confer and adopt the consolidated FY2024 proposed annual budgets.

Consequently, the PREB established a new schedule to approve LUMA’s budget for the next fiscal year, with the expectation that the spending plan will be approved by June 30, according to the resolution.

LUMA Energy has operated PREPA’s T&D system since June 2021.

By THE STAR STAFF

U.S. District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain, who is overseeing the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) bankruptcy, ordered parties in a ruling Tuesday to meet and confer promptly with the mediation team to establish a future mediation schedule.

Swain convened a status hearing Monday because PREPA and its creditors have failed to engage in mediation to discuss debt restructuring. She has threatened to dismiss the case if no agreement can be reached to restructure PREPA’s $9 billion debt.

The resolution, issued by the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB), approved an extension requested by LUMA to deliver the FY24 budget, since the company indicated that it would not be feasible to meet the original May 8 deadline, according to the document.

In its May 4 motion, LUMA stated that after discussions with Genera PR and the Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority (P3A) and as a result of the incremental work and coordination that would be needed to apply the P3A’s budget allocation determination and produce a consolidated budget proposal that is ripe for review by the PREB, the May 8 filing deadline originally proposed by LUMA was no longer feasible.

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi

U.S. District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain

May Day protests show an economy still on the brink

gotten on the island.

Natalie Anaya Luna, 40

Anaya Luna has seen several friends and neighbors evicted or pushed out of their homes by rising rents, prompted by a surge in foreign investors buying property in Puerto Rico to flip for profit or to use for short-term rentals.

“What they want is to turn the island into a tax haven,” said Anaya Luna, an artist and translator. “For it to become a holiday and retirement place for white, wealthy Americans.”

Anaya Luna, who lives in a family-owned house in the Santurce neighborhood of San Juan, said she had seen a wave of displacement in her community and others across the island. The cost of living has gone up for local residents, while substantial tax benefits are granted to high-net-worth individuals who move to Puerto Rico and buy property.

Such policies are making the island “inhospitable to live in for someone who is not a millionaire,” she said.

By LAURA N. PÉREZ SÁNCHEZ

In Puerto Rico, protests on May 1, a long-held tradition for workers, have become a portrait of a precarious economy.

No longer are the annual demonstrations limited to public schoolteachers and other unionized workers demanding better pay and working conditions. Other residents come out now, too — people fed up and frustrated that life on the island keeps getting a bit more expensive and difficult year after year.

Puerto Rico has faced an economic malaise for almost two decades. Austerity measures, imposed by an unelected fiscal oversight board created by Congress seven years ago, have chipped away at public pensions and other benefits.

Also vexing are the island’s frequent power blackouts, foreign investors who buy property and displace local residents, and development projects on environmentally sensitive land.

“There are so many reasons to protest,” said Luz Elena Sánchez, 73, a former counselor at the University of Puerto Rico, which has faced steep budget cuts.

Here is what a few of the hundreds of Puerto Ricans who marched from the university and the local Department of Labor to the heart of San Juan’s financial district on May Day last week had to say about just how tough life has

Milton Santiago Rodríguez, 69

After working for 26 years as a high school Spanish teacher, Santiago Rodríguez now lives with what he called una pensión de hambre — a starvation pension. His annual salary of $32,000 left him with a monthly pension of $1,228, or about $14,700 a year.

That is not enough to cover the cost of food, rent, health insurance and ever-increasing utility bills, he said.

“I can barely pay for my health insurance,” said Santiago Rodríguez, who pays for supplemental private coverage because Medicare does not go far enough. “I’m still healthy, but my diet isn’t the best.”

He marched with fellow retirees from the Puerto Rico Department of Education to demand that the fiscal oversight board managing the island’s finances increase pensions to keep up with inflation. The board ordered several changes to the teachers’ pension system, including raising the retirement age to 63 and eliminating a defined-benefit retirement plan that guaranteed pensions at 75% of teachers’ salaries.

What he has now, Santiago Rodríguez said, “is just miserable.”

Cynthia Rivera Sánchez, 22, and Adrián Maldonado Rodríguez, 24

Rivera Sánchez, a senior at the University of Puerto Rico, said finding courses she can take, even in core subjects, has become more difficult each semester because budget cuts have limited the number of professors and sections available at the university. That makes it even harder to schedule time to work so that she can afford her studies.

Recent tuition increases have forced her and Maldonado Rodríguez, who are both on the university’s student council, to juggle coursework with paid jobs outside of school.

“Right now, we are not students who work, but workers who study,” said Rivera Sánchez, who is majoring in mathematics and working as a software engineering trainee.

Maldonado Rodríguez, a law student, said budget cuts have also limited students’ access to housing. Two of the three dormitories on the university’s main campus have been closed for about five years. As real estate investors snap up properties in the neighborhood, fewer affordable rental apartments remain available to students.

“With something so basic at risk, you cannot have a

proper university experience,” Maldonado Rodríguez said.

Marta Rodríguez García, 32, and Hiram Rodríguez Torres, 34

Rodríguez García, a psychiatrist with $200,000 in student loan debt, said she understood why Puerto Rican doctors leave the island to work in places where they can earn more.

“In these conditions, there is no way to practice medicine in a dignified way,” Rodríguez García said.

As of May 2022, the number of physicians practicing in Puerto Rico had dropped by about 9,500, or half the total, since 2009, according to the Puerto Rico Department of Health.

Rodríguez Torres, an internal medicine specialist, is known in Puerto Rico for using social media to protest insurance company policies that he says hurt patient care.

“With doctors working so much, with them having to see so many patients a day, patients are dying,” said Rodríguez Torres, who now works as a telemedicine doctor, seeing patients who live outside Puerto Rico.

Rodríguez García said she wanted to keep practicing on the island. She is hoping to offer psychiatric services without going through insurance companies.

“We want patients to donate what they can,” she said, “depending on their circumstances.”

Puerto Ricans march on May Day at the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan, May 1, 2023. Protesters last week lamented shrunken pensions, the displacement of locals by foreign investors, and the challenges facing doctors and university students. (Erika P. Rodríguez/The New York Times)

Milton Santiago Rodríguez on May Day at the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan, May 1, 2023. After working for 26 years as a high school Spanish teacher, Santiago Rodríguez now lives with what he called una pensión de hambre — a starvation pension. (Erika P. Rodríguez/The New York Times)

Cynthia Rivera Sánchez, left, and Adrián Maldonado Rodríguez on May Day at the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan, May 1, 2023. (Erika P. Rodríguez/The New York Times)

Dr. Marta Rodríguez García, and Dr. Hiram Rodríguez Torres on May Day at the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan, May 1, 2023. (Erika P. Rodríguez/The New York Times)

Among the victims in Texas shooting: A wounded 6-year-old who lost his parents and brother

By RUTH GRAHAM, JESÚS JIMÉNEZ and MARY BETH GAHAN

Cindy and Kyu Cho brought their two little boys to the Allen Premium Outlets to exchange a birthday present that didn’t fit their older son, who had just turned 6. Sisters Daniela and Sofia Mendoza, both in elementary school, were there with their mother.

Aishwarya Thatikonda had come to shop with a friend before she had to head to a job site for her work at a general contracting firm.

A warm sunny day brought crowds and clusters of families to the sprawling outdoor mall in an upscale suburb north of Dallas for the most American of activities. On Saturday, it became different kind of all-American scene: the location of yet another mass shooting. By the time a police officer shot and killed the gunman, eight people had suffered fatal wounds, including three small children. At least seven other people were injured.

It was the country’s second-deadliest mass shooting this year, indiscriminately wiping out individuals, and nearly one entire family.

Both the Mendoza sisters, 11 and 8, were killed. Their mother was shot and is hospitalized. The Cho parents and their 3-year-old, James, died. Their 6-year-old, William, was shot and survived.

Thatikonda, 26, died, as did a security guard named Christian LaCour, who was 20. Elio Cumana-Rivas, a 32-year-old man from Dallas, was also killed, the state’s Department of Public Safety said Monday.

The gunman appeared to embrace white supremacist ideology, based on social media accounts investigators believe belong to him. Yet his motive is unclear.

The region has become a magnet for Asians, especially South Asians, many of them professionals who work for the multitude of large corporations based in nearby Plano and Frisco.

About 25 miles outside Dallas, Allen, Texas, is one of the booming suburbs north of the city whose populations have exploded in recent years. The surrounding area is home to a number of large American corporations, including the PGA in Frisco, which was named the fastest-growing large city in the nation by the Census Bureau in 2020.

Allen, a former railroad town, is now home to a $60 million stadium that holds 18,000 people, called by ESPN “the palace of high school football” when it opened a decade ago. Allen has continued to grow since then, topping 100,000 people in the 2020 census.

“We are one of the safest cities in the state and country, even though this person randomly chose to visit our city to deliver evil,” Allen Mayor Kenneth Fulk, said in an email. He declined further comment.

The Chos, a Korean American family, lived in a two-story house in a newer neighborhood in Dallas, 14 miles south of the outlet mall.

Kyu Cho worked as an immigration lawyer at a firm in Richardson, Texas. A profile for Cho on the firm’s website said he was born in South Korea in the early 1990s and raised in Dallas. “As an immigrant himself, Kyu has a deep pride, respect, and appreciation for the American Dream,” the profile says. Cho was learning Spanish because he represented many Spanish-speaking immigrants in court.

In his free time, the profile said, he participated in church activities and enjoyed “watching his two young boys grow up.”

Their neighbor, Kristy Kim, has a son the same age as William, the 6-year-old who survived. The two families had attended bir-

thday parties and neighborhood play dates together since 2018, when the subdivision was built. The families both attended New Song Church, a large Korean Baptist congregation in nearby Carrollton.

“They were quiet and reserved,” Kim said on Monday. “They were definitely homebodies, but they were so kind.”

The area north of Dallas is one of the places where “Asian immigrants are the driving force of growth,” as Texas Monthly put it in a 2021 cover story on “The Newest Texans.”

The Dallas area has the state’s largest Korean American and Indian populations, according to the Pew Research Center in 2019. Hindu temples dot the suburban landscape north of the city. And Dallas recently unveiled bilingual street signs in an older area informally known as Koreatown; “New Koreatown” is in Carrollton, with an H Mart and plentiful restaurants.

State Rep. Mihaela Plesa represents the district where the Cho family lived. The area includes parts of Allen, Plano, Richardson and Dallas. More than half of the population identify as minorities and the largest demographic is Asian,

said Plesa’s chief of staff, Karrol Rimal.

Daniela Mendoza, a fourth grader, and her sister Sofia, a second grader, were students an elementary school in Wylie, a city southeast of Allen, David Vinson, superintendent of the Wylie Independent School District, said in an email to parents.

Their mother, Ilda, was in critical condition Monday, Vinson said.

“Our love for our kiddos and each other will get us through this,” Vinson wrote. “Daniela and Sofia will not be forgotten. Hug your kids, and tell them you love them.”

Flags at the girls’ school, Cheri Cox Elementary, flew at half-staff Monday. Principal Krista Wilson called the girls “rays of sunshine.”

Aishwarya Thatikonda worked at a general contracting firm in Frisco, where her boss, Srinivas Chaluvadi, described her as being like a goddaughter to him. Thatikonda celebrated family birthdays at his house, and came to see him for a traditional Hindu blessing on her own birthday, which was coming up again next week. Last year, he accompanied her to her brother’s wedding in India.

On Saturday, Chaluvadi received a call from an architect waiting on a job site for Thatikonda, who had uncharacteristically not shown up on time. He drove to her house in McKinney, which she shared with several roommates, then to the mall, and eventually to several local hospitals. It was not until Sunday that she was confirmed as one of the victims.

Chaluvadi described Thatikonda as a diligent worker who was “indispensable” to his firm. She also hoped to marry later this year, he said; her parents were in the process of “finding a suitable boy for her.” Instead, they are now arranging to bring her body back home to Hyderabad.

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People gather for a vigil for victims of a shooting the day before at the entrance to the Allen Premium Outlets in Allen, Texas, on Sunday, May 7, 2023. (Cooper Neill/The New York Times)

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Driver whose SUV struck and killed migrants in Texas is charged

it when so many perished along the way. And then came Sunday. One of his good friends, Luis Matute, who was in his 30s, died in the crash. Another, Johan Quiroz, 40, was severely injured but survived.

Authorities in Brownsville were working with Venezuelan consular officials to identify victims and reunite them with loved ones, Sauceda said.

Alvarez is a resident of Brownsville who has long been known to local authorities, Sauceda said, adding that Alvarez had a record of numerous arrests on charges including driving while intoxicated, burglary of a vehicle, assault and theft, among others.

Police said they were still trying on Monday to determine whether Alvarez was intoxicated at the time of the crash.

The episode took place outside Ozanam Center, a shelter where a large number of migrants have arrived recently in anticipation of the end of Title 42, a rule imposed early in the coronavirus pandemic by the Trump administration to ease the expulsion of migrants crossing the border. Title 42, which came to be seen as a major impediment to seeking asylum in the U.S., is scheduled to expire this week.

Many Venezuelans have been leaving their native country and seeking asylum to escape poverty and government oppression.

Alvarez, who has been speaking to investigators in both English and Spanish, has refused to cooperate with investigators, officials said. He has given the police several different names and has not submitted to a Breathalyzer test or fingerprinting, they said.

By EDGAR SANDOVAL

At first Yohonny Miratriz heard a deafening roar as he and two friends walked Sunday morning near the shelter where they had spent the night before.

Then he felt the road tremble beneath him. He turned around to see the gray sport utility vehicle, already on its side, skidding toward him, its horn seemingly stuck in a cacophony of alarm, as the vehicle bore down on him and his friends who had made the long dangerous trek from Venezuela to the Texas border.

“I had time to think, do I jump forward or backward?” Miratriz recalled earlier this week. “Which way would give me a better chance at survival?” He decided to dive head first and felt the sharp sting of the truck’s nose strike his left leg, he said. “At first it didn’t hurt. I was in shock, but then the pain came rushing,” he said a day later, still limping. “How did I survive? I think only God knows.”

A day after the SUV, driven by a Brownsville man, George Alvarez, plowed through a group of migrants, killing eight people,

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much remained uncertain about the tragedy — most important, whether the crash was intentional.

Alvarez has been charged with eight counts of manslaughter, 10 counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and reckless driving, and remains behind bars, Chief Felix Sauceda of the Brownsville Police said Monday.

Alvarez was seen on a video being pinned down on the ground by a group of people outside a homeless shelter that had been housing migrants, most of them from Venezuela, after he tried to flee the scene of the crash. His Range Rover SUV struck about 20 people near a bus stop.

Sauceda said police were investigating reports that Alvarez had yelled anti-immigration epithets at the group. More criminal charges could be added, he said, if investigators determine the crash was deliberate.

Police said they received reports of the crash around 8:29 a.m. Sunday and that officers found a gruesome scene when they arrived. At least six people were already dead, and four more were badly injured and twisting in pain. Two of the injured later died, Sauceda said.

Investigators said that Alvarez drove through a red light and appeared to lose control of his vehicle, which flipped on its side and struck the migrants. Sauceda called it “a very tragic scene.”

But for those caught up in the carnage the tragedy was compounded by what it took for the migrants to make it to Texas.

Miratriz recalled traversing a collection of sharp rocks on a dangerous portion of the Darien Gap, a strip of terrain that connects South and Central America, when he saw a woman lose her footing. She fell to her death, head first, he said.

“I just kept walking, because I knew that if I hesitated, I could fall to my death too,” he said. When he made it to Brownsville with his two friends, he recalled feeling lucky that he had made

Brownsville, a border town with a majority-Hispanic population in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, has historically received large influxes of migrants. Located in one of the nation’s poorest regions, the city has recently seen increasing numbers of people crossing the river from Mexico, with as many as 1,500 migrants arriving each day by some estimates.

Victor Maldonado, executive director of the Ozanam Center, said video footage he reviewed showed that the driver had run a red light before crashing into the crowd of migrants. The center is frequented by migrants who stay for a few days while they work to secure travel elsewhere, Maldonado said.

“All bodies just started going everywhere, all directions,” he said of the crash.

Michael Eduardo de Aponte Fonseca, who is from Caracas, Venezuela, was still shaken hours after he saw the SUV run over several migrants who were standing next to him Sunday morning. He said that he and other migrants had just eaten breakfast and had trickled out to a bus stop across the street from the shelter. The next thing he knew, he said, the SUV was flying toward them.

“It all happened really fast,” Fonseca said. “The truck came toward us. It hit a lot of people. All I remember is that a man fell on my legs. I was in shock.”

He ran his hands over his body to make sure he was not injured himself. “Everything became black and white in my brain.”

Cleyver Garcia, his father, who was not with him at the time of the crash, said the two men had gone through an ordeal in leaving their native Venezuela and crossing through the Darien Gap. The two men are headed for Colorado, where they have relatives awaiting them, Garcia said.

He leaned to hug his son. “I thank God he was not hurt,” he said. “Imagine dying in America, the country we came to to seek safety?”

Display boards of George Alvarez’s criminal history and his photo at a news conference about the suspect in the Sunday killing of migrants with a vehicle in Brownsville, Texas, May 8, 2023.

What would the GOP plan actually do to the budget?

By MARGOT SANGER-KATZ and ALICIA PARLAPIANO

House Republicans want to cut federal spending — and they just passed a bill that would do that.

But they don’t want to cut defense spending. They don’t want to cut veterans’ health care spending.

They don’t want to cut Medicare or Social Security.

Their bill, which would raise the country’s borrowing limit for a year in exchange for a decade of spending reductions, does not include many specifics. It achieves most of its savings with spending caps for discretionary spending — the part of the budget allocated annually by Congress that is not automatic like Social Security payments — but it doesn’t say what discretionary programs should be cut and which ones should be spared.

If the entire discretionary budget were subject to cuts, the reductions would be “aggressive” but “achievable,” said Marc Goldwein, a senior policy director for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, which backs deficit reduction.

But if favored programs are protected, the cuts everywhere else will get much deeper and harder to implement. “It goes from being an achievable goal to one that would be very difficult to achieve,” he said.

The White House has been attacking Republicans for proposing cuts to veterans’ care. Republicans in House leadership have responded that no cuts are intended. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has promised he will protect the military from reductions, although the bill as written does not exclude them. And Kay Granger, chair of the House Appropriations Committee, has said border security remains a top priority.

The bill is McCarthy’s first big move in negotiations over the debt ceiling, which he has argued should be tied to reductions in federal spending to lower future debt, although there is no legal reason it must be. If Congress doesn’t raise the limit on how much the country can borrow to pay its existing bills by June 1, the Treasury Department may be forced to default on its bonds, an underpinning of the global economy. President Joe Biden wants Congress to raise the debt limit without conditions, saying he’s willing to talk about the budget, but not under a threat of default.

McCarthy was scheduled to meet with Biden Tuesday at the White House.

Universal discretionary caps would cut spending by an average of 18% over a decade, compared with what’s expected if current levels grew according to inflation. But with defense, veterans’ care and homeland security exempted, the caps would result in cutting the rest of the discretionary budget by more than half.

Defense is the largest category of discretionary spending in the budget. Veterans’ health care is the second largest.

The programs that would be subject to deeper cuts include nutrition assistance for poor mothers and infants, air traffic control, the State Department, cancer research and Social Security Administration employees. Those are initiatives that many Republican lawmakers and voters value.

The actual decisions about how to apply reductions would fall to lawmakers on the appropriations committees, who could parcel out the cuts in any way they can agree on.

“It’s easy to write budget caps,” said Bobby Kogan, the senior director of federal budget policy at the left-leaning Center for American Progress and a former Senate and White House budget staffer, who analyzed the bill. “It’s hard to actually legislate what to cut to live

within those budget caps.”

Even some Republicans who voted for the bill last week expressed discomfort endorsing cuts to the energy credits, which are helping to fund projects in their congressional districts. An analysis released by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center on Wednesday found that repealing the energy credits would result in modest tax hikes, particularly for high-income households.

The fight among Republicans about what to protect from the budget caps is a smaller version of the broader challenge that Republicans have faced in their efforts to lower the federal deficit. To earn his speakership, McCarthy promised lawmakers that he would propose a plan to balance the federal budget in 10 years, a goal that would require much bigger changes than those contained in the current bill. But that plan began to look implausible as McCarthy took many of the biggest government programs off the table.

If Congress is unwilling to touch Medicare, Social Security or military spending — and is unwilling to raise any taxes — balancing the budget requires enormous cuts to the rest of the government.

This package, with its more modest budgetary ambitions, appears to be a recognition of that difficult math. But with all the promised exclusions, it still would seem to require hefty cuts from popular government functions. In letters to Rosa DeLauro, the leading Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, agency heads described the changes they would need to make in 2024 to absorb a 22% cut, one that assumes Republicans would protect military spending but apply the budget caps to veterans.

— The Federal Aviation Administration would need to close 125 air traffic control towers.— Cuts to the Women, Infants and Children nutrition program would eliminate food assistance for 1.2 million poor Americans with young children.— Pell grants would fall by $1,000, and be eliminated altogether for 80,000 students.— Two million families would lose access to medical care at community health centers.— The FBI would need to reduce its staff by 11,000 employees.— Claims processing at the Social Security Administration would slow by months.— Reductions to the Head Start program would mean slots for 200,000 fewer children.— NASA would need to halt the Artemis program sending more astronauts to the moon.

If veterans’ care and homeland security are also insulated from cuts, those programs would need to be reduced by far more than 22%.

Taken together, the package would reduce federal deficits over the decade, coming close to stabilizing the ratio between overall federal debt and the size of the economy, a long-term goal embraced by many economists.

But most of the bill’s savings come from the caps, and that means that Congress would need to actually carry them out to achieve that outcome. Given McCarthy’s many promises to his colleagues, that seems hard to imagine, even if he could somehow persuade the Democratic Senate and White House to adopt the bill.

Biden seeks compensation for passengers for flight delays and cancellations

In September, the department rolled out an online dashboard showing travelers what services they are entitled to when a flight is significantly delayed or canceled for reasons within the airline’s control. Buttigieg has credited the creation of the dashboard with pushing airlines to improve their policies.

On Monday, the department announced it had expanded the dashboard — which can now be found at FlightRights.gov — to include information about what compensation, if any, airlines have committed to offering passengers for delays and cancellations.

The department has also pushed airlines to guarantee that young children can sit with an accompanying adult at no extra charge. In March, it unveiled a similar dashboard showing which airlines had done so.

The proposal to require airlines to provide compensation to passengers is the latest in a string of consumeroriented steps announced by the Biden administration. In his State of the Union address in February, Biden highlighted his administration’s efforts to reduce “junk fees,” and he took aim at airlines for charging families to sit together.

The new proposal resembles a policy that is in place in the European Union, where passengers can receive up to 600 euros, or about $660, for delayed or canceled flights.

By MARK WALKER

The Biden administration announced earlier this week that it would seek to require airlines to compensate passengers for lengthy flight delays and cancellations that are within their control.

The administration said it would start the process of establishing a new rule to require airlines to provide cash payments rather than merely refunds for significant travel disruptions. No major U.S. airline currently guarantees cash compensation for delays or cancellations, according to the Transportation Department.

“I know how frustrated many of you are with the service you get from your U.S. airlines,” President Joe

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Biden said at the White House, where he appeared with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to announce the proposal.

“You deserve to be fully compensated,” Biden added. “Your time matters. The impact on your life matters.”

The administration did not provide specifics about the proposal, such as how much airlines would be required to pay travelers. Biden said his administration would propose the rule “later this year.” The federal rule-making process can be lengthy, so the proposal is not likely to take effect anytime soon.

The airline industry has come under intense scrutiny after a string of woes, including a series of flight disruptions last year as air travel rebounded after plunging because of the coronavirus pandemic. In December, a winter storm led to an operational meltdown at Southwest Airlines, stranding passengers during the holiday travel season.

The new proposal adds to Buttigieg’s efforts to push the airline industry to improve the customer experience. During his tenure, the Transportation Department has imposed millions of dollars in fines on airlines for a number of violations, including for issues related to customer refunds, although some critics have pushed for him to take a harder line with the industry.

In addition to requiring compensation for passengers, the proposal would mandate that airlines cover expenses such as meals and hotel accommodations incurred because of delays or cancellations within the airlines’ control. Many airlines cover such expenses.

“When an airline causes a flight cancellation or delay, passengers should not foot the bill,” Buttigieg said in a statement.

In a statement Monday, Airlines for America, a trade association representing the country’s largest airlines, said U.S. airlines had “no incentive to delay or cancel a flight and do everything in their control to ensure flights depart and arrive on time — but safety is always the top priority.”

The group pointed to factors outside airlines’ control, such as weather and air traffic control outages. It said more than half of cancellations last year were caused by weather, and it noted that airlines had reduced their schedules in response to Federal Aviation Administration staffing shortages.

At the White House on Monday, Buttigieg said there had been “unacceptable” rates of delayed and canceled flights last summer, but he said things were looking up.

“Each month so far this year, preliminary data show cancellation rates under 2%, even during that busy spring break season,” he said. “But summer travel is going to put enormous pressure on the system, and we need to continue our work.”

President Joe Biden is greeted by Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg before delivering remarks about protecting consumers when there are significant flight disruptions, at the White House in Washington on Monday, May 8, 2023.

Wall St falls on dour earnings forecasts ahead of inflation data

U.S. stock indexes fell on Tuesday as investors turned cautious ahead of a key inflation reading this week, while dour earnings forecasts from companies such as PayPal and Apple supplier Skyworks weighed on the mood.

Shares of PayPal Holdings PYPL.O dropped 12% and led declines on the benchmark S&P 500 index .SPX after the company cut its margin forecast. They were also among the top drags on the Nasdaq Composite index .IXIC.

Skyworks Solutions Inc SWKS.O shares slid 5.9% after forecasting current-quarter revenue and earnings below estimates.

Shares of other Apple suppliers including Qualcomm QCOM.O, Broadcom AVGO.O, Qorvo QRVO.O and Corning GLW.N fell between 1.2% to 2%. The Philadelphia SE Semiconductor Index .SOX was down 2.1%.

The action-packed week will see the release of the much-awaited inflation data on Wednesday. The Labor Department’s consumer price index (CPI) is expected to climb 0.4% in April after gaining 0.1% in March.

Reports on producer prices, weekly jobless claims and consumer sentiment are also lined up for the week.

“It is the CPI print tomorrow, and that’s worrying markets, that it could be higher than expected or stickier inflation than expected,” said Keith Buchanan, senior portfolio manager at GLOBALT Investments.

“And the loan officer survey showed that credit conditions are tightening. That seems like the case is being made that (rates) can stay higher for longer.”

Credit conditions for U.S. businesses and households continued tightening in the first months of the year, according to a Fed survey, marking the accumulating impact of Fed monetary tightening.

Markets further awaited an update on the debt ceiling from a meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden, Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other congressional leaders at the White House later in the day.

Worries of a potential government default loom over Washington as early as June 1, if Congress does not act to resolve the deadlock.

At 12:42 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was down 81.53 points, or 0.24%, at 33,537.16, the S&P 500 .SPX was down 19.46 points, or 0.47%, at 4,118.66, and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was down 78.10 points, or 0.64%, at 12,178.82.

Boeing Co BA.N rose 1.1% after budget carrier Ryanair Holdings Plc RYA.I placed a multi-billion dollar order for Boeing jets.

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Regional bank shares extended declines, with the KBW Regional Banking index .KRX down 1.7% after falling 2.8% on Monday. The KBW Banking index .BKX shed 1%, extending losses after edging 0.2% lower in the previous session.

Novavax NVAX.O surged 37.2% as the drugmaker plans a 25% cut to its global workforce.

Under Armour Inc UAA.N lost 6.3% as the sports apparel maker saw its annual sales and profit below

street expectations.

Dialysis services provider DaVita Inc DVA.N jumped 13.9% on raising its annual profit forecast as demand for procedures pickup in the U.S.

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Declining issues outnumbered advancers for a 2.56-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and for a 2.21-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.

The S&P index recorded six new 52-week highs and 10 new lows, while the Nasdaq recorded 20 new highs and 54 new lows.

Ecuador strikes a landmark deal to save nature, and some cash

By CATRIN EINHORN

Ecuador announced a record-setting deal Tuesday designed to reduce its debt burden and free up hundreds of millions of dollars to fund marine conservation around the Galápagos Islands, an archipelago of unique biodiversity that’s famous for inspiring Darwin’s theory of evolution.

The arrangement, known as a debt-fornature deal, is a bit like refinancing a mortgage, only for government bonds.

Gustavo Manrique Miranda, the Ecuadorian foreign minister, called it a historic agreement that takes into account the value of nature. He said Ecuador was as wealthy as any of the richest countries in the world, “but our currency is the biodiversity.”

When countries need cash, they often sell bonds, which they repay over time with interest. But Ecuador is struggling with debt and political turmoil. Its bonds have lost so much value on the market that some investors, presumably fearing deeper losses, were willing to sell $1.6 billion worth to the bank Credit Suisse at an average of 40 cents on the dollar.

The bank then converted them into a $656 million Galápagos Marine Bond, which it used to finance a loan that will help Ecuador fund conservation. That makes the deal the biggest debt-for-nature swap in history.

The bank’s investors get “really enthusiastic” for opportunities that come with a positive impact on nature and society, said Ramzi Issa, who managed the transaction at Credit Suisse.

The restructuring means Ecuador will save more than $1 billion in future interest and principal payments. The old bondholders, for their part, avoid the risk of bigger losses.

The U.S. government’s development bank provided political risk insurance.

Climate change isn’t the only environmental calamity. Scientists estimate that 1 million plants and animals are at risk of extinction as humans plow and pave over land, overfish the seas and overheat the planet.

As ecosystems break down, so does nature’s ability to provide the water and food humans, and the rest of life on Earth, rely on.

In December, nations agreed to take measures to stop biodiversity loss. But that action requires money. And the world’s

most biodiverse countries tend to be in the Global South, still suffering from legacies of colonialism and often reeling from debt.

“Countries in heavy debt or at risk of debt default do not have the means to prioritize environmental protection, and may be unattractive to investors due to poor credit ratings,” said Alice Hughes, a professor of conservation biology at Hong Kong University who has studied debt-for-nature deals.

Such swaps “provide the means to overcome these issues.”

The December agreement calls for countries to protect 30% of the world’s land and water by 2030. For oceans, that means not only creating marine protected areas, but managing, monitoring and enforcing them. Despite having certain protections for years, the Galápagos are at risk from illegal fishing, climate change and unsustainable

tourism.

As part of the debt-for-nature deal, Ecuador has committed to spending more than $323 million over about 18 years on conservation in the Galápagos region, particularly to manage and monitor the Hermandad Marine Reserve, a newer protected area the government announced in 2021. Money from the transaction will also help create an endowment intended to fund such activities in perpetuity.

“Success hinges on securing the financial resources that are needed to achieve effective ocean protection,” said Giuseppe Di Carlo, director of the Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy Project, which helped arrange the Galápagos deal. “We believe the financial sector can play a very important role.”

The deal came at a turbulent time for both Ecuador and Credit Suisse.

Ecuador’s Congress is gearing up for a vote on whether to impeach the president, Guillermo Lasso, on corruption allegations. Credit Suisse is in the middle of a takeover by its former rival, UBS.

The ability to land the deal against that backdrop is evidence that debt-for-nature swaps are increasingly recognized as allaround wins that will survive changes in leadership, according to Oscar Soria, who focuses on biodiversity and climate policy for the advocacy group Avaaz.

Soria, who was not involved in the transaction, called it “very promising” and noted that more are in the works.

Debt-for-nature swaps have been around since the 1980s, but they appear to have new momentum. Recently, such deals have created marine protected areas or funded other conservation measures in waters off Belize, Barbados and Seychelles.

But such agreements have downsides, said Patrick Bigger, a research policy analyst at the University of California, Berkeley and research director at Climate and Community Project, a think tank.

For instance, despite its record scope, the debt relief in the Galápagos transaction represents a tiny fraction of Ecuador’s debt, which stands at more than $60 billion, Bigger said.

Moreover, “interest is still flowing from poorer countries suffering the worst impacts of climate change, to which they made a relatively small contribution, to rich countries and banks that bear the vast majority of responsibility for the ecological crisis.”

Sea turtles and sea lions on the beaches of Isabela Island in the Galápagos Islands, Nov. 12, 2018. A creative debt restructuring will save the country money and create a fund to protect waters around the Galápagos Islands.

Sea turtles on the beaches of Isabela Island in the Galápagos Islands, Nov. 12, 2018.

Israeli airstrikes kill at least 3 leaders of Palestinian militant group in Gaza

By ISABEL KERSHNER

The Israeli military said Tuesday it had struck Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza, killing at least three leaders of the Palestinian militant group, as both sides braced for a possible sharp escalation in cross-border violence.

The predawn airstrikes, which came a week after Islamic Jihad fired dozens of rockets at Israel, hit residential buildings across the Palestinian coastal territory as people slept. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said at least 12 people were killed, most of them civilians, and at least 20 were injured.

The Israeli military said it had targeted and killed Khalil Bahitini, who it said had been responsible for launching rockets against Israel over the past month; Tareq Ezzedine, who had directed attacks against Israelis in the occupied West Bank; and Jihad Al-Ghanam, another high-ranking leader of the group.

The civilian death toll from the strikes was at least nine people, including women and children, according to the Palestinian ministry. Among them were Dr. Jamal Khiswan, a director of the Wafa Hospital in Gaza, and his wife and son.

Israel also attacked Islamic Jihad military sites and infrastructure.

The military wing of Islamic Jihad — which Israel, the United States and many other Western countries classify as a terrorist organization — confirmed the deaths of the three leaders, saying in a statement that they had been killed “as a result of a cowardly Zionist assassination at dawn today.”

The group said that some of the wives and children of the men had also been killed, adding that “the blood of the martyrs will increase our resolve, and we will not leave our positions and the resistance will go on, God willing.”

Schools and universities across Gaza canceled classes and exams as search and rescue crews were still digging through the rubble Tuesday morning, and the Gazan government ordered Palestinian fishing vessels not to go out to sea. The Gaza Strip operates under a severe land, air and sea blockade by Israel and Egypt.

Gaza is dominated by Hamas, a larger Islamic militant group that sometimes acts in coordination with Islamic Jihad and, at other times, acts to restrain it. The military wing of Hamas issued a statement mourning those

killed in the Israeli campaign. The question of whether Hamas will join the Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad in any retaliatory action against Israel could determine the length and intensity of the round of fighting.

About five hours after Israel’s opening strikes, Lt. Col. Richard Hecht, a spokesperson for the Israeli military, told reporters that the military had achieved its objectives and that it was largely “up to Hamas” to determine what would happen next.

Hecht said he was aware of the reports of civilian deaths, which he said would be “tragic,” but had no immediate further comment about them, except to say that Israel conducted a “pinpoint” operation involving 40 aircraft.

Amid the strikes, the Israeli military instructed residents of Israel living within a radius of 25 miles of the border of the Palestinian coastal territory to stay close to bomb shelters for the next two days, in apparent expectation of retaliatory rocket fire.

Israel’s minister of defense, Yoav Gallant, declared an emergency situation along the border. The military issued a map of road closings in the area and closed border crossings to people and goods. Hecht said the ministry had instructed the army to be ready to call up reservists.

The deadly airstrikes started about 2 a.m. Tuesday and initially hit Gaza City and the southern city of Rafah, along the border with Egypt. Two hours later, the military said it was striking additional targets of Islamic Jihad, including what it described as weapons manufacturing sites and military compounds.

The operation, which the military codenamed “Shield and Arrow,” comes a week after a short burst of violence following the death of a prominent Palestinian prisoner,

Khader Adnan, who had been on a hunger strike for 87 days to protest his detention. Islamic Jihad fired more than 100 rockets and mortar shells toward southern Israel in the 24 hours after his death. One barrage fired in the middle of the day severely wounded a Chinese construction worker in the Israeli border town of Sderot.

Another brief flare-up a month ago, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, came after an Israeli police raid in Jerusalem on the Aqsa mosque compound, a revered site known to Jews as Temple Mount. That prompted the Palestinian groups in Gaza as well as militias in Lebanon — led by Hamas, according to the Israeli military — to fire barrages of rockets at Israel.

Israel struck back at the militias in southern Lebanon, as well as at Hamas military sites in the Gaza Strip. It also hit militant sites in Gaza after last week’s rocket fire, killing a 58-year-old man, according to the Gaza health ministry. But far-right members of the Israeli governing coalition complained that Israel’s response had been too weak, and the ultranationalist minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, demanded that Israel resume its policy of targeted assassinations of militant leaders.

Gallant, the defense minister, said in a Twitter post before dawn Tuesday that the military and the Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic security agency, had “precisely carried out their mission against the leadership of the Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip. Any terrorist who harms the citizens of Israel will regret it. We will pursue and catch up with our enemies,” he added.

A funeral in Gaza City on Tuesday for some of those killed in the airstrikes.

As wildfires burn across 1 million acres in Canada, thousands face uncertainty

By IAN AUSTEN, AMBER BRACKEN and VJOSA ISAI

Judy Greenwood did not want to leave. But when the evacuation alerts on her phone blared repeatedly and emergency officials knocked on her door, she and her husband loaded their four cats into the car and drove away from their rural hamlet to escape approaching wildfires.

In much of the western province of Alberta, this time of year has long been wildfire season. But this year, a large volume of fires in the boreal forest have come early and have been exceptionally extensive, leading the province to declare a state of emergency.

As of Tuesday morning, about 30,000 people had fled their homes in the sparsely populated, largely northern areas of the province as 89 active wildfires were burning across nearly 1 million acres.

There have already been 409 fires this season — which typically runs from March 1 to Oct. 31 — an unusually high number. And for residents of vulnerable areas, that has evoked uneasy memories of 2016, when raging flames moved from the forest into the oil sands capital of Fort McMurray, Alberta.

That conflagration forced the evacuation of more than 90,000 people, destroyed more than 2,400 homes and businesses, and disrupted production at the United States’ largest source of imported oil. At more than 4 billion Canadian dollars, it remains Canada’s most costly disaster.

As was the case during the Fort McMurray fires, many of the current evacuees, a group that includes thousands of members of First Nations communities, have sought refuge in Edmonton, the province’s capital and secondlargest city.

Uncertainty plagues many evacuees. Thick smoke hanging over many areas has made it impossible to determine through aerial surveys the fate of many houses and other buildings.

“No question that this is a challenging time,” Danielle Smith, the premier of Alberta, told reporters Monday afternoon. “Tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes and their jobs. They’re leaving behind all they own, wondering if they will lose everything that they’ve worked for.”

Cloudy skies and mostly rain have eased the pressure on firefighters and have allowed some people to return to their homes. Damage so far has been limited to a few dozen homes, some infrastructure and roads. No deaths or injuries have been reported.

The effects of the fires on the oil industry have been minimal, although some producers have been forced to halt a small percentage of production.

Greenwood, who left her rural hamlet, was told that sprinklers placed along a road by firefighters had successfully kept the flames away from her house in Wildwood.

“I want to hug them and say thank you,” she said from Edmonton, where she was staying with her son and other relatives. “They saved our house.”

It remained unclear to Greenwood on Tuesday when she, her husband and their

pets would be allowed to return home.

At the evacuation center in Edmonton, Trevor Sundman, an oil worker, said that when he had left his community of Drayton Valley, “there wasn’t any smoke or anything.” But, he added, “I’ve seen videos of what it looks like now, and it just looks all burned.”

Families that have been displaced for longer than seven consecutive days are eligible for government-provided financial support, with other services, such as food and other supplies, distributed through evacuation centers.

Many of the evacuees were not just concerned about the safety of their families but also the welfare of the cattle, horses, bison and other animals on their farms.

Well outside the fire zone in Mayerthorpe, Alberta, Ivy McCallum, 24, is looking after three horses that had been evacuated.

“I have the resources to help people: I’ve got the land. I’ve got the trailer. I’ve got the truck,” McCallum said.

Wildfires have been increasing in size and intensity in western Canada, with the seasons generally growing longer. Research suggests that heat and drought associated with global warming are major reasons for the increase in bigger and stronger fires.

Across the mountains, in the neighboring province of British Columbia, fires consumed the entire community of Lytton in 2021 after temperatures reached a record 49.6 degrees Celsius, or 121.3 Fahrenheit.

The fires in Alberta come as the province prepares for elections May 29. Under normal circumstances, Smith, who has been critical of many climate measures introduced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, would be prohibited by provincial election rules from making major decisions during the period before the vote. The emergency, however, has changed that and has led Smith to ask for federal assistance.

As a result, members of the Canadian military are on standby and would be deployed by the federal government if needed, Smith said. Troops typically help with evacuations and infrastructure repairs needed because of disasters. The federal government has also offered to provide other forms of support, and several provinces have sent fire crews to Alberta.

Mike Ellis, Alberta’s public safety minister, told reporters that there were limits to what any government or agency could do to extinguish the fires. In past years, a change in weather has ultimately been the only force that has brought blazes under control.

“I let everybody know that because there is no silver-bullet solution in our response,” he said.

The Canadian province of Alberta declared a state of emergency on Saturday as more than 110 wildfires burned across it, but weather conditions were improving for firefighting efforts.

Timothy McVeigh’s dreams are coming true

By MICHELLE GOLDBERG

Timothy McVeigh, the right-wing terrorist who killed 168 people in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, cared about one issue above all others: guns. To him, guns were synonymous with freedom, and any government attempt to regulate them meant incipient tyranny.

“When it came to guns,” writes Jeffrey Toobin in “Homegrown,” his compelling new book about the Oklahoma City attack, “McVeigh did more than simply advocate for his own right to own and use firearms; he joined an ascendant political crusade, which grew more extreme over the course of his lifetime and beyond.”

Reading Toobin’s book, it’s startling to realize how much McVeigh’s cause has advanced in the decades since his 2001 execution. McVeigh, who was a member of the KKK and harbored a deep resentment of women, hoped that blowing up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building would inspire an army of followers to make war on the government. This didn’t happen immediately, although, as historian Kathleen Belew has written, there was a wave of militia and white supremacist violence in the bombing’s aftermath.

But today, an often-inchoate movement of people who share many of McVeigh’s views is waging what increasingly looks like a low-level insurgency against the rest of us.

Not all mass shootings are ideologically motivated — far from it. But when there is an ideology involved, it’s usually a far-right one. “All the extremist-related murders in 2022 were committed by right-wing extremists of various kinds,” said a February report from the Anti-Defamation League. Sixty percent of these deaths came from two mass shootings, in Buffalo, New York, and Colorado Springs, Colorado.

As you probably know by now, there was another mass shooting this past weekend, at an outdoor mall in Allen, Texas. Although law enforcement has not identified a motive as of this writing, the killer reportedly wore a patch with the abbreviation for “right wing death squad,” a tribute to Chilean fascist Augusto Pinochet that’s popular with groups like the Proud Boys. According to The New York Times, investigators are looking at a social media profile they believe belonged to the gunman, which includes praise for Adolf Hitler and “hate-filled rants against women and Black people.”

There was a time when a killing like this — which left at least eight victims dead, including more than one child — would have brought the news cycle to a halt and forced politicians to respond. When white supremacist Dylann Roof murdered nine parishioners in a South Carolina church in 2015, it was so shocking that the governor at the time, Nikki Haley, removed the Confederate battle flag from the State House grounds.

But mass shootings are increasingly part of the background noise of life in a country coming apart at the seams. As far as I can tell, there’s little sense that this latest shooting is a watershed moment that could spur political change. Instead, it’s the kind of regular occurrence we are expected to live with, lest the right’s quest for unfettered gun access be interrupted.

The reason that America endures a level of gun violence unique among developed countries, and that we can often do little about it, is so many politicians have views on guns that aren’t far afield from McVeigh’s. As Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., has pointed out, it’s become common to hear Republicans echo McVeigh’s insurrectionary theory of the Second Amendment, which holds that Americans must be allowed to amass personal arsenals in case they need to overthrow the government. As MAGA congresswoman Lauren Boebert once put it, the Second Amendment “has nothing to do with hunting, unless you’re talking about hunting tyrants.”

The Republican Party’s fetishization of guns and its fetishization of insurrection — one that’s reached a hysterical pitch since Donald Trump’s presidency — go hand in hand. Guns are at the center of a worldview in which the ability to launch an armed rebellion must always be held in reserve. And so in the wake of mass shootings, when the public is most likely to clamor for gun regulations, Republicans regularly shore up gun access instead. In April, following a school shooting in Nashville, Republicans expelled two young Black Democratic legislators who had led a gun control protest at the Tennessee Capitol. A few days later, the state Senate passed a bill protecting the gun industry from lawsuits.

It’s hard to think of a historical precedent for a society allowing itself to be terrorized in the way we have. The normalization of both right-wing terrorism and periodic mass shootings by deranged loners is possible only because McVeigh’s views have been mainstreamed. “In the nearly 30 years since the Oklahoma City bombing, the country took an extraordinary journey — from nearly universal horror at the action of a right-wing extremist to wide embrace of a former president (also possibly a future president) who reflected the bomber’s values,” wrote Toobin.

As it happens, in the hours after the Oklahoma City bombing, before the authorities knew who McVeigh was, he was pulled over during a routine traffic stop and then arrested for carrying a gun without a permit. In 2019, however, Oklahoma legalized permitless carry. Under the new law, McVeigh would have been let go.

Field of Empty Chairs, a reminder of the 168 people killed in the attack, at the Oklahoma City National Memorial in Oklahoma City, on April 10, 2020. “

Alcalde de Villalba pide paralizar escrutinio hasta remover contratista de la CEE

POR CYBERNEWS

VILLALBA – El alcalde de Villalba, Luis Javier Hernández, pidió al presidente del Partido Popular Democrático (PPD), José Luis Dalmau, paralizar el escrutinio y recuento de votos hasta que se remueva a Hugo Cruz Cruz, supuestamente contratista de la Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (CEE) y líder del grupo del representante Jesús Manuel Ortiz, debido a falta de credibilidad y transparencia en el proceso electoral.

En una carta, Hernández Ortiz señaló que Cruz Cruz participó en las reuniones preparatorias como contratista de la CEE y en el Centro de Mando de Ortiz, lo que representa un conflicto de interés y una violación a la imparcialidad en el proceso electoral. El director de campaña, Jesús Santa, también solicitó la inhibición de Cruz Cruz del proceso en una misiva enviada el lunes.

“Hugo Cruz es contratista de la CEE y en todo este proceso estuvo inmerso directamente con información privilegiada trabajando el tema de la

primaria especial, por ejemplo, este servidor participó de la reunión en la cual se discutió la apertura de colegios adicionales para darle accesibilidad al pueblo popular, para que fuese más fácil llegar a votar y puedo dar fe de que el contratista no tan solo estuvo en la reunión, sino que también estuvo en contra de que se abrieran más colegios. Este señor no solo participó del evento de la primaria, sino que tenía poder decisional y trabajó directamente en todo el proceso, el cual se supone que por su contrato, sea un funcionario imparcial”, expresó Hernández Ortiz en la carta Ramón Torres, comisionado electoral del PPD, aseguró que el proceso electoral no se detendría por la petición del alcalde y que la Junta de Gobierno sería la entidad con la autoridad para tomar una decisión al respecto. Torres afirmó que Cruz Cruz solicitó la rescisión de su contrato con la CEE y, al hacerlo, se encuentra libre para trabajar con otros grupos sin restricciones. Hasta el momento, no se ha tomado una decisión sobre la situación de Hugo Cruz Cruz en el

proceso electoral. La Junta de Gobierno del PPD tendrá que evaluar las denuncias y tomar una decisión para garantizar la transparencia y la imparcialidad en el escrutinio y recuento de votos en Puerto Rico.

Cámara aprueba proyecto para mejorar Unidad de Control de Fraude al Medicaid

EL CAPITOLIO – La Cámara de Representantes aprobó este martes enmiendas al Proyecto de la Cámara 913, dirigido a optimizar la Unidad de Control de Fraude al Medicaid de Puerto Rico mediante actualizaciones en definiciones y regulaciones.

La medida propone enmiendas a la Ley 154-2018 para otorgar mayor claridad y alinearse con regulaciones federales. Las enmiendas, presentadas en 2021 por la delegación del PNP, fueron aprobadas unánimemente con 44 votos a favor.

“Es preciso modificar los requisitos para actuar como delator y llevar una demanda contra las personas que defrauden al Gobierno de Puerto Rico”, indica la exposición de motivos.

Los autores también consideran necesario añadir definiciones específicas de institución, persona incapacitada, negligencia o maltrato institucional.

Además, la Cámara rechazó dos proyectos que buscaban reducir restricciones a personas negadas a presentar evidencia de vacunación o prueba negativa de COVID-19 en lugares públicos o instituciones gubernamentales. Los proyectos 1092 y 1110 recibieron 33 y 26 votos en contra, respectivamente.

Dos hermanos arrastrados por corriente en playa de Aguadilla

POR CYBERNEWS

AGUADILLA – La Policía Municipal de Aguadilla investigó el martes un incidente en el que dos hermanos, residentes de Chicago, fueron arrastrados por la corriente en la playa Survival Beach, ubicada en el sector Martinica de la Base Ramey de este municipio.

Según las autoridades, Amanda Vélez se lanzó al mar y fue arrastrada por la corriente. Su hermano Jonathan, de 31 años, intentó rescatarla. El joven logró

llegar a la orilla, donde recibió primeros auxilios por parte del personal de Emergencias Médicas Estatales y fue trasladado al Hospital Buen Samaritano de la región.

La Policía precisó que la querella fue investigada por el oficial municipal Luis Soto Ortiz.

Se exhorta a la ciudadanía a brindar información que ayude al esclarecimiento de casos, llamando al 787-343-2020, o escribiendo a través de Twitter en @PRPDNoticias o Facebook en www.facebook.com/ prpdgov.

Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels win the Pulitzer Prize for music

By JOSHUA BARONE

“Imean, look: I’m bowled over right now,” the polymathic musician Rhiannon Giddens said from her home in Ireland on Monday, shortly after winning the Pulitzer Prize for music.

She was speaking in a phone interview with composer Michael Abels, who joined separately by phone from the United States. Together, they wrote the Pulitzer-winner, “Omar,” an opera about Omar Ibn Said, a Muslim scholar who was captured in Africa in the early 1800s and sold into slavery in Charleston, South Carolina. It was there that the work premiered last May, at Spoleto Festival USA.

Giddens wrote the libretto based on Said’s autobiography, and recorded self-accompanied demos that Abels then responded to with a fleshed-out score. The result was a multigenre, multicultural swirl — a tour through the sound worlds of Islam, bluegrass, spirituals and more — that I described in my review of the premiere as “an unforced ideal of American sound: expansive and ever-changing.”

Abels has written for concert halls and films, including the “Get Out” soundtrack. Giddens is most famous as a folk musician but trained as a classical singer and has dipped her toes into opera in recent years, hosting the podcast “Aria Code” and performing works by John Adams. And now, to accolades including Grammy Awards and a MacArthur “genius” grant, Giddens, who never studied composition, can add the Pulitzer.

“Nobody has the lock on being a composer,” she said. “We’ve got to stop with separation and who gets to be called a composer. There are a bunch of people who could write the next ‘Omar.’”

In the interview, during which their phones could be heard ringing with calls and congratulations, Giddens and Abels reflected more on the creation of their opera and looked ahead to its future and theirs. Here are edited excerpts from the conversation.

Where are your heads right now?

Rhiannon Giddens: It feels amazing, because Michael and I just put into this what we know. It was a love letter to my country. There’s so much to hate about it, but what I love about it is that ability that people have to come together and make some new amazing thing. American music is a spectrum.

Michael Abels: It shows the importance of telling all of our stories through our fine

art, that people are waking up to the truth of that statement and the importance of our stories’ being part of our full artistic legacy. I’ve just come from seeing a couple of the shows in Boston, where it was playing to sold-out houses [at Boston Lyric Opera]. In each city, you’ve seen people who have never come to the opera before, feeling seen and feeling moved and being welcomed into an artistic space where they haven’t felt welcomed before.

Rather than following the traditional route of a dramatic ending, the opera winds down with a communal, spiritual experience. Can you talk about why?

Giddens: There was a lot of instinctual writing. If you’d asked me this as I was writing the ending, I’d say, “I don’t know, I just need to do it this way.” Because the autobiography is so scant on details, I knew immediately that having a conventional narrative was not going to work.

There have been American operas dealing with very American topics, but for African Americans, we had “Porgy and Bess.” It’s a

beautiful opera, but now we’re starting to tell our stories. And we have to think about the story we’re telling, and how we want the au-

dience to walk out of the theater. The end had to be about him and his faith, and it had to be about healing.

Abels: It didn’t occur to me that it was unusual, that the first part was narrative and the last part wasn’t. Everything ended up where it needed to be. As a performing artist, [Rhiannon] constructs evenings for audiences all the time. I think her understanding that we need to take care of the audience at the end of this work comes from her being a performer.

Giddens: It shows that you don’t have to do it the same way everybody does it. I have not taken one composition class in my entire life. But I’ve lived composition in a different way.

What does the future hold for this opera?

Giddens: The Ojai Music Festival commissioned a shorter concert version of “Omar.” And I’m going to be bold and say that I hope today pushes us to a recording. That would be my dream.

And for you two as collaborators?

Abels: Rhiannon is the most talented person I know, in terms of the variety and breadth of talent, and I’m thrilled to be part of her musical life.

Giddens: I’m not even blowing smoke when I say I don’t know what angel whispered Michael’s name — well, I do, because it was his soundtrack to “Get Out.” But I didn’t know what would happen. I had an instinct that it would work, and I don’t know how I lucked out so much in finding a collaborator. I can’t imagine us not doing more together. Watch this space.

Jamez McCorkle in the title role of the opera “Omar,” by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, at Spoleto Festival USA last year.

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

In re:

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, as representative of THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, et al., Debtors.1

In re: THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO, as representative of PUERTO RICO ELECTRIC POWER AUTHORITY, Debtor.

PROMESA

Title III No. 17-BK-3283-LTS (Jointly Administered)

PROMESA

Title III No. 17-BK-4780-LTS (Jointly Administered)

NOTICE OF (I) APPROVAL OF DISCLOSURE STATEMENT, (II) ESTABLISHMENT OF RECORD DATES, (III) HEARING ON CONFIRMATION OF THE PLAN OF ADJUSTMENT AND PROCEDURES FOR OBJECTION TO CONFIRMATION OF THE PLAN OF ADJUSTMENT, (IV) PROCEDURES AND DEADLINE FOR VOTING ON THE PLAN OF ADJUSTMENT AND MAKING CERTAIN ELECTIONS THEREUNDER

If you are entitled to vote on or make an election with respect to distributions pursuant to the Plan, you will receive a separate Solicitation Package (as defined below) on a future date.

DEADLINE TO FILE DISCOVERY NOTICE: 5:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time) on April 7, 2023

VOTING AND ELECTION DEADLINE: 5:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time) on June 7, 2023

OBJECTION DEADLINE: 5:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time) on June 7, 2023

CONFIRMATION HEARING: July 17–21, 24, 26–28, 2023 at 9:30 a.m. (Atlantic Standard Time)

See below for additional deadlines.

If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC (“Kroll”)2 by telephone at (844) 822-9231 (toll free for U.S. and Puerto Rico) or (646) 486-7944 (for international callers), available 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time) (Spanish available), or by email at puertoricoinfo@ra.kroll.com (with ‘PREPA Solicitation’ in the subject line).

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE OF THE FOLLOWING:

1. Approval of Disclosure Statement. By order, dated March 3, 2023 (the “Disclosure Statement Order”), the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico (the “Court”) approved the adequacy of the information contained in the Disclosure Statement for the Modified Second Amended Title III Plan of Adjustment of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, dated March 1, 2023 (as the same may be updated, supplemented, amended and/or otherwise modified from time to time, including all exhibits and attachments thereto, the “Disclosure Statement”), filed by the Financial Oversight and Management Board on behalf of the Debtor, and authorized the Debtor to solicit votes with respect to the acceptance or rejection of the Modified Second Amended Title III Plan of Adjustment of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, dated March 1, 2023 (as the same may be updated, supplemented, amended and/or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Plan”),3 attached as Exhibit A to the Disclosure Statement.

You may obtain a hard copy of the Plan and Disclosure Statement, including Spanish translations thereof, free of charge, by contacting the Balloting Agent, Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC (f/k/a Prime Clerk LLC): Telephone (10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (AST)) (Spanish available):

(844) 822-9231 (toll free for U.S. and Puerto Rico)

(646) 486-7944 (for international callers)

Email: puertoricoinfo@ra.kroll.com (with ‘PREPA Solicitation’ in the subject line)

Alternatively, electronic copies of the Disclosure Statement and Plan are available, free of charge, by visiting https://cases.ra.kroll.com/puertorico/

2. Paper copies of the Plan and Disclosure Statement, including Spanish translations thereof, are also available, free of charge, at the following locations from April 10, 2023 to June 7, 2023 (except weekends and federal holidays):

Locations in the Commonwealth

Providing Paper Copies of the Plan and Disclosure Statement

4. Confirmation Hearing. A hearing to consider confirmation of the Plan (the “Confirmation Hearing”) will be held before The Honorable Laura Taylor Swain, United States District Court Judge, at the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Clemente Ruiz Nazario United States Courthouse, 150 Carlos Chardón Avenue, San Juan P.R. 00918-1767 (or as otherwise provided pursuant to an order of the Court) on July 17–21, 24, 26–28, 2023 at 9:30 a.m. (Atlantic Standard Time)

5. The Confirmation Hearing may be continued from time to time by the Court or the Oversight Board, without further notice or through adjournments announced in open court or as indicated in any notice of agenda of matters scheduled for hearing filed with the Court, and the Plan may be modified, if necessary, prior to, during, or as a result of the Confirmation Hearing, in accordance with the modification provisions of the Plan and Local Rule 3016-2, without further notice to interested parties.

6. Plan Confirmation Depository. Information relating to confirmation of the Plan is available online in the Plan Confirmation Depository at titleiiiplandataroom.com

7. Confirmation Objection Deadline. The Court has established 5:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time) on June 7, 2023 as the deadline to file objections or responses to confirmation of the proposed Plan and the proposed confirmation order4 (the “Confirmation Objection Deadline”).

Parties who do not file an objection to the Plan or the proposed confirmation order prior to the Confirmation Objection Deadline will be prohibited from making an oral presentation before the Court at the Confirmation Hearing.

8. Objections and Responses to Confirmation. Objections and responses to confirmation of the Plan must:

a. Be in writing, in English, and signed;

b. State the name, address, and nature of the Claim of the objecting or responding party;

c. State with particularity the basis and nature of any objection or response and include, where appropriate, proposed language to be inserted in the Plan or the proposed confirmation order to resolve any such objection or response;

d. Be filed electronically with the Court on the dockets of (i) In re Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Case No. 17 BK 4780-LTS and (ii) In re Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Case No. 17 BK 3283-LTS, through the Court’s case filing system in searchable portable document format on or before the Confirmation Objection Deadline (June 7, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time))

i. If you are not an attorney who is a registered user of the Court’s case filing system, you may instead mail your objection to the Court’s Clerk’s office at: United States District Court, Clerk’s Office 150 Ave. Carlos Chardon Ste. 150, San Juan, P.R. 00918-1767 so as to be received on or before the Confirmation Objection Deadline (June 7, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time)), and e. Be served upon the Office of the United States Trustee for the District of Puerto Rico, Edificio Ochoa, 500 Tanca Street, Suite 301, San Juan, PR 00901 (re: In re: Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority) so as to be received on or before the Confirmation Objection Deadline (June 7, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time))

9. Participation in Confirmation Discovery. If you wish to participate in discovery in connection with confirmation of the Plan, you must file a notice of your intention to participate in discovery (a “Discovery Notice”), a form of which is available at https://cases.ra.kroll.com/ puertorico/. If you file your Discovery Notice on or before April 7, 2023, you may be granted access to documents in the Plan Depository, where information and documents concerning the Plan are kept, and will also be able to serve your own discovery requests. If you file your Discovery Notice after April 7, 2023, but on or before May 26, 2023, you may be granted access to documents in the Plan Depository. Please note that access to the information in the Plan Depository may also require complying with the Debtor’s access requirements.

10. You must submit the Discovery Notice in the form provided on the Title III Case website above, which must:

a. Be in writing, in English, and be signed;

b. State your name, address, the nature of your Claim, and your Claim number;

c. State your intention to participate in discovery in connection with confirmation of the Plan; and

d. Be filed electronically with the Court on the docket using the CM/ECF docket event Notice of Intent to Participate in Discovery for Plan Confirmation, in (i) In re Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Case No. 17 BK 4780-LTS and (ii) In re Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Case No. 17 BK 3283-LTS, through the Court’s case filing system on or before the applicable deadline.

i. If you are not represented by counsel, you may instead mail your Discovery Notice to the Court’s Clerk’s office at: United States District Court, Clerk’s Office 150 Ave. Carlos Chardon Ste. 150, San Juan, P.R. 00918-1767 so as to be received on or before the applicable deadline.

11. You must timely file a Discovery Notice to participate in discovery in connection with confirmation of the Plan. Failure to timely file a Discovery Notice, however, will not preclude you from filing an objection to confirmation of the Plan on or before the Confirmation Objection Deadline, but will preclude you from being able to view documents in the Plan Depository, and from taking discovery.

12. Discovery Timetable and Deadlines The Court has established the following discovery dates and deadlines, which are applicable to the Debtor and to other parties in interest who have timely filed a Discovery Notice and are eligible to participate in discovery:5

Summary of Discovery and Confirmation Deadlines

March 1, 2023

Five Business Days After

Conversion of Disclosure Statement depository to Plan Depository

Deadline for Confirmation Hearing Notice to be served.

3. Pursuant to the Disclosure Statement Order, the Debtor will mail materials needed for voting on the Plan (the “Solicitation Package”) to holders with Claims in the following Classes (collectively, the “Voting Classes”):

Entry of DS Approval Order

March 11, 2023

28 Days After

Entry of DS

Approval Order

April 7, 2023

Deadline for the Debtor to upload all documents to the Plan Depository

Deadline for the Debtor to file a preliminary fact witness list and topics about which each witness will testify (“Debtor’s Preliminary Fact Witness List”).

Deadline for Debtor to complete mailing of solicitation materials.

Deadline for parties in interest to file a “Notice of Intent to Participate in Discovery,” (hereafter, a “Discovery Notice”). Only parties in interest who file a timely Discovery Notice can propound discovery, but failure to do so does not preclude a party from objecting to confirmation of the Plan.

April 14, 2023

Deadline for all parties to serve requests for production of non-depository documents (“Production Requests”). Parties in interest may serve

Production Requests only following their filing of a timely Discovery Notice. Parties may serve up to one additional round of Production Requests, provided that they are served on or before May 8, 2023.

Responses and objections to any Production Requests shall be served within seven (7) days of service of such Production Requests.

Deadline for parties in interest to file a preliminary fact witness list and topics about which each witness is expected to testify (a “Party in Interest’s

Preliminary Fact Witness List,” and together with the Debtor’s Preliminary Fact Witness List, the “Preliminary Fact Witness Lists”).

Deadline for all parties to file opening expert disclosures (“Opening Expert Disclosures”).

April 21, 2023

Deadline for all parties to serve up to fifteen (15) interrogatories (“Interrogatories”), including subparts. Responses and objections to such Interrogatories shall be served within ten (10) days of service of such Interrogatories.

Deadline for all parties to file opening expert reports (“Opening Expert Reports”).

April 28, 2023

Deadline for all parties to serve initial notices of deposition, topics and requested times for depositions (“Initial Notices of Deposition”) (all depositions are limited to a seven (7)-hour time limit). Subsequent notices are allowed provided discovery is completed by the Fact Discovery

Deadline or Expert Discovery Deadline, as applicable.

Deadline for all parties to file rebuttal expert disclosures (“Rebuttal Expert Witness Disclosures”).

May 8, 2023

Deadline for parties who have served a Production Request on or before April 14, 2023 to serve up to one additional round of Production Requests. Responses and objections to any Production Requests shall be served within seven (7) days of service of such Production Requests.

May 15, 2023 Deadline for all parties to file rebuttal expert reports (“Rebuttal Expert Reports”).

May 17, 2023

Deadline for the Debtor to file a form of the New Master Indenture.

Deadline for all parties to serve requests for admission, limited to authentication of documents (“Admission Requests”). Responses and objections to such Admission Requests shall be served within four (4) business days of service of such Admission Requests.

May 26, 2023

May 31, 2023

June 2, 2023

June 7, 2023

June 9, 2023

June 16, 2023

Deadline for completion of fact discovery (the “Fact Discovery Deadline”).

Deadline for parties in interest who solely want access to documents in the Plan Depository to file a Discovery Notice.

Deadline for the Debtor to file initial proposed confirmation order (the “Proposed Confirmation Order”).

Deadline for completion of expert discovery (the “Expert Discovery Deadline”).

Deadline for all parties to file Daubert motions and motions in limine

Voting Deadline & Election Deadline

Deadline for parties in interest to file:

• Objections to confirmation of the Plan (“Plan Objections”).

• Objections to Proposed Confirmation Order.

Deadline for all parties to file oppositions to Daubert motions and motions in limine

Deadline for all parties to file replies in support of Daubert motions and motions in limine

Deadline for all parties to file finalized witness lists, exhibit lists, and deposition designations.

Deadline for Debtor to file:

• Memorandum of law in support of confirmation of the Plan.

• Omnibus reply to Plan Objections and objections to the Proposed Confirmation Order.

• Witness Declarations.

• Vote Tabulation.

June 21, 2023

• Initial proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law (“Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law”).

Deadline for parties in interest to file statements or joinders in support of confirmation of the Plan.

Deadline for non-Debtor parties to file witness declarations.

June 23, 2023 Deadline for all parties to file counter-designations, objections to deposition designations, or objections to exhibit lists.

June 28, 2023 Deadline for parties in interest to file objections to the (i) Vote Tabulation and/or (ii) Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law.

June 30, 2023 Deadline for all parties to file objections to counter designations.

July 5, 2023

Week of July 10, 2023

(or a date convenient for the court)

Deadline for Debtor to reply to objections to the (i) the Vote Tabulation and (ii) Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law.

[Virtual] hearing on motions in limine / pre-trial conference.

July 17–21, 24–28, 2023 Confirmation Hearing

13. Voting Record Date. The voting record date is February 28, 2023 (the “Voting Record Date”), which is the date for determining which holders of Claims in Voting Classes (except Classes 1, 2, 4, and 5 (collectively, the “ATOP Classes”)6) are entitled to vote on the Plan. Therefore, only those creditors in a Class entitled to vote on the Plan and holding Claims against the Debtor (except in the ATOP Classes) as of the Voting Record Date are entitled to vote on the Plan.

14. Voting Deadline. The deadline for voting on the Plan is June 7, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time), unless such time is extended (the “Voting Deadline”). You are not required to vote on the Plan to receive distributions pursuant to the terms of the Plan, if confirmed by the Court, and provided you hold an Allowed Claim. However, if you are a Settling Bondholder or National receiving the treatment provided to holders of Claims in Class 1, Class 5, or Class 9, you should review your Uninsured Bond Settlement Agreement or National PSA, as applicable, prior to voting or abstaining from voting on the Plan, and how it may affect your right to receive distributions.

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15. If you received a Solicitation Package, including a Ballot or Notice and intend to vote on the Plan, you must: (a) follow the instructions carefully; (b) complete all of the required information on the Ballot (as applicable); and (c) either (i) execute and return your completed Ballot according to and as set forth in detail in the voting instructions included in the Solicitation Package so that your Ballot is actually received by the Debtor’s solicitation agent, Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC (“Kroll” or the “Balloting Agent”)7 on or before the Voting Deadline, or (ii) instruct your broker or nominee (each, a “Nominee”) to electronically deliver your bonds via the Automated Tender Offer Program (“ATOP”) at The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) in accordance with your desire to vote to accept or reject the Plan on or before the Voting Deadline. Failure to follow such instructions may disqualify your vote.

16. Election Deadline. The deadline for holders of Claims in Class 5 that have the right to make an election of the form of distributions pursuant to the Plan to make such election is on June 7, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time), unless such time is extended (the “Election Deadline”). If you received an Election Notice with an option to make an election, you must: (a) follow the instructions carefully; and (b) deliver all of the required information according to and as set forth in detail in the election instructions so that it is received by your Nominee in sufficient time for your Nominee to actually effectuate your election through DTC’s ATOP on or before the Election Deadline.

17. Parties in Interest Not Entitled to Vote. Creditors in Class 14 (Section 510(b) Subordinated Claims) are deemed to reject the Plan and not entitled to vote.

18. Creditors in Class 10 (Ordinary Course Customer Claims) and Class 13 (Convenience Claims) are deemed to accept the Plan and not entitled to vote.

19. If a Claim is listed on the Debtor’s list of creditors [Case No. 17-4780, ECF No. 262] as contingent, unliquidated, or disputed and a proof of claim was not (i) filed by the earlier of the applicable bar date for the filing of proofs of claim established by the Court or the Voting Record Date (as applicable); or (ii) deemed timely filed by an order of the Court prior to the Voting Deadline, such Claim shall not be entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan. Proofs of claim filed for $0.00 or Claims that have been expunged by order of the Court are also not entitled to vote.

20. If you have timely filed a proof of claim and disagree with the Debtor’s classification of, or objection to, your Claim and believe you should be entitled to vote on the Plan, you must serve the Debtor and the parties listed in paragraph 43 of the Disclosure Statement Order and file with the Court (with a copy to Chambers) a motion (a “Rule 3018(a) Motion”) for an order pursuant to Rule 3018 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (the “Bankruptcy Rules”) temporarily allowing your Claim in a different amount or in a different Class for purposes of voting to accept or reject the Plan. All Rule 3018(a) Motions must be filed on or before the tenth (10th) day after the later of (i) service of this Confirmation Hearing Notice and (ii) service of notice of an objection, if any, as to such Claim. In accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 3018(a), as to any to any creditor filing a Rule 3018(a) Motion, such creditor’s Ballot will not be counted except as may be otherwise ordered by the Court prior to the Voting Deadline (June 7, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time), which corresponds to 5:00 p.m. prevailing Eastern Time). Creditors may contact the Balloting Agent (i) via first class mail or via overnight courier, at Puerto Rico Ballot Processing, C/O Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC (f/k/a Prime Clerk LLC), 850 Third Avenue, Suite 412, Brooklyn, NY 11232, (ii) by telephone at (844) 822-9231 (toll free for U.S. and Puerto Rico) or (646) 486-7944 (for international callers), available 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time) (Spanish available), or (iii) by email at puertoricoinfo@ra.kroll.com (with ‘PREPA Solicitation’ in the subject line), to receive an appropriate Ballot for any Claim for which a proof of claim has been timely filed and a Rule 3018(a) Motion has been granted. Rule 3018(a) Motions that are not timely filed and served in the manner set forth herein shall not be considered.

21. If you wish to have your Claim temporarily allowed for voting purposes pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 3018(a), a form of Rule 3018(a) motion together with instructions for filing and serving the motion is available at https://cases.ra.kroll.com/puertorico/.

22. Parties Who Will Not Be Treated as Creditors. Any holder of a Claim that (i) is scheduled in the List of Creditors at $0.00 and is not the subject of a timely filed proof of Claim or a proof of claim deemed timely filed with the Court pursuant to either the Bankruptcy Code or any order of the Court, or otherwise deemed timely filed under applicable law, or (ii) is not scheduled and is not the subject of a timely filed proof of claim or a proof of claim deemed timely filed with the Court pursuant to either the Bankruptcy Code or any order of the Court, or otherwise deemed timely filed under applicable law, shall not be treated as a creditor with respect to such Claim for purposes of (a) receiving notices regarding the Plan, and (b) voting on the Plan.

23. Additional Information. Any party in interest wishing to obtain information about the solicitation procedures or copies of the Disclosure Statement or the Plan, including Spanish translations thereof, should contact the Balloting Agent, Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC, by telephone at (844) 822-9231 (toll free for U.S. and Puerto Rico) or (646) 486-7944 (for international callers), available 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time) (Spanish available), or by email at puertoricoinfo@ra.kroll.com (with ‘PREPA Solicitation’ in the subject line), or may view such documents by accessing either https://cases.ra.kroll.com/puertorico/ or the Court’s website, https://www.prd.uscourts.gov/. Please note that a Public Access to Court Electronic Records (“PACER”) (http://www.pacer.psc.uscourts.gov) password and login are needed to access documents on the Court’s website. 24. Bankruptcy Rules 2002(c)(3) and 3016(c)). In accordance with Bankruptcy Rules 2002(c)(3) and 3016(c), set forth below are the release, exculpation, and injunction provisions contained in the Plan:

Section 27(A) – Discharge and Release of Claims and Causes of Action:

1. Complete Satisfaction, Discharge, and Release. Except as expressly provided in the Plan or the Confirmation Order, all distributions and rights afforded under the Plan shall be, and shall be deemed to be, in exchange for, and in complete satisfaction, settlement, discharge, and release of, all Claims or Causes of Action against PREPA and Reorganized PREPA that arose, in whole or in part, prior to the Effective Date, relating to the Title III Case, the Debtor or Reorganized Debtor or any of their respective Assets, property, or interests of any nature whatsoever, including any interest accrued on such Claims from and after the Petition Date, and regardless of whether any property will have been distributed or retained pursuant to the Plan on account of such Claims or Causes of Action. Upon the Effective Date, the Debtor and Reorganized Debtor shall be deemed discharged and released from any and all Claims, Causes of Action, and any other Debts that arose, in whole or in part, prior to the Effective Date (including prior to the Petition Date), and all Debts of the kind specified in Bankruptcy Code sections 502(g), 502(h), or 502(i), whether or not (a) a Proof of Claim based upon such Debt is filed or deemed filed under Bankruptcy Code section 501, (b) a Claim based upon such Debt is allowed under Bankruptcy Code section 502 (or is otherwise resolved), or (c) the Holder of a Claim based upon such Debt voted to accept the Plan; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, this Article XXVII.A.1 does not extend to or include any claims, rights, or defenses (whether ordinary or affirmative) of the Vitol Parties related to the Vitol-SCC AP preserved pursuant to the Vitol Settlement Agreement, and the Vitol Parties are not releasing and instead is expressly preserving, all of its claims, rights, or defenses related to the Vitol-SCC AP as provided in the Vitol Settlement Agreement.

2. Preclusion from Assertion of Claims Against the Debtor. All Entities shall be precluded from asserting any and all Claims or other obligations, suits, judgments, damages, Debts, rights, remedies, Causes of Action, or liabilities, of any nature whatsoever, including any interest accrued on such Claims from and after the Petition Date, against the Debtor and Reorganized Debtor and

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each of their respective Assets, property and rights, relating to the Title III Case, regardless of whether any property will have been distributed or retained pursuant to the Plan on account of such Claims or other obligations, suits, judgments, damages, Debts, rights, remedies, Causes of Action, or liabilities. In accordance with the foregoing, except as expressly provided in the Plan or the Confirmation Order, the Confirmation Order shall constitute a judicial determination, as of the Effective Date, of the discharge and release of all such Claims, Causes of Action, or Debt of or against the Debtor and the Reorganized Debtor pursuant to Bankruptcy Code sections 524 and 944, applicable to the Title III Case pursuant to PROMESA section 301, and such discharge shall void and extinguish any judgment obtained against the Debtor or Reorganized Debtor and their respective Assets, and property at any time, to the extent such judgment is related to a discharged Claim, Debt, or liability. As of the Effective Date, and in consideration for the value provided under the Plan, each Holder of a Claim in any Class under this Plan shall be and hereby is deemed to release and forever waive and discharge as against the Debtor and Reorganized Debtor, and their respective Assets and property and all such Claims; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, this Article XXVII.A.2 does not extend to or include any claims, rights, or defenses (whether ordinary or affirmative) of the Vitol Parties related to the Vitol-SCC AP preserved pursuant to the Vitol Settlement Agreement, and the Vitol Parties are is not releasing and instead is expressly preserving, all of its claims, rights, or defenses related to the Vitol-SCC AP as provided in the Vitol Settlement Agreement.

3. Injunction Related to Discharge of Claims. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Article XXVII of the Plan, the Confirmation Order or such other Final Order of the Title III Court that may be applicable, all Entities who have held, hold, or may hold Claims or any other Debt or liability that is discharged or released pursuant to Article XXVII hereof or who have held, hold, or may hold Claims or any other Debt or liability that is discharged or released pursuant to Article XXVII hereof are permanently enjoined, from and after the Effective Date, from (a) commencing or continuing, directly or indirectly, in any manner, any action or other proceeding (including, without limitation, any judicial, arbitral, administrative, or other proceeding) of any kind on any such Claim or other Debt or liability that is discharged or released pursuant to the Plan against any of the Released Parties or any of their respective Assets or property, (b) the enforcement, attachment, collection, or recovery by any manner or means of any judgment, award, decree, or order against any of the Released Parties or any of their respective assets or property on account of any Claim or other Debt or liability that is discharged or released pursuant to the Plan, (c) creating, perfecting, or enforcing any encumbrance of any kind against any of the Released Parties or any of their respective assets or property on account of any Claim or other Debt or liability that is discharged or released pursuant to the Plan, and (d) except to the extent provided, permitted, or preserved by Bankruptcy Code sections 553, 555, 556, 559, or 560 or pursuant to the common law right of recoupment, asserting any right of setoff, subrogation, or recoupment of any kind against any obligation due from any of the Released Parties or any of their respective assets or property, with respect to any such Claim or other Debt or liability that is discharged or released pursuant to the Plan. Such injunction shall extend to all successors and assigns of the Released Parties and their respective assets and property.

Section 27(B) – Releases by the Debtor and Reorganized Debtor: Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or the Confirmation Order, on the Effective Date, and for good and valuable consideration, each of the Debtor and Reorganized Debtor, the Distribution Agent and each of the Debtor’s and Reorganized Debtor’s Related Persons shall be deemed to have and hereby does irrevocably and unconditionally, fully, finally, and forever waive, release, acquit, and discharge the Released Parties from any and all Claims or Causes of Action that the Debtor, Reorganized Debtor, and the Distribution Agent, or any of them, or anyone claiming through them, on their behalf or for their benefit, have or may have or claim to have, now or in the future, against any Released Party that are Released Claims or otherwise are based upon, relate to, or arise out of or in connection with, in whole or in part, any act, omission, transaction, event, or other circumstance relating to the Title III Case, the Fuel Line Lender PSA, the National PSA, or the Debtor taking place or existing on or prior to the Effective Date, and/or any Claim, act, fact, transaction, occurrence, statement, or omission in connection with or alleged or that could have been alleged, including, without limitation, any such Claim, demand, right, liability, or cause of action for indemnification, contribution, or any other basis in law or equity for damages, costs, or fees.

Section 27(C) – Releases by Holders of Claims: Notwithstanding anything contained in this Plan to the contrary, as of the Effective Date, for good and valuable consideration, each Holder of a Claim is deemed to have released and discharged the Debtor and the Reorganized Debtor from any and all Causes of Action, whether known or unknown, including any derivative claims, asserted on behalf of the Debtor, that such Entity would have been legally entitled to assert (whether individually or collectively), based on or relating to, or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, the Debtor (including management, ownership, or operation thereof), the Debtor’s in- or out-of-court restructuring efforts, intercompany transactions, the Title III Case, the formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation, or filing of the Disclosure Statement, the Plan, the Uninsured Bond Settlement Agreement, the Vitol Settlement Agreement, the Restructuring Transactions, the Fuel Line Lender PSA, the National PSA, or any contract, instrument, release, or other Definitive Documents, agreement, or document created or entered into in connection with the Disclosure Statement, or the Plan, the filing of the Title III Case, the pursuit of Confirmation, the pursuit of consummation, the administration and implementation of the Plan, including the issuance or distribution of securities pursuant to the Plan, or the distribution of property under the Plan or any other related agreement, or upon any other related act or omission, transaction, agreement, event, or other occurrence taking place on or before the Effective Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the releases set forth above do not release any post-Effective Date obligations of any party or Entity under the Plan, the Restructuring Transactions, or any document, instrument, or agreement (including those set forth in the Plan Supplement) executed to implement the Plan. Section 27(D) – Exculpation: Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan, no Exculpated Party shall have or incur, and each Exculpated Party is released and exculpated from any Cause of Action for any claim related to any act or omission in connection with, relating to, or arising out of, the Title III Case, the formulation, preparation, dissemination, negotiation, or filing of the Fuel Line Lender PSA, the National PSA, Disclosure Statement, the Plan, the Uninsured Bond Settlement Agreement, the Vitol Settlement Agreement, or any Restructuring Transaction, contract, instrument, release or other Definitive Document, agreement, or document created or entered into in connection with the Disclosure Statement or the Plan, the filing of the Title III Case, the pursuit of Confirmation, the pursuit of consummation, the administration and implementation of the Plan, including the issuance of securities pursuant to the Plan, or the distribution of property under the Plan or any other related agreement, except for claims related to any act or omission that is determined in a Final Order to have constituted actual fraud or gross negligence, but in all respects such Entities shall be entitled to reasonably rely upon the advice of counsel with respect to their duties and responsibilities pursuant to the Plan. The Exculpated Parties have, and upon completion of the Plan shall be deemed to have, participated in good faith and in compliance with the applicable laws with regard to the solicitation of votes and distribution of consideration pursuant to the Plan and, therefore, are not, and on account of such distributions shall not be, liable at any time for the violation of any applicable law, rule, or regulation governing the solicitation of acceptances or rejections of the Plan or such distributions made pursuant to the

Plan. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Plan shall not, and shall not be construed to, release or exculpate, any payment obligation under the applicable National Insurance Policy, to any beneficial holder of National Insured Bonds, in accordance with its terms solely to the extent of any failure of such holder to receive the treatment provided to Holders of Claims in Class 5 (or any claims that National may have against a beneficial holder of National Insured Bonds with respect to National’s applicable obligations under the National Insurance Policies).

Section 27(E) – Injunction: As of the Effective Date, all Entities that hold, have held, or may hold a Released Claim that is released pursuant to this Article XXVII of the Plan, are, and shall be, permanently, forever and completely stayed, restrained, prohibited, barred, and enjoined from taking any of the following actions, whether directly or indirectly, derivatively, or otherwise, on account of or based on the subject matter of such discharged Released Claims: (i) commencing, conducting, or continuing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any suit, action, or other proceeding (including, without limitation, any judicial, arbitral, administrative, or other proceeding) in any forum; (ii) enforcing, attaching (including, without limitation any prejudgment attachment), collecting, or in any way seeking to recover any judgment, award, decree, or other order; (iii) creating, perfecting, or in any way enforcing in any matter, directly or indirectly, any Lien; (iv) setting off, seeking reimbursement or contributions from, or subrogation against, or otherwise recouping in any manner, directly or indirectly, any amount against any liability or obligation owed to any Entity released under Article XXVII hereof; and (v) commencing or continuing in any manner, in any place of any judicial, arbitration, or administrative proceeding in any forum, that does not comply with or its inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan or the Confirmation Order. Section 36(C) – Supplemental Injunction: Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, except to the limited extent provided in the Plan, all Entities, including Entities acting on their behalf, who currently hold or assert, have held or asserted, or may hold or assert, any Released Claims against any of the Released Parties based upon, attributable to, arising out of or relating to the Title III Case or any Claim against the Debtor, whenever and wherever arising or asserted, whether in the U.S. or anywhere else in the world, whether sounding in tort, contract, warranty, statute, or any other theory of law, equity or otherwise, shall be, and shall be deemed to be, permanently stayed, restrained and enjoined from taking any action against any of the Released Parties for the purpose of directly or indirectly collecting, recovering or receiving any payment or recovery with respect to any Released Claims arising prior to the Effective Date (including prior to the Petition Date), including, but not limited to:

1. Commencing or continuing in any manner any action or other proceeding of any kind with respect to any such Released Claim against any of the Released Parties or the assets or property of any Released Party;

2. Enforcing, attaching, collecting, or recovering, by any manner or means, any judgment, award, decree, or order against any of the Released Parties or the assets or property of any Released Party with respect to any such Released Claim;

3. Creating, perfecting, or enforcing any Lien of any kind against any of the Released Parties or the assets or property of any Released Party with respect to any such Released Claim;

4. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or the Confirmation Order, asserting, implementing or effectuating any setoff, right of subrogation, indemnity, contribution, or recoupment of any kind against any obligation due to any of the Released Parties or against the property of any Released Party with respect to any such Released Claim; and

5. Taking any act, in any manner, in any place whatsoever, that does not conform to, or comply with, the provisions of the Plan or the Confirmation Order, provided, however, that the Debtor’s compliance with the formal requirements of Bankruptcy Rule 3016 shall not constitute an admission that the Plan provides for any injunction against conduct not otherwise enjoined under the Bankruptcy Code.

Dated: March 3, 2023, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Respectfully submitted, /s/ Martin J. Bienenstock , Martin J. Bienenstock, Paul V. Possinger, Ehud Barak, Margaret A. Dale, Michael T. Mervis, Daniel S. Desatnik, (Admitted Pro Hac Vice), PROSKAUER ROSE LLP, Eleven Times Square, New York, NY 10036, Tel: (212) 969-3000, Fax: (212) 969-2900, Email: mbienenstock@proskauer.com, ppossinger@proskauer.com, ebarak@ proskauer.com, ddesatnik@proskauer.com -and- /s/ Hermann D. Bauer , Hermann D. Bauer, USDC No. 215205, O’NEILL & BORGES LLC, 250 Muñoz Rivera Ave., Suite 800, San Juan, PR 00918-1813, Tel: (787) 764-8181, Fax: (787) 753-8944, Email: hermann.bauer@oneillborges. com, Attorneys for the Financial Oversight and Management Board as representative for PREPA 1 The Debtors in these Title III Cases, along with each Debtor’s respective Title III case number and the last four (4) digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identification number, as applicable, are the (i) Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Bankruptcy Case No. 17-BK-3283-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3481); (ii) Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation (“COFINA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17-BK-3284-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 8474); (iii) Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority (“HTA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17-BK-3567-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3808); (iv) Employees Retirement System of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“ERS”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17-BK-3566-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 9686); (v) Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (“PREPA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17- BK-4780-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3747); and (vi) Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority (“PBA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 19- BK-5523-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3801) (Title III case numbers are listed as Bankruptcy Case numbers due to software limitations).

2 On March 29, 2022, Prime Clerk LLC changed its name to Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC.

3 All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Plan.

4 The deadline for the Debtor to file the proposed confirmation order is May 31, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. (prevailing Atlantic Time).

5 All of the dates and procedures set forth in this notice are subject to change by further Court order.

6 For the avoidance of doubt, because holders of Claims in the ATOP Classes must submit their vote and/or election through the Automated Tender Offer Platform at The Depository Trust Company, the Voting Record Date shall not apply to the ATOP Classes; provided, however, the Voting Record Date shall apply to (i) any PREPA Revenue Bonds formerly insured by Assured in the primary market, and the principal amount of which was paid by Assured on or after the original maturity date of such bonds (the “Assured Matured Bonds”) or (ii) any claim arising from PREPA Revenue Bonds for which voting through ATOP cannot be established (“ATOP Ineligible Bonds”). The holder as of the Voting Record Date of the (i) claims arising from the Assured Matured Bonds (including, without limitation, Assured) and (ii) claims arising from ATOP Ineligible Bonds shall not be required to tender such bonds through ATOP, and instead shall be provided with a ballot with which to vote such claims.

7 On March 29, 2022, Prime Clerk LLC changed its name to Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC.

the coronation Fashion moments

By IRIS EDÉN SANTIAGO Special to The STAR

With a little over 2,000 guests and royals confirmed for King Charles III’s historic ceremony and other royal engagements, I was so looking forward to endless fashion moments.

And strangely, it didn’t quite happen. It has to be said that it was Jill Biden, first lady of the United States, who dressed to kill and won every single time. Biden was the epitome of elegance, class and style. Simply put, perfection in every way. She wore an asymmetrical suit in cornflower blue by American designer Ralph Lauren that immediately stood out in a sea of pastel tones and boring ensembles. A fabulous pencil skirt topped by a crossover neckline jacket

was worn with matching suede gloves and a small fascinator in the same shade.

For an early meeting with the UK prime minister’s wife, Biden owned Barbiecore. She donned a custom bright fuchsia coat and matching fuchsia dress by Reem Acra, and completed the look with Christian Dior floral-print slingback heels. These are two of the best fashion moments to remember from the pompous events in London.

Queen Letizia from Spain also wore pink for the coronation. Not so successfully. Here is a sharp dresser with exquisite taste and savvy stylists at her beck and call who totally missed the mark. She wore a custom suit by Carolina Herrera that featured heavy pink lace embroideries and a pleated peplum. It was too matronly for the stylish queen! Loving the heels and the Scala Insignia pink clutch.

Let’s now talk about one of the best dressed royals in the world, Queen Rania of Jordan. She wore a mesh pencil dress in pale yel low by Tamara Ralph Couture. But again, Ra nia has us used to more fabulous choices.

Enter Queen Maxima of the Netherlands. She never disappoints! The Argentina-born royal has a keen sense of style. Maxima was glamorous in a white dress with a scalloped floral neck-

line by fashion designer Jan Taminiau, hat by Philip Treacy and nude pumps by Gian Vitorossi.

Other royals in attendance went for safe options: skirt suits, pastel colors, dress coats fitted at the waist with thin match ing belts: Zara Tindall, Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway,

Queen Mathilde of Belgium, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, and Princess Charlene of Monaco. The latter, a former South African Olympic swimmer, wore a sad ensemble in cream with an asymmetrical shawl matching her very sad face.

Among the celebrities at Westminster Abbey, singer Katy Perry in a darling lilac suit by British fashion label Vivienne Westwood.

Now for the star of the event. Future queen Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, wore a Royal Victorian Order Mantle. Her fashion style just keeps critics wowed. It is flawless. She wore pearl and diamond earrings (that belonged to the late Princess Diana), and selected a headpiece, with silver bullion, crystals and 3D leaf embroideries, designed by Jess Collet for Alexander McQueen. Under the red, white and blue mantle she was wearing a stunning design in ivory silk crepe, also by McQueen.

Kate Middleton

Dr. Jill Biden

Queen Maxima of the Netherlands

Queen Rania of Jordan

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA REGIÓN JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS

SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS

JUAN BAUTISTA APONTE

VÁZQUEZ; MILAGROS

MÉNDEZ CALDERÓN

Demandantes Vs. MALVIN ROMÁN CAMACHO

Demandado

Civil Núm.: CG2022CV03195.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. AVISO DE SUBASTA.

A: MALVIN ROMÁN CAMACHO.

El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, hago saber a la parte demandada, que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el 1 de febrero de 2023, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la siguiente propiedad [CAMPO ALTO SUR SOLAR #6, BARRIO SONADORA, AGUAS BUENAS, PR 00703]: RÚSTICA: Parcela de terreno radicada en el Barrio Sonadora de Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, identificada con el número seis (6) en el plano de inscripción del caso número ochenta y tres guión cuarenta y cinco guión “G” guión ciento sesenta y cinco guión “KPL” (83-45-G-165-KPL) de la Administración de Reglamento y Permiso; con una cabida superficial de tres mil quinientos sesenta y seis punto veintiséis metros cuadrados (3,566.26 mc), equivalentes a cero punto nueve mil setenta y tres cuerdas (0.9073 cdas). En lindes por el NORTE, con terrenos de Huertas y González y terrenos de Juan B. Aponte; por el SUR, con solar número siete (7) y camino dedicado a uso público del mismo plano de inscripción; por el ESTE, con solar número cinco (5) y por el OESTE, con terrenos de Huertas y González. Consta inscrita al folio ciento treinta y tres (133) del tomo trescientos uno (301) de Aguas Buenas, finca número once mil ochenta y uno (11081), Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Segunda (11) de Caguas. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor, el día 30 de noviembre de 2022 en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $22,977.75 por concepto de principal, recargos e intereses

sobre dicha suma al 5.00% de interés anual desde el día 1ro de abril de 2022 hasta su total y completo pago, más $142.81 por recargos acumulados por demora equivalentes al 5% de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendario de la fecha de vencimiento, así como la suma adicional de $2,750.00 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, $2,750.00 para cubrir intereses además de los garantizados por ley, $2,750.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que pueda hacerse bajo la hipoteca, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato de préstamo. La venta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posteriores que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA subasta, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 15 DE MAYO DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina del referido Alguacil, localizada en el Centro Judicial de Caguas, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $27,500.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, la misma se llevará a efecto el día 22 DE MAYO DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $18,333.33, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA , la misma se llevará a efecto el día 30 DE MAYO DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $13,750.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Cuando se declare desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es

igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Todas las subastas deberán ser acordadas y celebradas según lo ordenado por el Tribunal. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados en la Secretaría de este Tribunal, durante las horas laborables, todo esto en virtud del artículo 102 de la Ley Número 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 mejor conocida como la Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmobiliaria de Puerto Rico. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy 24 de abril de 2023.

ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #593, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN CANDIDO TORRES RAMOS

Peticionaria EX-PARTE

Civil #: BY2023CV01244. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. (605). EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS

EE.UU., ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: LAS PERSONAS IGNORADAS Y DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUDIERA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBIRÁ Y A TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE.

POR LA PRESENTE: se les notifica para que comparezcan, si lo creyeren pertinente, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de los veinte (20) días contados a partir de la última publicación e este edicto a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre la finca que se describe más adelante. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de casos (SUMAC)1 al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación en la secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de expresarse dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria en su contra, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la petición, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El abogado de la parte peticionaria es el Lic. Jaime Rodríguez Rivera, cuya dirección es #30 Calle Reparto Piñero, Guaynabo, PR 00969-5650, Teléfono 787-7209553. RÚSTICA: Parcela de terreno en el barrio Sonadora del término municipal de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, compuesta de 0.75 de cuerda equivalentes a 2947.797 metros cuadrados.

En lindes por el NORTE: con terrenos de Pascual Nieves; por el SUR: con terrenos de Higinio Nieves; por el ESTE: con carretera municipal y por el OESTE: con terrenos de Emeteria Nieves. Enclava estructura para fines residenciales”. Según mensura se describe del siguiente modo: ‘’RÚSTICA: Parcela de terreno en el barrio Sonadora

del término municipal de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, compuesta de 0.3427 cda equivalentes a 1347.0205 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE: con terrenos de Pascual Nieves, hoy, Sucesión de Pascual Nieves, por el SURESTE y por el ESTE: con carretera municipal la Marquesa y por el OESTE: con terrenos de Emeteria Nieves, hoy Sucesión de Emeteria Nieves. Enclava estructura para fines residenciales”. Este edicto deberá ser publicado en tres (3) ocasiones dentro del término de veinte (20) días, en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que comparezcan si quieren alegar su derecho. Toda primera mención de persona natural y/o jurídica que se mencione en el mismo, se identificará en letra tamaño 10 puntos y negrillas, conforme a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de procedimiento Civil, 2009. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer los interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públicos afectados en el término Improrrogable de veinte (20) días a contar de la fecha de la última publicación el edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 24 de abril de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. NÉLIDA OCASIO ORTEGA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAROLINA NICHOLE BERRIOS BENÍTEZ Demandante Vs. SUCN. DE DON PEDRO BERRIOS Y DOÑA MATILDE RIVERA

T/C/C MATILDE RUIZ, COMPUESTA POR: SUCN. DE SERAFÍN BERRIOS RUIZ, SUCN. DE JORGE BERRIOS RUIZ, SUCN. DE LUIS BERRIOS RUIZ, SUCN. DE CRESILDA BERRIOS RUIZ Y SUCN. DE CONCEPCIÓN BERRIOS RUIZ; SUCN. DE SERAFIN BERRIOS RUIZ, COMPUESTA POR: SUCN. DE HÉCTOR E. BERRIOS BENÍTEZ, SUCN. DE JAIME I. BERRIOS BENÍTEZ, SUCN. DE EDDIE S. BERRIOS BENÍTEZ, SUCN. DE LUIS R.

BERRIOS BENÍTEZ, EFRAÍN O. BERRIOS BENÍTEZ Y EDWIN W. BERRIOS BENÍTEZ; JOHN DOE Y JANE ROE.

Demandados

CIVIL NÚM: CA2022CV-04177

SOBRE: USUCAPIÓN; REANUDACIÓN DE TRACTO REGISTRAL ART. 183, LEY NÚM. 210-2015. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS. ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. S.S.

A: La Sucesión de Don Pedro Berrios y Doña Matilde Rivera también conocida como Matilde Ruiz, compuesta por: Sucesión de Serafín Berrios Ruiz, Sucesión de Jorge Berrios Ruiz, Sucesión de Luis Berrios Ruiz, Sucesión de Cresilda Berrios Ruiz, Sucesión de Concepción Berrios Ruiz; Sucesión de Serafín Berrios Ruiz compuesta por: Sucesión de Héctor E. Berrios Benítez, Sucesión de Jaime I. Berrios Benítez, Sucesión de Eddie S. Berrios Benítez, Sucesión de Luis R. Berrios Benítez, Efraín O. Berrios Benítez, Edwin W. Berrios Benítez; John Doe y Jane Roe, como posibles herederos de las Sucesiones antes mencionadas y/o terceros quienes también puedan tener algún derecho o reclamación sobre la propiedad, de los cuales se desconocen sus nombres y domicilios y/o las personas ignoradas y desconocidas a quienes pudiera perjudicar la Demanda de Usucapión, Reanudación de Tracto Registral, e Inscripción a favor de la parte demandante en el Registro de la Propiedad de la finca que más adelante se describirá y a toda persona en general que con derecho para ello desee oponerse a esta solicitud.

POR LA PRESENTE: Se les notifica para que comparezcan, si lo creyeren pertinente, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro

de los veinte (20) días contados a partir de la última publicación de este edicto, a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en la acción promovida por la parte demandante de Usucapión, Reanudación de Tracto Registral, e Inscripción a favor de la parte demandante en el Registro de la Propiedad sobre la siguiente finca: Rústica: BARRIO LAS CUEVAS de Trujillo

Alto. Solar: F guion seis (F-6).

Con una Cabida de: dos (2.00) Cuerdas equivalentes a setenta y ocho (78) áreas, sesenta (60) centiáreas y siete mil novecientos doce (7912) diez milésimas de área. Colindante al NORTE, con las parcelas cinco (5) y diez (10); por el SUR, con la Sucesión Juan Hernández y Enrique Umpierre; por el ESTE, con la parcela número quince (15); y por el OESTE, con Fermín Ramos. Dentro de la parcela descrita se encuentra enclavada una casa de concreto reforzado, tipo tres A, de veintiún pies guion cuatro pulgadas (21’-4”) por diecinueve pies guion cuatro pulgadas (19’-4”), con divisiones interiores de concreto, construida por la Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration. Finca número dos mil quinientos cuarenta y seis (2546), Demarcación Trujillo Alto del Registro Inmobiliario Digital del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico. La referida propiedad no aparece tasada para fines contributivos por el Centro de Recaudación de Ingresos Municipales (CRIM). La referida propiedad se encuentra localizada en Barrio Las Cuevas, Calle Adelina Hernández 187, Carretera 181, Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico 00962. Debe presentar el original de su escrito a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal Superior Sala de Carolina, PO Box 267 Carolina PR 00986-0267 y notificar copia del mismo al representante legal de la parte demandante, Lcdo. Ramón A. Pérez González, 6 Calle Hatillo, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918; Tel.: (787) 646-2100. Se le advierte además, que el Tribunal señalará vista en este caso en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, a la cual usted puede comparecer asistido por abogado y presentar oposición a la demanda. Este edicto deberá ser publicado en tres (3) ocasiones dentro del término de veinte (20) días,

en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que comparezcan si quieren alegar su derecho. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer los interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públicos afectados en el término improrrogable de veinte (20) días a contar a partir de la fecha de la última publicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte demandante, sin más citarle ni oírle. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, a 03 de abril de 2023. Lcda. Marilyn Aponte Rodríguez, Secretaria Regional. Keila García Solís, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE AÑASCO ROBERTO TALAVERA SOTO

Peticionario EX PARTE

Caso Núm.: AÑ2020CV00088. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUESTO RICO.

A: PERSONAS IGNORADAS O DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUEDA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN SOLICITADA O QUE ESTIMEN QUE SE LESIONA SUS DERECHOS TITULARES O REALES POR DICHA INSCRIPCIÓN Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL, ASÍ COMO A CUALQUIER PERSONA CON INTERÉS, DUEÑOS O POSEEDORES ANTERIORES DESCONOCIDOS O SUS HEREDEROS Y/U ORGANISMOS PÚBLICOS AFECTADOS. DE: ROBERTO TALAVERA SOTO P/C DE LA LCDA. MARGGIE RODRÍGUEZ PÉREZ, RAMÓN EMETERIO BETANCES #182 SUR, MAYAGÜEZ, PR 00680. POR LA PRESENTE, se les notifica a ustedes que se ha radicado una Petición de Expediente de Dominio donde el peticionario solicita se declare a su favor justificado el dominio de la propiedad que se describe a continuación y se

ordene la inmatriculación de la propiedad en el Registro de la Propiedad: Rústica: Parcela de terreno radicada en el barrio Quebrada Larga del municipio de Añasco, Puerto Rico. Con una cabida superficial de cero punto siete mil trescientos dieciséis cuerdas (0.7316 cdas.), equivalentes a dos mil ochocientos setenta y cinco punto seis mil seiscientos veinticinco metros cuadrados (2,875.6625 m2), en lindes al Norte, en tres alineaciones continuas sumando setenta y tres punto dos mil trescientos cincuenta y ocho metros lineales (73.2358 m.) con Evelyn García, Eric García y Marielise García; al Sur, en una sola alineación continua de setenta y ocho punto seis mil trescientos treinta y cuatro metros lineales (78.6334 m.), con la Sucn. Otilio Soto Muñiz; al Este, en seis alineaciones continuas que suman cincuenta y cinco punto cinco mil trescientos ochenta y cuatro metros lineales (55.5384 m.) con quebrada la cual separa a los terrenos de la Sucn. Rafael Crespo Rodríguez y al Oeste, en cuatro alineaciones discontinuas y tres arcos discontinuos que suman setenta y seis punto cuatro mil noventa y un metros lineales (76.4091 m.) con la carretera municipal nombrada Salvador Pérez. Se les concede un plazo improrrogable de 20 días a contar de la fecha de la última publicación a fin de que comparezcan si quieren alegar lo que en derecho proceda mediante alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. El Honorable Tribunal releva a la parte peticionaria de presentar prueba de diligenciamiento. Se les apercibe que, de no contestar en el término provisto, este Tribunal, luego de evaluar la prueba podrá declarar, sin más trámite, justificado el dominio de la propiedad a favor del peticionario y ordenar su inmatriculación, así como cualquier remedio que en derecho proceda.

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA

Y SELLO DEL TRIBUNAL. En Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hoy 21 de abril del 2023. LIC. NOR-

MA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA REGIONAL II.

NILDA TORRES ACEVEDO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR TRIBUNAL I.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU-

NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA DE SAN JUAN

ESTRELLA HOMES III

Parte Demandante Vs. LUZ MICHELLE VICENTE MARQUEZ

Parte Demandada

Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV06072.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA

Y COBRO DE DINERO. ANUNCIO DE SUBASTA.

El suscribiente, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de San Juan, a los demandados de epígrafe y al público en general hace saber que los autos y documentos del caso de epígrafe estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables y que venderá en pública subasta al mejor postor, en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América en efectivo, cheque certificado, o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, en mi oficina en este Tribunal el derecho que tenga la parte demandada en el inmueble que se relaciona más adelante para pagar la SENTENCIA por $119,382.17, de balance principal, los intereses vencidos sobre el principal computados al 5.75% anual desde el día primero de abril de 2016, hasta su total pago; más el 5% computado sobre cada mensualidad por concepto de cargos por demora desde el primero de mayo de 2016, hasta su total y completo pago; más la suma de $12,400.00 garantizada de la hipoteca para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado del acreedor demandante, más cualesquiera otras sumas que por cualesquier concepto legal se devenguen hasta el total y completo pago de esta sentencia hasta el día de la subasta. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal- APARTAMENTO NÚMERO SEISCIENTOS SIETE (607). Apartamento residencial de forma irregular, localizado en el sexto (6to) Nivel del CONDOMINIO MILLENIAL PARK, radicado en el Barrio Monacillos Urbanos, del término municipal de Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. El área aproximada del apartamento es de seiscientos sesenta y cuatro punto sesenta y nueve (664.69) pies cuadrados, equivalentes a sesenta y uno punto setecientos setenta y cuatro mil ciento sesenta y cuatro (61.774164) metros cuadrados. Son sus linderos, por el Norte, en una distancia de treinta y dos pies con dos y media pulgadas (32’21/2”) con elementos comunes generales; por el Sur en una distancia de treinta y dos pies con dos y media pulgadas (32’21/2”), con espacio común aéreo; por el Este, en una distancia de diecinueve pies con cero pulgadas (19’0”) con el apartamento número seiscientos ocho (608); y por

el Oeste, en una distancia de veintidós pies con dos pulgadas (22” 2’) con espacio común aéreo. La puerta de entrada de este apartamento está situada en su lindero Norte. Consta de: una sala-comedor, una cocina, un pasillo principal en el cual están localizados un “closet”, un baño, y tres (3) habitaciones con “closet”. Le corresponde a este apartamento un espacio de estacionamiento para un vehículo de motor el cual está identificado con el numero ciento uno (101). Este apartamento tiene una participación de cero punto cinco ocho seis cero uno ocho ocho cuatro cinco porciento (0.586018845%) en los elementos comunes generales del condominio. Inscrita al folio setenta y ocho (78) del tomo novecientos cincuenta y nueve (959) de Monacillos, finca número veintisiete mil trescientos dieciséis (27,316), Registro de San Juan III. Dirección física: Cond. Millenia Park, Apt. 607, San Juan, PR 00925. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 6 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma la suma de $124,000.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. En el caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en la primera subasta, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 13 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA y el precio mínimo para esta segunda subasta será el de dos terceras partes del precio mínimo establecido para la primera subasta, o a sea la suma de $82,666.66. Si tampoco hubiera remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 21 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA y el tipo mínimo para esta tercera subasta será la mitad del precio establecido para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $62,000.00. El mejor postor deberá pagar el importe de su oferta en efecto, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse el inmueble al acreedor hipotecario dentro de los diez días siguientes a la fecha de la última subasta, si así lo estimase conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada conforme a la sentencia, si ésta fuera igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta y abonándose dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta fuera mayor. Se avisa a cualquier licitador que la propiedad queda sujeta al gravamen del Estado Libre Asociado y CRIM sobre la propiedad inmueble por contribuciones adeudadas y que el pago de dichas contri-

buciones es la responsabilidad del licitador. Que se entenderá por todo licitador acepte como suficiente la titulación y que los cargos y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes en entendiéndose que el rematador los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse su extinción al precio rematante. Todos los nombres de los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surgen de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria en Puerto Rico y en los sitios públicos de acuerdo a las disposiciones de la Regla 51.7 de las de Procedimiento Civil, así como para la publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria y en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas con antelación a la fecha de la primera subasta y por lo menos una vez por semana. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento indicado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables. (Art. 102 (1) de la Ley núm. 210-2015). Expedido el presente en San Juan, Puerto Rico a 24 de abril de 2023. EDWIN E. LÓPEZ MULERO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE SAN JUAN. ***

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE MAYAGÜEZ ORIENTAL BANK, Demandante v. JOSE LUIS TROCHE RIVERA; STEPHANIE SOTO VALLE

Demandados

CIVIL NUM. MZ2023CV00017.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO

POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: JOSE LUIS TROCHE RIVERA; STEPHANIE SOTO VALLE.

POR MEDIO del presente edicto se le notifica de la radicación de una demanda en cobro de dinero por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega que usted adeuda a la parte demandante, Oriental Bank, ciertas sumas de dinero, y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado de este litigio. El demandante, Oriental Bank, ha solicitado que se dicte sentencia en contra suya y que se le ordene pagar las cantidades reclamadas en la demanda.

POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial. pr/index/php/tribunalelectronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaria 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, sin más citarle ni oírle. El abogado de la parte demandante es: Jaime Ruiz Saldaña., RUA número 11673; Dirección: PO Box 366276, San Juan, PR 00936-6276; Teléfono: (787) 759-6897; Correo electrónico: legal@jrslawpr. com Se le advierte que dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes a la publicación del presente edicto, se le estará enviando a usted por correo certificado con acuse de recibo, una copia del emplazamiento y de la demanda presentada al lugar de su última dirección conocida: Bo. Rio Cañas Arriba, Carr. 354 Km 6 Hm 3, Mayagüez, PR 00680: PO Box 365, Mayagüez, PR 00681-0365. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hoy día 25 de abril de 2023. Lcda.

Norma G. Santana Irizarry, Secretaria. Jossie Bobé Rodriguez, Sub-Secretaria.

GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE HUMACAO ORIENTAL BANK

Demandante V. ALEJANDRINA MARTÍ SÁNCHEZ, POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE JOSÉ DÍAZ

PÉREZ; WANDA DEL CARMEN DÍAZ MARTÍ COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE JOSÉ DÍAZ

PÉREZ

Demandada

Civil Núm.: HU2023CV00474.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO, EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. EDICTO. A: ALEJANDRINA MARTÍ SÁNCHEZ, POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE JOSÉ DÍAZ

PÉREZ. URB. EXT. SAN ANTONIO, M-11 CALLE 10, HUMACAO, PR 00791; 1058 HOAGERBURGH, WALLKILL, NY 125893406; 8 WHITEHILL ROAD, PUTNAM VALLEY, NY 10579.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 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 por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Representa a la parte demandante el Lcdo. Javier Montalvo Cintrón, Delgado Fernández, LLC, PO Box 11750, Fernández Juncos Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00910-1750. Tel. [787] 274-1414. DADA en Humacao, Puerto Rico, a 03 de mayo de 2023. IVELISSE C. FONSECA RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. IVELISSE M. MONCLOVA CRUZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN GERMÁN

CARMELO VEGA

ALVAREZ Y MARGARITA

CASIANO VEGA

Demandante V. BANCO POPULAR, COMO SUCESOR EN INTERES DE DORAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION; JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE

Demandado(a)

Civil: SB2022CV00050. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: JOHN DOE, RICHARD ROE.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 3 de mayo de 2023, 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 4 de mayo de 2023. En San Germán, Puerto Rico, el 4 de mayo de 2023. NORMA SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. MILITZA LORENZO VEGA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Demandante V. MARA D.

SOLANO SIERRA

Demandado(a)

Civil: HU2022CV01592. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: MARA D. SOLANO SIERRA A SU DIRECCIÓN

CONOCIDA URB. VILLA UNIVERSITARIA, BB 11 CALLE 28, HUMACAO, PR

00791. P/C LCDO. JAIME RUIZ SALDAÑA. (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 02 de mayo de 2023, 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 03 de mayo de 2023. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 03 de mayo de 2023. IVELISSE C. FONSECA RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. MICHELLE GUEVARA DE LEÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE MARÍA GUADALUPE COBIÁN CASTRO T/C/C GUADALUPE COBIÁN CASTRO; SUCESIÓN DE FRANKLIN CARLOS MIRANDA, JR T/C/C FRANKLIN C. MIRANDA, JR T/C/C FRANKLIN CARLOS MIRANDA COBÍAN T/C/C FRANKLIN C. MIRANDA COBÍAN; SUCESION DE ALDO LUIS MIRANDA COBÍAN T/C/C ALDO MIRANDA COBÍAN; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHAS SUCESIONES; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2023CV01084. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR

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

A: SUCESIÓN DE MARÍA GUADALUPE

COBIÁN CASTRO T/C/C

GUADALUPE COBIÁN CASTRO; SUCESIÓN

DE FRANKLIN CARLOS

MIRANDA, JR T/C/C

FRANKLIN C. MIRANDA, JR T/C/C FRANKLIN

CARLOS MIRANDA

COBÍAN T/C/C FRANKLIN

C. MIRANDA COBÍAN; SUCESION DE ALDO

LUIS MIRANDA COBÍAN

T/C/C ALDO MIRANDA

COBÍAN; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHAS

SUCESIONES. URB.

ROYAL PALM, J1-24

CALLE PALMA REAL, 4TA

SECCION, BAYAMON, PR 00956.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento.

Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.

Se le apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que de no expresarse dentro de ese término de treinta (30) días, en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. También se le apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que luego del transcurso del término de treinta (30) días antes señalado, contados a partir de la fecha de publicación de este edicto, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del(los) causante(s) y, por consiguiente, responden por las cargas de dicha herencia conforme dispone el Artículo 1,578 del Nuevo Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. sec. 11,021. Representa a la parte demandante, la representación legal cuyo

nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato:

BUFETE FORTUÑO & FORTUÑO FAS, C.S.P.

LCDO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FAS

RUA NUM.: 11416

PO BOX 3908, GUAYNABO, PR 00970

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

E-MAIL: ejecuciones@fortuno-law.com

Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 02 de mayo de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LUREIMY ALICEA GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante Vs. AMJAD A. AWAD HAMAD

Demandado

Civil Núm.: PO2022CV02723.

Salón: 301. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: AMJAD A. AWAD HAMAD. P/C JOSE F. AGUILAR VELEZ. PO BOX 71418, SAN JUAN PR 00936-8518.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se les notifica la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 28 de abril de 2023, 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 3 de mayo de 2023. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 3 de mayo de 2023. LUZ MAYRA CARABALLO GARCÍA, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. SANDRA GONZÁLEZ RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETA-

RIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE

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Demandante Vs. RAFAEL R. VEGA LOPEZ

Demandado Civil Núm.: PO2022CV02778. Salón: 301. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: RAFAEL R. VEGA

LOPEZ. P/C LCDO. JOSE AGUILAR VELEZ. PO BOX 71418, SAN JUAN PR 00936-8518. (Nombre de las partes a las que se les notifica la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 28 de abril de 2023, 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 3 de mayo de 2023. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 3 de mayo de 2023. CARMEN

G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. SANDRA GONZÁLEZ RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Demandante V.

YAMELIS GUZMÁN RODRÍGUEZ, T/C/C

YAMELLYS GUZMAN

RODRIGUEZ

Demandado(a)

Civil: HU2022CV01356. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: YAMELIS GUZMÁN RODRÍGUEZ, T/C/C

YAMELLYS GUZMAN

RODRIGUEZ A SUS DIRECCIONES CONOCIDAS: BO. ANTÓN

RUIZ CARR 927 K 0.6 PAR 49 HUMACAO, PUERTO RICO 00791 Y HC 3 BOX 6152 HUMACAO, PR 00791. P/C LCDO. JOSÉ F. AGUILAR VÉLEZ. (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 02 de mayo de 2023, 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 02 de mayo de 2023. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 02 de mayo de 2023.

IVELISSE C. FONSECA RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. MICHELLE GUEVARA DE LEÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE RICARDO CABASSA ROSARIO COMPUESTA POR SU VIUDA VERÓNICA

GARCÍA SÁNCHEZ T/C/C VERÓNICA GARCÍA DE CABASSA, POR SÍ; MARVIN CABASSA MOLINA; STEPHANIE CABASSA MOLINA

T/C/C STEPHANIE NUÑEZ; FRANCES CABASSA; RICARDO

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

CABASSA Y ALBERTO CABASSA; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHA SUCESIÓN

Demandados Civil Núm.: MZ2022CV01686. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: SUCESIÓN DE RICARDO CABASSA ROSARIO COMPUESTA POR SU VIUDA VERÓNICA GARCÍA

SÁNCHEZ T/C/C VERÓNICA GARCÍA DE CABASSA, POR SÍ; MARVIN CABASSA MOLINA; STEPHANIE CABASSA MOLINA T/C/C STEPHANIE NUÑEZ; FRANCES CABASSA; RICARDO CABASSA Y ALBERTO CABASSA; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHA SUCESIÓN; BARRIO MIRADERO, LOTE 6, CABO ROJO, PR 00623; BARRIO MIRADERO, 450 A, SOLARES COLBERG, KM 3, HM 5, CARR. 311 , CABO ROJO, PR 00623; PO BOX 543, CABO ROJO PR 00623; VERÓNICA GARCÍA SÁNCHEZ, 14330 TIGGY DUPLESSIS RD., GONZÁLEZ, LA 70737-5905; MARVIN CABASSA, 34 HILLSIDE AVE. , APT. 4GG, NEW YORK CITY, NY 10040; FRANCES CABASSA. 314 4TH ST., FAIRVIEW, NJ 07022; STEPHANIE CABASSA MOLINA, 1 CHEMONE COURT, NYACK, NY 10960; RICARDO CABASSA, 711A SEAGIRT AVE., APT. 18K, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691, Y; ALBERTO CABASSA, 5 MCCABE CT., 1ST. FLOOR, LITTLE FENY, NJ 07643. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento.

Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Se le apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que de no expresarse dentro de ese término de treinta (30) días, en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. También se le apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que luego del transcurso del término de treinta (30) días antes señalado, contados a partir de la fecha de publicación de este edicto, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del (los) causante(s) y, por consiguiente, responden por las cargas de dicha herencia conforme dispone el Artículo 1,578 del Nuevo Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. sec. 11,021. Representa a la parte demandante, la representación legal cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato:

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

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

E-MAIL: ejecuciones@fortuno-law.com

Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 5 de mayo de 2023. LIC. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA REGIONAL II. NILDA TORRES

ACEVEDO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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AMBOS

Civil Núm.: MZ2021CV01344.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO ANUNCIANDO

PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TER-

CERA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe, funcionario del Tribunal de la Sala Superior de Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, por la presente anuncia y hace saber al público en general que en cumplimiento con la Sentencia dictada en este caso con fecha

30 de agosto de 2022, y según Orden y Mandamiento del 14 de febrero de 2023 librado por este honorable Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal con todo título derecho y/o interés de la parte demandada sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Porción de terreno marcada con el número cuatro en el Barrio Guanajibo, del término municipal de Cabo Rojo, con una cabida de 1,375.5599 metros cuadrados equivalentes a 0.3500 cuerdas. En lindes por el NORTE, con terrenos del Doctor Sergio Vargas Bellido de Luna, hoy José Arriaga; SUR, con una faja de terreno dedicada a uso público, que a su vez colinda con un camino municipal; ESTE, con el solar identificado área número cuatro, a segregarse; OESTE, con el remanente de la finca principal. Contiene una estructura residencial de dos apartamentos duplex, construidos en hormigón y bloques de hormigón. Cada apartamento consta de dos cuartos dormitorios, sala, comedor y cocina juntos y un baño. Dicha estructura mide 35 pies de largo por 30 pies de ancho en la proporción de una mitad para cada uno. FINCA

NÚMERO: 35,037, inscrita al folio 58 del tomo 1015 de Cabo Rojo, sección de San Germán. Dirección Física: BARRIO MIRADERO, 100 PR KM 5 HM 3 (Porción de terreno marcado con el número 4), CABO ROJO PR 00623. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la PRIMERA SUBASTA habrá de celebrarse el día 13 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina sita en el edificio que ocupa el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de Mayagüez. Siendo ésta la primera subasta que se celebrará en este caso, será el precio mínimo aceptable como oferta en la Primera Subasta, eso es el tipo mínimo pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $141,000.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta primera subasta por dicha suma mínima, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 20 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar antes señalado en la cual el precio mínimo serán dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $94,000.00. De no haber

remanente o adjudicación en esta segunda subasta por el tipo mínimo indicado en el párrafo anterior, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes señalado el día 27 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la cual el tipo mínimo aceptable como oferta será la mitad (1/2) del precio mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $70,500.00. Si se declare desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Con el importe de esta venta se habrá de satisfacer el balance de la sentencia dictada en este caso el cual consiste en el pago de $111,163.40 de principal, más intereses convenidos al 4.5000% anual más recargos hasta su pago, más el pago de lo pactado en la sentencia para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados. Se dispone que una vez celebrada la subasta y vendido el inmueble relacionado, el alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial a los nuevos dueños dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la celebración de la Subasta. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del demandado/deudor la ocupen. El Alguacil de este Tribunal efectuará el lanzamiento de los ocupantes de ser necesario. Si la subasta es adjudicada a un tercero y luego se deja sin efecto, el tercero a favor de quién se adjudicó la subasta solo tendrá derecho a la devolución del monto consignado más no tendrá derecho a entablar recurso o reclamo adicional alguno (judicial o extrajudicial) contra el demandante y/o el acreedor y/o inversionista, dueño pagaré y/o su abogado. Si se anula la venta, el comprador tendrá derecho a la devolución del depósito de la venta judicial menos los honorarios y costos incurridos en el proceso de venta judicial. No tendrá ningún otro recurso contra el acreedor hipotecario ejecutante ni la representación legal de éste. Por la presente, también se notifica e informa a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, personas desconocidas que puedan tener derechos en la propiedad o título objeto de este edicto. La Venta en Pública Subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga y gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo

efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la Primera, Segunda y Tercera

Subasta, si eso fuera necesario, a los efectos de cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha Subasta. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables y para la concurrencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria en toda la Isla de Puerto Rico por espacio dos (2) semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana y se fijará, además, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Alcaldía y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la Subasta y en la Colecturía más cercana del lugar de la residencia de la parte demandada. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente que firmo y sello, hoy día 8 de marzo de 2023. CALIXTO RIVERA GHIGLIOTTY, ALGUACIL PLACA #283, ALGUACIL DE LA SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAGÜEZ.

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NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO

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Demandante Vs. SUCESION DE MIGUELINA VEGA

NAZARIO COMPUESTA

POR SU HEREDERO

CONOCIDO MANUEL

MUÑIZ MONTE DE OCA

T/C/C MANUEL MUNIZ

MONTE DE OCA, POR

SI; FULANO DE TAL

Y SUTANA DE TAL

COMO HEREDEROS

DESCONOCIDOS Y/O

PARTES CON INTERES EN LA SUCESION

Demandados

Civil Núm.: FA2022CV00481.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO

Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO ANUNCIANDO

PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe, funcionario del Tribunal de la Sala Superior de Fajardo, Puerto Rico, por la presente anuncia y hace saber al público en general que en

cumplimiento con la Sentencia dictada en este caso con fecha 9 de septiembre de 2022, y según Orden y Mandamiento del 12 de enero de 2023 librado por este honorable Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal con todo título derecho y/o interés de la parte demandada sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Parcela de terreno marcado con el número Nueve del bloque Dos-F de la Urbanización Vista del Convento, del barrio Quebrado Fajardo, según el plano de inscripción final aprobado por la Junta de Planificación de Puerto Rico y la inscripción de solares adicionales autorizado por la Administración de Reglamentos y Permisos de Puerto Rico con una cabida superficial de doscientos veintiún metros cuadrados con veinticinco centímetros. En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar número doce, distancia de ocho metros ochenticinco centímetros; por el SUR, con la calle número cinco, distancia de ocho metros ochenticinco centímetros y afectado por una servidumbre de metro y medio de ancho a favor de la Puerto Rico Telephone Company y que corre paralela a dicha colindancia; por el ESTE, con el solar número ocho, distancia de veinticinco metros; por el OESTE, con el solar número diez, distancia de veinticinco metros. Contiene una casa. FINCA NÚMERO: 9,039, inscrita al folio 135 del tomo 234 de Fajardo, Registro de Fajardo. Dirección Física: URB. VISTA DEL CONVENTO, PARCELA 9 BLOQUE 2-F, CALLE 5, FAJARDO PR 00738. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la PRIMERA SUBASTA habrá de celebrarse el día 8 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 2:30 DE LA TARDE, en mi oficina sita en el edificio que ocupa el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de Fajardo. Siendo ésta la primera subasta que se celebrará en este caso, será el precio mínimo aceptable como oferta en la Primera Subasta, eso es el tipo mínimo pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $53,000.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta primera subasta por dicha suma mínima, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 15 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 2:30 DE LA TARDE, en el mismo lugar antes señalado en la cual el precio mínimo serán dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $35,333.33. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta segunda subasta por el tipo mínimo indicado en

el párrafo anterior, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes señalado el día 22 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 2:30 DE LA TARDE, en la cual el tipo mínimo aceptable como oferta será la mitad (1/2) del precio mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $26,500.00. Si se declare desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Con el importe de esta venta se habrá de satisfacer el balance de la sentencia dictada en este caso el cual consiste en el pago de $43,159.68 de principal, más intereses convenidos al 5.3750% anual más recargos hasta su pago, más el pago de lo pactado en la sentencia para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados. Se dispone que una vez celebrada la subasta y vendido el inmueble relacionado, el alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial a los nuevos dueños dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la celebración de la Subasta. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del demandado/deudor la ocupen. El Alguacil de este Tribunal efectuará el lanzamiento de los ocupantes de ser necesario. Si la subasta es adjudicada a un tercero y luego se deja sin efecto, el tercero a favor de quién se adjudicó la subasta solo tendrá derecho a la devolución del monto consignado más no tendrá derecho a entablar recurso o reclamo adicional alguno (judicial o extrajudicial) contra el demandante y/o el acreedor y/o inversionista, dueño pagaré y/o su abogado. Si se anula la venta, el comprador tendrá derecho a la devolución del depósito de la venta judicial menos los honorarios y costos incurridos en el proceso de venta judicial. No tendrá ningún otro recurso contra el acreedor hipotecario ejecutante ni la representación legal de éste. Por la presente, también se notifica e informa a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, personas desconocidas que puedan tener derechos en la propiedad o título objeto de este edicto.

La Venta en Pública Subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga y gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la Primera, Segunda y Tercera

Subasta, si eso fuera necesario, a los efectos de cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha Subasta. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables y para la concurrencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria en toda la Isla de Puerto Rico por espacio dos (2) semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana y se fijará, además, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Alcaldía y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la Subasta y en la Colecturía más cercana del lugar de la residencia de la parte demandada. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente que firmo y sello, hoy día 25 de enero de 2023. DENISE BRUNO ORTIZ, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO. JORGE A. ORTIZ ESTRADA, ALGUACIL REGIONAL INTERINO.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN SUN WEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC.

Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE NEDINIA GUEVARA FIGUEROA

T/C/C NEDIMIA GUEVARA FIGUEROA COMPUESTA POR FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHA SUCESIÓN; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

Demandados

Civil Núm.: SJ2021CV04457. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO ANUNCIANDO PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe, funcionario del Tribunal de San Juan, Puerto Rico, por la presente anuncia y hace saber al público en general que en cumplimiento con la Sentencia dictada en este caso con fecha 10 de diciembre de 2021 y según Orden y Mandamiento

del 11 de febrero de 2022, librado por este honorable Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal con todo título derecho y/o interés de la parte demandada sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número quince del bloque “T” de la Urbanización Buenos Aires, sitio Sabana Llana del barrio de Río Piedras de la ciudad de San Juan, Puerto Rico, con un área de trescientos veintisiete metros veinticinco centímetros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en trece metros nueve centímetros con solares números nueve y diez del bloque “T” de la urbanización; por el SUR, con trece metros nueve centímetros con la calle principal Sabana Llana número Tres; por el ESTE, en veinticinco metros con solar número catorce del bloque “T” de la urbanización; y por el OESTE, en veinticinco metros con solar número dieciséis del bloque “T” de la urbanización. Contiene una casa de concreto de una planta, con techo de hormigón de dos aguas que tiene tres dormitorios, sala-comedor, cocina, baño, balcón y marquesina. FINCA NÚMERO: 1,366, inscrita al folio 221 del tomo 32 de Sabana Llana, sección V de San Juan. Dirección

Física: URB. BUENOS AIRES, SOLAR 15-T, SAN JUAN, PR 00924. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la PRIMERA SUBASTA habrá de celebrarse el día 8 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina sita en el edificio que ocupa el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de San Juan. Siendo ésta la primera subasta que se celebrará en este caso será el precio mínimo aceptable como oferta en la Primera Subasta, eso es el tipo mínimo pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $157,500.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta primera subasta por dicha suma mínima, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 15 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar antes señalado en la cual el precio mínimo serán dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $105,000.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta segunda subasta por el tipo mínimo indicado en el párrafo anterior, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes señalado el día 26 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la cual el tipo mínimo aceptable como oferta será la mitad (1/2) del precio mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma

de $78,750.00. Si se declare desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. El Tribunal dictó Sentencia declarando con lugar la demanda y por consiguiente, ordenó a la parte demandada SUCESIÓN DE NEDINIA GUEVARA FIGUEROA

T/C/C NEDIMIA GUEVARA FIGUEROA COMPUESTA POR

FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHA SUCESIÓN, a pagar a la parte demandante la suma de $48,859.45 más intereses, los cuales continuarán acumulándose al tipo convenido de 7.000%, hasta el saldo total de la obligación; cargos por demora; costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados; más cualquier otra suma que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca. Dichas sumas están vencidas, son líquidas y exigibles. Se dispone que una vez celebrada la subasta y vendido el inmueble relacionado, el alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial a los nuevos dueños dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la celebración de la Subasta. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del demandado/deudor la ocupen. El Alguacil de este Tribunal efectuará el lanzamiento de los ocupantes de ser necesario. Además, se notifica e informa al Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano por éstos contar con una hipoteca a su favor por la suma de $157,500.00 intereses al 3.44% por un año sujeta a cambio el 1 de julio de 2016 y el primer día de cada mes posterior y a vencer el 11 de octubre del año 2092, según consta de la escritura #183, otorgada en Guaynabo, el 25 de mayo de 2016, ante el Notario Rafael Maldonado Pérez, inscrito en Karibe de Sabana Llana, finca #1,366, inscripción 9na. También, se notifica e informa a los herederos de la de la causante Nedinia Guevara Figueroa conocidos como Lourdes María García Guevara, Charles Dennys Soler García y Camila Anahis Soler García t/c/c Kamila Anahi Soler García, según surge de la escritura #2, otorgada en San Juan, el día 14 de marzo de 2012, ante el Notario Gloria E. Marrero Martínez y presentado al asiento 2023-010072-SJ05, el día 29

de enero de 2023. Además, se notifica e informa a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, personas desconocidas que puedan tener derechos en la propiedad o título objeto de este edicto. La Venta en Pública Subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga y gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la Primera, Segunda y Tercera Subasta, si eso fuera necesario, a los efectos de cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha Subasta. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables y para la concurrencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria en toda la Isla de Puerto Rico por espacio dos (2) semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana y se fijará, además, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Alcaldía y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la Subasta y en la Colecturía más cercana del lugar de la residencia de la parte demandada. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente que firmo y sello, hoy día 4 de mayo de 2023. PEDRO HIEYE GONZáLEZ, ALGUACIL del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN.

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

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE

ASSOCIATION T/C/C

FANNIE MAE

Demandante Vs. SUCESION DE CARLOS

VAZQUEZ VEGA

COMPUESTA POR

SUS HEREDEROS

CONOCIDOS ARCADIO

VAZQUEZ REYES Y SOFIA VEGA SANTIAGO; FULANO DE TAL

Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS

DESCONOCIDOS Y/O

PARTES CON INTERES

EN LA SUCESION

Demandados

Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV02755. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO ANUNCIANDO PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe, funcionario del Tribunal de la Sala Superior de San Juan, Puerto Rico, por la presente anuncia y hace saber al público en general que en cumplimiento con la Sentencia dictada en este caso con fecha 13 de febrero de 2023, y según Orden y Mandamiento del 13 de abril de 2023 librado por este honorable Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal con todo título derecho y/o interés de la parte demandada sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación:

URBAN: Apartment number

Five Hundred Thirteen. Residential apartment of a rectangular shape, located at the Fifth Floor of the Crystal House Condominium, at De Diego Street, Sabana Llana Ward of Río Piedras, municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Said apartment with an area of approximately five hundred nineteen square feet, equivalent to forty eight square meters and twenty two square centimeters, and its boundaries are as follows: By the NORTH, in a distance of twenty three feet four inches with apartment number Five Hundred Eleven separated by bearing wall; by the EAST, in a distance of twenty two feet four inches with exterior space separated by wall and balcony’s wall; by the SOUTH, in a distance of twenty three feet four inches with apartment number Five Hundred Fifteen separated by bearing wall and ventilation shaft; and by the WEST, in a distance of twenty two feet four inches with common corridor and ventilation shaft, separated by wall and entrance door. This apartment comprises: livingdormitory area, dresser, closet, bathroom, kitchen and balcony. The bathroom is equipped with bathtub, lavatory and water closet. The kitchen is equipped with kitchen cabinets and water heater. The entrance of the apartment is located on its West boundary, connected with the common corridor of the floor with access to the outside. A este apartamento le corresponde el estacionamiento marcado con el número setenticinco. Le corresponde un porcentaje en los elementos comunes de cero punto dos mil setecientos cuarentiocho por ciento. FINCA

NUMERO: 21,500, inscrita al folio 64 del tomo 521 de Sabana Llana, sección V de San Juan. Dirección Física: COND. CRYSTAL HOUSE, APTO.

513, SAN JUAN, PR 00923. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la PRIMERA SUBASTA habrá de celebrarse el día 1 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina sita en el edificio que ocupa el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de San Juan. Siendo ésta la primera subasta que se celebrará en este caso, será el precio mínimo aceptable como oferta en la Primera Subasta, eso es el tipo mínimo pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $57,800.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta primera subasta por dicha suma mínima, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 8 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar antes señalado en la cual el precio mínimo serán dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $38,533.33. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta segunda subasta por el tipo mínimo indicado en el párrafo anterior, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes señalado el día 15 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la cual el tipo mínimo aceptable como oferta será la mitad (1/2) del precio mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $28,900.00. Si se declare desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Con el importe de esta venta se habrá de satisfacer el balance de la sentencia dictada en este caso el cual consiste en el pago de $44,715.95 de principal, más intereses convenidos al 6.75% anual más recargos hasta su pago, más el pago de lo pactado en la sentencia para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados. Se dispone que una vez celebrada la subasta y vendido el inmueble relacionado, el alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial a los nuevos dueños dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la celebración de la Subasta. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del demandado/deudor la ocupen. El Alguacil de este Tribunal efectuará el lanzamiento de los ocupantes de ser necesario. Por la presente, también se notifica e informa a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, perso-

nas desconocidas que puedan tener derechos en la propiedad o título objeto de este edicto. La Venta en Pública Subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga y gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la Primera, Segunda y Tercera Subasta, si eso fuera necesario, a los efectos de cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha Subasta. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables y para la concurrencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria en toda la Isla de Puerto Rico por espacio dos (2) semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana y se fijará, además, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Alcaldía y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la Subasta y en la Colecturía más cercana del lugar de la residencia de la parte demandada. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente que firmo y sello, hoy día 19 de abril de 2023.

PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN

JUAN

ORIENTAL BANK

Demandante Vs. SUCESION DE AIDA

ESTHER PASTRANA

ROBLES, COMPUESTA

POR SU VIUDO JOSE

MANUEL GONZALEZ

RIVERA, POR SI Y

POR SU HEREDERO

CONOCIDO JOSÉ

ALBERTO MARTÍNEZ

PASTRANA; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS

DESCONOCIDOS Y/O

PARTES CON INTERÉS

EN DICHA SUCESIÓN

Demandados

Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV01076.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO

Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO ANUNCIANDO PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe, funcionario del Tribunal de la Sala Superior de San Juan, Puerto Rico, por la presente anuncia y hace saber al público en general que en cumplimiento con la Sentencia dictada en este caso con fecha 11 de octubre de 2022, y según Orden y Mandamiento del 30 de marzo de 2023 librado por este honorable Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal con todo título derecho y/o interés de la parte demandada sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación:

URBANA: Solar marcado con el número H-3 del plano de inscripción del proyecto de vivienda a bajo costo denominado VBC-Cuarenta y Ocho, radicado en el barrio Cupey Alto término municipal de Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 252.00 metros cuadrados, en lindes por el NORTE, con el solar H-4; por el SUR, con el solar H-2; por el ESTE, con los solares H-22 y H-23; y por el OESTE, calle número 13. FINCA NUM. 3,594, inscrita al folio 81 del tomo 524 de Rio Piedras Sur, sección IV de San Juan. Dirección Física: URB. RIVIERAS DE CUPEY, H-3 CORAL, SAN JUAN, PR 00926. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la PRIMERA SUBASTA habrá de celebrarse el día 1 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina sita en el edificio que ocupa el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de San Juan. Siendo ésta la primera subasta que se celebrará en este caso, será el precio mínimo aceptable como oferta en la Primera Subasta, eso es el tipo mínimo pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $90,208.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta primera subasta por dicha suma mínima, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 8 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar antes señalado en la cual el precio mínimo serán dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $60,138.66. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta segunda subasta por el tipo mínimo indicado en el párrafo anterior, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes señalado el día 15 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la cual el tipo mínimo aceptable como oferta será la mitad (1/2) del precio mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $45,104.00. Si se declare

desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Con el importe de esta venta se habrá de satisfacer el balance de la sentencia dictada en este caso el cual consiste en el pago de $78,079.35 de principal, más intereses convenidos al 5.00% anual más recargos hasta su pago, más el pago de lo pactado en la sentencia para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados. Se dispone que una vez celebrada la subasta y vendido el inmueble relacionado, el alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial a los nuevos dueños dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la celebración de la Subasta. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del demandado/deudor la ocupen. El Alguacil de este Tribunal efectuará el lanzamiento de los ocupantes de ser necesario. Por la presente, también se notifica e informa a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, personas desconocidas que puedan tener derechos en la propiedad o título objeto de este edicto. La Venta en Pública Subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga y gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la Primera, Segunda y Tercera Subasta, si eso fuera necesario, a los efectos de cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha Subasta. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables y para la concurrencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria en toda la Isla de Puerto Rico por espacio dos (2) semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana y se fijará, además, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Alcaldía y la

Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la Subasta y en la Colecturía más cercana del lugar de la residencia de la parte demandada. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente que firmo y sello, hoy día 19 de abril de 2023. PEDRO HIEYE GONZALEZ, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN.

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

Demandante vs. LA SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN ROSA ROSARIO GARCÍA, T/C/C CARMEN ROSA ROSARIO; COMPUESTA POR MELVIN DÍAZ ROSARIO Y MARVIN DÍAZ ROSARIO; DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA; DEPARTAMENTO DE JUSTICIA

Demandados CIVIL NÚM.: CA2023CV00831. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA. PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS. ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. S.S.

A: MARVIN

DIAZ ROSARIO

Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Se le apercibe que, de no contestar la demanda dentro del término aquí estipulado, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia sin más citarle ni oírle.

Por la presente el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, conforme al caso de Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaría vs. Latinoamericana de Exportación, inc., 164 D.P.R. 689 (2005), le ordena que en el término de treinta (30) días, haga declaración aceptando o repudiando la herencia de la SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN ROSA ROSARIO GARCÍA, T/C/C CARMEN ROSA ROSARIO. Se le apercibe que de

no expresar su intención de aceptar o repudiar la herencia dentro del término que se le fijó, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. Los abogados de la parte demandante son: Lcdo. Guillermo A. Somoza Colombani, P.O. Box 366603, San Juan, PR 00936-6603. Tel. (787) 9190073, Fax (787) 641-5016. Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 24 de abril de 2023. Lcda. Marilyn Aponte Rodríguez, Secretaria Regional. Ruth M. Colón Luciano, Secretaria Auxiliar.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN JUAN TRUST MORTGAGE CORP.

Demandante Vs. SUN WEST MORTGAGE CORPORATION; M&T BANK; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES CON INTERÉS

Demandados

Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV03382. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

A: M&T BANK. BOX 69129 1800 WASHINGTON BLVD. 8TH FLOOR, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21230 (PERSONAS DESCONOCIDAS CON POSIBLE INTERÉS).

En este caso la parte demandante ha radicado Demanda para que se decrete judicialmente el saldo del siguiente pagaré: Hipoteca en garantía de pagaré a favor de Sun West Mortgage Corporation lnc., o a su orden, por $132,275.00, con intereses al 3.75% anual, vence el 1ro de agosto del 2044, según consta de la escritura #178, otorgada en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, el día 23 de julio del 2014, ante el Notario Público Susana F. Valtueña Ruiz, inscrito al Sistema Karibe de Monacillos Este y el Cinco, finca #4668, inscripción 7ma., Registro de la Propiedad Sección Quinta de San Juan y está garantizado por hipoteca sobre la propiedad, que se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número 28 del Bloque S-6 del Plano de inscripción de la Urbanización Quintas El Señorial, situado en el Barrio Monacillos de Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 567.08 metros cuadrados, en lindes por el NORTE, en 15.70 metros, con el solar número 7; por el SUR, en 15.70 metros, con la calle número 2; por el ESTE, en 36.12 metros, con el solar número 27; y por el OESTE, en 36.12 metros, con

el solar número 29. Enclava una casa. Inscrito al Sistema Karibe de Monacillos Este y el Cinco, finca #4668, Registro de la Propiedad Sección Quinta de San Juan. La parte demandante alega que dicho Pagaré se ha extraviado, según más detalladamente consta en la Demanda radicada que puede examinarse en la Secretaría de este Tribunal. Por tratarse de unas obligaciones hipotecarias, y pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectado por el remedio solicitado, se les emplaza por este Edicto que se publicará en un (1) periódico de circulación general una (1) sola vez y que si no comparecen a contestar dicha Demanda radicando el original de la misma a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se representen por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Utuado, con copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Lcdo. Jorge García Rondón, de PMB 538, 267 Sierra Morena, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926 dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación del Edicto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarles ni oírles. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto por Orden del Tribunal, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 25 de abril de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LOYDA M. COUVERTIER REYES, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA DE SAN JUAN TRUST MORTGAGE CORP.

Demandante Vs. SUN WEST MORTGAGE CORPORATION; M&T BANK; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES CON INTERÉS

Demandados

Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV03382.

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE (PERSONAS DESCONOCIDAS CON POSIBLE INTERÉS).

En este caso la parte deman-

dante ha radicado Demanda para que se decrete judicialmente el saldo del siguiente pagaré: Hipoteca en garantía de pagaré a favor de Sun West Mortgage Corporation lnc., o a su orden, por $132,275.00, con intereses al 3.75% anual, vence el 1ro de agosto del 2044, según consta de la escritura #178, otorgada en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, el día 23 de julio del 2014, ante el Notario Público Susana F. Valtueña Ruiz, inscrito al Sistema Karibe de Monacillos Este y el Cinco, finca #4668, inscripción 7ma., Registro de la Propiedad Sección Quinta de San Juan y está garantizado por hipoteca sobre la propiedad, que se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número 28 del Bloque S-6 del Plano de inscripción de la Urbanización Quintas El Señorial, situado en el Barrio Monacillos de Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 567.08 metros cuadrados, en lindes por el NORTE, en 15.70 metros, con el solar número 7; por el SUR, en 15.70 metros, con la calle número 2; por el ESTE, en 36.12 metros, con el solar número 27; y por el OESTE, en 36.12 metros, con el solar número 29. Enclava una casa. Inscrito al Sistema Karibe de Monacillos Este y el Cinco, finca #4668, Registro de la Propiedad Sección Quinta de San Juan. La parte demandante alega que dicho Pagaré se ha extraviado, según más detalladamente consta en la Demanda radicada que puede examinarse en la Secretaría de este Tribunal. Por tratarse de unas obligaciones hipotecarias, y pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectado por el remedio solicitado, se les emplaza por este Edicto que se publicará en un (1) periódico de circulación general una (1) sola vez y que si no comparecen a contestar dicha Demanda radicando el original de la misma a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se representen por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Utuado, con copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Lcdo. Jorge García Rondón, de PMB 538, 267 Sierra Morena, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926 dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación del Edicto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarles ni oírles. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido

el presente Edicto por Orden del Tribunal, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 25 de abril de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LOYDA M. COUVERTIER REYES, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

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

GITSIT SOLUTIONS, LLC

Demandante V.

FERNANDA VIERA AYALA Y MIGUEL ÁNGEL OTERO VIERA

Demandados

Civil Núm.: VB2022CV00596.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: LA PARTE DEMANDADA, AL (A LA) SECRETARIO(A) DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y AL PÚBLICO GENERAL:

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 Vega Baja, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque gerente, giro postal, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América al nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Vega Baja, el 1RO DE JUNIO DE 2023, 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 366 en el plano de parcelación de la comunidad rural Guárico del barrio Algarrobos del término municipal de Vega Baja, cabida de 658.37 metros cuadrados.

En lindes por el NORTE, con parcela 368; por el SUR, con Calle 8; por el ESTE, con parcela 365 y por el OESTE, con parcela 367. Consta inscrita al folio 195 del tomo 223 de Vega Baja, finca número 12800, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Cuarta de Bayamón. Propiedad localizada en: 24 Calle Río Cain, Vega Baja, PR 00694. Según figuran en la certificación re-

gistral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución no está gravada por cargas anteriores o posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante. 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 mínimo de subasta la suma de $64,271.99, 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 Vega Baja, el 8 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $42,847.99, 2/3 partes del tipo mínimo establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $32,135.99, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Vega Baja, el 15 DE JUNIO DE 2023, 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 $90,237.61 de principal, intereses al tipo del 5.004% los cuales se acumulan mensualmente hasta el saldo total de la deuda; cargos por mora los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo de la deuda; más el 20% del principal, o sea, la cantidad de $12,854.40 por concepto de honorarios de abogado, más las cantidades que se adeudan mensualmente por concepto de seguro hipotecario, cargos por demora, y otros adeudados que se hagan en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca. 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 Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, hoy día 4 de abril de 2023. ALG.

FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE VEGA BAJA, SALA SUPERIOR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS US BANK TRUST, NA AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF-9, MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST

Demandante Vs FREDDY COLON COLON SU ESPOSA ZAYMARA RIVERA ROBLES Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES

Demandado

Civil Núm.: CG2019CV03794.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y COBRO DE DINERO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: FREDDY COLON COLON POR SI Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES QUE COMPONE CON ZAYMARA RIVERA ROBLES.

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 17 de abril de 2023, 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 archi-

vada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 4 de mayo de 2023. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 4 de mayo de 2023. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL INTERINA. ENEIDA ARROYO VÉLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

PARTE DEMANDANTE VS. NATALE CORPORATION, representado por Renzo Casillo Nielsen

PARTE DEMANDADA CIVIL NÚM. DCD2015-1488 (702). SOBRE: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA “IN REM”. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia en Rebeldía dictada el 3 de febrero de 2016 enmendada el 20 de abril de 2016 y notificada el 30 de noviembre de 2022, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia del 14 de marzo de 2023 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 23 de marzo de 2023 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el día 13 de junio de 2023, a las 10:30 de la mañana, en el Cuarto Piso de la Oficina del Alguacil de Subastas, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Sala Superior, ubicado en la Carretera Número Dos (#2), Kilómetro 10.4, Esquina Calle Esteban Padilla, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque de gerente o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal; todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento que consiste de dos unidades numeradas: 2756/2758, el cual está localizado en el Séptimo (7mo) Piso del Edificio A de Dorado Condominium at Embassy Suites Hotel Dorado del Mar Beach & Golf Resort, ubicado en el Barrio Higuillar del término municipal de Dorado, Puerto Rico, con cabida superficial total de mil doscientos sesenta punto veinticinco (1260.25) pies cuadrados, equivalentes a ciento diecisiete punto doce (117.12) metros cuadrados. Las entradas principales se encuentran al lado Oeste. Colinda por el NORTE, en distancia de 33’ 8”,

con pared común que lo separa del Apartamento Número 2760; por el SUR, en distancia de 27’ 8”, con pared común que lo separa del Apartamento Número 2754; por el ESTE, en distancia de 39’ 6”, con área exterior; y por el OESTE, en distancia de 39’ 6”, con área exterior común. La unidad 2758 contiene un dormitorio con clóset, “kitchenette”, baño y una terraza. La unidad 2756 contiene una cocina con laundry, sala-comedor, un dormitorio con closet, baño y una terraza. El porcentaje de la propiedad de los elementos comunes generales descritos en la escritura matriz es el 1.0528%. La propiedad consta inscrita al tomo Karibe de Dorado, Finca 15234. Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección IV. La hipoteca consta inscrita al tomo Karibe de Dorado, Finca 15234. Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección IV. Inscripción 3ra. Dirección Física: Cond. Embassy Suites, Apt 2756-2758, Dorado PR 00646. Número de Catastro: 11-019-067-026-12-037. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $306,400.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una segunda subasta, el día 20 de junio de 2023, a las 10:30 de la mañana en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, $204,266.66. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una tercera subasta el día el día 27 de junio de 2023, a las 10:30 de la mañana en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $153,200.00. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor. Dicho remate se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la demandante el importe de la Sentencia por la suma de $242,411.83 de principal, intereses sobre dicha suma al 6.875% anual desde el 1 de diciembre de 2014 hasta su completo pago, más $402.56 por concepto de recargos adeudados desde el día 1 de enero de 2015 hasta su total pago, más la cantidad estipulada de $30,640.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato de préstamo. Se les advierte a los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como los de Subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examina-

dos, durante horas laborables, en el expediente del caso que obra en los archivos de la Secretaría del Tribunal, bajo el número de epígrafe y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general en Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana; y para su fijación en los sitios públicos requeridos por ley. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate y que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores, tal como lo expresa la Ley Núm. 2102015. Y para el conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, EXPIDO para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes, el presente Aviso de Pública Subasta en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy 17 de abril de 2023.

Edgardo Elías Vargas Santana, Alguacil Auxiliar, Placa #193, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Vs SOLYMAR ROSADO

NIEVES, FULANA DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR

AMBOS

Parte Demandada

Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV08504. (908). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO POR SUMAC.

A: SOLYMAR ROSADO NIEVES, FULANA DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 3 de mayo de 2023, 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 4 de mayo de 2023. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 4 de mayo de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LUCRECIA PAGÁN MORALES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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VANESSA MILAGROS

ZURITA RENTAS

Demandante V. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERCA Y OTROS Demandado(a)

Civil: TA2022CV01029. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES Y CUALESQUIER PERSONA DESCONOCIDA CON POSIBLE INTERES EN LA OBLIGACION CUYA CANCELACION POR DECRETO JUDICIAL SE SOLICITA.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 2 de mayo de 2023, 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 4 de mayo de 2023. En Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, el 4 de mayo de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. LIRIAM M. HERNÁNDEZ OTERO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE

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Demandante v. ZORAIDA BURGOS ALVARADO, DIONICIO CRUZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandado(a)

CIVIL: TA2022CV00989 SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. NOTIFICACIÓN ENMENDADA DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. A: ZORAIDA BURGOS ALVARADO, POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON DIONICIO CRUZ. (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 7 de febrero de 2023, 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 4 de mayo de 2023. N Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, el 4 de mayo de 2023. Lcda. Laura I. Santa Sánchez, Secretaria. Geisa Liz Robles Ortiz, Secretaria de Servicio a Sala.

He saw ‘greatness’ in the Lakers when they were at their worst

By TANIA GANGULI

You’d have to look closely or you’d miss the homemade sign nailed to a telephone pole outside the Los Angeles Lakers’ practice facility in El Segundo, California.

It’s right outside the entrance to the players’ parking lot, but many of them miss its blue-and-yellow words as they drive in.

“I SEE GREATNESS IN YOU,” it says.

The sign gives no indication of who “I” might be, who “you” are or what kind of greatness you possess. But in a small yet meaningful way, the message has inspired Lakers coach Darvin Ham as he leads the team in their Western Conference semifinal series against the Golden State Warriors.

On Monday night the Lakers beat the Warriors, 104-101 in Los Angeles to take a 3-1 lead in the series. Game 5 is tonight in San Francisco at 10 p.m. ET (TNT).

Ham has even forged an unlikely friendship with the man who posted the sign: Terrance Burney, a basketball-loving airline employee whose home is filled with inspirational signs. Burney’s unceasing positivity has charmed prominent athletes and entertainers.

“It’s not just a slogan he’s trying to get picked up by some corporate sponsor or something,” Ham said. “It’s something he actually believes in. I love it.”

Neither rich nor widely known, Burney, 40, works for Delta Air Lines and lives in Los Angeles with his German shepherd, Ziva, and his girlfriend, Crystal Lewis.

He stands outside of Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles after most Lakers home games holding a handmade sign bearing his message, hoping that whoever sees it feels happier, lighter or maybe even newly confident.

“When I tell people, ‘I see greatness in you,’ it means, ‘I see God in you,’” Burney said. “So this is something that God told me

to do, you know?”

Burney first held up a similar sign 15 years ago on a street corner in Highland Park, Michigan, a small city surrounded by his hometown, Detroit. He said prayer led him to do it.

In the years since, he has taken his sign all over the world, flying for free as an airline employee. He has shared his message on street corners and during protest marches, in small gyms and outside professional arenas. He has shouted it as a contestant on “The Price Is Right.”

“He’s like the Forrest Gump 2.0,” said Morris Peterson, a former NBA player who grew close with Burney after a charity event Peterson hosted with rapper Snoop Dogg to support people affected by the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. “He’s just everywhere. He’s everywhere. You might see him in Paris with the sign.”

Burney played basketball for one year at Prairie View A&M University, and in the

Vida Blue was a baseball comet

By TYLER KEPNER

The bright lights would come soon enough. On that May night in 1970, at the old ballpark at the confluence of the Des Moines and the Raccoon rivers, they were dimmer than the lights in the big leagues. Tony La Russa knew that much, because he’d been there.

La Russa was destined for a storied ca-

reer as a major league manager, but on the field he was a bonus baby who couldn’t really hit. Playing for the Iowa Oaks, after a few trials in the majors, matched his talent level. The Iowa pitcher that night was far beyond it. He struck out 14 Evansville batters in nine innings and even had two hits at the plate.

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years after he would often get asked to participate in pickup games and workouts. In 2007, he was preparing for a workout with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, then the G League affiliate of the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pistons, when he spotted Rasheed Wallace, then playing for the Detroit Pistons, sitting at the bar of a T.G.I. Friday’s.

“Excuse me, sir, your turnaround jump shot is the best in the history of a turnaround jump shot,” Burney recalled telling Wallace. “How do you get it over people who are taller than you?”

Wallace got up from his seat and demonstrated his method. The two of them drank a few beers together and a friendship began.

Wallace and Ham, the Lakers’ coach, had become close over the years through NBA circles. Early this season, Wallace planned to visit Ham’s home. He asked if Burney could join.

The Lakers had started the season 2-10. Ham was struggling to make the most of the

team’s two best players, LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Not many people would have used “greatness” to describe anything happening with the Lakers. But Burney did.

“He said: ‘Don’t worry, coach. You’re going to be great. We’re going to be great. I see greatness in you,’” Ham said.

Ham trusted his read on Burney, so they stayed in touch. Burney sent text messages to Ham to inspire him. The Lakers’ fortunes began to change, which likely had more to do with their dramatic makeover at the trade deadline than with Burney’s sign. But he believes something larger was happening.

Before Game 4 of the Lakers’ first-round playoff series against the Memphis Grizzlies, Burney sent a text to Ham that read: “Your PEACE gives PEACE to others!! I SEE GREATNESS IN YOU!!”

The Lakers were 6 points greater than the Grizzlies that day.

“Everyone wants to be thought of in a positive light and have — not just in basketball, NBA basketball, in life in general — you need good vibes, good energy, people that believe in you,” Ham said. “And he represents that.”

The sign outside the Lakers’ practice facility has been there for weeks. Davis saw it for the first time on May 1, just before the Lakers left Los Angeles for their series against Golden State in San Francisco.

He assumed a fan had left it there and gave it little thought.

The next day, Davis scored 30 points with 23 rebounds, joining only four other big men in Lakers history with at least 30 points and 20 rebounds in a playoff game. His performance helped the Lakers beat the Warriors in Game 1 of their series.

“Sooooo he saw the Sign before he had a RECORD setting win??” Burney said in a text message.

He could not be convinced that it was a coincidence.

Terrance Burney shakes hands with a visitor from Kansas, while at an intersection with his sign in Los Angeles, May 4, 2023. (Allison Zaucha/The New York Times)

Oakland Athletics pitcher Vida Blue coils to fire during his American League Cy Young Award and MVP season of 1971.

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“There are minor leaguers, there are big leaguers, and then there’s that higher league of All-Stars and Hall of Famers,” La Russa, 78, said by phone Monday. “And that was Vida, and he was 20 years old.”

By the end of that 1970 season, in the majors for good with the Oakland Athletics, Vida Blue would throw a no-hitter. His next season would be a baseball comet, a wonder in both majesty and brevity, the kind of year people talk about forever, especially in moments of loss.

Blue died at age 73 Saturday, another pillar gone from the only franchise besides the New York Yankees to win three consecutive titles. Last month he visited the site of his former glory — the doomed and decaying Coliseum in Oakland, California — for a celebration of the 1973 champs, the middle of three A’s teams that won the World Series. Blue shuffled slowly to the diamond, his left hand clutching the elbow of an aide, his right holding a long, wooden cane.

“He looked really, really frail, walking around with a big pole,” Mike Norris, a former Oakland teammate, said by phone Monday. “It was sad to see. He told me he was worn out from chemo, he was weak, it was pretty painful and all that. We’re both Christians, so we just kept praying for one another. And yesterday was it.”

The news of Blue’s death reached his former catcher, Dave Duncan, late Sunday afternoon in Tucson, Arizona. Duncan, 77, was tending to his grandchildren but paused for a moment to share what he saw from behind the plate in 1971.

The left-handed Blue went 24-8 with a 1.82 ERA that season, spinning 24 complete games and eight shutouts and working 312 innings, the most in nearly 60 years by a pitcher in his first full season. He won the American League’s MVP award and the Cy Young, and there was nothing subtle about it.

“If he threw 120 pitches, 115 of them were fastballs,” said Duncan, a longtime pitching coach after his playing career. “He

hardly ever threw a curveball and didn’t have a change-up. He had great control of it — he’d put it right on the hands of right-handers and right on the hands of left-handers — and he didn’t miss. He was amazing.”

The 1971 season was staggering then, incomprehensible now. Blue lost his first start and then won eight in a row, all complete games. From June 1 through July 21, he averaged more than nine innings in a stretch of 11 starts (twice he went 11 innings).

In his next start, on three days’ rest, Blue got a break: With fans jamming every corner of Tiger Stadium in Detroit, where he’d won the All-Star Game earlier that month, Blue worked only six innings. He gave up one hit and no earned runs, improving to 19-3 with a 1.37 ERA.

“He was magnetic,” said La Russa, who watched from the bench that day. “His fame spread so quickly, and he was so dynamic, that people started coming just to watch him — and he delivered. It was a circus. It was like Mark McGwire, as a hitter, in ’98 and ’99.”

Buck Martinez, a former catcher, struck out all three times he faced Blue in 1971, and 15 times overall, his most against any pitcher in a 17-year career. Martinez does remember an occasional curve amid the furi-

ous fastballs — “You could hear it spin, it was so tight,” he said — and the whirl of excitement that followed Blue everywhere.

“He was much better than Mark Fidrych, but he drew the same attention as the Bird did in ’76,” Martinez said, using Fidrych’s nickname. “Everybody wanted to see Vida pitch, even if he was gonna stick it to you.”

Blue was a national sensation. On the road, his starts were the highest-attended non-opening day games for six AL teams: Baltimore, Boston, Detroit, Kansas City, the Washington Senators and the Angels. At the Coliseum, his 20 starts accounted for 40% of the season attendance.

It was a happening, and Blue, just 22 years old, had all the markings of crossover stardom: a Time magazine cover, a name-drop on “The Brady Bunch,” a spot on Bob Hope’s goodwill tour to military bases in South Vietnam; Okinawa, Japan; Thailand; and beyond. His contract talks with Charlie O. Finley, the A’s penurious owner, made for comedy fodder.

Blue: “Mr. Finley is a very persuasive man. He pointed out that I used only one arm last season.”

Hope: “So you’ll sign the same contract for next year? You’ll pitch for the same money?”

Blue: “Sure. Right-handed.”

Blue actually was a switch-hitter, and remains the answer to one of the great trivia questions: who was the last switchhitter to win American League MVP? He

was not much of a hitter (.104 for his career) but carried himself with uncommon athletic grace.

“It was like watching Bo Jackson walk onto the baseball field, or Mike Trout,” said Martinez, a longtime broadcaster. “I was 10 years old when Willie Mays walked onto Seals Stadium for the first time and I was like, ‘Wow, that’s Willie Mays.’ You could tell. You didn’t have to see him do anything, and you didn’t have to see his number. But you knew that was Willie Mays. Same with Vida Blue.”

Growing up in Louisiana, Blue’s passion was football: He wore No. 32 for Jim Brown, idolized Johnny Unitas and reveled in doing it all — quarterback, cornerback, punts, kick returns. He turned down a football scholarship to the University of Houston after the death of his father, Vida Sr., a steelworker.

Blue, the oldest of six children, became the family provider. He got a $25,000 bonus from the A’s, but he struggled to extract much more from Finley. He later turned down $2,000 from Finley to change his first name to “True,” as in True Blue — the name he shared with his father mattered so much to Blue that eventually he wore VIDA on his back.

It was all part of Blue’s style, an appealing package of talent and flair that inspired future ace left-handers: a gangly kid from Livermore High in California named Randy Johnson, and a man from Vallejo, California, named Carsten Charles Sabathia Sr., whose son, C.C., became a member of the Black Aces.

Longtime pitcher Jim “Mudcat” Grant used that term as the title of his 2006 book celebrating all the Black pitchers with 20 wins in a season. There are 15 such pitchers, with Sabathia (in 2010) and another left-hander, David Price (2012), as the most recent members.

Black participation in the majors has dwindled since Blue’s era, with rising costs for amateurs, limited availability of college scholarships and the tremendous depth in international talent. Norris, 68, who joined the club in 1980, said Blue’s death was a reminder of what the sport is missing.

“The Black pitchers had more swag than everybody else,” Norris said. “I took pride in that. It’s an attitude, man, walk out there like you’re the greatest. The opposing team is like animals — they smell fear, and you combat that with your own ego.

“That’s all it is, it’s ego. And that’s one thing Vida can take to the grave: He was one of the greatest.”

Vida Blue threw a no-hitter in 1970 and exploded with a dominant season in 1971.

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Aries (Mar 21-April 20)

Share your skills today, Aries. You will find that as you engage in the role of teacher, you learn more than if you just hold onto your knowledge without sharing it. You will be challenged in ways you didn’t even think possible. Perhaps you will be forced to do a little research when questions arise that you don’t know how to answer.

Taurus (April 21-May 21)

Don’t underestimate the power of other people today, Taurus. They may seem flighty and scatterbrained on the outside, but underneath you will find that they have a great deal of wisdom to share. It might take some probing on your part to draw this wisdom out, but once you do, the outpouring of information will richly reward you.

Gemini (May 22-June 21)

Remember that there’s a benevolent force out there that loves you, Gemini. No matter what, there’s always a shoulder to cry on, even if it isn’t a tangible one. Even in your darkest moments, you’re never alone. Let this knowledge carry you through the day. Feel free to share it with others who seem like they could use a lift.

Cancer (June 22-July 23)

Don’t hesitate to say the obvious today, Cancer, even if it sounds corny. Many times people hesitate to say what they really feel because they think it’s obvious to everyone. The truth of the matter is that most people aren’t mind readers and probably aren’t picking up on the subtle signals that you send out. Help them by speaking frankly.

Leo (July 24-Aug 23)

Look to older figures for advice today, Leo. Seek counsel with a parent or grandparent on issues you feel strongly about. Relationships with older people are likely to go especially well, and you will find you can break through barriers that may have existed between you and a certain member of your family. Make a conscious effort to patch any rifts among your closest kin.

Virgo (Aug 24-Sep 23)

Consider composing a bit of poetry today, Virgo. Use this as an exercise to condense your ocean of emotions into a very few words. You might find that a great deal of your inner turmoil really boils down to just one or two central things. Let your written words express this as succinctly as possible.

Libra (Sep 24-Oct 23)

Just because your emotions are reserved or somber today doesn’t mean you shouldn’t share them with others, Libra. Work through difficulties by processing your feelings and running them by someone close. Keep your interaction limited to just one person at a time so you don’t get overshadowed by a third party who wants to get their opinion in at the same time.

Scorpio (Oct 24-Nov 22)

You may need to jump to many different people and situations today, Scorpio, yet something is holding you back. Listen to this inner voice that’s asking you to be conservative at this time. You have many more profound things to say when you filter your thoughts through a large funnel. Be open and accepting of many things, but only allow a limited outflow.

Sagittarius (Nov 23-Dec 21)

You may need to jump to many different people and situations today, Scorpio, yet something is holding you back. Listen to this inner voice that’s asking you to be conservative at this time. You have many more profound things to say when you filter your thoughts through a large funnel. Be open and accepting of many things, but only allow a limited outflow.

Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 20)

Feel free to break ties with certain people now, Capricorn. You may be overextending your emotional bank account by investing too much of yourself in others’ lives. You may not even realize how much this sort of action taxes you until you rid yourself of unnecessary baggage. Make phone calls shorter and time in the bathtub longer.

Aquarius (Jan 21-Feb 19)

Less is more should be your motto for today, Aquarius. The more you cut back in certain areas of your life, the more room you open up to bring in new and exciting things. Go ahead and say no to people, and don’t feel badly about it. Take care of yourself and your needs as much as you take care of the needs of the people around you.

Pisces (Feb 20-Mar 20)

Less is more should be your motto for today, Aquarius. The more you cut back in certain areas of your life, the more room you open up to bring in new and exciting things. Go ahead and say no to people, and don’t feel badly about it. Take care of yourself and your needs as much as you take care of the needs of the people around you.

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