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Monday, May 30, 2022

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he U.S. House Natural Resources Committee will hold meetings from Thursday to Saturday in Puerto Rico on the draft of proposed legislation that seeks to resolve the ongoing debate over the U.S. island territory’s political status. Committee Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) will lead a bipartisan group of members of Congress, including Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.) and Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón (R-P.R.), to seek input on the draft of the proposed Puerto Rico Status Act. While Grijalva initially said there would be public hearings, González Colón clarified that there will be meetings with local officials. On May 19, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) announced along with other Puerto Rico officials the Puerto Rico Status Act discussion draft legislation, a consensus bill on how to deal with the U.S. commonwealth’s status. If eventually passed in the U.S. House and Senate, the Puerto Rico Status Act would create and fund a process for Puerto Rico residents to participate in a binding vote to determine the island’s political relationship with the U.S. The ballot would not include the current commonwealth status, according to the draft. Voters would instead choose between three options: statehood, sovereignty in free association with the U.S., and independence. Under the legislation, Puerto Ricans would maintain their U.S. citizenship under all options for at least one generation. Those born after Puerto Rico becomes independent or a freely associated state would not be U.S. citizens. If Puerto Rico chooses statehood, the U.S. would begin the process of admitting it as the nation’s 51st state, the draft says. If the island chooses free association, it would be independent but share some agreed-upon functions with the U.S. government. If it chooses independence, it would be a sovereign nation. The 51-page-long document says a vote would take place on Nov. 5, 2023. If no option earns a majority vote, there would be a runoff election in March 2024. The draft legislation is a mixture of the Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act (HR 2070) and the Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act (HR 1522).

U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) The Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act is sponsored by Velázquez and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-N.Y.). The bill tried to address the perennial status question by means of a status assembly. The Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act was sponsored by González Colón and Rep. Darren Soto (D-Fla.). The bill aims for an up or down vote on statehood, following the 2020 territorial plebiscite in which statehood obtained a 52.5 percent majority. The consensus bill has been criticized by some local officials because it did not include the commonwealth status as an option and because of the citizenship provisions. It also comes in the face of the 2022 midterm elections, and critics believe it will not be passed by Congress.

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Governor signs bill to study the impact of COVID-19 By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

ov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia announced on Sunday that he had signed into law a package of 10 legislative measures, including Administration Bill 17 (Senate Joint Resolution [SJR] 71), which orders various government agencies, along with the private sector, to conduct an exhaustive study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the island. “For more than two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted everyone’s lives and despite the fact that unemployment statistics are the lowest in history, and that our tourism industry has been recovering positively, along with other sectors of our economy, it is important that we have a study and specific data on the impact of the pandemic in Puerto Rico,” the governor said in a written statement. “Recommendations from the public and private sectors will help us continue establishing strategies for economic development and quality of life on the island.” On the part of the government, the study will be directed by the Puerto Rico Planning Board in collaboration with the Department of Labor and Human Resources, the Office of Management and Budget, the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority and the Treasury Department. The Department of Economic Development and Commerce, the Municipal Revenues Collection Center, the Puerto Rico Innovation and Technology Service and the departments of Health and Education will also participate. Representing the private sector will be the Chamber of Commerce, the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association and the Society for Human Resources Management, Puerto Rico Chapter.

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi The agencies and private entities that are part of the study must submit their findings to the governor and the Legislative Assembly within a term not exceeding 180 days. In the document, among other things, they must analyze the effects of the pandemic on health, commerce, small and midsize enterprises, tourism, real estate, agriculture, services, and construction, among other things. Likewise, they must issue recommendations on possible legislation and regulatory measures that guarantee economic recovery. Among the other measures signed by the governor are two Senate bills that amend the Rules of Criminal Procedure in the Puerto Rico Penal Code. With Senate Bill (SB) 192, an existing gap in the current Criminal Code regarding the arrest process is corrected. With the signing of the measure, it is now clear that arrest warrants can be served at any time of the day or night, except in the case of a misdemeanor, in which case the arrest cannot be made at night unless the

judge who issued the order authorizes it. The governor also signed SB 263 amending Rule 22 to authorize and regulate the simultaneous representation of people accused of crimes in an apparent conflict of interest. Both measures, which were approved unanimously, were endorsed by the Department of Justice. Another security-related measure that was signed into law is SB 339, which amends the 2018 Adopt a Barracks Law so that citizens, businesses and non-profit organizations, among others, can adopt a fire station of the Firefighters Bureau and thereby contribute to maintenance work. Regarding the municipalities, the governor signed Senate bills 517 and 303, as well as SJR 235. With the first measure, the Municipal Code of Puerto Rico is amended in order to reduce from 10 to 5 years the term of adjudication for property declared a public nuisance by a municipality when there are one or more heirs to the property and the property is not claimed within that term. The measure was favored by the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Justice, and both island mayors’ organizations. Meanwhile, SB 303 increases the maternity period for municipal employees from 8 to 16 weeks. The increase is made possible by increasing the period to four weeks before delivery with 12 weeks after delivery for the care and attention of the child. The bill was endorsed by the Mayors Federation but not by the Mayors Association. Some municipalities have already amended their ordinances to provide employees with more rest time after childbirth. The municipality of San Juan established a maternity leave period of 24 weeks. With SJR 235, the municipality of Bayamón is reassigned $50,000 from the funds allocated in Joint Resolution 41-2020 to carry out permanent works and improvements.

LUMA ordered to file draft rate designs for EV system by Tuesday By THE STAR STAFF

s the Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) gave the green lights to streetlighting distribution projects in three municipalities, the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) has ordered LUMA Energy to file by Tuesday the draft for rate designs for an Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Infrastructure Deployment Plan. On June 15, there will be a technical hearing and on June 30, LUMA must file a final proposal for one or more rate designs. On Sept. 1, LUMA must file a draft for an EV plan, which will be followed by a hearing on Sept. 15. The final EV plan must be filed by Sept. 30. The environmental organization CAMBIO PR has said the deployment of electric vehicles would significantly increase electricity demand in Puerto Rico and requires forethought and planning for the necessary infrastructure upgrades. Switching from a gasoline vehicle to a comparable electric vehicle today in Puerto Rico would result in a reduction in

CO2 emissions per mile of between 20% and 33%, depending on which of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s units are the marginal generators, the group said. “However, Puerto Rico should avoid the situation where EV deployment increases demand for fossil fuel-based generation,” CAMBIO PR said. “It is thus essential that deployment of electric vehicles go hand in hand with the accelerated deployment of renewable energy on the grid. Under scenarios of much higher renewable energy deployment, in which electric vehicle charging can avoid curtailment of solar generation, the emissions reduction benefit of electric vehicles will be much higher.” “Aggressive deployment of electric vehicles in Puerto Rico, in line with the targets set by the states of New York and California of eliminating sales of gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035, would result in a significant increase in electricity consumption,” the group said. “We estimate that if electric vehicle sales ramp up to 100% of new vehicle sales by 2035, this would result in an increase in annual electricity.”

It is estimated that switching from gasoline vehicles to comparable electric vehicles in Puerto Rico would result in a reduction in CO2 emissions per mile of between 20% and 33%.

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Monday, May 30, 2022

Bondholders: PREPA can raise rates to pay debt if mediation fails By THE STAR STAFF

uerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) bondholders warned in a Title III bankruptcy court motion that if no consensual debt agreement to restructure PREPA’s $9 billion debt can be reached in mediation, which was extended to July 1, they will seek to collect their debt, which the utility can pay by increasing rates. “The PREPA Bondholders have been trying to consensually resolve this case for years. In fact, they entered into three agreements already to do just that,” the bondholders said. “If no consensual agreement can be reached in mediation, the PREPA Bondholders are fully prepared to litigate all of the various issues, and demonstrate the absurdity and bad faith of the evolving positions adopted by the various parties in this case, as well as PREPA’s ability to pay its bondholders.” “Before we embark upon years of costly litigation, the parties should take the opportunity in mediation to try to reach one more settlement agreement that would finally facilitate a confirmable plan of adjustment,” the group said in a filing last week.

U.S. District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain

PREPA reached an agreement to settle its debt in 2019 but failed to implement it and earlier this year, the government canceled the proposed restructuring deal. U.S. District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain recognized the lack of progress and on March 8 instructed the Financial Oversight and Management Board to file, by no later than June 1, either a plan of adjustment, a term sheet for a plan of adjustment, a litigation schedule, or a declaration and memorandum of law showing cause why the court should not dismiss the Title III case. “After five years without any progress having been made towards a confirmable plan of adjustment, and numerous instances of the government parties committing an about-face and abandoning longstanding settlement agreements, the PREPA Bondholders intend to move to dismiss this case and/or seek appointment of a receiver absent a consensual resolution. At some point, enough is enough,” the PREPA bondholders said in an informative motion to clarify certain aspects of the case. Swain agreed on May 27 to a petition from the oversight board to extend the process of mediation until July 1, dismissing a request from the Unsecured Creditors Committee (UCC) to allow for litigation on two issues, which it called threshold issues. The issues the UCC wanted litigated were whether PREPA bondholders’ security interest is limited to funds actually deposited into specified accounts held by the PREPA bond trustee in the amount of some $8 million as of PREPA’s petition date, and whether the PREPA bonds are non-recourse obligations such that the PREPA bondholders have no claim against, and are not entitled to distributions from PREPA for any difference between the face amount of the bonds and the funds on deposit in the specified accounts. The UCC said PREPA’s bond counsel at the time of issuance of the PREPA bonds explicitly stated that the PREPA bonds are “payable solely from the Sinking Fund.” While the oversight board said the UCC had raised valid issues concerning the bondholders’ security interest and allowability of their claims, it noted that the issues must be factored into any settlement. After Swain had agreed to extend the mediation to July to allow for a settlement of the debt deal, the bondholders making up the Ad Hoc Group of PREPA Bondholders, Assured Guaranty Corp. and Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp., National Public

Man in critical condition after car strikes horse on expressway By THE STAR STAFF

24-year-old man was seriously injured after the car he was driving collided with a horse at kilometer 76.7 of the PR-52 expressway in Santa Isabel at around 4:25 a.m. on Sunday. According to the police report, the man, who was driving a 2022 Mitsubishi Mirage, was transported by

emergency paramedics to the San Cristóbal hospital in Ponce. He was accompanied by a 24-year-old woman who was slightly injured. Officer Caroline Álvarez of the Salinas Highway Division is in charge of the investigation. Information on the condition of the horse had not been reported as of press time.

Finance Guarantee Corp., and Syncora Guarantee Inc. filed a motion to refute the UCC’s remarks, which were echoed by the oversight board. The bondholders said the UCC and the oversight board were mistaken in their assertion that litigation regarding the PREPA bonds will be simple and straightforward, “as it requires merely an examination of so-called ‘Threshold Issues,’ consisting of various attempts to invalidate the bondholders’ liens and the UCC’s spurious claim that the PREPA bonds are non-recourse against PREPA.” “The UCC in particular claims that the issues are purely legal issues, which could be resolved expeditiously,” the bondholders said. “These arguments are entirely divorced from reality.” The bondholders said the threshold issues would be far more complicated and time consuming than the UCC and the oversight board suggest. “The UCC posits that these issues have been extensively briefed due to a claim objection that it filed and a bare complaint from the Oversight Board that was filed and immediately stayed. This is wrong,” the bondholders said. “Neither the PREPA trustee nor the bondholders have ever answered the complaint or the claim objection as they were prohibited from doing so under the PREPA RSA, and thus this Court has not yet had the opportunity to review the bondholders’ responses.” The bondholders said that if the parties were to litigate those issues, bondholders would prevail in demonstrating that they have valid and perfected liens because bond documents contain protections of their interests. Bondholders insisted that PREPA can afford debt payments by increasing rates. “What the UCC and the Oversight Board fail to take into account is that the litigation they describe is ultimately futile,” the bondholders said. “Notwithstanding the indefatigable desire of certain parties to these cases to reduce recoveries to bondholders whether or not the economic facts on the ground justify such a reduction, PREPA can afford the rates necessary to pay bondholder claims in full, and absent a settlement is required to do so under the Bankruptcy Code. … Thus, even if the UCC or the Board were to succeed in their lien challenges – which they would not – PREPA would still be required to pay bondholders in full absent a settlement.”

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Canóvanas mayor: Island not fully prepared for the next major hurricane By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

t an educational event on hurricane season readiness that drew more than 3,000 residents on Sunday, Canóvanas Mayor Lornna Soto Villanueva clarified that “Puerto Rico is prepared to confront a hurricane with the resources we have available, but we are not completely ready yet.” Soto distributed educational material and first response equipment to residents of the northeastern municipality before the Atlantic hurricane season begins on Wednesday. “To be ready we need PRASA [the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority] to repair

Canóvanas Mayor Lornna Soto Villanueva

100 percent of the water pumps and make them dependent on solar energy. To be ready, LUMA [Energy] should have replaced 100 percent of the power lines and poles,” Soto said. “Even more so, [the island Department of] Natural [and Environmental] Resources should have granted us all the final permits to be able to clean all the rivers or causeways that we have within our region or that this state entity has not dredged.” The mayor added that telecommunications antennas must be improved and better protected to prevent cell phone signals from being lost. “To be ready, FEMA [the Federal Emergency Management Agency] must have established a new methodology for the current bureaucratic and often redundant and unnecessary processes,”

Soto said. “There is still a long way to go to be ready to face a hurricane like Maria. My municipality was the third most affected then and my people suffered a lot.” The mayor noted that “hurricanes Irma and Maria ravaged the island in 2017, and it is now that we see that allocations from FEMA are flowing with some movement.” “This is why in the next few days I am going to the United States to meet with senior leaders of federal agencies to present my demands,” she said. “In fact, it was because of this scenario that the Mayors Federation had to create, along with [La Fortaleza] Chief of Staff Noelia García, a work and follow-up committee to accelerate the reconstruction processes that are still pending.”

Office of the advocate for the disabled holds annual congress By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

ccording to data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau under the American Community Survey, of the just over 3 million people residing in Puerto Rico, almost 700,000 people -- the equivalent of 22% of the population -- present one or more disabilities. The eye-opening statistic was revealed last week by the island’s advocate for people with disabilities (DPI by its Spanish initials), Gabriel Corchado Méndez, at the office’s annual congress. Entitled “For Inclusion, Education and Equality,” the congress was attended by members of the population with disabilities, as well as parents, guardians, health professionals and public servants. Corchado Méndez pointed out that “[a] pproximately 140,000 people have hearing impairments, 210,000 people are visually impaired, almost 300,000 people have mental impairments

and 372,000 people have a disability of mobility.” “This is the highest percentage of all states and United States territories,” he said. “That is a reality with which we have to work and seek equity.” Corchado Méndez called on the Financial Oversight and Management Board to approve the office’s $1.5 million budget so that it can start that work without wasting any more time, so it can provide needed services to the deaf population. “In order to begin the process, we can start with an allocation of $350,00,” he said. The advocate insisted that “we must promote the inclusion of people with disabilities in the tasks of society, without regard to their condition.” “We are waging the good fight for the need for interpreters for the deaf population, to educate students with disabilities, remove barriers, help in times of emergency and manage the mental health crisis that has worsened during this COVID-19 pandemic,” Corchado Méndez

defend.” “There is still much to do, and the advocate is just one more soldier in this battlefront for inclusion and equality,” Corchado Méndez said. “There are other soldiers, the ones we have to thank, which are all those non-profit organizations that give direct service to our population with disabilities.” The event featured several government and nonprofit organizations that serve the population, such as the Office of the Advocate for the Elderly, Independent Living Outreach Movement, Support for Parents of Children with Disabilities, Office of the Patients’ Advocate, Red Cross, Pavia Health, Spina Bifida Association, Vocational Rehabilitation Administration, Pro Independent Life Center, Health Department, Lions Club District 51E, Metropolitan Bus Authority, ASSMCA PAS Line, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Deaf United of Puerto Rico, Institute of Disabilities Gabriel Corchado Méndez, the island’s and University Center for Excellence in Education and Service, among others. advocate for people with disabilities

said. “These are just a few examples of the needs of our population.” The advocate noted that “minorities sometimes become silent majorities that have to find their own voice, and for this reason, there is the Advocate for People with Disabilities, to support them in their empowerment and educate the population in general about the rights that we

Business training & mentoring program to focus on young aspiring entrepreneurs By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

nactus Puerto Rico will offer a business training and mentoring program for teenagers and young adults during June and July. “Young people will participate in an intensive training, business development and mentoring program for five days,” Enactus Puerto Rico Director Rody Rivera Rojas announced late last week in a written statement. “The goal

is to lead them to identify tangible solutions to market needs, using business and innovation as the force to promote change and achieve social, economic and environmental sustainability in Puerto Rico and the world.” He said the purpose of the summer program is for the participants to obtain professional development experience and the necessary tools for social entrepreneurship. Those interested in participating must be between 16 and 29 years old or be university

students. Registration is through the internet and is structured according to the applicant’s residential area: north, south, east and west. As a result of the intensive program conducted by Enactus Puerto Rico, attendees will learn the “Methodology for the Development of Social Enterprises,” unique to Enactus, and will have access to a manual with practical modules on all processes for a business plan and mentoring by stages of the process with local business leaders from the private sector

and the government. Additionally, they will prepare to present their entrepreneurial projects before a panel of business experts who maintain a local and international presence. Likewise, they will participate in a biweekly meeting for the development of the project that they will lead as an entrepreneur. More information is available at www. enactuspuertorico.com or visit the Facebook page @EnactusPuertoRico.

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Monday, May 30, 2022

As shooting continued, officers questioned commander’s decision to wait By J. DAVID GOODMAN, MIKE BAKER, EILEEN SULLIVAN and EDGAR SANDOVAL

rom the first minutes after a gunman began shooting, officers descended on Robb Elementary School. Local police from the town of Uvalde. County sheriff’s deputies. Agents from the federal Border Patrol. But none of the growing number of agencies had control over the scores of officers at the scene on Tuesday of what would become the deadliest school shooting since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School a decade ago. That fell to the chief of a small police department created only four years ago to help provide security at Uvalde’s eight schools. Its chief, Pedro Arredondo, had ordered the assembled officers to hold off on storming the two adjoining classrooms where the gunman had already fired more than 100 rounds at the walls, the door and the terrified fourth graders locked inside with him, the state police said. As Uvalde lurched into a holiday weekend of somber gatherings and free public barbecues, questions mounted over Arredondo, the role of the police and whether any of the 21 lives that were lost could have been saved. At a vigil Saturday evening, hundreds of mourners met in the parking lot behind Sacred Heart Catholic Church and were urged by the pastor not to dwell in anger. On Sunday, emotions continued to run high with a scheduled visit from President Joe Biden. The degree to which some law enforcement officers on the scene disagreed with the decision to hold back became more apparent Saturday, as more became known about their frustrations in the protracted chaos of Tuesday’s shooting. Specially trained agents from the Border Patrol, who arrived more than 40 minutes after the shooting had begun, had yelled for permission to go in and confront the gunman. “What is your problem?” they asked, according to an official briefed on the response. Inside the classrooms, children whose classmates lay dead around them quietly called 911 over and over again, at times pleading with dispatchers to send police in to rescue them. Roland Gutierrez, who represents the area in the state Senate, said the family of one of the children killed told him that their daughter had been struck by a single bullet to the back and had bled to death. “It is possible she could have been saved, if they had done their jobs,” Gutierrez said. Ultimately, the police officers assembled outside won permission to enter the classroom. A team of tactical officers from the Border Patrol and local police agencies breached the door and killed the 18-year-old gunman, Salvador Ramos, after he had killed 19 children and two teachers inside. The decision to wait appeared to those agents at the time, and to many policing experts afterward, as out-of-step with practices that have been in place in departments around the country for two decades since the deadly shooting at Columbine High School in 1999. “The change from Columbine has not necessarily been accepted by agencies across the country, and that’s what you

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visit a memorial for those killed in Tuesday’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, outside the school in Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday, May 29, 2022. saw in this situation,” said Chuck Wexler, the head of the Police Executive Research Forum, a Washington-based think tank. “There are still departments in this country where there is ambiguity about this policy.” Others, including some that have provided active shooter trainings, have counseled that rushing in may not always be the best approach. “When the story is ultimately told, he did exactly what they were trained for and based on pragmatic experience in the fog of war,” said John-Michael Keyes, whose group conducts active shooter trainings for police officers and school districts in Texas, speaking of Arredondo. Two officers from the Uvalde Police Department were shot through the locked door to the classroom in the first minutes of the attack, and fell back into the hallway with grazing wounds. Officers were told, under Arredondo’s direction, that the situation had evolved from one with an active shooter — which would call for immediately attacking the gunman, even before rescuing other children — to one with a barricaded subject, which would call for a slower approach, officials said. That appeared to be an incorrect assessment, according to the state police director, Steven McCraw: Gunfire could sporadically be heard inside the rooms, including on continuing 911 calls by the children. Part of the investigation into the shooting and the police response included whether Arredondo knew about the 911 calls that were coming in, suggesting a possible breakdown in communications during the chaotic and deadly event, according to an official briefed on the inquiry, which is being led by the Texas Rangers. Investigators were also looking into whether an attempt was made, during the standoff, to take incident command away from Arredondo. Gil Kerlikowske, a former Seattle police chief who later served as the head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said he was surprised to hear that the chief of the school district police force, which has only six officers, was the incident commander during the shooting.

While the school grounds may have been the district’s jurisdiction, Kerlikowske said, he would have expected the district to promptly defer control to the city police department, which would have more experience with major incidents. He said city police might then pass along control to an agency like the Texas Department of Public Safety, once it was established on scene. The Border Patrol agents who arrived at the chaotic scene Tuesday were surprised at the absence of specially equipped and trained officers from the local police department who were capable of raiding the classrooms, said the official familiar with the federal agency’s response. The Uvalde Police Department, which has employed about 40 sworn officers in recent years, uses some of its members as a kind of SWAT team, often for drug seizures, according to the department’s annual reports. It was not clear why a Border Patrol team that was a 40-minute drive away was instead asked to lead the assault. The failures in the response probably extended beyond the decisions made by one small police department, said Gutierrez, the state senator. “How can you blame it all on a chief of police of a school district with six cops?” Gutierrez said. “Everybody failed here.” Among the first 911 calls of a gunman on the loose Tuesday came not from the school but from a house nearby. The gunman, who lived with his grandmother a few streets away, had shot her in the face — a bullet striking near her right eye — and fled toward the school with his weapons, two AR-15-style rifles. Maria and Gilberto Gallegos, two retired neighbors who were outside at the time, heard two gun blasts from directly across the street. All of a sudden, the gunman came bounding out of the front door with a backpack and a duffel bag and jumped into his grandmother’s pickup truck. “He didn’t know how to drive,” said Gilbert Gallegos, the couple’s son, who relayed their account. “He was just revving, pushing down on the gas. Finally, he peels out, and the tires are throwing pebbles all over.” At that point, he said, the gunman’s grandmother, Celia Martinez Gonzales, walked out of her house, her gait steady but her face streaming with blood. “She says in Spanish to my parents, ‘Look what happened,’” Gilbert Gallegos said. Maria Gallegos called 911 — first at 11:33 a.m. and then two minutes later. Police arrived soon after, followed by an ambulance. Even before they arrived, he said, his parents could hear gunfire in the area of Robb Elementary School. Jay Martin, 48, who lives near the school, said he ran to the scene with a friend after they first heard gunshots. His own daughter, now 12, had once been a student of Eva Mireles, one of the teachers killed, he said Saturday as he stood at a victims’ memorial in a central square. “Why did they take so long? That’s part of being a police officer, putting your life on the line for someone else,” he said. Now, he added, “there’s a lot of furious people.”

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Monday, May 30, 2022

Hundreds gather in Uvalde to share their grief By RICK ROJAS

n Saturday night, the Uvalde community gathered again, this time in the parking lot behind Sacred Heart Catholic Church, remembering the teachers and students killed at Robb Elementary School and finding ways to navigate their grief together. “We want you to know you are not alone,” Jaclyn Gonzales, a parishioner at the church who organized the vigil in roughly 24 hours, told the crowd of a few hundred.

By the time they assembled, filling the parking lot as they set out folding chairs, the sun that had scorched Uvalde on Saturday had settled, giving way to golden light and a pleasant breeze. Stuffed animals, rosaries and snacks were handed out. A memorial had been set up with photographs of the victims along with flowers and candles. Father Eduardo Morales, the pastor at Sacred Heart, acknowledged the anguish surging through the community, and that anger was a natural part of grief. But he cautioned the crowd

to not dwell on it. “It’s OK to be angry,” the priest said, adding, “Do not allow it to turn into hate.” People from the parish and the broader community took turns stepping to a microphone, sharing a personal note about their own grief. A local optometrist noted that six of the victims had been his patients. Then, they read from profiles that had been published by the news media in Texas and beyond attempting to capture the essence of the lives that were lost, however short. “Tess liked TikTok dancing videos, Ariana Grande and getting her hair curled, The Wash-

ington Post reported,” one of the community members said, discussing Tess Marie Mata, 10, who also played the same position on her softball team as her favorite Houston Astros player (second base). The remembrances were punctuated by songs sung by young musicians from the community. “So lay down your burdens, lay down your shame,” they sang. “All who are broken, lift up your face. Oh, wanderer come home. You’re not too far. So, lay down your hurt, lay down your heart. Come as you are.”

Amid discord, NRA members voice support of the group’s leader, Wayne LaPierre By LUKE VANDER PLOEG

aturday’s session of the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting was marked by controversy both inside and outside the convention hall. Across the street, chants of “Say their names” and “It’s on your hands” greeted attendees as protesters gathered behind a police barrier for the second day in a row. Outside the convention hall, NRA members lined up to watch the protesters. Police officers on foot

DIRECTOR FUNERAL AUTORIZADO People outside the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Houston on May 27, 2022. After an opening day characterized by big name speakers, bombastic rhetoric and a mass of protesters just across the street from the convention hall doors, attendees at Saturday’s session of the meeting are likely to find a more subdued set of events.

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and horseback patrolled the road in between. Levi Klein, 23, was protesting. A lifelong Houston resident, Klein says he grew up with guns. He said his father was a member of the NRA, although he wasn’t sure if he was at the convention that day. “I know how profound and in the culture it is for Texans to own guns,” he said. “Protesting and showing people that we want a change is the only way that we’re going to make enough noise for anything to happen.” Around midafternoon, about 10 members of the far-right, white nationalist group the Proud Boys arrived and began their own counterprotest. The two groups ended up in

verbal confrontation. Police stepped in to keep the two groups apart until the Proud Boys left a short time later. Inside the convention hall, the annual membership meeting of the group was not without controversy either. The meeting functioned as a forum for NRA leadership to address members and for members to present motions on issues facing the organization to be voted on. During the debate on a motion to commend its CEO, Wayne LaPierre, for his leadership, some members rose to criticize him and the board of directors. “In the last few years, you have brought

questioning and shame down on the NRA,” said one member who got up to speak. He and others cited accusations of mismanagement and misuse of NRA funds that have been leveled against LaPierre in recent years along with what they saw as the organization’s failure to adequately defend Second Amendment rights. “While I appreciate what Mr. LaPierre has done,” said another member who rose to speak against the resolution, “Mr. LaPierre is not the NRA. I am the NRA. These people are the NRA.” His comments were met with scattered applause. The carnage at an elementary school Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday and issues surrounding mass shootings were almost entirely absent from Saturday’s discussion, and the members largely supported LaPierre’s leadership in the face of allegations of mismanagement. “This is something that was started from our political enemies, and some of our internal enemies jumped on this to try to foster their positions,” said another man who rose to talk. “It’s time we pulled together and fought the enemy, not internally.” The discussion comes as the group continues to battle a lawsuit by NewYork Attorney General Letitia James The suit, which began in 2020, has accused the NRA of corruption and misspending and originally sought to shutter the institution. A judge in New York State Court recently ruled that the lawsuit cannot force the NRA to disband but that James could still seek a resolution through fines or other penalties. In the end, the motion to commend LaPierre was passed by a strong majority. NRA board members will vote today on whether to reelect LaPierre for another one-year term as CEO.

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Woman gets 15 months in prison for punching flight attendant in the face By VIMAL PATEL

California woman who repeatedly punched a Southwest Airlines flight attendant last year, bloodying her face and chipping three of her teeth, was sentenced late last week to 15 months in federal prison, prosecutors said. Vyvianna M. Quinonez, 29, of Sacramento, will also have to pay nearly $26,000 in restitution and a $7,500 fine, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California. A video of the attack, which occurred in May 2021, was widely viewed on social media. U.S. District Judge Todd W. Robinson also ordered Quinonez to be on supervised release for three years after completing her sentence, during which she will be barred from flying on any commercial aircraft. The assault came amid a surge of unruly and violent behavior by passengers who shoved, struck and yelled at flight attendants. Within days of the attack, two major airlines, American and Southwest, postponed plans to begin serving alcohol again on flights, in an effort to stop the behavior. Both airlines have since resumed alcohol sales. “Violence on aircraft endangers the lives of all onboard,” Randy Grossman, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California, said in a statement Friday. “Attacks on flight crew members, who perform vital jobs to ensure passenger safety, will not be tolerated.” A lawyer for Quinonez, who pleaded guilty in December in connection with the

The assault, which occurred on a Southwest Airlines flight from Sacramento to San Diego on May 21, 2021, came amid a surge of unruly and violent behavior by passengers. assault, could not immediately be reached for comment late Friday. In a letter filed with the court May 20, Quinonez apologized for assaulting the flight attendant. She said she had been depressed and humiliated because of the negative attention. The experience, she said, “changed me profoundly.” On May 23, 2021, near the end of a flight from Sacramento to San Diego, a flight attendant asked Quinonez to buckle her seat belt, put up her tray table and “wear her face mask properly,” prosecutors said.

Quinonez used her phone to film the flight attendant and pushed the woman, prosecutors said. The attack escalated from there, as captured on video by another passenger. Quinonez, who was sitting in an aisle seat, stood up and punched the attendant in the face multiple times, according to the video. She also grabbed her hair before the attendant was able to move back up the aisle. Several passengers grabbed at Quinonez’s clothes to try to stop her. Prosecutors said the flight attendant, who was not named in court documents,

was taken to a hospital with injuries that included a swollen eye, a bruised arm and a cut under her eye that had to be stitched. They said she also had three chipped teeth, two of which had to be replaced with crowns. According to court documents, Quinonez sought a sentence of time served, while prosecutors had requested four months in custody and six months in home confinement. In imposing the longer sentence, Robinson “strongly considered the need for general deterrence,” Jaclyn Stahl, an assistant U.S. attorney, said in an email. “He explained that the victims included not just the flight attendant victim and Southwest Airlines but all passengers on the plane that day and flight attendants working in the industry,” Stahl said. In a letter dated May 18 and addressed to Robinson, a Southwest representative said the company wanted the sentence to serve as a deterrent to unruly and violent behavior. The letter said the company’s executive team had heard from “countless flight attendants” who felt under attack during a pandemic that pushed fear around travel to an all-time high. “What happened on Flight 700 was absolutely horrific,” wrote Sonya Lacore, a vice president at Southwest. “In my 20+ year career at Southwest, I have never seen such an inexcusable, violent assault of a flight attendant by a passenger. Even worse, the incident was captured on video and cast across television and media channels. “The video of the assault still sickens me,” she added.

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US to begin allowing migrants to apply for asylum under a new system “Individuals who qualify for asylum will receive protection more swiftly, and those who are not eligible will be promptly removed rather than remaining in the U.S. for years while their cases are pending,” Alejandro Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, said in a statement Thursday. “We are delivering justice quickly, while also ensuring due process.” The new plan, which went through months of formal review and public comment, is President Joe Biden’s first significant policy aimed at improving the asylum system, which he pledged to restore after its four years of decline during the Trump administration. The plan’s modest rollout comes during a period of record high migrant crossings along the southwestern border, The Biden administration said that on Tuesday it would start allowing a “few hundred” migrants a month to as people from countries around the world have fled poveruse a new process to request asylum, one intended to ty and violence over the past year, and particularly over the past month. Some of those migrants have been allowed into take months instead of years. the country to face removal proceedings under the existing By EILEEN SULLIVAN process, but more have been swiftly expelled under a public health rule known as Title 42, which has been in place since he Biden administration will begin to allow certain mi- the beginning of the pandemic. grants to ask for asylum as they arrive at the southwesOf the more than 700,000 people released into the tern border at the end of the month, even as it con- United States since Biden has been in office, most will be tinues to use a pandemic-era public health rule to quickly added to backlog of more than 1.7 million cases in the imturn migrants away without the option to seek it. migration court system. Outside of the few hundred asylum The new process, intended to deliver a decision within cases a month that will employ the new application process, months instead of the years it currently takes via the immi- the rest will continue to wend their way through the traditiogration court system, will apply to a “few hundred” migrants nal process in the immigration courts. a month, administration officials said. The migrants selected to be routed using the new The policy’s immediate effect is likely to be minimal, process will come from a very specific subset. It includes dwarfed by vast backlogs in the immigration system and a migrants who are placed in a special category that gives recent surge of migrants at the border, and it is far from immigration officials the authority to expel people without a broad restoration of access to asylum, which was curtai- a hearing, known as expedited removal; are being held in led during the Trump administration and again during the one of two immigration detention centers in Texas; and have pandemic. But if the Biden administration continues with its plans to move to Boston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, plan to roll out the policy in phases, it could represent the Newark, New Jersey, or San Francisco, the administration leading edge of what some experts see as the most swee- said. ping change to the asylum process in a quarter-century. Under the expedited removal process, border officials

ask migrants if they are afraid to return to their own countries. Those who say they are get scheduled for what is known as a credible fear interview with an asylum officer. Under the traditional system, migrants who pass those interviews join many others waiting in the United States, often for years, to appear before an immigration judge and officially apply for asylum. But under the new plan, migrants who pass the initial screening will then make their case to an asylum officer. Immigration advocates have criticized the new policy for not providing enough due process for migrants to build an asylum claim and appeal denials. And conservatives have argued that asylum decisions should be made by immigration judges, not asylum officers. Texas filed a lawsuit against the new plan, but it will not affect the rollout Tuesday. The Department of Homeland Security did not say how many recent migrants have met the specific criteria for people eligible in the initial rollout. In April, 6,383 migrants were placed in expedited removal proceedings, according to federal data. That is just 2% of the total apprehensions at the border that month. The administration had expected to stop using the public health rule this week and return to the normal immigration processes in place before the pandemic, which would have significantly expanded the number of people placed in expedited removal proceedings, and given them access to credible fear screenings. But a recent court order has forced the administration to keep the public health rule in place. The rule, intended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, gives border officials the authority to expel migrants who entered the country illegally without giving them a chance to ask for asylum. Another of the limited options for requesting asylum at the southwest border is through a Trump-era program that allows certain migrants to apply for asylum while they wait in Mexico until a decision is rendered. The Biden administration tried to end that program, calling it inhumane, but a court ordered that it be restored.

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Interested in solar panels? Here is some advice. By VIKAS BAJAJ

hanks to technological and manufacturing advances, costs for solar panels have tumbled in the last decade, making solar energy more popular for homeowners. But figuring out how to add a solar energy system to your roof can be daunting. Workers installed a solar and battery system this winter at my home in a New York City suburb. It was a major investment but has already begun paying off in lower utility bills and providing peace of mind that we will have at least some electricity during power outages, which are common here because storms often knock down power lines. Interest in rooftop solar systems is high and growing as energy prices rise and concerns about climate change mount. Many people are also worried about blackouts caused by extreme weather linked to climate change. A Pew Charitable Trust survey in 2019 found that 6% of Americans had already installed solar panels and that another 46% were considering it. “The biggest thing is that solar is a lot cheaper than it used to be even in places like New York City and Boston, where it tends to be more expensive than in the suburbs,” said Anika Wistar-Jones, director of affordable solar at Solar One, an environmental education nonprofit in New York City that helps affordable housing and low-income communities adopt solar energy. If you are interested in solar, here are some things to consider. Can you add solar panels to your roof? This question might seem simple, but finding the answer can be surprisingly complicated. One installer told me that my roof was so shaded by trees that solar panels would not generate enough electricity to make the investment worthwhile. Hearing another opinion was worth it: The installer I hired allayed those concerns and recommended some tree trimming. On sunny days my system often generates more power than my family uses. It can also be difficult to find out what your local government and utility will permit because the information is usually not readily available in plain language. I learned that lesson at my previous home. When I lived in New York City, it took months of research to learn that I couldn’t install panels on my roof. The city requires a large clear area on flat roofs like mine for firefighters to walk on, it turns out. And I couldn’t install solar panels on a canopy — a rooftop framework that elevates the panels — because it would violate a city height restriction for homes on my block. The best approach is to cast a wide net and talk to as many solar installers as you can. You might also consult neighbors who have put solar panels on their roofs: People in many parts of the country have banded together in what are known as solarize campaigns to jointly purchase solar panels to secure lower prices from installers. “That has been really successful in neighborhoods

Workers install solar panels on a rooftop in Brooklyn, Dec. 3, 2020. Thanks to technological and manufacturing advances, costs for solar panels have tumbled in the last decade. and communities all across the country,” said Gretchen Bradley, community solar manager at Solar One. Can I afford a solar installer? You should seek proposals from several installers. Comparison shopping services like EnergySage and SolarReviews make it easy to contact multiple installers. When reviewing proposals, pay attention to how much the system will cost per watt. This tells you how much you are paying for the system’s electricity-generating capacity and allows you to compare offers. The median quote for new rooftop solar systems is $2.75 per watt, according to EnergySage. That works out to about $26,125 for an average system of 9,500 watts before taking into account a federal tax credit. For the 2022 tax year, the credit stands at 26% of the cost of the solar system; it is slated to drop to 22% in 2023 and end in 2024. Many states, including Arizona, California, New York and Massachusetts, also offer residents incentives to install solar systems, such as rebates and tax breaks. Prices can vary greatly because of location, local labor costs and other factors, like what kind of home you live in and whether other work is needed before installation. If your roof is old or damaged, for example, it might need to be replaced before a solar system can be installed. Rooftop solar systems can reduce monthly utility bills, depending on electricity rates, how much energy a home uses and state policies. Systems that save more money will help buyers recoup their investment faster. Vikram Aggarwal, chief executive and founder of EnergySage, said solar systems should ideally pay for themselves within 10 years. The excess electricity that rooftop systems produce is sent to the electric grid, and utilities typically compensate homeowners for that energy through credits on their monthly bills. The value of those credits varies by state. How should I pay for it? If you can afford to buy a solar system outright, you will get the best deal by paying cash. Systems purchased

with loans or through leases tend to cost more, especially over the life of the contract. Shopping around is your best hedge against falling prey to dubious or predatory agreements. The main advantage of leasing a solar energy system is that your costs are typically fixed for the duration of the contract. But experts caution that leases can be hard to get out of and could become a burden when you sell your home, because buyers might not want to take on your contract. Aggarwal noted that leases “make sense” for some people who may not earn enough to claim the federal tax credit. He suggested that people interested in solar leases get three or four quotes from different installers. Should I buy a battery? Adding a battery to your solar system will allow you to store some of the excess electricity it generates to use during a blackout or in the evening and night. A solar system without a battery will not keep you supplied with power during an outage because most residential systems are automatically turned off when the grid goes down. Batteries can be expensive, especially if you want to run large appliances and provide power for many hours or days. A 10- to 12-kilowatt-hour battery, which can store roughly a third of a home’s typical daily electricity use, costs about $13,000, according to EnergySage. But another reason to buy a battery is that the federal tax credit for rooftop solar systems applies only to the costs of batteries that are purchased with solar panels, and not to batteries added in a different tax year. About 28% of residential solar systems installed in 2021 included batteries, up from 20% in 2020, according to a survey by EnergySage. If I can’t install solar panels, can I still buy solar energy? You might be able to join a community solar project, which are usually installed on open land or on the roofs of warehouses and other large buildings. While the rules vary by state, community solar programs generally work in similar ways. Members get two bills a month: one from the community solar project and one from their utility. The projects sell electricity at a discount to the rate charged by your utility, and each kilowatthour of power you buy shows up as a credit for a kilowatthour of energy on your utility bill. New Yorkers who join a community solar project, for example, can save about 10% on their monthly electricity bill, Bradley said. “It doesn’t cost anything to sign up or leave a project,” she added. While most states allow community solar, a majority of such projects are in just four states — Florida, Minnesota, New York and Massachusetts — according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. You can search for projects in your area on websites including EnergySage and PowerMarket or through state agencies, like the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.

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Monday, May 30, 2022

Gas prices hit new highs as summer driving season starts

Drivers fill their gas tanks at a Sunoco gas station in Sloatsburg, N.Y. on May 26, 2022. Gas prices nationwide have risen by nearly 50 cents a gallon over the last month. By CLIFFORD KRAUSS

ith the Russian invasion of Ukraine grinding on, drivers will have to shell out a lot more to fill up their cars as the summer travel season began this Memorial Day weekend. The price for regular gasoline in California has already risen to more than $6 a gallon, and it is virtually impossible to find gas for under $4 anywhere else. Nationwide, prices have risen by nearly 50 cents a gallon over the last month. The war in Ukraine is the most immediate cause for the jump in prices as global refiners, tanker companies and traders shun Russian exports, forcing up to 3 million barrels of oil a day off the market. Energy traders have also bid up oil prices in the expectation that Western governments will impose even tougher sanctions on Russia and its energy industry. But another reason for the high prices is that, despite them, motorists have not done much to burn a lot less gasoline. Analysts said people appeared to have a robust appetite for hitting the road as the United States recovered from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Fixing the problem would mean people would have to drive less,” said Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis at Oil

Price Information Service. “But people are saying: ‘I’m sorry, I’ve been in lockdown. I’m taking my vacation this summer.’” The national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline on Friday was $4.60, up from $3.04 a year ago, according to AAA. Airfares, which typically move up and down with jet fuel prices, have risen even faster. One reason for the climb in prices is that national and global fuel inventories are low. Roughly 3% of U.S. refinery capacity was taken offline during the pandemic when oil companies closed older, unprofitable plants as demand shrank. Other refineries around the world were shut down as well. Gasoline prices are largely determined by the price of oil, and that is set in a global market. Analysts disagree about what happens next, largely because international politics have become so unpredictable. A Russian retreat from Ukraine would immediately send prices down, as would any loosening of Western sanctions on Iran and Venezuela. A Russian escalation would do the opposite. Many experts had thought that energy prices would rise even more than they have. But China has imposed harsh lockdowns in Shanghai and other areas to stop the spread of the coronavirus, significantly

reducing energy demand in the world’s biggest fuel-importing country. A change in Chinese policy could cause prices to jump. But prices could fall if producers in the United States, Canada, South America and the Middle East start to ramp up production. Production in Russia, which accounted for about 10% of global oil supplies in recent years, is expected to decline further. But the country has been able to find new buyers for its energy in China and India. That has meant that Middle Eastern countries are now selling more oil to Europe as they sell less to Asia. A recent report by analysts at Citi said expectations of large drops in Russian production “are exaggerated.” The analysts said that up to 900,000 barrels a day that Russia ships by tankers could be diverted away from Europe or to countries in Europe that are not able to switch to other suppliers. Another report this week by ESAI Energy, a global energy market analysis company, projected that after seasonal maintenance, summer refinery output would surge in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and India. China is also seeking to sell more refined gasoline, diesel and other fuels. “These supply increases will temper summertime price increases at the pump,” said Sarah Emerson, ESAI’s president. “You have a lot of different puzzle pieces,” Emerson added, explaining why predicting energy prices is so difficult. “The juxtaposition of recovering from a pandemic and starting a war in Europe makes it very complicated.” Another unpredictable variable that could send oil and gasoline prices spiraling up this summer: hurricanes. A powerful storm could knock out refineries and pipelines along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, and government forecasters expect an “above normal” hurricane season. “Toward the end of June, when the real summer begins, you could see some real pent-up demand manifest itself,” Kloza of Oil Price Information Service said. “I fear July because of the demand increase, and I fear August because of the hurricane potential.” Oil industry executives have often

said the cure for high prices is those very high prices. That’s because they force consumers to buy less fuel or switch to more fuel-efficient cars. But drivers do not seem to be cutting back or making other big changes — at least not yet. There are tentative signs that gasoline demand may be flattening or even falling a little, at least during weekdays, according to energy analysts. Energy Department data from May suggested that gasoline sales had dropped by more than 2% from the same period last year. But the government measures fuel supplied by refiners, traders and blenders, not retail sales to drivers at the pump. Analysts still expect a jump in gas sales during the summer but some drivers may change their plans should prices go much higher. In a recent survey of 2,210 adults by the American Hotel and Lodging Association, 60% said they were likely to take more vacations this year than last. But 82% also said gasoline prices would have some impact on where they went. “The pandemic has instilled in most people a greater appreciation for travel,” said Chip Rogers, president of the association, “and that’s reflected in the plans Americans are making to get out and about this summer.” People have also found it hard to switch to more fuel-efficient vehicles. Sales of electric and hybrid cars are rising, but parts shortages have limited the supply of all new cars, and some new electric and hybrid models have monthslong waiting lists. Perhaps the only good thing about the pandemic for consumers was the swift slide in energy prices as the global economy sputtered. But because oil prices slumped to levels not seen in decades, international oil companies slashed investments. Once demand began to climb last year, oil companies scrambled to rehire people and recommission drilling rigs. But many oil executives have been reluctant to invest too much money in new wells because they fear that prices could fall before those wells start producing, leaving them with big losses and debts. As a result, large energy companies are spending much of their fast-rising profits to pay dividends and buy back shares of their own companies.

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U.S. economy kicks off second quarter on strong note; rise in inflation slowing U .S. consumer spending rose more than expected in April as households boosted purchases of goods and services, and the increase in inflation slowed, which could underpin economic growth in the second quarter amid rising fears of a recession. The economy’s near-term prospects were also brightened by other data from the Commerce Department on Friday showing the goods trade deficit narrowed sharply last month. A record trade deficit caused a contraction in output in the first quarter. “The economy can always turn on a dime, but at this point in the economic cycle, consumers are still spending their hearts out, keeping the recessionary winds at bay,” said Christopher Rupkey, chief economist at FWDBONDS in New York. Consumer spending, which accounts for more than twothirds of U.S. economic activity, increased 0.9% last month. Data for March was revised higher to show outlays racing 1.4% instead of 1.1% as previously reported. The strength in spending is despite consumer sentiment being at its lowest level since 2011. Goods spending increased a solid 0.8%, driven by new motor vehicles, clothing, footwear, recreational goods as well as furnishings and household equipment. Demand for goods remains strong even as spending on services is picking up. Services outlays rose 0.9% as consumers frequently dined out and traveled. There was also increased spending on housing and utilities, and recreation services. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast consumer spending gaining 0.7%. Spending is being supported by massive savings as well as strong wage gains, with companies scrambling to fill a record 11.5 million job openings as of the end of March. Personal income rose 0.4%, with wages accounting for the bulk of the increase. The saving rate dropped to 4.4%, the lowest since September 2008, from 5.0% in March. That suggests households have been tapping into the more than $2 trillion in excess savings accumulated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The reduction in savings could mean slower consumer spending down the road, especially given the rising borrowing costs. “High-and middle-income households still have some savings amassed,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Grant Thornton in Chicago. “Households in the bottom quintile have now tapped what little they had in excess reserves.” The Federal Reserve’s hawkish monetary policy stance as it fights to quell high inflation and bring it back to its 2% target has fanned worries of a recession. Fears of an economic downturn have also been exacerbated by Russia’s dragging war against Ukraine as well as China’s zero COVID-19 policy, which have further entangled supply chains. The U.S. central bank has raised its policy interest rate by 75 basis points since March. The Fed is expected to hike the overnight rate by half a percentage point at each of its next meetings in June and July.

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Ukraine strikes back in south; Zelenskyy visits eastern front By MATTHEW MPOKE BIGG and ANDREW E. KRAMER

kraine has declared that it is mounting a counteroffensive to reclaim territory around the southern port city of Kherson, as Russia devotes the bulk of its forces to pounding eastern Ukraine and capturing Sievierodonetsk, the last Ukrainian-controlled city in the Luhansk region. Kherson was the first major city to fall as Russian forces swept north out of Crimea more than three months ago, and it has provided a key staging ground for Russian operations across southern Ukraine. In recent weeks, Russian forces — stretched thin and taking heavy losses as they gain ground in the eastern Donbas region — have concentrated their efforts in the south on fortifying defensive positions. “Hold on Kherson,” the Ukrainian military said on Twitter on Sunday morning. “We’re coming.” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a rare journey outside Kyiv, the capital, on Sunday to visit front-line positions around the eastern city of Kharkiv, a trip intended to underscore the success of the Ukrainian counteroffensive to drive Russia back from Ukraine’s secondlargest city. Ukrainian officials have for weeks telegraphed plans to launch a new southern counteroffensive threatening Russia’s supply routes into Kherson on bridges over the Dnipro River. But they said the maneuver would require

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the war-hit Kharkiv region on May 29, 2022. the delivery of Western artillery systems that had been promised by the United States and other allies. It was not clear if new weapons were having an effect in the fight to reclaim territory around Kherson, but the Ukrainian military said Saturday evening that Russia had suffered losses as its forces were driven back to “unfavorable” positions around several villages and had been forced to call up reservists to serve as reinforcements, claims that could not be independently verified.

Zelenskyy, speaking to the nation overnight, said that delivery of more-powerful Western weapons was also vital in the “indescribably difficult” defense of the eastern Donbas region. “Every day we are bringing closer the time when our army will surpass the occupiers technologically and by firepower,” he said. But that, ultimately, depends on continued and expanded Western support. The Biden administration has approved sending long-range multiple launch rocket systems to Ukraine, a significant transfer that could hugely aid the country, U.S. officials said Friday. Zelenskyy suggested an official announcement could come this week. In other developments: — President Emmanuel Macron of France and Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany sought to revive diplomatic discussions during an 80-minute phone call Saturday with President Vladimir Putin of Russia. — Ukraine’s defense minister, Oleksiy Reznikov, said that sophisticated Harpoon anti-ship cruise missiles had arrived. He said the Harpoons came courtesy of Denmark and would be used to try to break Russia’s Black Sea blockade and to protect the port city of Odesa. — Russian forces are also pounding route T1302, which runs into the city of Sievierodonetsk in eastern Ukraine. Route T1302 has been called the “road of life” given its critical role in getting supplies in and giving fleeing civilians a means of escape.

The ‘road of life’ is critical to battered city of Sievierodonetsk By MATTHEW MPOKE BIGG

n ordinary times, there’s little that is remarkable about Ukraine’s route T1302, a stretch of pavement that cuts through farmland and small villages and connects two cities in the country’s southeast. With one of those cities now under an onslaught of Russian firepower, the road has taken on far greater significance, as a key to survival. One regional governor even calls it the “road of life.” Each day, Russian forces pummel route T1302 with artillery. Their goal is to cut the cord that runs northeast from the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk province for around 43 miles to the besieged city of Sievierodonetsk in the neighboring province of Luhansk and gives supplies a way in and fleeing residents a way out. The road runs through the city of Lysychansk, which is also under attack, and across the Seversky Donets River before entering Sievierodonetsk on the river’s eastern bank. Russian artillery has pounded the city for weeks, shattering buildings and killing civilians. “Sievierodonetsk is barely alive,” said Serhiy Haidai, head of Ukraine’s military administration in Luhansk, adding

that the city has become the epicenter of the war. He said that one woman died Saturday and 13 high-rise buildings were damaged by shelling. Russian forces also killed two civilians in fresh fighting on the highway, he said Sunday, adding, in a post on the Telegram messaging app, that Ukrainian forces had successfully repulsed an enemy attack on the “road of life.” In recent weeks, the battle for Sievierodonetsk has assumed an outsized importance in the four-month war. Russia’s failure to quickly capture the capital, Kyiv, in the early weeks of the conflict, or Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, has forced it to focus on the eastern Donbas region, where it has held significant territory since 2014. Taking Sievierodonetsk would give Russia full control of Luhansk province, which along with neighboring Donetsk province makes up the Donbas. The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington think tank, described the battle for Sievierodonetsk as central to President Vladimir Putin of Russia’s military objectives but a spurious goal that could ultimately serve as a turning point. Putin is “now hurling men and munitions” at Sievierodonetsk “as if taking it would win the war for the Kremlin. He

is wrong,” the institute said in a report Sunday. “When the battle of Sievierodonetsk ends, regardless of which side holds the city, the Russian offensive at the operational and strategic levels will likely have culminated, giving Ukraine the chance to restart its operational-level counter offensives to push Russian forces back,” the report said. Since Friday, Russian forces have held the Mir hotel, which is in the northeast of Sievierodonetsk, as well as the nearby bus station, giving them a foothold in the city itself. Street battles with Ukrainian forces have ensued, compounding the misery for the city’s civilian population which, for weeks, has been cowering in basements or bomb shelters to avoid relentless shelling. Pictures posted on Telegram show dozens of shattered apartment blocks. But analysts say that Moscow’s assault began before the city was fully encircled. The failure to cut off Ukraine’s route T1302 is key to doing so. Analysts say that Ukrainian forces will likely have to decide at some point to withdraw from Sievierodonetsk in order to preserve their forces, making it all the more imperative that the “road of life” remains open.

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Deep in Vatican archives, scholar discovers ‘flabbergasting’ secrets By JASON HOROWITZ

avid Kertzer put down his cappuccino, put on his backpack and went digging for more Vatican secrets. “There’s an aspect of treasure-hunting,” said Kertzer, a 74-year-old historian. Moments later, he cut through a crowd lined up to see Pope Francis, showed his credentials to the Swiss Guard and entered the archives of the former headquarters for the Holy Roman Inquisition. Over the last few decades, Kertzer has turned the inquisitive tables on the church. Using the Vatican’s own archives, the softspoken Brown University professor and trustee at the American Academy in Rome has become arguably the most effective excavator of the Vatican’s hidden sins, especially those leading up to and during World War II. The son of a rabbi who participated in the liberation of Rome as an Army chaplain, Kertzer grew up in a home that had taken in a foster child whose family was murdered in Auschwitz. That family background and his activism in college against the Vietnam War imbued him with a sense of moral outrage — tempered by a scholar’s caution. The result are works that have won the Pulitzer Prize, captured the imagination of Steven Spielberg and shined a sometimes harsh light on one of Earth’s most shadowy institutions. Kertzer’s latest book, “The Pope at War,” looks at the church’s role in World War II and the Holocaust — what he considers the formative event of his own life. It documents the private decision-making that led Pope Pius XII to stay essentially silent about Hitler’s genocide and argues that the pontiff’s impact on the war is underestimated — and not in a good way. “Part of what I hope to accomplish,” Kertzer said, “is to show how important a role Pius XII played.” The current pope, Francis, said, “The church is not afraid of history,” when in 2019 he ordered the archives of Pius XII opened. But as Francis wrestles with how forcefully to condemn a dictator, this time Vladimir Putin of Russia, Kertzer has unearthed some frightening evidence about the cost of keeping quiet about mass killings. Kertzer makes the case that Pius XII’s overriding dread of Communism, his belief that the Axis powers would win the war, and his desire to protect the church’s interests all motivated him to avoid offending Adoph Hitler and Benito Mussolini, whose ambassadors had worked to put him on the throne. The pope was also worried, the book shows, that opposing the Führer

would alienate millions of German Catholics. The book further reveals that a German prince and fervent Nazi acted as a secret back channel between Pius XII and Hitler and that the pope’s top Vatican adviser on Jewish issues urged him in a letter not to protest a fascist order to arrest and send to concentration camps most of Italy’s Jews. “That was flabbergasting,” Kertzer said about coming across the letter. Defenders of Pius XII, whose case for sainthood is still being evaluated, have long argued that he worked behind the scenes to help Jews and that anti-Catholic enemies have sought to stain the institution by sullying the pontiff. “A more open protest would not have saved a single Jew but killed even more,” Michael Hesemann, who considers Pius XII a champion of Jews, wrote in response to the evidence revealed by Kertzer, whom he called “heavily biased.” Hesemann, who is also the author of a new book about the wartime pope based on the Vatican archives, argued that the Vatican, while following its tradition of neutrality, worked to hide Jews in convents and distribute fake baptism certificates. Kertzer argues that the unearthed documents paint a more nuanced picture of Pius XII, showing him as neither the antisemitic monster often called “Hitler’s Pope” nor a hero. But the urge to protect Pius’ reputation, according to Kertzer, reflects a more general refusal by Italy — and apologists in the Vatican — to come to terms with their complicity in World War II, the Holocaust and the murder of Rome’s Jews. On Oct. 16, 1943, Nazis rounded up more than 1,000 of them throughout the city, including hundreds in the Jewish ghetto, now a tourist attraction where crowds feast on Jewishstyle artichokes near a church where Jews were once forced to attend conversion sermons. For two days, the Germans held the Jews in a military college near the Vatican, checking to see who was baptized or had Catholic spouses. “They didn’t want to offend the pope,” Kertzer said. His book shows that Pius XII’s top aides only interceded with the German ambassador to free “non-Aryan Catholics.” About 250 were released. More than 1,000 were murdered in Auschwitz. When the U.S. Fifth Army reached Rome, Kertzer’s father, Lt. Morris Kertzer, a Canadianborn rabbi, was with them and officiated at the synagogue. One U.S. soldier, a Jew from Rome who had immigrated to America when Mussolini introduced Italy’s racial laws, asked Morris Kertzer if he could make an announcement to see if his mother had survived the war. The rabbi

positioned the soldier at his side, and when the services started, a cry broke out, and the GI’s mother rushed up to embrace her son. “That’s the one I remember the most of my father telling,” David Kertzer said. A year before Kertzer’s birth in 1948, his parents took in a teenage survivor of Auschwitz. When footage of Nazi soldiers appeared on television, Kertzer and his older sister, Ruth, would leap to switch the set off to protect their foster sister, Eva. By then, his father had become the director of interreligious affairs for the American Jewish Committee, essentially to try to strip Christian churches of antisemitism. As part of the normalizing effort, a young David Kertzer appeared on Jack Paar’s “Tonight Show,” singing prayers at the family’s Passover Seder. At Brown University, his organizing against the Vietnam War nearly got him kicked out and landed him in a jail cell with Norman Mailer. He stayed in school and became enamored with anthropology and with Susan Dana, a religion major from Maine. To stay close to her, he went in 1969 to graduate school at Brandeis, where an anthropology professor suggested that his interest in politics and religion made Italy a rich field of study. The result was a year of research in Bologna, Italy, with Susan, now his wife, and his first book, “Comrades and Christians.” After earning his doctorate, positions at Bowdoin and Brown followed, as did two children, a lifelong

connection to Italy and a growing familiarity with Italian — and then, by chance, Vatican — archives. In the early 1990s, an Italian history professor told him about Edgardo Mortara, a 6-year-old child of Jewish parents in Bologna. In 1858, the church Inquisitor ordered the boy seized because a Christian servant girl had possibly, and secretly, had him baptized, and so he could not remain in a Jewish family. The story represented what Kertzer called “a dual career shift,” toward writing for a general audience and about Jewish themes. The result was his 1998 book, “The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara,” a National Book Award finalist in nonfiction. It caught the eye of his friend, playwright Tony Kushner, who later gave it to Steven Spielberg, who told Kertzer he wanted to make it into a movie. Mark Rylance came on board to play Pius IX. Kushner wrote the screenplay. All they needed was a boy to play Edgardo. “They auditioned 4,000 — not 3,900 — 4,000 6-to-8-year-old boys in four continents,” Kertzer said. “Spielberg informs us that he’s not happy with any of the boys.” The project stalled, but Kertzer did not. He emerged from the archives to publish “The Pope Against the Jews,” about the church’s role in the rise of modern antisemitism. In 2014, he published “The Pope and Mussolini,” examining Pius XI’s role in the rise of fascism and the antisemitic Racial Laws of 1938. It won the Pulitzer Prize.

A nun prays in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, May 13, 2022. Using the Vatican’s own archives, the soft-spoken Brown University history professor David Kertzer, a trustee at the American Academy in Rome, has become arguably the most effective excavator of the Vatican’s hidden sins, especially those leading up to and during World War II.

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UN human rights chief tempers criticism at end of China trip

A statue of Mao Zedong and a Uyghur man in Hotan, Xinjiang region, China. Members of the Uyghur diaspora called on Michelle Bachelet to confront Chinese leaders over their policies in the region. By AUSTIN RAMZY

he United Nations’ top human rights official offered limited criticism of China’s crackdown on predominantly Muslim minorities, saying at the end of her six-day trip to the country Saturday that she had raised questions about its application of “counterterrorism and deradicalization measures” but that her visit “was not an investigation.” The comments from Michelle Bachelet, the first U.N. high commissioner for human rights to visit China since 2005, were sharply criticized by overseas Uyghurs and human rights advocates who had called on her to more vociferously condemn China’s policies. Rayhan Asat, a lawyer whose younger brother is imprisoned in Xinjiang, China, said Bachelet’s comments “show a total disregard for the Uyghur people’s suffering.” “The crisis has been going on for six years, and it needs no further examination but condemnation,” she said. “We did not see any of that in her remarks.” Bachelet, who spoke by video with Chinese leader Xi Jinping during her trip, described the main outcome of the visit as the possibility of discussing concerns “at the highest level” and identifying areas “that could be very useful in the future to

continue cooperating and collaborating.” During her conversation with Xi, she said that it was a priority to engage with China’s government on the issue of human rights, adding that China “has a crucial role to play within multilateral institutions” in confronting threats to peace, climate change and inequality. Human rights groups were critical of Bachelet’s emphasis on engagement with the Chinese government. “That mandate requires a credible investigation in the face of mountains of evidence of atrocity crimes, not another toothless dialogue,” said Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch. China’s increasing global sway has translated into growing influence within the United Nations. Critics say the lack of pressure on China over its rights record is only the latest example of its success in co-opting multinational bodies including the World Health Organization, which endorsed parts of Beijing’s narrative over the origins of the pandemic. Bachelet praised China’s poverty alleviation efforts, its support of the U.N.’s sustainable development goals and its legislation protecting women’s rights. One of the longest answers during her 45-minute news conference was in response to a question from Chinese sta-

te television about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, which her critics described as a distraction from her mission in China. “Did Texas get more words than Xinjiang?” Richardson asked. Still, some experts said Bachelet was savvy enough to know the limits of such a trip and was right to focus on cultivating ties with the Chinese leadership. “It’s imperative that the high commissioner be seen to be engaging with the government of China,” Philip Alston, a former U.N. special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, told an online forum Friday. “The mere fact that she had a direct exchange with President Xi Jinping is an accomplishment.” Bachelet first proposed visiting China in 2018, as “deeply disturbing” allegations spread of an extensive campaign of repression against predominantly Muslim minorities in the far western Xinjiang region. Rights groups and scholars say China has held 1 million or more people in indoctrination camps, often for commonplace behaviors such as travel to Muslim countries or signs of religious devotion. Authorities have destroyed mosques and shrines, imprisoned scholars and intellectuals and forced people into work programs that experts say amount to forced labor. China at first denied any such campaign, then framed it as a vocational program designed to steer people from terrorism and religious extremism. Before Bachelet’s trip, many overseas Uyghurs appealed to her to visit family members who have been imprisoned or not been heard from in years. They also called upon her to confront Chinese leaders over their policies in the region, which the United States and some other governments have labeled a genocide. Chinese authorities refused to allow an investigative trip and went to great lengths to frame the narrative around Bachelet’s visit. When she spoke with Xi, state media quoted her as praising China for “protecting human rights.” Within hours, Bachelet’s office issued a rebuttal and pointed to “her actual opening remarks,” which made no mention of admiring China’s record on rights. During her news conference, Bachelet called for the protection of Tibetan identity and said the arrests of activists,

journalists and others in Hong Kong, under the territory’s national security law, were “deeply worrying.” Her references to the crackdown in Xinjiang were couched in the language of the Chinese government, which has described its program as a response to terrorist attacks. She said she raised “questions and concerns about the application of counterterrorism and de-radicalization measures and their broad application, particularly their impact on the rights of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities.” She said she also questioned the lack of judicial oversight over camps and reports of unduly severe restrictions on legitimate religious practices. Bachelet said that during her two days in Xinjiang, she visited a prison and the site of a former indoctrination camp, using the Chinese government’s official designation of VETC, or vocational education and training center. She said the government assured her that the system “had been dismantled” but acknowledged she was “unable to assess the full scale of the VETCs.” China said it ended the program in 2019, but reporters from The New York Times who visited after that declaration found evidence that the camps continued to operate. Satellite images have shown that China expanded a variety of detention sites in the region, and prisons have swelled after a sharp increase in convictions. Some overseas Uyghurs say family members in the region were threatened and imprisoned in their homes during Bachelet’s visit. Kalbinur Gheni, a Uyghur who lives in Virginia, said she received threatening messages from Chinese officials after she posted a message on Twitter asking Bachelet to investigate the case of her imprisoned sister. Asat said she learned that her parents in Urumqi, the regional capital of Xinjiang, had not been allowed to leave their home during Bachelet’s trip, apparently out of concern that they might meet with her. Bachelet said she heard from people seeking information about family members in Xinjiang and raised many such cases with authorities, but declined to go into details. She said her office would raise questions of intimidation through direct channels.

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11 families had just welcomed newborns. A hospital fire left them devastated. By ELIAN PELTIER and RUTH MacLEAN

he baby boy did not yet have a name. He was only a day old on Wednesday when a fire broke out in the neonatal section of the hospital where he was born, in the holy city of Tivaouane in central Senegal. He was on the maternity ward’s third floor; his mother, still recovering from a cesarean, was on the first and had not seen him since. Eleven newborn babies died in the fire, devastating their families and shocking the West African nation, which has faced a series of deadly incidents in maternity wards in recent years. Relatives of the newborn boy had flocked to the hospital to celebrate his arrival. When the fire started about 9 p.m. Wednesday, his aunt, Mame Anta Gueye, had been praying in the hospital compound. “We were here,” Gueye said on Thursday, sitting with relatives near the ward where her nephew had died, and where her sister was mourning. “And we couldn’t do anything.” The fire at the Mame Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh Hospital of Tivaouane was caused by a short circuit, according to the city’s mayor, Demba Diop. But on Thursday, there were few details of how the fire had spread, and whether any adults — hospital workers or parents — had been in the room with the newborns. Three babies were saved, Diop said on local radio. Grieving families waited for news on Thursday afternoon under the shade of neem trees outside the hospital, desperate for more details about what had happened, and why, and when they could retrieve the bodies of their loved ones. Inside the grounds of the hospital, the troubled state of Senegal’s health care system was on display, with discarded stretchers and broken hospital beds strewn about, as well as syringes, bedside monitors and microscopes. A streak of black soot marked the area where the babies had been sleeping, rising from a top-floor window of the turquoise-and-white painted building to where the roof met the near-cloudless sky. El Hadj Gueye looked up at the broken windows and the smoke-stained building. He had no words. His baby son had died in the blaze. This was the second tragedy to hit the family in less than a month. At the same hospital on May 4, Gueye’s wife, Ramatou Laye Gueye, had died giving birth to the baby. Gueye had given the boy his mother’s name as a middle name, in remembrance of her: Mohamed Ramatou Gueye. Next to Gueye stood Moura Diallo, his father-in-law. He lived in the capital, Dakar, but had come to Tivaouane to mourn his daughter. Now he was mourning a grandson as well. Diallo blamed the health care system’s lack of adequate equipment and training for nurses. “There’s nothing we can do but suffer,” he said. A series of deadly incidents that officials said were avoidable have raised serious questions from the Senegalese public

about the state of the country’s public health system, which faces a significant lack of health care workers, financial resources, infrastructure and equipment, according to a national plan outlining development priorities for the 2019-2028 period. Last month, Astou Sokhna, a pregnant woman in her 30s, died at a hospital in the northern town of Louga, after her requests for a cesarean were ignored for hours. The unborn child died, too. In April 2021, four newborns died in another hospital fire that officials attributed to a malfunction in the air-conditioning unit of a maternity ward. On Thursday, the country’s health minister, Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, was dismissed, just hours after he visited the grieving families. President Macky Sall has declared three days of national mourning, and the events of the Dakar Biennale, West Africa’s biggest art event, were paused. “To their mothers and their families, I express my deepest sympathy,” Sall wrote on Twitter. The president’s office said Sall was cutting short a trip abroad and would visit the victims’ families on Saturday in Tivaouane, the center of the Tijanis, one of the most influential Muslim Sufi sects in Senegal, and a city that attracts hundreds of thousands of pilgrims every year. Senegalese authorities said six people had already been interrogated as part of the investigation into the fire. But opposition politicians argued that investigating those

responsible was not enough. Gorgui Massamba Boye, a local representative of the opposition party Pastef, said it was critical to “anticipate potential tragedies.” “The lack of rigor and laxity cost the lives of many innocent people,” he said. On social media, other politicians directly blamed the president. “Once again, babies were burned alive in a public hospital,” Mamadou Lamine Diallo, an opposition lawmaker, posted on Twitter. “That’s unacceptable, Macky Sall.” Despite all the lives lost, at least one baby was born on Wednesday night at the hospital. Hours before the fire broke out, Aminata Diaw’s contractions had started. She was rushed to the hospital. At 9 p.m., as her contractions intensified, the fire started spreading on the third floor. She was evacuated from the maternity ward and taken to the road across from the hospital. Once the firefighters had extinguished the fire, Diaw was one of the first to be rushed back in, and an hour later was giving birth to a baby girl. On Thursday afternoon, Diaw’s sister-in-law, Kiné Diop, said mother and daughter were alive and well and would spend the night together, but that Diaw was still struggling to process what had happened. “She gave life while others were losing theirs in the same building,” Diop said.

Smoke and fire-damaged equipment piled in a corner inside Mame Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh Hospital a day after 11 newborn babies died from a blaze in the neonatal section, in Tivaouane, Senegal, May 26, 2022.

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It’s still COVID’s world. We’re just living in it. By FARHAD MANJOO

here are days now when you can almost forget about the virus. Hundreds of thousands of people around the world are still being infected with COVID-19 daily — an average of about 361 Americans died from it every day in the last week — but after more than two years and millions of lost lives, the pandemic has given way in headlines and breaking-news crawls to older and more familiar atrocities. Across much of the United States, the rhythms of life have returned to something like their pre-pandemic tempo. Bars and restaurants are packed, there’s a wedding boom, and Memorial Day weekend looks likely to kick off a busy summer travel season. But remember how giddy we all were for a virus-free summer last year? It was in May 2021 that officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised that Americans who had been vaccinated could take off their masks and forget about social distancing in most settings. Then, during a successful campaign to vaccinate millions of Americans, the White House began preparing a Fourth of July bash to declare a “summer of freedom” from

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the virus. You know how that turned out. America’s vaccination rate was too low, and just when we thought we’d licked it, COVID wriggled free. First the delta variant spread widely, then omicron and its many subvariants. Masks were ordered back on. Boosters were soon recommended for people older than 12. And in the year since what was once billed “hot vax summer,” about 400,000 more Americans died from COVID-19. This is not a column about the dangers of prematurely declaring victory against the pandemic. Few American health officials are urging anything but caution and vigilance now. But last summer’s rapid COVID turnabout does illustrate a dynamic that I worry we have yet to internalize: Any peace we’ve reached with the virus may be only a temporary, uneasy one. It seems likely that, at least for the foreseeable future, our lives may continue to be upended by the whims of this wily, unpredictable virus, until we can advance against it. And it isn’t just our health that’s at stake. I worry that COVID’s very unpredictability could inject volatility into global affairs. It’s been remarkable to watch how the zigs and zags of the pandemic era have confounded not just public health officials and the Biden administration but also the Federal Reserve, the Chinese government, hedge funds and some of the world’s largest businesses. How can humanity effectively plan for the future if the virus keeps pulling the rug out from under us? From the beginning of the pandemic, we’ve heard about adjusting to a “new normal,” but COVID’s malleability suggests it may not be one new normal we’ll have to get used to. And as long as the virus keeps swerving in unpredictable directions, it may continue to rock our politics, shock our economy and hinder our ability to work collectively to address every other

major problem humanity faces, especially global threats like climate change. The basic problem is that especially since the emergence of the omicron variant, it has become painfully clear that while vaccines prevent severe illness and death, research shows that even vaccinated people can keep getting sick from COVID-19. The elderly, unvaccinated, immunocompromised and others at high risk may continue to face greater danger. Even though far fewer people are becoming seriously ill from the virus than at its peak, consider the level of disruption to daily life that we may continue to face — the labor shortages brought on by sickness, burnout and overwork, the toll of stress and psychological fatigue on a population that has had little respite from the ever-present danger of disease. And because the effects of the virus will play out in different ways in different parts of the world, the disruptions could ripple erratically across the globe. China’s troubled zero-tolerance approach to fighting COVID has snarled ports in Europe and the United States and forced some carmakers to suspend production. Of course, it isn’t just the virus that has undermined global stability. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and extreme weather exacerbated by climate change are also roiling the world’s economy. But look at just about any economic story these days, and you’ll see the pandemic playing some mischief. Robert Califf, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, told a House panel this week that a COVID-19 outbreak caused a delay in the agency’s inspection of the Abbott Nutrition plant implicated in the national shortage of baby formula. Another lapse was “likely due to COVID-19 staffing issues” in the FDA mailroom, Califf wrote. Eventually the world will adapt to COVID’s tricks. Nasal vaccines that are now in clinical trials may be able to curb transmission of the virus, which could deal a blow to COVID’s many variants. Wider access to therapeutic drugs could make catching COVID less risky and disruptive. And after a few years, perhaps the virus’s waves may settle into a seasonal pattern that we could adapt to living with. Over the next few years, though, we may be in for a bumpy COVID ride. New variants have proved more contagious. People are burned out on doing much to avoid it. And we have no idea what the next variant may unleash upon a world already thoroughly pummeled by the disease. Happy summer!

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Presidentes de Cámara y Senado encabezan conversatorio durante la Semana Puertorriqueña en Nueva York POR EL STAR STAFF

AN JUAN – Los presidentes del Senado de Puerto Rico, Lcdo. José Luis Dalmau Santiago y su contraparte en la Cámara de Representantes Rafael “Tatito” Hernández Montañez junto al presidente de la Asociación de Alcaldes de Puerto Rico, Lcdo. Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz serán los oradores principales del “Conversatorio Sobre Empoderamiento de Nuestras Comunidades enfrentando la falta de recursos”. El encuentro pautado como parte de la celebración de la Semana Puertorriqueña en Nueva York contará también con la presencia del senador Estatal Distrito 32 de Nueva York, Luis Sepúlveda; el concejal por el Distrito 17, Rafael Salamanca y la participación especial del carismático líder político del Bronx, reverendo Rubén Diaz (ex Senador Estatal y ex Concejal Municipal). Se informó que la actividad es coordinada por la Asociación de Estudiantes Graduados del Centro Residencial de Oportunidades Educativas de Mayagüez, conocida por sus siglas

CROEM ALUMNI y está pautada para el viernes, 10 de junio de 2022 desde las 10:00 de la mañana. La misma se llevará a cabo en las facilidades de La Casa de la Herencia Cultural Puertorriqueña, Inc. ubicada en El Barrio’s Artspace PS 109 en el 215 Este de la calle 99 en Manhattan, Nueva York. Se informó que se requiere confirmar la invitación llamando

al 1-787-409-8376, y es completamente gratis. “Este conversatorio es muy importante porque nos presenta una perspectiva muy particular desde el “ojo” del político en funciones versus la posición que tienen los líderes empresariales y comunitarios. El Conversatorio contará con la participación de la empresaria Sheila D. Otero miembro de la Junta de Directores del Centro Unido de Detallistas de Puerto Rico. También hemos invitado al senador Estatal del Distrito 29 de Nueva York José Serrano Hijo y a la Concejal del Distrito 8 de Nueva York Diana Ayala para que participen en el mismo pero hasta el momento no han confirmado”, señaló la científica ambientalista Nydia Yanira Reyes, quién funge como Delegada Presidencial de CROEM ALUMNI asignada para coordinar las actividades de la Delegación de Puerto Rico en la Semana Puertorriqueña. El evento será transmitido para todo Puerto Rico, California, Florida y Connecticut por varias emisoras de radio, así como las redes sociales Twitter, YOUTUBE y Facebook lo que abarca el mundo entero.

Cuatro muertes y 3,561 casos por COVID-19 según informe del DS POR CYBERNEWS

AN JUAN – El informe de COVID-19 del Departamento de Salud (DS) reportó el domingo, sobre 903 casos positivos confirmados, 2,658 casos probables y cuatro muertes. Las personas fallecidas fueron 3 hombres y una mujer de 85 a 97 años de las regiones de Bayamón, Caguas y Ponce. El monitoreo cubre el periodo del 13 de mayo de

2022 al 27 de mayo de 2022. La tasa de positividad subió a 30.45 por ciento. Hay 299 adultos hospitalizados y de ellos, 42 están en intensivo. Mientras, 38 menores están hospitalizados y 1 está en intensivo. 30 adultos están en ventilador y ningún menor. Con una dosis hay al menos dos millones, 928 mil, 949 personas. Con las dosis completadas hay dos millones, 687 mil, 962 personas. El total de muertes atribuidas es de 4,359.

SNM advierte sobre condiciones peligrosas en el mar hasta la noche POR CYBERNEWS

AN JUAN – El Servicio Nacional de Meteorología emitió un comunicado de altas marejadas que estará en efecto hasta la noche del lunes. Según el SNM, se pueden esperar peli-

grosas corrientes marinas y olas rompientes de 6 a 8 pies. Aplica a San Juan, su vecindad, el noreste de Puerto Rico y Culebra. Las marejadas fuertes pueden arrastrar inclusive a los mejores nadadores a aguas profundas.

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Ray Liotta in ‘Goodfellas’: How the right actor turned the right part into a classic

Ray Liotta, with Lorraine Bracco, in “Goodfellas.” He charmed his way into the role. By GLENN KENNY

here’s a moment early in Martin Scorsese’s 1990 gangster classic “Goodfellas” that always tugs at my heartstrings. Scorsese’s movie is brutal and cleareyed and unsentimental, yes. But Ray Liotta as Henry Hill, the viewer’s docent into the criminal world, injects a note of tenderness that’s all the more effective for coming out of the mouth of a slick sociopath. (The movie is based on the true-crime book “Wiseguy” by Nicholas Pileggi; the real Hill attained some celebrity in the wake of the picture’s release.) It’s during the voice-over when Henry recalls as a boy envying the wiseguys who hung out at the pizza parlor and taxi stand across the street from his home. The guy who runs the pizza joint is Tuddy Cicero, brother of the mob underboss Paulie Cicero, for whom Henry will be working soon. Narrator Henry says the gangster’s full name and pauses. Then, in an exhalation that has low but strong notes of love and nostalgia, he adds, “Tuddy.” Now mind you, Tuddy is eventually revealed to be as ruthless and coldblooded a gangster as they come. It is he who puts the bullet in the back

of the head of Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci) at the fraudulent ceremony at which Tommy is to become a “made man.” But here is Ray Liotta’s Henry Hill, clearly still besotted with a childhood idol and the life he shared with the man. Liotta, who died last week at 67, fills Scorsese’s movie with dozens of equally revelatory touches. When I was researching “Made Men: The Story of ‘Goodfellas,’” my 2020 book about the film, I asked about that moment in the movie several times. The pause and the repetition of Tuddy’s name was not in the script drafts I saw. It was Liotta’s own touch. No one I spoke with remembered whether Liotta suggested it during the voice-over recordings or just added it himself. In any event, it works. Maybe too well, for people who believe that depiction is endorsement. In a movie that relentlessly examines the lure and transgressive thrill of amorality, Liotta’s depiction of Hill is the hook that draws the viewer in. If you saw Hill on television or listened to any of his appearances on Howard Stern, you were likely to get the impression that Henry Hill was what your grandmother might call a schnook. While he did commit acts

of violence both gang-related and domestic, he wasn’t intimidating. Edward McDonald, the prosecutor who got Hill and family into the witness protection program, and who plays himself in “Goodfellas,” told me that Hill was more a mob court jester than any kind of master criminal. But Scorsese’s movie isn’t just about real-life gangsters — it’s also about how we mythologize them. “Movie stars with muscle” is how Hill characterizes his crew. And Liotta was a perfect Henry, able to turn on a dime from dry charm to deadly rage. In one of the movie’s famed tracking shots, when Henry escorts his future wife, Karen (Lorraine Bracco), into New York’s Copacabana nightclub by way of a side entrance, Liotta concocted all the bits of charming business a guy like Henry would use: tip a doorman here, shout out to a cook there, steer your date by the elbow lightly, act like it’s just what you’re due when the waiter flies out from the wings and sets a personal table at the side of the stage. Liotta got suggestions from Hill himself — and more from audiotapes of Hill speaking with Pileggi. But the research Liotta did into Hill’s world, and the inner work he did, was crucial. The part came at a point when he might have been headed for a career as a character actor. He was unforgettable in Jonathan Demme’s “Something Wild,” as an ex-boyfriend of Melanie Griffith whose possessiveness explodes in still-shocking violence. And in “Field of Dreams” he played a reincarnation of the disgraced ballplayer Shoeless Joe Jackson. Sometimes the crinkle in his eye reminded the viewer of the man’s corruption, but his portrayal was mostly of an awe-struck love of the game he could now play forever in a Midwestern cornfield turned ballpark. When “Goodfellas” was announced, more than one of its eventual cast members told me that it was the movie every New York and Los Angeles actor wanted in on. And Liotta was no exception. Everyone liked him for

the part save producer Irwin Winkler. He did not see the actor’s charm. In his book “A Life in Movies,” Winkler recalls Liotta coming to his table at a Santa Monica restaurant and asking for a word. “In a 10-minute conversation he (with charm and confidence) sold me on why he should play Henry Hill,” the producer wrote. When I interviewed Winkler, he said, rather sheepishly, “You heard the story of me not wanting Ray?” I told Winkler I had and said, “I can’t see anyone else doing it.” Winkler responded “Nor can I.” As it happened, I was not able to interview Liotta himself for my book. Early talks with his publicist were promising. It was possible that I could get some time with him when he was in New York promoting “Marriage Story” at the New York Film Festival; then it wasn’t. We were both represented by the same agency; no dice. He was in a film on which a few close friends of mine were crew members. Can’t go there. And as I worked on the book, I heard several accounts of an intense, serious actor who, upon deciding he wasn’t going to do something, kept to that. He had spoken about “Goodfellas” in other interviews, including an oral history that ran in GQ in 2010. The shoot had its challenges: He suffered the death of his mother halfway through and felt at least slightly shut out by male castmates like Robert De Niro and Pesci. Going through De Niro’s papers at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, I came across a thank-you card from Liotta, and inside was a handwritten note: “Bob, Now I can tell you how much of a trip it was to work with you. You’re the best. Hope we can do it again. But I really mean Do it!” Liotta’s eagerness is palpable. The two did work together again, in “Copland.” But “Goodfellas” was irreproducible. Because it did show off his range, and it is a landmark film. Liotta’s signature role is one any actor would hope to be remembered by.

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Monday, May 30, 2022

Colin Cantwell, ‘Star Wars’ spacecraft designer, dies at 90 By RICHARD SANDOMIR

olin Cantwell, an animator, conceptual artist and computer expert who played significant production roles in seminal science fiction films like “2001: A Space Odyssey, “Star Wars” and “WarGames,” died May 21 at his home in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was 90. His partner, Sierra Dall, said the cause was dementia. Cantwell’s work on several influential movies reached its peak with “Star Wars,” George Lucas’ hugely successful space opera. To impress Lucas, Cantwell built two elaborate steampunk-like spacecraft models from parts he had culled from dozens of hobbyist’s kits. He got the job before Lucas had found a studio. Cantwell produced the original designs for spacecraft familiar to fans of “Star Wars” (later retitled “Star Wars, Episode IV — A New Hope”): the X-wing, the Rebel Alliance’s starfighter; the TIE fighter, part of the Galactic Empire’s imperial fleet; the wedge-shaped Imperial Star Destroyer; the cockpit for the Millennium Falcon; and the Death Star, the Empire’s enormous battle station, with a weapon capable of destroying a planet. “Colin’s imagination and creativity were apparent from the get-go,” Lucas said in a tribute on a Lucasfilm “Star Wars” website, adding, “His artistry helped me build out the visual foundation for so many ships that are instantly recognizable today.” Describing the design of the X-wing, Cantwell said in an interview on Reddit in 2016: “It had to be ultracool and different from all the other associations with aircraft, etc. In other words, it had to be alien and fit in with the rest of the story.” He got the original concept, he said, from “a dart being thrown at a target in a British pub.” His original design of the Death Star did not include the meridian trench. But as he created the model, he realized that it would be easier to include it. And it turned out to be critical to the design: In the film, the trench contains a thermal exhaust port that proves to be the source of the Death Star’s destruction. Gene Kozicki, a visual effects historian and archivist, said that Cantwell was most likely the first person Lucas hired to

Colin Cantwell in 2017. He played significant production roles in a number of films, most notably the first “Star Wars” movie. design the spaceships. “George had some rough shapes in mind for the ships that would make you know these are the good guys and these are the bad guys, but the details were left to Colin to work out,” he said in a phone interview. “All his designs evolved; it was all a group effort, but Colin was the godfather of the models.” In an interview with the Original Prop Blog in 2014, Cantwell described his interplay with Lucas. “He would say, ‘Oh, I want an Imperial battle cruiser,’ and I’d say, ‘What scenes do you want to shoot with it and how big is it?’ ” Cantwell said. “He said, ‘Really big,’ and I’d say, ‘Is it bigger than Burbank?’ ” Colin James Cantwell was born April 3, 1932, in San Francisco. His father, James, was a graphic artist, and his mother, Fanny (Hanula) Cantwell, was a riveter during World War II. He studied animation at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received a bachelor’s degree in applied arts in 1957. A love of architecture led him to create building designs that he personally showed to Frank Lloyd Wright, who was impressed enough that Cantwell was invited to study at Wright’s school of archi-

tecture in Arizona. Cantwell was accepted, but when Wright died in 1959, he decided not to proceed. “Colin had no interest in working with any other architect,” Dall said in a phone interview, “so that ended his architectural career.” In the 1960s, Cantwell was a contract worker for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, developing programs to educate the public about early space missions, and for Graphic Films in Los Angeles, which made live-action and animated films for NASA, the U.S. Air Force and industry clients. Douglas Trumbull, who died this year, had worked at Graphic Films before being hired by director Stanley Kubrick for “2001.” Trumbull became a special photographic effects supervisor on “2001,” and Cantwell joined the crew from Graphic Films in 1967, during the last six months of its production. He organized 24-hour shifts of animation to complete the film’s animation, according to “Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece” (2018), by Michael Benson. Cantwell also produced some of the movie’s space sequences, suggested different camera angles to depict the arrival of a shuttle on the film’s space station, and

worked with Trumbull to depict Jupiter’s moons. And, Benson wrote, Cantwell’s conversations with Kubrick about Ingmar Bergman’s filmmaking led Cantwell to produce a tightly symmetrical animated shot that appeared in the “Dawn of Man” sequence early in the film: a low-angle view of the mysterious black monolith on Earth, with clouds beyond it, the sun rising and a crescent moon above. For “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” (1977), Cantwell contributed technical dialogue and created early computergenerated imagery of unidentified flying objects strafing the landing site at Devils Tower in Wyoming, for a sequence late in the film. His UFO imagery did not make it into the film — Steven Spielberg, the director, relied instead on old-fashioned special effects technology created by Trumbull — but the subject of UFOs intrigued Cantwell, who claimed to have once been part of a group that witnessed a mysterious object in the night sky. In a provenance letter for an auction of his artifacts and memorabilia in 2014, he described the experience: “A silent intense light rose in the east, climbing to our zenith where, instantly doubling in brightness, it launched straight upward.” Cantwell worked on two other movie projects after “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “Star Wars”: “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” (1979) and “WarGames” (1983). For “Buck Rogers,” he created a system that let animators simulate spacecraft movements as they designed space battles. He also worked as a computer consultant for Hewlett-Packard, where he helped develop the first color display systems for desktop computers. He and a team working on “WarGames” used the company’s computers to create the graphics — projected on giant screens at the North American Aerospace Defense Command facility — that appeared to show a massive nuclear attack by the Soviet Union against the United States. Cantwell also wrote two science fiction books, “CoreFires” (2016) and “CoreFires2” (2018), about what happens to humanity after it has colonized the galaxy. Dall is his only immediate survivor.

Monday, May 30, 2022

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Getting the world clean, one recycled bar of soap at a time By VICTORIA M. WALKER

soap.

hen hotel or motel guests check into their rooms, they expect at the very least to be greeted with a clean space, a made-up bed and in the bathroom,

But what happens when you leave that soap behind? They typically end up in the trash, said Shawn Seipler, the founder of Clean the World, a nonprofit founded in 2009 that recycles bar soap from over 8,000 hospitality partners, including Marriott International and Walt Disney Resorts, for those in need. By collecting, melting, reforming and packaging partially used soap left behind by hotel guests, the nonprofit has distributed nearly 70 million bars of soap in more than 120 countries, including Romania, where many Ukrainian refugees have arrived. Clean the World currently focuses on repurposing bar soap in seven warehouses worldwide. Companies can enroll in the program online and receive boxes to collect discarded products at their properties. Full boxes are shipped to the nonprofit’s warehouses. The organization now has approximately 60 employees, but its beginning was far more humble, with Seipler and a small group of family and acquaintances scraping used soap by hand with potato peelers in a garage in Orlando. “The first time that the police came by the garage, they wanted to see what all of us Puerto Ricans were cooking. So I gave them a tour,” Seipler said during a video interview. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Q: Before starting Clean the World, you traveled a lot as a sales executive. How did your job lead you to the nonprofit? A: I was traveling — New York on Monday, Chicago on Tuesday, St. Louis on Wednesday, Los Angeles, Thursday and back — and two clients that I personally managed were Target and Best Buy, both headquartered in Minneapolis. I was in Minneapolis in a hotel room when I came up with the concept of Clean the World. In Minneapolis, my alcohol consumption had to be increased to stay warm. So it was one of those nights that I’m like, “What happens to the soap?” and called the front desk to ask. And they said it was thrown away — they actually told me to have another cocktail.

I was doing very well, but had an itch of wanting to do something on my own and thinking about sustainability and green technology as an entrepreneur. And that led to me ask, “What happens to the soap?” I was looking for items that could be recycled. Q: The company started in your cousin’s single-car garage — tell me what those early days were like. A: I’m an original born-and-raised South Floridian, and we were collecting soap from hotels around the Orlando airport area in my cousin’s garage. We’d all sit around on upside-down pickle buckets with potato peelers, and we would scrape the outside of the bars of soap to surface clean it. My other cousin was on the meat grinder, and he would grind it down. And then we had these Kenmore cookers, and you would cook the soap. All the impurities would bubble up, and you’d wipe those off, and it would turn into this paste. Then we made big wood soap molds, and the paste would dry the next day. We’d wire-cut the bars, take them out and put them on racks. We had to have music on — salsa and merengue. Of course, we couldn’t get the power right when the meat grinder was on, so the power would cut out every 30 minutes. Q: How did Clean the World become the operation it is today? A: We launched in the garage February 2009.

Shawn Seipler, the founder of Clean the World, with used hotel soap before it will be recycled for those in need.

We were distributing just to local charities in Orlando, and then we had an opportunity to go to Haiti in July of 2009. We take 2,000 bars of soap and go into a church that has 10,000 people in it. I remember just saying, “We’re gonna come back. We’re gonna bring more soap. I promise.” When we did that trip, our local Fox affiliate went with us and documented our work. When it ran in New York, it just so happened that Katie Couric was doing CBS Evening News and a senior producer called us in late August or September 2009 and said, “We want to do a piece on you.” That’s what forced us out of the garage and into a warehouse of a friend of ours. He gave us a little corner spot where we set up our operations. We were there from September 2009, and we started to get a lot of hotels contacting us from outside Orlando, so that’s when we started setting up a shipping process to get hotel bins shipped to us. About three months later, the Haiti earthquake hits. We had started to move into our first facility, a 3,000-square-foot facility in Orlando, and the Haiti earthquake helped drive us into more advanced machines because the demand really took off for our program. Q: Tell me about the process of cleaning and reusing the soap. A: We have the same type of machines that a soap manufacturer uses. When we get the soap, the first thing we do is run it through what’s called a plotter, and the end of it has a very fine filter that’s pushing all the soap through. And when the soap is coming out, the filter is catching the hair, paper and all the surface stuff. That heat and action disinfect the soap, while the guys and gals in our facility, who we call the soap whisperers, have to feel the batch itself to know if it has the right moisture level so that when it goes into manufacturing, it’s not crumbling or it’s not too wet. We send our soap on a regular basis to a third-party lab that does testing on it to ensure that it’s all coming through clean. Q: What should travelers think about when they use soap in their hotel rooms? A: If you’re staying at a hotel that does not use our program, take the soap home with you, keep it out of a landfill, use it in your homes. Unwrapped soap can be donated to a local homeless shelter or a local charity that you support. We’d much rather get a better life for it.

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How serious is monkeypox? By KNVUL SHEIKH

ealth officials are tracking more than 100 cases of confirmed or suspected monkeypox that have appeared in countries where the disease does not typically occur, including Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. On May 22, President Joe Biden addressed the highly unusual cases, stating that “it is a concern in the sense that if it were to spread it would be consequential.” After more than two years of living through a pandemic, it is understandable that the news of a new virus spreading across the globe could cause alarm, but health experts say that monkeypox is unlikely to create a scenario similar to that of the coronavirus, even if more cases are found. “As surveillance expands, we do expect that more cases will be seen. But we need to put this into context because it’s not COVID,” Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s technical lead on COVID-19, said in a live online Q&A on Monday. Monkeypox is not a new virus, and it is not spread in the same way as the coronavirus, so we asked experts for a better understanding of the pathogen — and how the disease it causes is different from COVID-19. How contagious is monkeypox? People typically catch monkeypox by coming into close contact with infected animals. That can be through an animal bite, scratch, bodily fluids, feces or by consuming meat that isn’t cooked enough, said Ellen Carlin, a researcher at Georgetown University who studies zoonotic diseases that are transmitted from animals to humans. Although it was first discovered in laboratory monkeys in 1958, which gives the virus its name, scientists think rodents are the main carriers of monkeypox in the wild. It is primarily found in Central and West Africa, particularly in areas close to tropical rainforests — and rope squirrels, tree squirrels, Gambian pouched rats and dormice have all been identified as potential carriers. But human-to-human transmission of monkeypox virus is pretty rare, Van Kerkhove said. “Transmission is really happening from close physical contact, skin-toskin contact. So it’s quite different from COVID in that sense.” The virus can also spread by touching or sharing infected items like clothing and bedding, or by the respiratory droplets produced by sneezing or coughing, according to the WHO. That may sound eerily familiar because in the early days of the pandemic many experts said that the coronavirus also had little human-to-human transmission beyond respiratory droplets and contaminated surfaces. Later research showed that the coronavirus can spread

through much smaller particles called aerosols with the ability to travel distances greater than 6 feet. But that doesn’t mean the same will turn out to be true for the monkeypox virus, said Luis Sigal, an expert in poxviruses at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. The coronavirus is a tiny, single-stranded RNA virus, which may have aided its ability to become airborne. The monkeypox virus, however, is made of double-stranded DNA, which means that the virus itself is much larger and heavier and unable to travel as far, Sigal said. What are the symptoms, and how bad can a monkeypox infection get? Monkeypox is part of the same family of viruses as smallpox, but it is typically a much milder condition, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On average, symptoms appear within six to 13 days of exposure but can take up to three weeks. People who get sick commonly experience a fever, headache, back and muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes and general exhaustion. About one to three days after getting a fever, most people also develop a painful rash that is characteristic of poxviruses. It starts with flat red marks that become raised and filled with pus over the course of the next five to seven days. The rash can start on a patient’s face, hands, feet, the inside of their mouth or on their genitals, and progress to the rest of the body. (While chickenpox causes a similar-looking rash, it is not a true poxvirus but is caused by the unrelated varicella-zoster virus.) Once an individual’s pustules scab over, in two to four weeks, they are no longer infectious, said Angela Rasmussen, a virus expert at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. Children and people with underlying immune deficiencies may have more severe cases, but monkeypox is rarely fatal. While one strain found in Central Africa can

kill up to 10% of infected individuals, estimates suggest that the version of the virus currently circulating has a fatality rate of less than 1%. Do I need to worry about a rising threat? The good news is that there is no evidence yet to suggest that the monkeypox virus has evolved or become more infectious. DNA viruses like monkeypox are generally very stable and evolve extremely slowly compared to RNA viruses, Sigal said. Scientists are sequencing the viruses from recent cases to check for potential mutations, and will know soon if the infectiousness, severity or other characteristics have changed, he said. “But my expectation is that they will not be any different.” Nevertheless, experts have some explanations for the recent increase in monkeypox cases. Research has shown that incidences of humans contracting viruses from contact with animals — also known as zoonotic spillovers — have become more common in recent decades. Increasing urbanization and deforestation means that humans and wild animals are coming into contact more often. Some animals that carry zoonotic viruses, like bats and rodents, have actually become more abundant, while others have expanded or adapted their habitats due to urban development and climate change. What is the treatment for monkeypox? If you get sick, the treatment for monkeypox generally involves symptom management. Two antiviral drugs — cidofovir and tecovirimat — and an intravenous antibody treatment originally developed for smallpox could be used to manage monkeypox as well, though they have only been studied in the lab and animal models. There is also a vaccine that the Food and Drug Administration approved in 2019, for people 18 and older, that protects against smallpox and monkeypox. But health officials stopped routinely vaccinating Americans against smallpox in 1972, when the disease was eradicated in the United States, and smallpox vaccines and treatments are now stockpiled mainly for national security purposes. “The sporadic monkeypox outbreaks that have occurred in the past haven’t been enough to warrant restarting the smallpox vaccination program,” Rasmussen said. Health officials in the U.S. and other countries may consider using some of the stockpiled vaccines in a “ring vaccination” strategy to prevent the spread of monkeypox from a patient to their health care providers and close contacts, she said. If you have a new rash or are concerned about monkeypox, the CDC urges people to contact their health care provider. The agency has asked doctors to be on the alert for signs of the telltale rash and said potential monkeypox cases should be isolated and flagged to them. Doctors also should not limit their concerns to men who identify as gay or bisexual, or patients who have recently traveled to Central or West African countries.

24 LEGAL NOTICE IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO.

BAUTISTA CAYMAN ASSET COMPANY Plaintiff, v.

ASOCIACIÓN DE MIEMBROS DE LA POLICÍA DE PUERTO RICO

Defendants. Civil No. 17-1167 (RAM). Re: COLLECTION OF MONIES OWED; FORECLOSURE OF PLEDGE AND MORTGAGE. NOTICE OF SALE.

To: ASOCIACIÓN DE MIEMBROS DE LA POLICÍA DE PUERTO RICO GENERAL PUBLIC.

WHEREAS: On February 5, 2020, judgment (the “Judgment”) was entered in favor of plaintiff Bautista Cayman Asset Company (“Bautista”) against defendant Asociación de Miembros de la Policía de Puerto Rico (“AMPR”/“Defendant”). Under the Judgment, this Court concluded that Defendant has defaulted on its loan obligations, has failed to pay the amounts due therein, and has failed to cure the existing defaults, further concluding that, as of November 30, 2019, Defendant owes the sum of $4,281,628.40, plus accrued per diem interest of $962.40 until payment is made in full. On February 9, 2022, this Court entered an order granting Bautista’s Renewed Motion for Execution of Judgment filed on September 1st, 2021, and, on February 9, 2022, this Court entered an Order for Execution of Judgment (the “Order of Execution”), designating Mr. Joel Ronda Feliciano as Special Master (the “Special Master”) for the execution of the Judgment pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 53(a)(1) (C). On February 10, 2022, this Court entered, in accordance with the Order of Execution, a Writ of Execution (the “Writ of Execution”). The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Room 150 Federal Office Building, 150 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WHEREAS: pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned Judgment, Order of Execution, and the Writ of Execution, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auction for U.S. currency in cash, or certified or bank manager check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder and at the office of the

Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 – Federal Office Building, 150 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property, described in the Spanish language (the “Property”/“Property 18,710”) : RÚSTICA: Parcela de terreno radicada en el Barrio Río del término municipal de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 4.4999 cuerdas, equivalentes a 17,686.3585 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el OESTE, que es su frente con la Carretera Estatal Número 1 en su Sección de Río Piedras a Caguas; por el ESTE, linda con Pedro Salón o Salomé y Juan Agosto; por el NORTE, linda con Pedro Salón o Salomé; y por el SUR, con Leocadio Bernier Berrios y con el resto de la finca de don Salvador Rivera Fines. Segregado de ésta finca una parcela de 6,074.0139 metros cuadrados, sin que se describa el remanente.” Property 18,710, recorded at page 30 of Volume 395 of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Property Registry for Guaynabo.” WHEREAS: The Property is subject to the following liens: By its origin: None. By itself: i) Easement in favor of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, with a value of $1.00, per Certification dated May 18, 2000, recorded at page 209 of volume 1,247 of Guaynabo, Property Number 18,710, 11th recordation. (ii) Mortgage securing a mortgage note in favor of Doral Financial Corporation, doing business as H.F. Mortgage Bankers, or to its order, in the principal amount of TWO MILLION FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,490,000.00), bearing an annual interest rate of 7.95%, due on September 1, 2020, constituted pursuant to the terms of deed number 1,243 executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on the twenty-sixth (26) of August two thousand five (2005) before Notary Public Luis A. Archilla Díaz, recorded at page 209 of volume 1,247 of Guaynabo, property number 18,710, 14th recordation. (iii) Mortgage in favor of its bearer, in the principal amount of THREE MILLION DOLLARS ($3,000,000.00), bearing an annual interest rate of 15%, due on demand, constituted pursuant to the terms of deed number 8 executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on the fourth (4) of May two thousand seven (2007) before Notary Public Antonio R. Molina Machargo, recorded at page 209 of volume 1,247 of Guaynabo, property

number 18,710, 15th recordation. (iv) Subordination of the mortgage in the 14th recordation for the benefit of the mortgage in the 15th recordation, so that the mortgage in the 15th recordation occupies a preferential rank, pursuant to the terms of deed number 9 executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on the fourth (4) of May two thousand seven (2007) before Notary Public Antonio R. Molina Machargo, recorded at page 209 of volume 1,247 of Guaynabo, property number 18,710 on the backside of the 14th recordation. The Property is also subject to the following junior liens: (i) Property easement in favor of Property 45,727 as dominant estate, and Property 18,710 as servient estate, constituted pursuant to the terms of deed number 5 executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on the thirtyfirst (31) of July two thousand seven (2007) before Notary Public Rubén M. Medina Lugo, recorded at page 209 of volume 1,247 of Guaynabo, property 18,710, 16th recordation. (ii) Easement in favor of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, with a value of $1.00, per Certification dated October 27, 2008, recorded at page 209 of volume 1,247 of Guaynabo, Property Number 18,710, 17th recordation. (iii) A notice of complaint presented on November 21, 2018, which complaint was dated February 6, 2017, issued in the United States District Court for the District Court of Puerto Rico, Civil Case Num. 17-1167, for Collection of Monies and ordinary Foreclosure of Mortgage, followed by Bautista Cayman Asset Company against Asociación de Miembros de la Policía de Puerto Rico and the United States of America, in the principal amount of $2,873,279.88 and other sums, which notice of complaint is recorded at the Karibe volume of Guaynabo, Property 18,710, Annotation A. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. THEREFORE, the FIRST public sale shall be held on June 6, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. The minimum bid that will be accep-

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ted is the sum of $3,000,000.00. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND public auction shall be held on the on June 13, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $2,000,000.00, which is two-thirds of the amount of the minimum bid for the first public sale. If a second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD public auction will be held on the on June 20, 2022, at 10:30 a.m., the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $1,500,000.00, which is one-half of the minimum bid in the first public sale. The Special Master shall not accept in payment of the Property to be sold anything but United States currency (cash), or certified or bank manager checks, except in case the Property is sold and adjudicated to Bautista, in which case the amount of the bid made by Bautista shall be credited and deducted from its credit; Bautista being bound to pay in cash or certified check only any excess of its bid over the secured indebtedness that remains unsatisfied. If the third auction is deserted, Bautista may proceed to coordinate the execution of a deed of conveyance with the Special Master within twenty (20) days of the public sale, to take title of the Property in full satisfaction of the Judgment. WHEREAS: said sale to be conducted by the Special Master pursuant to the Order of Execution. Compliance with all foreclosure proceedings are subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico pursuant to article 107 of the Registry of the Property Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, (30 L.P.R.A. § 6144), and the corresponding deed of conveyance and possession to the Property will be executed and delivered by the Special Master after delivery of such Order of Confirmation. Once the Property is adjudicated in payment of the credit guaranteeing the mortgage, and the price does not exceed the value thereof, all junior liens must be canceled provided that said junior creditors be notified of the public sale of said property. For further information, reference is made to the Judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, on May 2, 2022. By: Joel Ronda, Special Master. Ronda Legal Services, LLC, rondajoel@me.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Parte Demandante Vs.

ANTONIO VÁZQUEZ CARRIÓN, MARÍA DEL MAR SOTO RODRÍGUEZ T/C/C MARÍA DEL MAR SOTO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: HU2019CV00916. Sala: 205. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. 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 24 de octubre de 2019, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia del 15 de enero de 2020 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 22 de enero de 2020 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el DÍA 4 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Humacao, Sala Superior, en la Avenida Nicanor Vázquez (frente al Centro de Bellas Artes), Humacao, 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: Solar marcado con el Número I guión Cuarenta y Uno (I-41), de la Urbanización Ciudad Cristiana, localizada en el Barrio Río Abajo del término municipal de Humacao, Puerto Rico, con un área de 233.91 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar número I guión cuarenta y dos (I42), en una distancia de 23.00 metros; por el SUR, con el solar número I guión cuarenta (I-40), en una distancia de 23.00 metros; por el ESTE, con el solar número I guión dos (I-2), en una distancia de 10.17 metros; y por el OESTE, con la Avenida Número Uno (1), en una distancia de 10.17 metros. Enclava una casa construida en concreto

armado y bloques, para fines residenciales. La propiedad consta inscrita al folio 270 del tomo 377 de Humacao, Finca Número 16566, Registro de la Propiedad de Humacao. La escritura de hipoteca y su modificación constan inscritas al Tomo Karibe de Humacao, Finca Número 16566, Registro de la Propiedad de Humacao. Inscripción octava y décima, respectivamente. Dirección Física: Urb. Ciudad Cristiana, I-41, Humacao, PR 00791. Número de Catastro: 51-305-024-54107-000. SUBASTAS: FECHAS: PRIMERA: 4 DE AGOSTO DE 2022 A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA. TIPO MÍNIMO: $55,714.56. SEGUNDA: 11 DE AGOSTO DE 2022 A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA. TIPO MÍNIMO: $37,143.04. TERCERA: 18 DE AGOSTO DE 2022 A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA. TIPO MÍNIMO: $27,857.28. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $55,714.56. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el DÍA 11 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 11:30 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, $37,143.04. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el DÍA 18 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $27,857.28. 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 ésta 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 $49,498.41 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 4% anual desde el 1 de febrero de 2018 hasta su completo pago, más $56.52 de recargos acumulados, más la cantidad estipulada de $5,570.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo. Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesa el siguiente gravamen posterior a la hipoteca que por la presente se pretende ejecutar: Aviso de Demanda: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Vs. Antonio Vázquez Carrión y su esposa, María Del Mar Soto

Rodríguez, ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Humacao, en el Caso Civil Número HU2019CV00916, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $49,498.41 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 20 de junio de 2019. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Humacao. Anotación A y última. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo desea. Se le 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 examinados, 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. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. 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 Humacao, Puerto Rico, hoy 6 de abril de 2022. MARÍA DEL PILAR RIVERA RIVERA, ALGUACIL REGIONAL, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO, SALA SUPERIOR. JENNISA GARCÍA MORALES, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #796.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

SUCESION DE WILDA SOCORRO CANO MEDINA, TAMBIÉN

CONOCIDA COMO WILDA S. CANO MEDINA COMPUESTA POR SUS HIJOS LUIS ANGEL GONZALEZ CANO, IMARA CAMACHO CANO E IDALIS CAMACHO CANO; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES “CRIM”

Demandados Civil Núm.: FA2021CV00626. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL. A: SUCESION DE WILDA SOCORRO CANO MEDINA, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO WILDA S. CANO MEDINA COMPUESTA POR SUS HIJOS LUIS ANGEL GONZALEZ CANO, IMARA CAMACHO CANO E IDALIS CAMACHO CANO; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES “CRIM”.

Yo, DENISE BRUNO ORTIZ, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #266, Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 7 DE JULIO DE 2022 A LAS 2:30 DE LA TARDE en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Fajardo durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 14 DE JULIO DE 2022 A LAS 2:30 DE LA TARDE y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 21 DE JULIO DE 2022 A LAS 2:30 DE LA TARDE en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pú-

The San Juan Daily Star blica subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar con cabida de CIENTO CINCUENTA Y NUEVE PUNTO CINCUENTA Y CUATRO (159.54) METROS CUADRADOS, sita en la CALLE LAS FLORES del Municipio de Ceiba, Puerto Rico; en lindes por el NORTE, con la Calle Las Flores; por el SUR, con Eduardo Arias; por el ESTE, hoy con José Rivera Boneta; y por el OESTE, con María Quiñones. Enclava una casa terrera de hormigón y bloques de tres cuartos de dormitorio, sala, comedor, cocina y cuarto de baño. Tiene un balcón en el frente que mide 29’ de largo. La casa mide 45’ de largo por 32’ de ancho. En su techo tiene toda la instalación sanitaria por si acaso se construye un segundo piso y está totalmente cercada. Tiene una marquesina de 10’ de frente por 22’ de fondo, con un valor de $10,600.00, mediante escritura No. 109 otorgada en Fajardo el 20 de septiembre del 1974 ante David Figueroa Morales, inscrita al folio 123 del tomo 31 de Ceiba, finca No. 943, inscripción 2a. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 125 del tomo 31 de Ceiba, Registro de la Propiedad de Fajardo, finca número 943, inscripción quinta. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: 745 Calle Romero (antes Calle las Flores), Ceiba, Puerto Rico. La subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de a $23,305.46 de principal, intereses al 7.25% anual, desde el día 1ro de noviembre de 2020 hasta su completo pago, más la cantidad de $4,700.00 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más recargos acumulados, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $47,000.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será una equivalente a 2/3 parte de aquella, o sea la suma de $31,333.33 y de necesitarse una tercera subasta la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir la suma de $23,500.00. Si se declara desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si esta 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. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que todo licitador acepta como suficiente la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, continuarán

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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. La propiedad a ser vendida en pública subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a todas las subastas los titulares de créditos hipotecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno o que figuren como tales en la certificación registral y que podrán utilizar el montante de sus créditos o parte de alguno en sus ofertas. Si la oferta aceptada es por cantidad mayor a la suma del crédito o créditos preferentes al suyo, al obtener la buena pro del remate, deberá satisfacer en el mismo acto, en efectivo o en cheque de gerente, la totalidad del crédito hipotecario que se ejecuta y la de cualesquiera otro créditos posteriores al que se ejecuta pero preferente al suyo. El exceso constituirá abono total o parcial en su propio crédito. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, a 04 de febrero de 2022. DENISE BRUNO ORTIZ, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #266, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL, SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO. SHIRLEY SÁNCHEZ MARTÍNEZ, ALGUACIL REGIONAL #161.

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U.S BANK TRUST, N.A, AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST Demandante V.

YARINAIL DONATO BURGOS, ROBERTO JUAN MENDOZA RAMOS Y SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: FCD2013-1141. 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 Manda-

miento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, 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 Carolina, el 5 DE JULIO DE 2022, A LAS 1:15 DE LA TARDE, 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: URBANA: Solar dos de la manzana “C” de la Urbanización Ciudad Universitaria en el barrio Cuevas de Trujillo Alto, con un área de 302.75 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con los solares 25 y 26 en una distancia de 14 metros; por el SUR, con la calle “A” distancia de 14 metros; por el ESTE, con el solar uno en una distancia de 21.62 metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar tres en una distancia de 21.62 metros. Contiene una casa de concreto diseñada para una familia. FINCA 6234 INSCRITA AL FOLIO 173 DEL TOMO 173 DE TRUJILLO ALTO, REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE SAN JUAN, SECCION CUARTA. Propiedad localizada en: C 2 A Este St, Ciudad Universitaria, Trujillo Alto, PR 00976. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: a. ANOTACIÓN DE DEMANDA a favor del Firstbank Puerto Rico por la cual se reclama a la parte demandada Yarinail Donato Burgos, Roberto Juan Mendoza Ramos y la sociedad legal de bienes gananciales compuesta por ambos, el pago del principal adeudado ascendente a la suma de $165,557.14 por concepto de principal, más otras sumas que surgen del documento, todas garantizadas con la Hipoteca de la inscripción 7ª. Anotada en virtud de copia de la Demanda radicada el 3 de junio del 2009 en la Sala de Carolina del Tribunal de Primera Instancia en el caso civil número FCD09-1169 sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca por la vía ordinaria. Inscrita el 4 de septiembre de 2009 al folio 121 vuelto del Tomo 738 de Trujillo Alto, finca 6234, Anotación A. b. ANOTACIÓN DE DEMANDA a

favor del Firstbank Puerto Rico por la cual se reclama a la parte demandada Yarinail Donato Burgos, Roberto Juan Mendoza Ramos y la sociedad legal de bienes gananciales compuesta por ambos, el pago del principal adeudado ascendente a la suma de $196,061.82 por concepto de principal, más otras sumas que surgen del documento, todas garantizadas con la Hipoteca de la inscripción 7ª. Anotada en virtud de copia de la Demanda radicada el 23 de julio de 2013 en la Sala de Carolina del Tribunal de Primera Instancia en el caso civil número FCD2013-1141 sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca por la vía ordinaria. Inscrita el 23 de diciembre de 2013 al folio 122 del Tomo 738 de Trujillo Alto, finca 6234, Anotación B. c. EMBARGO a favor de Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico contra Roberto J. Mendoza Ramos y Yarinail Donato Burgos, seguro social número xxx-xx-5937, por la suma de $11,697.85; expedido mediante certificación del 28 de octubre de 2015 por el Departamento de Hacienda, caso CAR-151005. Anotado el 6 de noviembre de 2015 al folio 43, orden 132, del Libro 6 de Embargos Estatales de San Juan IV. El embargo es anotado al amparo de las disposiciones de la Ley 8 del 10 de abril de 1964 y el mismo no se cancelará hasta la liquidación total de la deuda aplazada. d. EMBARGO a favor de Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico contra Roberto J. Mendoza Ramos y Yarinail Donato Burgos, seguro social número xxx-xx-5937, por la suma de $6,994.74; expedido mediante certificación del 28 de octubre de 2015 por el Departamento de Hacienda, caso CAR15-1004. Anotado el 6 de noviembre de 2015 al folio 44, orden 133, del Libro 6 de Embargos Estatales de San Juan IV. El embargo es anotado al amparo de las disposiciones de la Ley 8 del 10 de abril de 1964 y el mismo no se cancelará hasta la liquidación total de la deuda aplazada. e. EMBARGO a favor de Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico contra Roberto J. Mendoza Ramos, seguro social número xxx-xx-7677, y Yarinail Donato Burgos, seguro social número xxx-xx-5937, por la suma de $34,209.93; expedido mediante certificación del 14 de noviembre de 2018 por el Departamento de Hacienda, caso CAR2019-1080. Anotado el 30 de noviembre de 2018 al Tomo Karibe. f. EMBARGO a favor de Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico contra Roberto J. Mendoza Ramos, seguro social número xxx-xx-7677, y Yarinail Donato Burgos, seguro social número xxx-xx-5937, por la suma de $33,815.18; expedido mediante certificación del 7 de febrero de 2022 por el Departa-

mento de Hacienda, caso CAR22-1124. Anotado el 27 de febrero de 2022 al Tomo Karibe. 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 $143,800.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 12 DE JULIO DE 2022, A LAS 1:15 DE LA TARDE, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $95,866.67, dos tercios (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 $71,900.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 19 DE JULIO DE 2022, A LAS 1:15 DE LA TARDE. 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 $195,484.98 de principal, intereses al tipo del 4.00% anual según ajustado desde el día 1 de noviembre de 2012 hasta el pago de la deuda en su totalidad, más la suma de $5,752.00 por concepto de honorarios de abogado y costas autorizadas por el Tribunal, 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) interesa-

dos (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 Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 11 de mayo de 2022. HÉCTOR L. PEÑA RODRÍGUEZ, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA, SALA SUPERIOR.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

SUCESION DE IRMA RODRIGUEZ ALICEA, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO IRMA RODRIGUEZ, COMPUESTA POR CHRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ GARCIA, TATIANA RODRIGUEZ GARCIA Y RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ DIAZ; FULANO DE TAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL, COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON POSIBLE INTERÉS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2021CV04092. (703). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL. A: SUCESION DE IRMA RODRIGUEZ ALICEA, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO IRMA RODRIGUEZ, COMPUESTA POR CHRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ GARCIA, TATIANA RODRIGUEZ GARCIA Y RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ DIAZ; FULANO DE TAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL, COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON POSIBLE INTERÉS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Yo, EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre

la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 23 DE JUNIO DE 2022 A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, en el Cuarto Piso, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Bayamón durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 30 DE JUNIO DE 2022, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 7 DE JULIO DE 2022, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento #202: Apartamento residencial identificado con el número Doscientos Dos (202), localizado en al segunda planta del Edificio número 2 del CONDOMINIO PORTALES DE BAYAMÓN GARDENS, sito en la Calle número 21, lote número 16 de la URBANIZACIÓN BAYAMÓN GARDENS del término municipal de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el cual tiene una cabida superficial de MIL CIENTO NUEVE PUNTO OCHENTA Y TRES (1,109.83) PIES CUADRADOS, equivalentes a CIENTO TRES PUNTO DIEZ (103.10) METROS CUADRADOS. En lindes por el NORTE, con un área abierta, a una distancia de 29’0”, equivalentes a 8.84 metros; por el SUR, con una área abierta y escaleras comunales, a una distancia de 29’0”, equivalentes a 8.84 metros; por el ESTE, con el apartamento #203, a una distancia de 42’0”, equivalentes a 12.80 metros; y por el OESTE, con el apartamento número 201 y escaleras comunales, a una distancia de 35’10”, equivalentes a 10.92 metros. La puerta principal de entrada y salida de este apartamento se encuentra localizada en el Oeste y da acceso a elementos comunes a saber; escaleras comunales y a su vez al área común. Este apartamento tiene una puerta en su colindancia Sur que da acceso a un área de desahogo identificada en el plano como balcón. En su fachada Norte tiene unas puertas corredizas

de cristal que da acceso al área de balcón principal. Consta este apartamento de un nivel, donde se ubican los elementos de sala comedor, balcón, área de pileta, cocina, lavandería, tres cuartos dormitorios y dos baños. Tiene y le corresponde de forma privada, exclusiva, permanente e inseparable dos espacios para estacionamiento de vehículos, que se identifican con el número 202. Este apartamento tiene una participación en los elementos generales del Condominio de 3.96%. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al Sistema Karibe de Bayamón Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Primera, finca número 79,024, inscripción tercera. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Condominio Portales de Bayamón Gardens, 202-2, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. La subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $80,744.41 de principal; $1,962.00 de principal diferido, intereses al 5.50% anual, desde el día 1ro. de abril de 2020, hasta su completo pago, más la cantidad de $8,640.00 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más recargos acumulados, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $86,400.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será una equivalente a 2/3 parte de aquella, o sea la suma de $57,600.00 y de necesitarse una tercera subasta la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir la suma de $43,200.00. Si se declara desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si esta 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. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que todo licitador acepta como suficiente la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, 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. La propiedad a ser vendida en pública subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a todas las subastas los titulares de créditos hipotecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno o que figuren como tales en la certificación

26 término municipal de Manatí, Puerto Rico. Tiene una cabida superficial de mil doscientos setenta y cinco punto seiscientos setenta y nueve pies cuadrados (1,275.679 p.c.) equivalentes a ciento dieciocho punto quinientos catorce metros cuadrados (118.514 m.c.). Compuesta por su área de apartamento de mil doscientos cuatro punto ciento setenta y nueve pies cuadrados (1,204.179 p.c.) equivalentes a ciento once punto ochocientos setenta y dos metros cuadrados (111.872 m.c.) y área de balcón de setenta y uno punto quinientos pies cuadrados (71.500 p.c.), equivalentes a seis punto seiscientos cuarenta y tres metros cuadrados (6.643 m.c.). son sus linderos por el NORTE, en distancia de cuatro pies (4’) cero pulgadas (0”) con pared que lo separa de elemento exterior común, en veintidós pies (22’) dos pulgadas (2”) con pared medianera que lo separa del Apartamento identificado LEGAL NOTICE con el número ochocientos dos ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO guión B (802-B) y en diecinueDE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- ve pies (19’) siete pulgadas NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA (7”) con pared que lo separa SALA SUPERIOR DE MANATÍ de corredor (common area) y fosa de las escaleras; por el BANCO POPULAR SUR, en distancia de cuatro DE PUERTO RICO pies (4’) cero pulgada (0”) con Demandante V. pared que lo separa de elemenRAMON ESTABAN to exterior común, en once pies HUERTAS CRESPO (11’) una pulgada (1”), seis pies Demandado (6’) una pulgada (1”), cuatro Civil Núm.: AR2019CV01063. pies (4’) nueve pulgadas (9”), (102). Sobre: COBRO DE cuatro pies (4’) nueve pulgadas DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE (9”) y once pies (11’) una pulGARANTÍAS. EDICTO DE SU- gada (1”), con pared medianera BASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS que lo separa del Apartamento DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDEN- identificado con el número seisTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNI- cientos dos guión B (602-B); DOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASO- por el ESTE, en distancias de CIADO DE PUERTO RICO, doce pies (12’) tres pulgadas SS. (3”) y dieciséis pies (16’) siete pulgadas (7”) con pared que A: PUBLICO EN lo separa de elemento exterior GENERAL. El Alguacil del Tribunal que sus- común; y por el OESTE, en cribe anuncia y hace constar: A. distancia de dieciséis pies (16’) Que en cumplimiento del Man- siete pulgadas (7”) y doce pies damiento que me ha sido dirigi- (12’) cuatro pulgadas (4”) con do por la Secretaria del Tribunal pared que lo separa de elede Primera Instancia de Puerto mento exterior común. ContieRico, Sala de Manatí, en el caso ne sala-comedor, cocina, área de epígrafe, venderé en pública de “laundry”, tres dormitorios, subasta y al mejor postor de uno de ellos es el “master becontado y en moneda de curso droom”, dos baños, uno con legal y corriente de los Estados acceso al pasillo central y el Unidos de América y cuyo pago segundo ubicado dentro del se efectuará en efectivo, giro área del “master bedroom”, postal o cheque certificado a dos closets, un “walk-in-closet” nombre del Alguacil del Tribu- en el “master bedroom”, “linen” nal de Primera Instancia, todo closet y/o un closet de almaderecho, título o interés que cenaje y balcón. La puerta de tenga la Parte Demandada en entrada de este apartamento el bien inmueble que se descri- está situada en su lindero Nobe a continuación: URBANA: roeste que da acceso al pasillo Propiedad Horizontal: Aparta- que a su vez se comunica con mento tipo “walk-up”, de un solo espacios comunes que connivel identificado con el número ducen a la vía pública. Le coochocientos dos guión A (802- rresponde a este apartamento A), localizado en el segundo el uso y disfrute “como anejo” piso del Edificio Olimpia (Edi- de un área de estacionamiento ficio “B”) del Condominio “Ate- doble (con capacidad para dos nas Court”, a su vez localizado vehículos de motor) identificaen la Carretera Estatal número dos con el mismo número del ciento cuarenta y nueve (149), Apartamento en el plano del kilometro tres punto cinco (km Condominio. Le corresponde a 3.5) en Barrio Río Arriba Sa- este Apartamento un por ciento lientes (Barrio Coto Sur), del de participación en los elemenregistral y que podrán utilizar el montante de sus créditos o parte de alguno en sus ofertas. Si la oferta aceptada es por cantidad mayor a la suma del crédito o créditos preferentes al suyo, al obtener la buena pro del remate, deberá satisfacer en el mismo acto, en efectivo o en cheque de gerente, la totalidad del crédito hipotecario que se ejecuta y la de cualesquiera otro créditos posteriores al que se ejecuta pero preferente al suyo. El exceso constituirá abono total o parcial en su propio crédito. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 13 de mayo de 2022. EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL, SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN.

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tos comunes generales de uno punto ocho cinco cinco cinco por ciento (1.8555%). Dirección Física: Cond. Atenas Court, Apt. 802-A, Manatí, Puerto Rico 00674. Finca 18,867, inscrita al folio 175 del tomo 577 de Manatí, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Manatí. B. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado están de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables bajo el epígrafe de este caso. C. Que 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 ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. D. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente al 1 de diciembre de 2017, las siguientes cantidades: la suma principal de $157,292.05, más la suma de $4,076.60, por concepto de atrasos acumulados pactados en la modificación, más la suma de $19,318.64, que incluye intereses según pactados, cargos por demora y otros cargos, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de 10% del principal, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se celebrará el día 23 DE JUNIO DE 2022 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA en la Oficina del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Manatí, por el tipo mínimo de $182,000.00. De declararse desierta dicha subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 30 DE JUNIO DE 2022 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar antes mencionado. El precio para la segunda subasta lo será 2/3 partes del precio mínimo de la primera, o sea, $121,333.33. De declararse desierta dicha segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 7 DE JULIO DE 2022 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar antes mencionado. El precio para la tercera subasta lo será 1/2 del precio mínimo de la primera, o sea, $91,000.00. Y PARA QUE ASÍ CONSTE, y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general y por un término de catorce (14) días en los sitios públicos conforme a la ley, expido la presente bajo mi firma y sello de este tribunal, hoy 11 de mayo de 2022 en Manatí, Puerto Rico. WILFREDO RODRÍGUEZ CARRIÓN, ALGUACIL CONFIDENCIAL PLACA #135.

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REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC. Demandante Vs.

PETRA MURIEL DE LA PAZ T/C/C PETRA MURIEL DE PANTOJA T/C/C PETRA MURIEL; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA

Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2021CV00568. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. 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 San Juan, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 23 DE JUNIO DE 2022, A LAS 10:00 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: URBANA: Solar marcada con el numero noventa y nueve (99) del bloque “EL” del Plano de Inscripción de la segunda extensión de la Urbanización Country Club, situada en el Barrio Sabana Llana de la municipalidad de Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de trescientos veintitrés metros cuadrados con veinticinco centímetros (323.25 mc) colinda por el NOROESTE, en quince (15) metros y seis (6) centímetros con la Calle ciento veintitrés (123); por el SURESTE, en trece (13) metros y cinco (5) centímetros con el Solar número ciento dos (102); por el ESTE, en veintitrés (20) metros con el solar cien (100); y por el OESTE, en veintitrés (23) metros con el Solar noventa y ocho (98). Enclava una casa. Inscrita al folio 132 del tomo 158 de Sabana Llana, finca 7,016, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección V. La Hipoteca Revertida consta inscrita al tomo Karibe, finca

7,016 de Sabana Llana, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección V, inscripción 13ª. Propiedad localizada en: 1170 (99-EL) ANTONIA MARTINEZ (123) ST., COUNTRY CLUB, SAN JUAN, PR 00924. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de la Carga: $120,000.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 29 de abril de 2083. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $120,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 30 DE JUNIO DE 2022, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $80,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $60,000.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 11 DE JULIO DE 2022, A LAS 10:00 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 $55,861.75 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $9,993.24 en intereses acumulados al 31 de marzo de 2021 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 4.613% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $3,007.99 en seguro hipotecario; $642.00 en seguro; $525.00 de tasaciones; $140.00 de inspecciones; $1,150.00 en honorarios de abogado, para un total de $71,319.98, más el equivalente del 10% del pagare original en

la suma de $12,000.00, como cantidad liquida para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado, esta última habrá de devengar intereses al máximo del tipo legal fijado por la oficina del Comisionado de Instituciones Financieras aplicable a esta fecha, desde este mismo día hasta su total y completo saldo. 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 San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 17 de mayo de 2022. PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, ALGUACIL REGIONAL.

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E.M.I. EQUITY MORTGAGE, INC. Demandante Vs.

GEREMY LUIS RIVERA MORALES

Demandados Civil Núm.: CI2021CV00250. Sala: 101. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CIALES, SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el 21 DE JUNIO DE 2022, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CIALES, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, títu-

lo e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: #464 CALLE 23, COMUNIDAD VILLA ROSA, BARRIO BARAHONA, MOROVIS, PUERTO RICO 00687 y que se describe a continuación: RUSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número cuatrocientos sesenta y cuatro en el Plano de Parcelación de la Comunidad Rural Barahona del Barrio Barahona del término municipal de Morovis, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de trescientos sesenta y cinco punto treinta y siete metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con terrenos de Administración de Vivienda Rural; por el SUR, con Calle número ocho de la comunidad; por el ESTE, con parcela número cuatrocientos sesenta y cinco de la comunidad; y por el OESTE, con parcela número cuatrocientos sesenta y tres de la comunidad. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 30 del Tomo 149 de Morovis, finca número 8,573, Registro de la Propiedad de Manatí. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $100,596.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 28 DE JUNIO DE 2022, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $67,064.00. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 5 DE JULIO DE 2022, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $50,298.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura de hipoteca número 317 otorgada en Caguas, Puerto Rico, el día 31 de agosto de 2017, ante el Notario Jesús A. Ledesma Amador, inscrita al tomo Karibe de Morovis, finca número 8,573, inscripción Undécima y última. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $96,100.92 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de junio de 2020, más intereses al tipo pactado de 4.50% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, la parte demandada adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equiva-

lentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $10,059.60. Además, la parte demandada se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $10,059.60 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $10,059.60 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CIALES, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores desconocidos, no inscritos o presentados que sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y el Cuartel de Policía. Este Edic-

The San Juan Daily Star to será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Ciales, Puerto Rico, hoy día 11 de mayo de 2022. Gerardo Reyes, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CIALES, SALA SUPERIOR. ***

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LUNA RESIDENTIAL III, LLC Demandante Vs.

LA SUCESION DE ADALBERTO REYES RIVERA COMPUESTA POR ADAMARIS, VELMARIS Y ADALBERTO TODOS DE APELLIDOS REYES VAZQUEZ, JOHN DOE Y SYLVIA ROE COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE ADALBERTO REYES RIVERA, Y MARINITZA VAZQUEZ ADROVET

Demandados Civil Núm.: DCD2017-0041. (501). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y COBRO DE DINERO (VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: SUCESION DE ADALBERTO REYES RIVERA COMPUESTA POR ADAMARIS, VELMARIS Y ADALBERTO TODOS DE APELLIDOS REYES VAZQUEZ, JOHN DOE Y SYLVIA ROE COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE ADALBERTO REYES RIVERA, Y MARINITZA VAZQUEZ ADROVET; Y AL PUBLICO EN GENERAL HAGO SABER: El Alguacil que suscribe, anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, de contado y por moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América. Todo pago recibido por el (la) Alguacil por concepto de subastas será en efectivo, giro postal o cheque

certificado a nombre del (de la) Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Todo derecho, título, participación e interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: Lote número dos (2) con un área de mil ochenta y siete punto ocho mil quinientos once metros cuadrados (1,087.8511 m.c.), equivalentes a cero punto dos mil setecientos sesenta y ocho cuerdas (0.2768 cdas.), en el Sector Río Plantation del Barrio Hato Tejas de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, colindando por el NORTE, con la finca principal de la cual se segrega; por el SUR, con Luis Barbosa; por el ESTE, con el Lote “L” a segregarse; y por el OESTE, con Pablo Morales. Finca Número 8,792, (antes 49,138), inscrita al folio 136 del tomo 183 de Bayamón Norte. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección III de Bayamón. En la inscripción en el tomo no se expresa que sea Urbana o Rústica. Propiedad localizada en: LOT 2, 2 ST. Este, Río Plantation, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. En relación a la finca a subastarse se establece como tipo mínimo de licitación en la Primera Subasta la suma de $100,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la Escritura de Primera Hipoteca #244 otorgada en Bayamón, Puerto Rico el día 17 de agosto de 2012, ante el notario José E. Franco Gómez. Inscrita al folio “175” del tomo “262”, de Bayamón Norte, Finca número “8,792”, Inscripción 5ta. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 15 DE JUNIO DE 2022, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mis oficinas sitas en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón. En relación a la propiedad a subastarse, la cantidad mínima de licitación en la Primera Subasta será la suma de $100,000.00. Si la primera subasta del inmueble no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 22 DE JUNIO DE 2022, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo sitio y servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes del precio pactada para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $66,666.66. Si la segunda subasta no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 29 DE JUNIO DE 2022, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar y regirá como tipo de la tercera subasta la mitad del precio pactado para la primera, o sea, la suma de $50,000.00. Dicha Subasta se llevará a cabo, para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: Dicha venta se llevará a efecto, para con su producto satisfacer a la parte

Monday, May 30, 2022 demandante el importe de su Sentencia, a saber: OCHENTA Y UN MIL OCHOCIENTOS VEINTIUN DOLARES CON SETENTA Y NUEVE CENTAVOS ($81,821.79) más intereses a razón del CINCO Y UN CUARTO PORCIENTO (5 ¼) anual, pactando el pago de una suma igual al 10% de la obligación principal para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado desde julio de 2016, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago y aquellas otras sumas que surjan de la faz de la anterior obligación y de la hipoteca que la garantiza, más una suma estipulada para costas, gastos y honoraros de abogados de DIEZ MIL DOLARES ($10,000.00), más cualquier otra suma que resulte por cualesquiera otros adelantos que se hayan hecho la demandante, en virtud de las disposiciones de la Escritura de Hipoteca y del Pagaré Hipotecario. Para más información, a las personas interesadas se les notifica que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal, durante las horas laborables. Este EDICTO DE SUBASTA, se publicará en los lugares públicos correspondientes y en un periódico de circulación general en la jurisdicción de Puerto Rico. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuaran subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente Escritura de Venta Judicial y el Alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días, de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el Tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Se informa que la propiedad objeto de ejecución se adquiere libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Expedido en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 12 de mayo de 2022. EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193.

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REVERSE MORTGAGE

FUNDING LLC. Demandante Vs.

SUCESION HECTOR LUIS COLON GONZALEZ T/C/C HECTOR L. COLON GONZALEZ T/C/C HECTOR COLON GONZALEZ COMPUESTA POR GLORICELLIS COLON LOPEZ, HECTOR L. COLON LOPEZ; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados Civil Núm.: RG2020CV00374. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. 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 Fajardo, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Fajardo, el 10 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 9:00 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: RUSTICA: Predio de terreno radicado en el Barrio Guzmán Abajo del término municipal de Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, de forma triangular compuesto de cero punto uno cinco dos siete (0.1527) cuerdas, equivalentes a sesenta (60) áreas, y cero (0) centiáreas. En lindes por el Norte, con uno punto con camino municipal; por el Sur, con Sucesión Vázquez; por el Este, con lote diez (10) y seis guion A (6-A) para uso público; y por el Oeste, con Nicanor Nieves. Inscrita al folio 78 del tomo 213 de Rio Grande, finca 3893, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección III. La Hipoteca Revertida consta inscrita al folio 2624 del tomo 560 de Rio Grande, finca 3893, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección

III, Inscripción 9ª. Propiedad localizada en: 956 KM 4.9, BO. GUZMAN ABAJO, SECTOR LOS MARQUEZ, RIO GRANDE, PUERTO RICO 00745. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de la Carga: $193,500.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 28 de septiembre de 2093. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $193,500.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Fajardo, el 17 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $129,00.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $96,750.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Fajardo, el 24 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $87,933.57 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $11,626.46 en intereses acumulados al 28 de febrero de 2021 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 3.235% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $3,870.07 en seguro hipotecario; $5,845.00 en cargos por servicio; $1,040.00 de tasación; $160.00 de inspecciones; $3,173.50 de adelantos pendientes; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $19,350.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abo-

gado, esta última habrá de devengar intereses al máximo del tipo legal fijado por la oficina del Comisionado de Instituciones Financieras aplicable a esta fecha, desde este mismo día hasta su total y completo saldo. 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 Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hoy 10 de febrero de 2022. SHIRLEY SÁNCHEZ MARTÍNEZ, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. DENISE BRUNO ORTIZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #266.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

SUCESIONES DE ISRAEL ORTIZ VIERA Y DE MARIA JUDITH PEREZ RUIZ, COMPUESTAS POR FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: HU2021CV00973. (208). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE GARANTÍAS. EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL. A: SUCESIONES DE ISRAEL ORTIZ VIERA Y DE MARIA JUDITH PEREZ RUIZ, COMPUESTAS POR FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (“CRIM”)

Yo, MARÍA DEL PILAR RIVERA RIVERA, ALGUACIL REGIONAL, Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 4 DE AGOSTO DE 2022 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Humacao, Humacao, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Humacao durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 11 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 18 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número ciento setenta y seis (176) de la Urbanización Vistas de Río Blanco, radicada en el Barrio Río Blanco del término municipal de Naguabo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de trescientos noventa y nueve punto nueve mil quinientos noventa y cuatro (399.9594) metros cuadrados, equivalentes a cero punto mil dieciocho (0.1018) de cuerdas. En lindes por el NORTE, con un arco y un segmento que suman doce punto cincuenta (12.50) metros lineales con la calle número seis (6) del proyecto; por el SUR, con dos segmentos que suman once punto sesenta y dos (11.62) metros lineales con el solar número ciento ochenta y uno (181) y en siete punto cero siete (7.07) metros lineales con el solar número ciento ochenta (180) del proyecto; por el OESTE, en veinticinco punto dieciocho (25.18) metros lineales con el solar número ciento setenta y cinco (175) del proyecto; y por el ESTE, en veinticinco punto cincuenta y uno (25.51) metros lineales con el solar número ciento setenta y siete (177). Enclava una estructura para fines residenciales, diseñada para vivienda de una familia, construida conforme a planos y especificaciones aprobadas por las agencias e instrumentalidades gubernamentales

pertinentes. Tiene talud por su lado Sur. Inscrita al folio 194 del tomo 230 de Naguabo, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Humacao, finca número 12,880. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Urb. Vistas de Río Blanco, Solar 176, Naguabo, Puerto Rico. La subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $38,354.07 de principal, más intereses a razón de 6.5%, desde el día 1ro. de enero de 2020, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de $217.07 por cargos por mora, más la suma de $6,348.80 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $63,488.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será equivalente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $42,325.33 y de ser necesaria una tercera subasta, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $31,744.00. Si se declara desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si esta 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. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que todo licitador acepta como suficiente la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, 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. La propiedad a ser vendida en pública subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a todas las subastas los titulares de créditos hipotecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno o que figuren como tales en la certificación registral y que podrán utilizar el montante de sus créditos o parte de alguno en sus ofertas. Si la oferta aceptada es por cantidad mayor a la suma del crédito o créditos preferentes al suyo, al obtener la buena pro del remate, deberá satisfacer en el mismo acto, en efectivo o en cheque de gerente, la totalidad del crédito hipotecario que se ejecuta y la de cualesquiera otro créditos posteriores al que se ejecuta pero preferente al suyo. El exceso constituirá abono total o parcial en su propio crédito. EN

28 TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Humacao, Puerto Rico, a 19 de abril de 2022. MARÍA DEL PILAR RIVERA RIVERA, ALGUACIL REGIONAL, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL, SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO. WILNELIA RIVERA DELGADO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #249.

una sala-comedor, cocina, dos (2) habitaciones, tres (3) closets y un (1) baño. Su puerta principal está localizada en su colindancia Este y se comunica con un pasillo, ascensor y escaleras que conducen a la vía pública. Le corresponde el área de estacionamiento número 53. Le corresponde un porcentaje de 1.456% y 17% en los elementos comunes limitados. Le corresponde el área de estacionamiento número 56. Inscrita LEGAL NOTICE al folio 17 del tomo 2076 de ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO Ponce, Finca Número 34314, DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- Registro de la Propiedad de NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Ponce, Sección I. La escritura CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PON- de hipoteca consta inscrita al tomo Karibe de Ponce, Finca CE SALA SUPERIOR Número 34314, Registro de la BANCO POPULAR Propiedad de Ponce, Sección DE PUERTO RICO I. Inscripción décima. Dirección Parte Demandante Vs. Física: Cond. Ponciana, Apt. JOSÉ ARNALDO 803 (8-C), 9140 Calle Marina, RODRÍGUEZ VÁZQUEZ Ponce, PR 00716. Número de Catastro: 63-389-062-508-22Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: PO2021CV02368. 746. Subastas: Fechas: PriSala: 406. Sobre: COBRO mera: 11 de agosto de 2022 a DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN las 10:30 de la mañana. Tipo DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA Mínimo: $74,760.00. Segunda: ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNI- 18 de agosto de 2022 a las DOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRE- 10:30 de la mañana. Tipo MíSIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS nimo: $49,840.00. Tercera: 25 UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE de agosto de 2022 a las 10:30 ASOCIADO DE PUERTO de la mañana. Tipo Mínimo: RICO, SS. AVISO DE PÚ- $37,380.00. El tipo mínimo BLICA SUBASTA. El Alguacil para la primera subasta será de que suscribe por la presente $74,760.00. De no haber adjuanuncia y hace constar que en dicación en la primera subasta cumplimiento de la Sentencia se celebrará una SEGUNDA dictada el 31 de enero de 2022, SUBASTA, el día 18 DE AGOSla Orden de Ejecución de Sen- TO DE 2022, A LAS 10:30 DE tencia del 21 de abril de 2022 LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar, y el Mandamiento de Ejecución en la cual el tipo mínimo será del 26 de abril de 2022 en el de dos terceras partes del tipo caso de epígrafe, procederé a mínimo fijado en la primera suvender el día 11 DE AGOSTO basta, o sea, $49,840.00. De DE 2022, A LAS 10:30 DE LA no haber adjudicación en la MAÑANA, en mi oficina, locali- segunda subasta, se celebrará zada en el Tribunal de Primera una TERCERA SUBASTA, el Instancia, Centro Judicial de día 25 DE AGOSTO DE 2022, A Ponce, Sala Superior, en 2150 LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA en Ave. Santiago de los Caballe- el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo ros, Ponce, Puerto Rico, al me- mínimo será la mitad del precio jor postor en pago de contado pactado, o sea, $37,380.00. Si y en moneda de los Estados se declarase desierta la tercera Unidos de América, cheque de subasta, se adjudicará la finca gerente o giro postal, todo títu- a favor del acreedor por la totalo, derecho o interés de la parte lidad de la cantidad adeudada demandada sobre la siguiente si ésta es igual o menor que propiedad: URBANA: PRO- el monto del tipo de la tercera PIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apar- subasta, si el tribunal lo estima tamento Número Ocho guión conveniente. Se abonará diC (8-C) de forma irregular que cho monto a la cantidad adeuradica en la octava planta del dada si ésta es mayor. Dicho Condominio Ponciana, situa- remate se llevará a cabo para do en la Calle Marina Número con su producto satisfacer a Dieciséis (16) de la Ciudad de la demandante el importe de Ponce, Puerto Rico; con un la Sentencia por la suma de área de 798.00 pies cuadrados, $75,189.39 de principal, más equivalentes a 74.16 metros intereses sobre dicha suma al cuadrados y balcón de 70.34 6.25% anual desde el 1 de marpies cuadrados, equivalentes a zo de 2020 hasta su completo 6.54 metros cuadrados, siendo pago, más $299.26 de recargos sus medidas lineales 23 pies de acumulados, más la cantidad frente por 31.50 pies de fondo. estipulada de $7,476.00 para Colinda por el NORTE, con el costas, gastos y honorarios de apartamento número ocho abogados, así como cualquier guión B (8-B); por el SUR, con otra suma que contenga el el apartamento número ocho contrato del préstamo. Surge guión D (8-D); por el ESTE, del Estudio de Título Registral con pasillo comunal; y por el que sobre esta propiedad pesa OESTE, con pared exterior del el siguiente gravamen posterior condominio que da hacia la Ca- a la hipoteca que por la presenlle Marina y el balcón. Contiene te se pretende ejecutar: Aviso

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de Demanda: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Vs. José Arnaldo Rodríguez Vázquez, ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce, en el Caso Civil Número PO2021CV02368, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca con un balance de $75,189.39 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 7 de octubre de 2021. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Ponce. Anotación A. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo desea. 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 examinados, 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. 210-2015. 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 Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy 19 de mayo de 2022. MANUEL MALDONADO, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE, SALA SUPERIOR.

A: MELINA RUIZ PEREZ. 7630 HORIZON LINE DR. APT. 8211, RALEIGH NC, 27617; 107 JOURNEY PLACE, DURHAM, NC 27703; 7 E URB. MIRADOR DEL SOL, CABO ROJO, PR 00623; TELÉFONO CONOCIDO: (787) 309-0763 Y (787) 254-1236.

ROJAS CONTRERAS COMPUESTA POR MARIANT ROJAS GONZÁLEZ, VERÓNICA ROJAS GONZÁLEZ, FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESIÓN DE JOSÉ JOAQUÍN BERNAL CONTRERAS COMPUESTA POR CARMEN VIOLETA BERNAL POLANCO, LEGAL NOTICE CARMEN VIRGINIA ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO BERNAL POLANCO, DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUJOSHUA ARTURO NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA BERNAL, JAYDEN SALA DE FLORIDA ANTONIO BERNAL ISLAND PORTFOLIO Y JAYLAH ISABEL SERVICES, LLC BERNAL, SUTANO Y COMO AGENTE DE PERENGANO DE TAL, FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS POSIBLES HEREDEROS FUND, LLC Demandante Vs. DESCONOCIDOS; MARÍA NICOLE ACEVEDO CRUZ DEL CARMEN POLANCO Demandada CANELA, POR SÍ Y Civil Núm.: FL2021CV00065. EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. USUFRUCTUARIA DEL ORDEN AUTORIZANDO EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. CAUDAL HEREDITARIO Vista la Demanda radicada en DE JOSÉ JOAQUIN LEGAL NOTICE autos, así como la Moción SoBERNAL CONTRERAS; ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO licitando Emplazar por Edicto DEPARTAMENTO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL y la Declaración Jurada a ella GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRI- anejada, el Tribunal la declara DE HACIENDA POR BUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTAN- CON LUGAR y en su conseCONDUCTO DE LA CIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN cuencia ordena a la Secretaría DIVISIÓN DE CAUDALES de este Tribunal que expida emORIENTAL BANK RELICTOS, CENTRO plazamiento a la parte demanDemandante V. DE RECAUDACIÓN DE dada, Nicole Acevedo Cruz, LUIS ORLANDO RAMOS el cual se publicará una vez INGRESOS MUNICIPALES TORRES; NICOLE en un periódico de circulación (CRIM) ADRIANA COLÓN diaria general, disponiéndose, Parte Demandada SANTIAGO además, que en los diez (10) Civil Núm.: CA2022CV00829. bunal 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.ramajudicia!. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja 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 Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 19 de mayo de 2022. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ELIBETH TORRES ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

Por la presente se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido notificado 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 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 Lcda. Raquel Deseda Belaval, Delgado Fernández, LLC, PO Box 11750, Fernández Juncos Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00910-1750. Tel. [787] 274-1414. DADA en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, a 18 de mayo de 2022. LIC. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SEDemandada CRETARIA REGIONAL II. MAGALY BONILLA MORALES, Civil Núm.: BY2022CV01974. SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL Sobre: ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE TRIBUNAL. DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., LEGAL NOTICE SS. EDICTO. ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO A: LUIS ORLANDO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL RAMOS TORRES. APT GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRI9402, 10 FLAMINGO BUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN APARTMENTS,

ORIENTAL BANK Demandante V.

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LUIS ORLANDO RAMOS TORRES; NICOLE ADRIANA COLÓN SANTIAGO

MELINA RUIZ PEREZ

A: NICOLE ADRIANA

Demandada ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- Civil Núm.: BY2022CV01974. NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Sobre: ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE SALA DE MAYAGÜEZ DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO ORIENTAL BANK LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., Parte Demandante V. SS. EDICTO. Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: MZ2022CV00153. COLÓN SANTIAGO. APT 9402, 10 FLAMINGO Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. APARTMENTS, EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICBAYAMÓN, PR 00959; TO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE 2826 IRONDALE STREET, AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DELTONA, FL 32738. DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIA- POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al triDO DE PUERTO RICO.

BAYAMÓN, PR 00959; 2826 IRONDALE STREET, DELTONA, FL 32738.

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 Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 19 de mayo de 2022. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ELIBETH TORRES ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

días siguientes a la publicación del Edicto, se le dirija a dicha parte demandada por correo certificado con acuse de recibo, una copia del emplazamiento y de la demanda presentada a su última dirección conocida. En Florida, Puerto Rico, a 20 de abril de 2022. RAFAEL I. LUGO MORALES, JUEZ MUNICIPAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA POR LA PRESENTE se le em- SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROplaza para que presente al tri- LINA BANCO POPULAR bunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber DE PUERTO RICO sido diligenciado este emplaParte Demandante Vs. zamiento, excluyéndose el día SUCESIÓN DE RAFAEL del diligenciamiento. Usted ROJAS CONTRERAS deberá presentar su alegación T/C/C RAFAEL responsiva a través del Sistema MILCIADES ROJAS Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al CONTRERAS T/C/C cual puede acceder utilizando RAFAEL MILCIADE la siguiente dirección electróniROJAS CONTRERAS ca: https://unired.ramajudicia!. T/C/C RAFAEL pr, salvo que se represente por MIRCIADES ROJAS derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación CONTRERAS T/C/C responsiva en la secretaría del RAFAEL MERCIADE tribunal. Si usted deja dictar ROJAS CONTRERAS sentencia en rebeldía en su T/C/C RAFAEL M. contra y conceder el remedio

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIón DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO E INTERPELACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: MARIANT ROJAS GONZÁLEZ, VERÓNICA ROJAS GONZALEZ, COMO HEREDERAS DE RAFAEL ROJAS CONTRERAS T/C/C RAFAEL MILCIADES ROJAS CONTRERAS T/C/C RAFAEL MILCIADE ROJAS CONTRERAS T/C/C RAFAEL MIRCIADES ROJAS CONTRERAS T/C/C RAFAEL MERCIADE ROJAS CONTRERAS T/C/C RAFAEL M. ROJAS CONTRERAS; Y A CARMEN VIOLETA BERNAL POLANCO, CARMEN VIRGINIA BERNAL POLANCO, JOSHUA ARTURO

BERNAL, JAYDEN ANTONIO BERNAL Y JAYLAH ISABEL BERNAL, COMO HEREDEROS DE JOSÉ JOAQUIN BERNAL CONTRERAS A SUS DIRECCIONES CONOCIDAS: URB. GOLDEN HILLS, B4 CALLE ANICETO DIAZ, TRUJILLO ALTO, PR 00976 Y 3112 OKEEFE ST., SAN DIEGO, CA 921732871. FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE RAFAEL ROJAS CONTRERAS T/C/C RAFAEL MILCIADES ROJAS CONTRERAS T/C/C RAFAEL MILCIADE ROJAS CONTRERAS T/C/C RAFAEL MIRCIADES ROJAS CONTRERAS T/C/C RAFAEL MERCIADE ROJAS CONTRERAS T/C/C RAFAEL M. ROJAS CONTRERAS CON IDENTIDAD Y DIRECCIÓN DESCONOCIDA. SUTANO Y PERENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE JOSÉ JOAQUIN BERNAL CONTRERAS, CON IDENTIDAD Y DIRECCIÓN DESCONOCIDA.

Queda usted notificado que en este Tribunal se ha radicado demanda sobre ejecución de hipoteca por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega se adeuda las siguientes cantidades: de $118,866.91 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 6.75% anual desde el 1 de enero de 2020 hasta su completo pago, más recargos acumulados, los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de $16,275.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo. La propiedad que garantiza hipotecariamente el préstamo es la siguiente: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Golden Hill situada en el Barrio Las Cuevas de Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, marcado con el #4 de la manzana B del plano de inscripción con área de 738.80 m.c. En lindes por el NORTE, en 23.24 metros con calle existente; por el NOROESTE, en 8.25 metros con la calle #1; por el SUR, en 34.55 metros con el solar #5 del bloque B; por el ESTE, en 17.164 metros con calle #1; y por el OESTE, en 28.00 metros con el solar #3

The San Juan Daily Star del bloque B de dicha urbanización. Inscrita al folio 140 del Tomo 97 de Trujillo Alto, Finca 4321. Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección IV. La hipoteca consta inscrita como asiento abreviado al tomo Karibe de Trujillo Alto, Finca 4321. Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección IV. Inscripción 13ra. La demandante es tenedora por endoso en blanco, por valor recibido y de buena fe del referido pagaré objeto de la presente acción. Se interpela a los demandados para que acepten o renuncien a la herencia de la causante dentro de los 30 días subsiguientes a la fecha que fuesen emplazados o requeridos que contesten, para darle cumplimiento el Artículo 1578 del nuevo Código Civil de Puerto Rico, 31 L.P.R.A. §11021, entendiéndose que, si no se expresan dentro de dicho término, aceptan el caudal relicto; la renuncia se hará por instrumento público o por escrito judicial. La parte demandada deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal. Se le advierte que si no contesta la demanda, radicando el original de la contestación en este Tribunal y enviando copia de la contestación a la abogada de la parte demandante, Lcda. Belma Alonso García, cuya dirección es: PO Box 3922, Guaynabo PR 00970-3922, Teléfonos: (787) 789-1826 y (787) 708-0566, correo electrónico: ofícinabelmaalonso@gmail.com, dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, excluyéndose el día de la publicación, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará Sentencia en su contra, concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal, hoy, 16 de mayo de 2022, en Carolina, Puerto Rico. LCDA. MARLYN APONTE RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. KEILA G., SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

Monday, May 30, 2022 GARCÍA T/C/C ELAINE GUADALUPE RODRÍGUEZ, FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: PO2022CV00764. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: ALBERT GUADALUPE RODRÍGUEZ, IRLA GARCÍA T/C/C ELAINE GUADALUPE RODRÍGUEZ, COMO HEREDEROS DE LUZ CELENIA RODRÍGUEZ TORRUELLA T/C/C LUZ C. RODRÍGUEZ TORRUELLA A SUS ÚLTIMAS DIRECCIONES CONOCIDAS: COMUNIDAD RURAL CANAS, 25 CALLE RAMOS ANTONINI, PONCE, PR 00731; 779 MEADOWLARK CT., LONGWOOD, FL 327503142. FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LUZ CELENIA RODRÍGUEZ TORRUELLA T/C/C LUZ C. RODRÍGUEZ TORRUELLA CON IDENTIDAD Y DIRECCIÓN DESCONOCIDA.

Queda usted notificado que en este Tribunal se ha radicado demanda sobre ejecución de hipoteca por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega se adeuda las siguientes cantidades: $45,594.29 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 6.5% anual desde el 1 de septiembre de 2021 hasta su completo pago, más $34.16 de recargos acumulados, los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de LEGAL NOTICE $5,495.00 para costas, gastos ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO y honorarios de abogados, así DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- como cualquier otra suma que NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA contenga el contrato del préstaSALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE mo. La propiedad que garantiza BANCO POPULAR hipotecariamente el préstamo es la siguiente: RÚSTICA: ParDE PUERTO RICO cela marcada con el #25 en el Parte Demandante Vs. LA SUCESIÓN DE LUZ plano de parcelación de la CoRural Canas del Barrio CELENIA RODRÍGUEZ munidad Canas del término municipal de TORRUELLA T/C/C LUZ C. Ponce, con cabida superficial RODRÍGUEZ TORRUELLA de 575.17 m.c. En lindes por el NORTE, con parcela #24 COMPUESTA POR ALBERT GUADALUPE de la comunidad; por el SUR, con calle #5 de la comunidad; RODRÍGUEZ, IRLA por el ESTE, con calle #1 de la

comunidad; por el OESTE, con parcela #25 A de la comunidad. Contiene una casa de concreto dedicada a vivienda. Inscrita al folio 161 del tomo 766 de Ponce Sur, Finca 11546. Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección II. La hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 178 del tomo 1109 de Ponce Sur, Finca 11546. Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección II. Inscripción 8va. La modificación de hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 179 del tomo 1109 de Ponce Sur, Finca 11546. Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección II. Inscripción 12ma. La demandante es tenedora por endoso, por valor recibido y de buena fe del referido pagaré objeto de la presente acción. Se interpela a los demandados para que acepten o renuncien a la herencia de los causantes dentro de los 30 días subsiguientes a la fecha que fuesen emplazados o requeridos que contesten, para darle cumplimiento el Artículo 1578 del nuevo Código Civil de Puerto Rico, 31 L.P.R.A. § 11021, entendiéndose que, si no se expresan dentro de dicho término, aceptan el caudal relicto; la renuncia se hará por instrumento público o por escrito judicial. La parte demandada deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal. Se le advierte que si no contesta la demanda, radicando el original de la contestación en este Tribunal y enviando copia de la contestación a la abogada de la parte demandante, Lcda. Belma Alonso García, cuya dirección es: PO Box 3922, Guaynabo, PR 00970-3922, Tels. (787)7891826 y (787)708-0566, correo electrónico: oficinabelmaalonso@gmail.com, dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, excluyéndose el día de la publicación, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará Sentencia en su contra, concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle.EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal, hoy, 18 de mayo de 2022, en Ponce, Puerto Rico. LUZ MAYRA CARABALLO GARCÍA, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MAGDA L. BAHAMUNDI TORRES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

AUFFANT MÉNDEZ

Parte Demandada Caso Civil Núm.: PO2022CV00619. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: DELIA MARÍA AUFFANT MÉNDEZ.

POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá radicar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired.ramajudicial.pr/ sumac/, salvo que se presente por· derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá radicar el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente y notifique con copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, Lcda. Marjaliisa Colón Villanueva, al PO BOX 7970, Ponce, P.R. 00732-7970; Teléfono: 787843-41668. En dicha demanda se tramita un procedimiento de cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca bajo el número mencionado en el epígrafe. Se alega en dicho procedimiento que la parte Demandada incurrió en el incumplimiento del Contrato de Hipoteca, al no poder pagar las mensualidades vencidas correspondientes a los meses de septiembre de 2020 hasta el presente, más los cargos por demora correspondientes. Además, adeuda a la parte demandante las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en que incurra el tenedor del pagaré en este litigio. De acuerdo con dicho Contrato de Garantía Hipotecaria la parte Demandante declaró vencida la totalidad de la deuda ascendente a la suma de $275,923.87, el cual se compone de in primer principal por la suma de $264,913.87 y un principal diferido por la suma de $11,009.92, más intereses sobre la suma de $264,913.87 a razón del 6 5/8% anual, así como todos aquellos créditos y sumas que surjan de la faz de la obligación hipotecaria y de la hipoteca que la garantiza, incluyendo $26,400.00 pactado para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. La parte Demandante presentó para su inscripción en el RegisLEGAL NOTICE tro de la Propiedad corresponESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO diente, un A VISO DE PLEITO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- PENDIENTE (“Lis Pendens”) NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA sobre la propiedad objeto de esta acción cuya propiedad es SALA DE PONCE la siguiente: URBANA: Solar FIRSTBANK marcado con el número 5 en PUERTO RICO el plano del Proyecto ResiParte Demandante Vs. dencial Jardín de la Alhambra, DELIA MARÍA radicada en la Urbanización La

Alhambra del término municipal de Ponce, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de dos tres ocho punto cuatro cero (238.40m.) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la calle de acceso y el solar número (cuatro) 4 del proyecto; por el SUR, con el solar número seis (6) del proyecto; por el ESTE, con la calle de acceso del proyecto y por el OESTE, con el solar número cuatro (4) de la urbanización La Alhambra. Enclava una estructura de dos plantas tipo dúplex diseñada para fines residenciales construida de concreto y bloques de concreto cuya primera planta consiste principalmente de un patio frontal, sala, comedor, cocina y un medio baño, la segunda planta consta de tres (3) habitaciones con sus closets, dos (2) baños, lavandería y un área de almacén con acceso a dos (2) áreas de terraza en la parte superior de la estructura. Inscrita al folio ochenta y cinco (85) del tomo mil setecientos ochenta y seis (1,786), finca número cincuenta y nueve mil doscientos sesenta y cinco (59,265), Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección l. SE LES APERCIBE que, de no hacer sus alegaciones responsivas a la demanda dentro del término aquí dispuesto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Ponce, Puerto Rico. A 17 día de mayo de 2022. LUZ MAYRA CARABALLO GARCÍA, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MAGDA L. BAHAMUNDI TORRES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE

LEGACY MORTGAGE ASSET TRUST 2019-PR1 Demandante V.

TOMMY VARGAS RAMOS AKA TOMMY VARGAS POR SI Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE ANA CELIA RAMOS ROMAN AKA ANACELIA RAMOS ROMAN COMPUESTA CON JULISSA M. VARGAS RAMOS Y JUAN LUIS VARGAS RAMOS COMO HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS, FULANO DE TAL, FULANA DE TAL, ZUTANO DE TAL, ZUTANA DE TAL, HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS A, B Y C DE LA SUCESIÓN; HONORABLE SECRETARIO DE JUSTICIA DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO

DE PUERTO RICO; HONORABLE SECRETARIO DE HACIENDA DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO

Demandados Civil Núm.: PO2022CV00597. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A LA PARTE DEMANDADA: TOMMY VARGAS RAMOS AKA TOMMY VARGAS POR SI Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE ANA CELIA RAMOS ROMAN AKA ANA CELIA RAMOS ROMAN COMPUESTA CON: JULISSA M. VARGAS RAMOS Y JUAN LUIS VARGAS RAMOS COMO HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenCiado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento, notificando copia de la misma al (a la) abogado (a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Por la presente el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, conforme al caso de Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria vs. Latinoamericana de Exportación, Inc., 164 DPR 689 (2005), le ordena que en el término de treinta (30) días, haga declaración aceptando o repudiando la herencia de la Sucesión de Ana Celia Ramos Roman aka Anacelia Ramos Roman. 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. 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. La parte demandante ha radicado una acción de cobro

de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca por deuda vencida y la misma está garantizada sobre la siguiente propiedad: RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número 89 en el plano de parcelación de la Comunidad Rural Magueyes, del Barrio Magueyes del término municipal de Ponce, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 0.1469 cuerdas, equivalente a cinco áreas, setenta y cuatro centiáreas y tres mil seiscientos treinta y ocho diezmilésimas de otra; 574.3638 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en una distancia de 19.40 metros con la Calle Amatista, esquina Calle Perla de la misma comunidad; por el SUR, en una distancia de 19.53 metros, con la parcela número 93 de la misma comunidad; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 30.29 metros, con la parcela número 94 de la misma comunidad; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 29.35 metros, con la Calle Perla, esquina Amatista. Las distancias de las colindancias Norte y Oeste que se indican en este documento son tomadas hasta el vértice de la esquina de las Calle Perla y Amatista. El área del conjunto en esta esquina fue restada y no está incluida en el área que se indica en el presente documento. La curva de este abanico es de 90 grados y el radio es de 5.59 metros. Dentro de la parcela descrita se encuentra enclavada una casa de dos plantas de hormigón, madera y zinc de 32 pies con 4 pulgadas de largo por 16 con 3 pulgadas de ancho, con balcón, sala, cocina, comedor y tres habitaciones. Finca #10365 inscrita al folio 90 del tomo 419 de Ponce Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección Segunda. Los abogados de la parte demandante son: García-Chamorro Law Group, P.S.C., 1225 Ave. Ponce de León, Suite 706, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00907, Tel. (787) 977-1932, Fax (787) 722-1932. Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 17 de mayo de 2022. LUZ MAYRA CARABALLO GARCÍA, SECRETARIA GENERAL. EREINA AGRONT LEÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES ACQUISITION TRUST 2018-HB1 Demandante Vs.

SUCESION SANDRA

JANET CRUZ BAHAMUNDI T/C/C SANDRA JEANNETTE CRUZ BAHAMUNDI T/C/C SANDRA J. SMITH T/C/C SANDRA SMITH COMPUESTA POR GISELLE KRUG T/C/C GISELLE SMITH T/C/C GISELLE SMITH CRUZ, BEVERLY SMITH CRUZ; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

Demandados Civil Núm.: AG2022CV00056. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: GISELLE KRUG T/C/C GISELLE SMITH T/C/C GISELLE SMITH CRUZ, BEVERLY SMITH CRUZ; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION SANDRA JANET CRUZ BAHAMUNDI T/C/C SANDRA JEANNETTE CRUZ BAHAMUNDI T/C/C SANDRA J. SMITH T/C/C SANDRA SMITH.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberé 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. Greenspoon Marder, LLP Lcda. Frances L. Asencio-Guido R.U.A. 15,622 TRADE CENTRE SOUTH, SUITE 700 100 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309 Telephone: (954) 343 6273 Frances.Asencio@gmlaw.com Expedido bajo mi firma, y sello del Tribunal, en Aguadilla, Puer-

30 to Rico, hoy día 20 de mayo de 2022. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. NATHALIE I. ACEVEDO QUIÑONES, SUB-SECRETARIA.

DOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo PEDRO HIEYE LEGAL NOTICE GONZÁLEZ, Alguacil del TribuESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO nal de Primera Instancia, Sala DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL Superior de San Juan, al públiGENERAL DE JUSTICIA SALA co en general. CERTIFICO Y SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN HAGO SABER: Que en cumpliBANCO POPULAR DE miento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia fechaPUERTO RICO, INC. do el 13 de diciembre de 2021, Demandante (a) Vs. que me ha sido dirigido por la JOSÉ RAFAEL Secretaría del Tribunal de PriOSORIO MORALES, mera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, en el caso arriba R&G MORTGAGE CORPORATION, JOHN indicado, venderé en la fecha o fechas que más adelante se inDOE dican, en pública subasta al Demandado (a) mejor postor, en moneda legal Civil Núm.: SJ2021CV08150. de los Estados Unidos de AméSala: 803. Sobre: CANCELArica, en efectivo, cheque certifiCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAcado o giro postal, en mi oficina VIADO POR LA VÍA JUDICIAL. sita en el local que ocupa en el NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCentro Judicial de San Juan, CIA POR EDICTO. Puerto Rico, todo derecho, títuA: R&G MORTGAGE lo e interés que tenga la parte CORPORATION, demandada, en el inmueble que se describe a continuación, JOHN DOE. EL SECRETARIO (A) que sus- propiedad de la parte demancribe le notifica a usted que el dada Sociedad El Paraiso, S.E. 20 de mayo de 2022 este Tri- y Conrado Rosa Guzmán. bunal ha dictado Sentencia, PROPIEDAD A: Dirección FísiSentencia Parcial o Resolución ca: Ave. 65 de Infantería #354, en este caso, que ha sido debi- Ext. Urbanización San Agustin damente registrada y archivada – San Juan, PR. 00926 (Al lado en autos donde podrá usted de Estación de Gasolina Total). enterarse detalladamente de “URBANA: Solar marcado con los términos de la misma. Esta el número uno (1) en el Plano notificación se publicará una de Inscripción condicionado de sola vez en un periódico de la Urbanización Extensión San circulación general en la Isla Agustín, radicado en el Barrio de Puerto Rico, dentro de los Sabana Llana del sitio denomidiez (10) días siguientes a su nado Río Piedras, término munotificación. Y, siendo o repre- nicipal del Gobierno de la Capisentando usted una parte en tal de Puerto Rico, con una el procedimiento sujeta a los cabida superficial de cuatrotérminos de la Sentencia, Sen- cientos cincuenta punto cero tencia Parcial o Resolución, cero (450.00) metros cuadrade la cual puede establecerse dos y con las siguientes colinrecurso de revisión o apelación dancias: por el NORTE, en dentro del término de 30 días quince punto cero cero (15.00) contados a partir de la publica- metros, con la Avenida sesenta ción por edicto de esta notifica- y cinco (65) de Infantería; por el ción, dirijo a usted esta notifica- SUR, en quince punto cero cero ción que se considerará hecha (15.00) metros, con los solares en la fecha de la publicación número veinte (20) y veintiuno de este edicto. Copia de esta (21) del mencionado Plano; por notificación ha sido archivada el ESTE, en treinta punto cero en los autos de este caso, con cero (30.00) metros, con el sofecha de 23 de mayo de 2022. lar número dos (2) del mencioEn San Juan, Puerto Rico, el nado Plano; y por el OESTE, en 23 de mayo de 2022. Griselda treinta punto cero cero (30.00) Rodríguez Collado, Secretaria metros, con un remanente de la Regional Interina. Karolyn Rive- finca principal, propiedad de ra Navarro, Secretaria Auxiliar. Fullana Corporation.” Finca número 2,274 inscrita al folio uno LEGAL NOTICE (1) del tomo cincuenta y seis ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO (56) de Sabana Llana, Registro DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Sección V de San Juan. El número de catastro para fines del SALA DE SAN JUAN LUNA COMMERCIAL II Centro de Recaudacion de Ingresos Municipales es el 087LLC 034-861-02-001. Finca 2,274: Demandante V. Por su procedencia está afecta SOCIEDAD EL PARAISO, a: a. Servidumbre a favor de la S.E. Y CONRADO ROSA Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico. b. GUZMAN Servidumbre a favor de la AutoDemandados Civil Núm.: SJ2018CV09294. ridad de Fuentes Fluviales de Sobre: SOBRE EJECUCIÓN Puerto Rico. c. Servidumbre de DE ESTIPULACIÓN TRAN- paso a favor de la Capital de SACCIONAL JUDICIAL. ESTA- Puerto Rico. Por sí está afecta

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a: a. Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Portador, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $250,000.00, con intereses al 8.75% anual, vencedero a la presentación, constituida mediante la escritura número 63, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 28 de marzo de 1994, ante el notario Manuel L. Correa Márquez, e inscrita al tomo móvil 862 de Sabana Llana, finca número 2,274, inscripción 7ma. b. Modificada la hipoteca relacionada en la inscripción 7ma., en cuanto al principal que se amplía a la suma de $500,000.00, con intereses al 12% fijo, mediante la escritura número 10, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 31 de enero de 2008, ante la notario Rosanna Rivera Sánchez, e inscrita al folio 87 del tomo 1,043 de Sabana Llana, finca número 2,274, inscripción 10ma., y última. El precio mínimo de este remate con relación a la Finca 2,274 antes descrita y la fecha de cada subasta serán la siguiente: FECHA DE SUBASTA: PRIMERA SUBASTA: 28 DE JUNIO DE 2022 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $500,000.00. HIPOTECA: ESCRITURA NÚMERO 10, OTORGADA EN SAN JUAN, EL DÍA 31 DE ENERO DE 2008, ANTE EL NOTARIO ROSANNA RIVERA SÁNCHEZ. SEGUNDA SUBASTA: 6 DE JULIO DE 2022 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO:$333,333.33. TERCERA SUBASTA: 13 DE JULIO DE 2022 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $250,000.00. PROPIEDAD B: Dirección Física: M-2, Urbanización Extensión San Agustín, Calle Caloca (hoy Calle 3) esquina Calle 6 (antes Calle 9), San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926. Según el CRIM la dirección es: M-2, Urbanización Extensión San Agustín, Caloca Esq. 9, Rio Piedras, 00926 (Al lado de estación de gasolina Total en la 65 de Infantería). “URBANA: Solar marcado con el número M guión dos (M-2) en el Plano de Inscripción Parcial de la Urbanización Extensión San Agustín, radicado en el Barrio Sabana Llana de Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de novecientos tres punto treinta y uno (903.31) metros cuadrados y con las siguientes colindancias: por el NORTE, en treinta y cuatro punto setenta y cinco (34.75) metros, con el solar comercial M guión uno (M-1); por el SUR, en treinta y siete punto cincuenta (37.50) metros, con la Calle denominada número nueve (9); por el ESTE, en veinticinco punto cero cero (25.00) metros, con el solar número veinte (20); y por el OESTE, en veinticinco punto cero seis (25.06) metros, con la Calle denominada Calle Caloca de dicha Urbanización. Sobre dicho solar enclava un

edificio de concreto armado de setenta pies (70’) de frente por sesenta pies (60’) de fondo, dividido en siete (7) locales comerciales interiores, preparado dicho edificio para dos (2) plantas.” Finca número 3,647-A inscrita al folio treinta y siete (37) del tomo ochenta y siete (87) de Sabana Llana, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección V de San Juan. El número de catastro para fines del Centro de Recaudación de Ingresos Municipales es el 087-034-86143-001. Finca 3,647-A: Por su procedencia está afecta a: a. Servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico. b. Servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales de Puerto Rico. c. Servidumbre de paso a favor de la Capital de Puerto Rico. Por sí está afecta a: Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de R.G. Mortgage Corporation, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $650,000.00, con intereses al 12% anual, vencedero a la presentación, constituida mediante la escritura número 59, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 5 de octubre de 2007, ante la notario Rosanna Rivera Sánchez, e inscrita al folio 95 del tomo 1,043 de Sabana Llana, finca número 3,647-A, inscripción 20ma., y última. El precio mínimo de este remate con relación a la Finca 3,647-A antes descrita y la fecha de cada subasta serán la siguiente: FECHA DE SUBASTA: PRIMERA SUBASTA: 28 DE JUNIO DE 2022 A LAS 9:05 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $650,000.00. HIPOTECA: ESCRITURA NÚMERO 59, OTORGADA EN SAN JUAN, EL DÍA 5 DE OCTUBRE DE 2007, ANTE LA NOTARIO ROSANNA RIVERA SÁNCHEZ. SEGUNDA SUBASTA: 6 DE JULIO DE 2022 A LAS 9:05 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $433,333.33 . TERCERA SUBASTA: 13 DE JULIO DE 2022 A LAS 9:05 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $325,000.00. PROPIEDAD C: Dirección Física: 3086 Avenida Isla Verde, Urbanización Atlantic View, Carolina, Puerto Rico 00979 (al lado de Sucursal de Firstbank). Según el CRIM la dirección es: Loiza 77, Urbanización Atlantic View, Carolina, Puerto Rico. URBANA: Solar número setentisiete de la Urbanización Atlantic View, radicada en el Barrio Cangrejo Arriba del término municipal de Carolina, Puerto Rico, compuesto de cuatrocientos cincuenta metros cuadrados, en lindes por el NORESTE, en quince metros, con la Carretera Insular número cincuenta y siete; por el SUROESTE, en quince metros, con el solar número setentiocho de la Urbanización; por el NOROESTE, en treinta metros, con el solar número setenticinco; y por el SURESTE, en treinta metros,

con el solar número ciento ochenticuatro de la Urbanización.” Finca número 16,320 inscrita al folio doscientos veintiocho (228) del tomo cuatrocientos veintiseis (426) de Carolina Norte, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Carolina. El número de catastro para fines del Centro de Recaudación de Ingresos Municipales es el 041065-029-08-001. Finca 16,320: Por su procedencia está afecta a: a. Servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales de Puerto Rico. b. Condiciones restrictivas. Por sí está afecta a: a. Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor del Portador, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $550,000.00, con intereses al 10.5% anual, vencedero a la presentación, constituida mediante la escritura número 173, otorgada en Arecibo, Puerto Rico, el día 22 de mayo de 1995, ante el notario Pablo Cabrera Rivera, e inscrita al folio 231 vuelto del tomo 426 de Carolina Norte, finca número 16,320, inscripción 7ma. b. Modificada la hipoteca de la inscripción 7ma., en cuanto a los intereses que serán al 12% anual, se le añade cláusula de “Sustancias Peligrosas” y que se extiende el término de prescripción por 20 años adicionales, mediante la escritura número 111, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 27 de junio de 2008, ante la notario Mariluz Cardona Soto, e inscrita al folio 130 del tomo 992 de Carolina Norte, finca número 16,320, inscripción 11ra. c. Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de R&G Premier Bank of Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $450,000.00, con intereses al 12% anual, vencedero a la presentación, constituida mediante la escritura número 112, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 27 de junio de 2008, ante la notario Mariluz Cardona Soto, e inscrita al folio 190 del tomo 992 de Carolina Norte, finca número 16,320, inscripción 12da. Sujeto a cláusulas que aceleran su vencimiento. El precio mínimo de este remate con relación a la Finca 16,320 antes descrita y la fecha de cada subasta serán la siguiente: FECHA DE SUBASTA: PRIMERA SUBASTA: 28 DE JUNIO DE 2022 A LAS 9:10 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $1,000,000.00. HIPOTECA: ESCRITURA NÚMERO 173, OTORGADA EN SAN JUAN, EL DÍA 22 DE MAYO DE 1995, ANTE EL NOTARIO PABLO CABRERA RIVERA Y LA ESCRITURA NÚMERO 112, OTORGADA EN SAN JUAN, EL DÍA 27 DE JUNIO DE 2008, ANTE EL NOTARIO MARILUZ CARDONA SOTO. SEGUNDA SUBASTA: 6 DE JULIO DE 2022 A LAS 9:10 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $666,666.67. TERCERA SU-

BASTA: 13 DE JULIO DE 2022 A LAS 9:10 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $500,000.00. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación que se transmite y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y las preferentes, si las hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante las acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de las mismas, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Conforme a la Sentencia dictada el día 26 de febrero de 2020, notificada el 27 de febrero de 2020, la anterior venta se hará para satisfacer las sumas adeudadas por concepto de los préstamos hipotecarios garantizados por las hipotecas antes mencionadas y las sumas que se mencionan a continuación: La suma total de $2,331,515.05, en concepto de principal, intereses acumulados, partidas de escrow y cargos por mora en relación a los tres préstamos objeto del contrato de transacción, según se detalla y desglosa en las determinaciones de hecho de la Sentencia. Además, la suma adicional de $215,000.00 estipulada en los pagarés objeto de ejecución, para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en caso de reclamación judicial. Se notifica por la presente a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los inmuebles a ser subastados con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen del ejecutante descrito anteriormente, o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubieren pospuesto al gravamen del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizado hipotecariamente con posterioridad al gravamen del actor para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si así lo interesan o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogado, quedando 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 de acuerdo con la ley en un periódico de circulación general de la isla de Puerto Rico y en tres sitios públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida de la parte demandada, expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día

23 de mayo de 2022. PEDRO LEGAL NOTICE HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, ALGUAESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO CIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SU- DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA PERIOR DE SAN JUAN. TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSLEGAL NOTICE TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO SAN JUAN DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante

ORIENTAL BANK Demandante V.

ROSA IDALIA PARRILLA RODRÍGUEZ

Demandado(a) Civil: SJ2020CV07108. (604). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (IN REM). NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

ROSAVEL SUAREZ RIVERA; SUCESION A: ROSA IDALIA DE JOSEFINA RIVERA PARRILLA RODRÍGUEZ. MORALES, COMPUESTA (Nombre de las partes a las que se le POR SU HIJA ROSAVEL notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que susSUAREZ RIVERA cribe le notifica a usted que Y FULANO DE TAL el 26 de agosto de 2022, este Y ZUTANO DE TAL, Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, COMO HEREDEROS Sentencia Parcial o Resolución DESCONOCIDOS en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada CON POSIBLE INTERES; CENTRO DE en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de RECAUDACION DE los términos de la misma. Esta INGRESOS MUNICIPALES notificación se publicará una (CRIM) sola vez en un periódico de

Demandado (a) Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV01179. Sala: 508. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO, EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: ROSAVEL SUAREZ RIVERA Y FULANO DE TAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL. COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON POSIBLE INTERES.

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 de mayo de 2022, 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 24 de mayo de 2022. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 24 de mayo de 2022. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARTHA ALMODÓVAR CABRERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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 23 de mayo de 2022. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 23 de mayo de 2022. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MARILY LÓPEZ MARTÍNEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOT ICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

JORGE LUCAS VIDAL BOSCIO Y SU ESPOSA ELIZABETH DAMIANA PAPE ESPAÑA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES QUE AMBOS COMPONEN; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA

Demandados Civil Núm.: JCD2013-0849. (G28). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

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AL: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL. A: JORGE LUCAS VIDAL BOSCIO Y SU ESPOSA ELIZABETH DAMIANA PAPE ESPAÑA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES QUE AMBOS COMPONEN; EUROBANK, POR TENER HIPOTECAS EN GARANTÍAS DE PAGARÉS A SU FAVOR POR LAS SUMAS DE $82,000.00 Y $13,000.00; ORIENTAL BANK AND TRUST, POR TENER AVISO DE DEMANDA ANOTADO A SU FAVOR POR LAS SUMAS DE $135,000.00; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA, POR TENER EMBARGOS ANOTADOS A SU FAVOR POR LAS SUMAS DE $1,465.22; $2,927.04 Y $10,648.90.

El, MANUEL MALDONADO, Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 29 DE JUNIO DE 2022, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Ponce durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 6 DE JULIO DE 2022, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 13 DE JULIO DE 2022, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número quinientos veintiuno (521) del plano de la Urbanización La Rambla Extensión número dos (2) que radica en el Barrio Machuela Abajo del término municipal de Ponce, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de quinientos cincuenta punto

cero cero metros cuadrados (550.00 m.c.), con las siguientes medidas y colindancias; por su frente ESTE, con la Calle “H” de la urbanización, en veintidós punto cero cero metros (22.00 m.); por el OESTE, en veintidós punto cero cero metros (22.00 m.), con el solar número quinientos cuarenta y siete (547); por el NORTE, en veinticinco punto cero cero metros (25.00 m.), con el solar número quinientos veintidós (522); y por el SUR, en veinticinco punto cero cero metros (25.00 m.), con el solar número quinientos veinte (520). Contiene una casa de una sola planta de hormigón reforzado que consta de nueve (9) cuartos, cuatro (4) baños, de dos mil ciento seis (2,106) pies cuadrados. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 103 del tomo 2044 de Ponce, Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce I, finca número 20,216, inscripción 12da. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Urb, La Rambla, Calle Navarra, 1646 (antes Solar 521, Número 2), Ponce, Puerto Rico. La subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $159,007.04 de principal, intereses al 5.875% anual, desde el día 1ro. de septiembre de 2013, hasta su completo pago, más la cantidad de $22,500.00 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más recargos acumulados, esta última habrá de devengar intereses al máximo del tipo legal fijado por la Oficina del Comisionado de Instituciones Financieras aplicable a esta fecha desde este mismo día hasta su total y completo pago, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $225,000.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será equivalente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $150,000.00 y de ser necesaria una tercera subasta, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $112,500.00. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, 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. La propiedad hipotecada a ser vendida en pública subasta se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes posteriores: Hipoteca en Garantía de Pagaré a favor de Eurobank, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $82,000.00,

Monday, May 30, 2022 con interes al 2% sobre el “Prime Rate” anual, vencedero a la presentación, según consta de la Escritura Número 116, otorgada en Ponce, Puerto Rico, el día 28 de julio de 2006, ante el Notario Público Alex M. López Pérez; inscrita al folio 103 del tomo 2044 de Ponce Norte, Sección Primera, finca 20,216, inscripción 13ra. Hipoteca en Garantía de Pagaré a favor de Eurobank, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $13,000.00, con interes al 7.50%, vencedero a la presentación, según consta de la Escritura Número 16, otorgada en Ponce, Puerto Rico, el día 31 de marzo de 2010, ante la Notario Público María Cristina Mayoral Maldonado; inscrita al folio 103 vto. del tomo 2044 de Ponce Norte, Sección Primera, finca 20,216, inscripción 15a. Aviso de Demanda, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Ponce, Caso Civil Número JCD2011-0801 sobre Cobro de Dinero, Ejecución de Hipoteca, seguido por Oriental Bank and Trust, versus Jorge Lucas Vidal Boscio y su esposa Elizabeth Damiana Pape España, donde se solicita el pago de la deuda garantizada con hipoteca de las inscripciones 13ra y 15ra, por las sumas $135,000.00, entregadas en prenda para garantizar préstamo comercial, según demanda de fecha 28 de julio de 2011, anotada el día 6 de septiembre de 2013, al folio 149 del tomo 2108 de Ponce Norte, Sección Primera, finca 20,216, Anotación A. Embargo Federal a favor de los Estados Unidos de América por la suma de $1,465.22, adeudado por J. Vidal Boscio y E. Pape España, Seguro Social número xxxxx-6398, notificación número 691 105 210, presentado el día 8 de septiembre de 2010, Renovable el 29 de julio de 2019, anotado al folio 64, Asiento 5 del Libro número 8 de Contribuciones Federales. Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección Primera. Embargo Federal a favor de los Estados Unidos de América por la suma de $2,927.04, adeudado por Jorge L. Vidal Boscio, Seguro Social número xxx-xx-6398, notificación número 164 806 915, presentado el día 21 de julio de 2015, Renovable el 1ro. de julio de 2025, anotado al folio 5, Asiento 4 del Libro número 10 de Contribuciones Federales. Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección Primera. Embargo Federal a favor de los Estados Unidos de América por la suma de $10,648.90, adeudado por J. Vidal Boscio y E. Pape España, Seguro Social número xxx-xx-6398, notificación número 164 806 715, presentado el día 21 de julio de 2015, Renovable el 2 de marzo de 2024, anotado al folio 5, Asiento 5 del Libro número 10 de Contribuciones Federales. Registro de la Propiedad

de Ponce, Sección Primera. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Ponce, Puerto Rico, a 17 de mayo de 2022. MANUEL MALDONADO, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL, SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

BERT RIVERA MARCHAND, JENNIFER FERNÁNDEZ BETANCOURT Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO

Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2022CV01041. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE GARANTÍAS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: JENNIFER FERNÁNDEZ BETANCOURT, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON BERT RIVERA MARCHAND. 504 BLVD. MEDIA LUNA, APT. 403 COND. LOS ALTOS DE ESCORIAL, CAROLINA, PUERTO RICO 00983. De: BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO.

Se le emplaza y requiere que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramaiudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Este caso trata sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Garantías en que la parte demandante solicita que se condene a la

Demandados Civil Núm.: VA2022CV00054. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. MANDAMIENTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. Por Cuanto: Se ha dictado en el presente caso la siguiente Orden: “ORDEN: Examinada la demanda radicada por la parte demandante, la solicitud de interpelación contenida en la misma y examinados los autos del caso, el Tribunal le imparte su aprobación y en su virtud acepta la Demanda en el caso de epígrafe, así como la interpelación judicial de la parte demandante a los herederos del codemandado conforme dispone el Artículo 959 del Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. sec. 2787 y su equivalente el Artículo 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico, edición 2020. Se Ordena a los herederos de los causantes a saber, Sonia Melecio Benítez, Eddie Juan Melecio Benitez, Edwin Melecio Benitez, Pedro LEGAL NOTICE Melecio Benitez, Maite Melecio ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO Rosado, Angelie Melecio RosaDE PUERTO RICO TRIBUdo, Michelle Melecio Rosado, NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal SALA DE VEGA ALTA como miembros de nombres WILMINGTON SAVINGS desconocidos de la Sucesión FUND SOCIETY, FSB, de Miguel Angel Melecio BeniNOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT tez, Fulano de Tal y Sutano de SOLELY AS TRUSTEE Tal como miembros de nombres desconocidos a que, dentro del FOR FINANCE OF término legal de 30 días contaAMERICA STRUCTURED dos a partir de la fecha de la noSECURITIES tificación de la presente Orden, ACQUISITION TRUST acepten o repudien la participación que les corresponda en la 2018-HB1 herencia del causante Carmen Demandante Vs. Benitez Colon t/c/c Carmen SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN Benitez. Se le Apercibe a los BENITEZ COLON T/C/C herederos antes mencionados: CARMEN BENITEZ (a) Que de no expresarse dentro del término de 30 días en COMPUESTA POR tomo a su aceptación o repuSONIA MELECIO diación de herencia la misma BENÍTEZ, EDDIE JUAN se tendrá por aceptada; (b) MELECIO BENITEZ, Que luego del transcurso del término de 30 días contados EDWIN MELECIO a partir de la fecha de la notiBENITEZ, PEDRO ficación de la presente Orden, MELECIO BENITEZ, se presumirá que han aceptado MAITE MELECIO la herencia del causante, y por ROSADO, ANGELIE ende, la parte demandante podrá continuar la causa acción, MELECIO ROSADO, dado por entendido que las MICHELLE MELECIO partes interpeladas han acepROSADO, FULANO tado la herencia conforme disDE TAL Y SUTANO DE pone el Artículo 957 del Código TAL COMO MIEMBROS Civil, 31 L.P.R. A. sec. 2785 y su equivalente el Artículo 1587 DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS DE LA del Código Civil, edición 2020. Ordena a la parte demanSUCESIÓN DE MIGUEL Se dante a que, en vista de que la ANGEL MELECIO sucesión del causante Carmen BENITEZ, FULANO Benitez Colon t/c/c Carmen BeDE TAL Y SUTANO DE nitez, incluyen como herederos TAL COMO MIEMBROS a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, como posibles herederos desDE NOMBRES conocidos, proceda a notificar DESCONOCIDOS; la presente Orden mediante un CENTRO DE edicto a esos efectos una sola vez en un periódico de circuRECAUDACIÓN lación diaria general de la Isla DE IMPUESTOS de Puerto Rico. DADA en Vega MUNICIPALES; Y LOS Baja, Puerto Rico, hoy día 24 ESTADOS UNIDOS DE de mayo de 2022. f/JESSICA AMÉRICA MORALES CORREA, JUEZA”. parte demandada a pagar: la suma principal de $125,222.19, más la suma de $49,519.25, que incluye intereses, cargos por demora y otros cargos, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de 10% del principal, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado hipotecariamente asegurados. Se le apercibe que, si dejare de hacerlo, se dictará contra usted sentencia en rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Lcdo. José Antonio Lamas Burgos Número del Tribunal Supremo 15693 221 Ponce de León Ave., Suite 900, San Juan, PR 00917 Teléfono: (787) 296-9500 Correo Electrónico: jlamas@lvprlaw.com EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy 24 de mayo de 2022. LCDA. MARILYN APONTE RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. DENISE M. AMARO MACHUCA, SUB-SECRETARIA.

Por Cuanto: Se le advierte a que dentro del término legal de 30 días contados a partir de la fecha de notificación de la presente Orden, acepten o repudien la participación que les corresponda en la herencia de los causantes Carmen Benitez Colon t/c/c Carmen Benitez. Por Orden del Honorable Juez de Primera Instancia de este Tribunal, expido el presente Mandamiento, bajo mi firma y sello oficial, en Vega Baja, Puerto Rico hoy día 24 de mayo de 2022. LCDA LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA GENERAL. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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LCDO. RICARDO M. PRIETO GARCÍA, a su dirección postal 6 CALLE CELlS AGUILERA S, SUITE 201-A, FAJARDO, PUERTO RICO, 00738, Tel. (787) 860-0875, y/o a su email: prietolawofficeyahoocom con la advertencia a los efectos de que, si no contesta la demanda presentando el Original de la Contestación, ante el Tribunal correspondiente, con copia a la parte demandante, se le anotara la rebeldía y se dictara Sentencia para conceder el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA, y el sello del Tribunal en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hoy 23 de mayo de 2022. Wanda I. Seguí Reyes, Secretario Regional. Katherine Robles Torres, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.

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32 contados desde el siguiente día a la fecha de la publicación de este Emplazamiento por Edicto 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.ramaiudicial. 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 Fajardo, con copia al abogado de la parte demandante: LCDO. RICARDO M. PRIETO GARCÍA, a su dirección postal 6 CALLE CELlS AGUILERA S, SUITE 201-A, FAJARDO, PUERTO RICO, 00738, Tel. (787) 860-0875, y/o a su email: prietolawofficeyahoocom con la advertencia a los efectos de que, si no contesta la demanda presentando el Original de la Contestación, ante el Tribunal correspondiente, con copia a la parte demandante, se le anotara la rebeldía y se dictara Sentencia para conceder el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. EXTENDILEGAL NOTICE DO BAJO MI FIRMA, y el sello ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO del Tribunal en Fajardo, Puerto DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- Rico, hoy 23 de mayo de 2022. NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Wanda I. Seguí Reyes, SecreSALA SUPERIOR DE FAJAR- tario Regional. Katherine RoDO. bles Torres, Secretaria Auxiliar JOSÉ PERFECTO ORTIZ del Tribunal. la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramaiudicial. 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 Fajardo, con copia al abogado de la parte demandante: LCDO. RICARDO M. PRIETO GARCÍA, a su dirección postal 6 CALLE CELlS AGUILERA S, SUITE 201-A, FAJARDO, PUERTO RICO, 00738, Tel. (787) 860-0875, y/o a su email: prietolawofficeyahoocom con la advertencia a los efectos de que, si no contesta la demanda presentando el Original de la Contestación, ante el Tribunal correspondiente, con copia a la parte demandante, se le anotara la rebeldía y se dictara Sentencia para conceder el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA, y el sello del Tribunal en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hoy 23 de mayo de 2022. Wanda I. Seguí Reyes, Secretario Regional. Katherine Robles Torres, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.

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Demandado CIVIL NÚM.: FA2022CV00080 (302). SOBRE: USUCAPIÓN EXTRAORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR.

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en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico. POR ESTE MEDIO, 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 dentro de los treinta (30) días contados desde el siguiente día a la fecha de la publicación de este Emplazamiento por Edicto 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.ramaiudicial. 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 Fajardo, con copia al abogado de la parte demandante: LCDO. RICARDO M. PRIETO GARCÍA, a su dirección postal 6 CALLE CELlS AGUILERA S, SUITE 201-A, FAJARDO, PUERTO RICO, 00738, Tel. (787) 860-0875, y/o a su email: prietolawofficeyahoocom con la advertencia a los efectos de que, si no contesta la demanda presentando el Original de la Contestación, ante el Tribunal correspondiente, con copia a la parte demandante, se le anotara la rebeldía y se dictara Sentencia para conceder el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA, y el sello del Tribunal en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hoy 23 de mayo de 2022. Wanda I. Seguí Reyes, Secretario Regional. Katherine Robles Torres, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.

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Demandado CIVIL NÚM.: FA2022CV00080 (302). SOBRE: USUCAPIÓN EXTRAORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR.

A: SALVADOR ORTIZ CARRASQUILLO, POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE FELICITA ORTIZ t/c/c FELÍCITA ORTIZ

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POR LA PRESENTE se le notifica que la demandante ha radicado una Demanda sobre Usucapión. Habiéndose ordenado la publicación de un Emplazamiento por Edicto para emplazarlo a usted, durante el término que establece la Ley, en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico. POR ESTE MEDIO, 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 dentro de los treinta (30) días contados desde el siguiente día a la fecha de la publicación de este Emplazamiento por Edicto 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.ramaiudicial. 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 Fajardo, con copia al abogado de la parte demandante: LCDO. RICARDO M. PRIETO GARCÍA, a su dirección postal 6 CALLE CELlS AGUILERA S, SUITE 201-A, FAJARDO, PUERTO RICO, 00738, Tel. (787) 860-0875, y/o a su email: prietolawofficeyahoocom con la advertencia a los efectos de que, si no contesta la demanda presentando el Original de la Contestación, ante el Tribunal correspondiente, con copia a la parte demandante, se le anotara la rebeldía y se dictara Sentencia para conceder el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA, y el sello del Tribunal en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hoy 23 de mayo de 2022. Wanda I. Seguí Reyes, Secretario Regional. Katherine Robles Torres, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.

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JOSÉ PERFECTO ORTIZ BARTALONE, AWILDA MORALES VALDÉS Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS Demandantes V.

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JOSÉ PERFECTO ORTIZ BARTALONE, AWILDA MORALES VALDÉS Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS Demandantes V.

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WESTERN BANK PUERTO RICO; SCOTIABANK OF PUERTO RICO; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE, POSIBLES TENEDORES DEL PAGARÉ; DEMANDADOS A: ELÍAS ORTIZ DE NOMBRES CARRASQUILLO, POR SÍ DESCONOCIDOS Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA Demandados SUCESIÓN DE FELÍCITA Civil Núm.: AU2022CV00184. ORTIZ Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE Dirección desconocida PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EM-

Demandado CIVIL NÚM.: FA2022CV00080 (302). SOBRE: USUCAPIÓN EXTRAORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR.

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ANDREW HOUSTON RIVERA Demandante Vs.

R&G MORTGAGE CORPORATION; ORIENTAL BANK;

PLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: R&G MORTGAGE CORPORATION; WESTERN BANK PUERTO RICO; SCOTIABANK OF PUERTO RICO; JOHN DOE, JANE DOE Y DEMANDADOS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS.

Por la presente se le notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal una Demanda en su contra en el pleito de epígrafe. En este caso la parte demandante ha radicado una Demanda para que se decrete judicialmente el saldo de un (1) pagaré hipotecario a favor de R&G MORTGAGE CORPORATION, o a su orden por la suma de $28,850.00 con intereses al 7 1/2% anual y vencimiento el 1 de julio de 2023. Así resulta de la escritura número 555 otorgada en Carolina el 30 de junio de 1993, ante el notario Richard Rosado Jiménez otorgada por los vendedores, Carlos Fuxench Ortiz y Evelyn Brugo Bestard, de la compraventa anteriormente mencionada. Dicha hipoteca fue inscrita el 28 de marzo de 1994 al folio 21 del tomo 141, inscripción 3ra. Sobre la siguiente propiedad: Rústica: Parcela marcada con el número Doscientos Diez en el plano de parcelación de la comunidad rural Palmar Novoa del Barrio Guaniquilla del término municipal de Aguada, con una cabida superficial de cero cuerdas con ochocientas ochenta y tres diezmilésimas de otra equivalentes a trescientos cuarenta y seis punto ochenta y ocho metros cuadrados. En lindes por el Norte, con la calle número dos de la comunidad. Por el Sur, con las parcelas número doscientos once y doscientos trece de la comunidad. Por el Este, con la parcela número doscientos doce la comunidad. Por el Oeste, con la parcela número doscientos ocho de la comunidad. Enclava sobre este solar una estructura destinada a vivienda la cual se describe del modo siguiente: Vivienda de hormigón

en forma modular sobre columnas, consistente de tres dormitorios, un baño, sala, comedor y cocina. Consta inscrita al folio 663 deI tomo 324, inscripción 4ta. Se segrega de la finca 5086 inscrita al folio 149vto del tomo 102 de Aguada. La Parte demandante alega que dicho pagaré ha sido saldada según mas detalladamente consta en la Demanda radicada que puede examinarse en la Secretaría de este Tribunal. Por tratarse de una obligación hipotecaria y pudiendo usted tener interés en esta caso o quedar afectado por el remedio solicitado, se le emplaza por este edicto que se publicará una vez un periódico de circulación general de Puerto rico. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo de Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajuduicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio. Debe notificar con copia de ella al abogado de la parte demandante el Lcdo. Ian A. Lebróm Ward, Cond. El Centro I, Suite 249, Ave. Muñoz Rivera #500, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 0918; tel. (787) 751-4391, dentro de treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, apercibiéndole que de no hacerlo así dentro del término indicado, el Tribuna podrá anotar su rebeldía y dictar sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi fima y sello de este Tribunal, en Puerto Rico, hoy día 19 de mayo de 2022. Sarahí Reyes Pérez, Secretaria Regional. Erika I. Cruz Pérez, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal I.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMON.

MARIANA ARROYO RESTO T.C.C ADRIANA ARROYO RESTO T.C.C MARIANA ARROYO Demandante

SUCESIÓN DE JUAN RIVERA ORTIZ T.C.C JUAN RIVERA;ADA LYDIA RIVERA PAGAN; ALBA NYDIA RIVERA PAGÁN; JUAN RIVERA PAGÁN; NELSON ELIEZER RIVERA PAGÁN; SYLVIA O’NELLY RIVERA PAGÁN Y MIL TON RIVERA PAGÁN

Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2022CV01125. SOBRE: LIQUIDACIÓN COMUNIDAD DE BIENES Y SOCIEDAD BIENES GANANCIALES. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDEN-

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Por la Presente se le notifica a usted que se ha presentado ante este Honorable Tribunal una Demanda para la liquidación de la comunidad Hereditaria del Sr. Juan Rivera. Se emplaza y requiere para que notifique al: Lcdo. lan A Lebrón Ward, cuya oficina queda en el Condominio El Centro 1, Suite 249, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00918. Teléfono (787) 751-4391 abogado de la parte demandante, copia Contestación a la Petición dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la notificación de este Edicto. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer dentro de un término de treinta (30) días, a partir de la publicación del edicto , se concederá el remedio solicitado en la Petición de Alimentos, sin más citarle ni oírle. DADA en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 24 de mayo de 2022. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, Secretaria Regional. Dagamaris Hernandez Maldonado, Sec Auxiliar del Tribunal I.

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de circulación general una (1) · sola vez, y que sino contesta la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días de haberse publicado el original de esa contestación ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior, Sala de San Juan, con copia a la .parte demandante, se podrá dictar Sentencia en Rebeldía en contra suya, concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy día 23 de mayo de 2022. GRISELDA RODRIGUEZ COLLADO Sec Regional. Lymaris Laboy Nieves, Sec Serv a Sala.

NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA.

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Demandado(a) Civil: AG2020CV01049. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y COBRO DE DINERO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

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

ORIENTAL BANK COMO AGENTE DE SERVICIO DE THE MONEY HOUSE, INC. Demandante V.

MARÍA DEL CARMEN FLORES ROLDÁN

Demandado(a) Civil: CG2022CV00667 (704).. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA VÍA ORDINARIA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: MARÍA DEL CARMEN FLORES ROLDÁN

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le LEGAL NOTICE notifican la sentencia por edicto) ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO EL SECRETARIO(A) que susDE PUERTO RICO TRIBUcribe le notifica a usted que NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA el 24 de agosto de 2022, este SALA DE SAN JUAN. Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, MARTIN JIMENEZ Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debiHERNANDEZ damente registrada y archivada DEMANDANTE vs. ROCIO CABRERA VERAS en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de DEMANDADA CIVIL NUM: SJ2022RF00565. los términos de la misma. Esta SOBRE: DIVORCIO, RUPTU- notificación se publicará una RA IRREPARABLE. EMPLA- sola vez en un periódico de ZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. circulación general en la Isla ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AME- de Puerto Rico, dentro de los RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE 10 días siguientes a su notificaLOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ción. Y, siendo o representando ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos DE PUERTO RICO. SS. de la Sentencia, Sentencia A: ROCIO Parcial o Resolución, de la cual CABRERA VERAS puede establecerse recurso de 2472· N 6TH APT. 2 revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a BARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA USA partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a 17110 usted esta notificación que se o sea la parte demandada considerará hecha en la fecha arriba mencionada. de la publicación de este edicPOR LA PRESENTE, se le no- to. Copia de esta notificación ha tifica que ha sido presentada sido archivada en los autos de en este Tribunal, por la parte este caso, con fecha de 25 de demandante, una acción sobre agosto de 2022. En CAGUAS, divorcio. Es el abogado de la Puerto Rico, el 25 de agosto de parte demandante: 2022. Lisilda Martinez Agosto, LCDO. FELIPE BRAVO GARCJA Secretaria. F/Yaritza Rosario RUA #8483 Placeres, Secretaria Auxiliar. P. O. BÓX 21090 SAN JUAN, P. R. 00928 LEGAL NOTICE TELIF AX: (787) 764-2275 Se le advierte que ·este edicto ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO se publicará en un periódico DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU-

MTGLQ INVESTORS, LP. Demandante V.

ISRAEL GONZÁLEZ SALABERRIOS Y SOREYRA CHAVANA DE LA CRUZ a/k/a SOREYRA CHAVANA GONZÁLEZ and SOREYRA GONZÁLEZ, Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

A: ISRAEL GONZÁLEZ SALABERRIOS Y SOREYRA CHAVANA DE LA CRUZ a/k/a OREYRA CHAVANA GONZÁLEZ and SOREYRA GONZÁLEZ, Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS DIRECCIONES: 407 LASSO LN, LAREDO, TX 78045; SR -2 KM 120.07, CAIMITAL ALTO, AGUADILLA PR 00603; 24119 MEADOWBRROK LN, VALENCIA, CA 91354; P/C LCDO. ROBERTO CARLOS LATIMER VALENTIN P.O. BOX 9022512 SAN JUAN. PUERTO RICO 00902-2512

de este caso, con fecha de 25 de MAYO de 2022. En AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico, el 25 de MAYO de 2022. Sarahi Reyes Perez, Secretaria. Nathalie Acevedo Quinones, Secretaria Auxiliar.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE GUAYNABO

REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC Demandante Vs.

SUCESION DE LAUREANO BELLO SUAREZ T/C/C LAUREANO BELLO COMPUESTA POR PEDRO BELLO LORIE, FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESION DE LUCINA A. LORIE AMERICA T/C/C LUCINA AMERICA LORIE T/C/C LUCINA A. LORIE T/C/C LUCINA LORIE T/C/C L. LORIE COMPUESTA POR PEDRO BELLO LORIE, FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS; CRIM Y ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA

Demandados Civil Núm.: GB2022CV00140. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ES(Nombre de las partes a las que se le TADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO notifican la sentencia por edicto) LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUEREL SECRETARIO(A) que susTO RICO. cribe le notifica a usted que A: PEDRO BELLO el 11 de agosto de 2021, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, LORIE, FULANO DE Sentencia Parcial o Resolución TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL en este caso, que ha sido debiCOMO MIEMBROS damente registrada y archivada DE NOMBRES en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de DESCONOCIDOS DE LA los términos de la misma. Esta SUCESIÓN LAUREANO notificación se publicará una BELLO SUAREZ T/C/C sola vez en un periódico de LAUREANO BELLO Y DE circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los LA SUCESION DE LUCINA 10 días siguientes a su notifica- A. LORIE AMERICA T/C/C ción. Y, siendo o representando LUCINA AMERICA LORIE usted una parte en el procediT/C/C LUCINA A. LORIE miento sujeta a los términos T/C/C LUCINA LORIE de la Sentencia, Sentencia T/C/C L. LORIE. Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de POR LA PRESENTE, se les revisión o apelación dentro del emplaza y se les notifica que se término de 30 días contados a ha presentado en la Secretaria partir de la publicación por edic- de este Tribunal la Demanda to de esta notificación, dirijo a del caso del epígrafe solicitanusted esta notificación que se do la ejecución de hipoteca y considerará hecha en la fecha el cobro de dinero relacionado de la publicación de este edic- al pagaré suscrito a favor de to. Copia de esta notificación The Money House, Inc., o a ha sido archivada en los autos su orden, por la suma principal de $195,000.00, con intereses

computados sobre la misma desde su fecha hasta su total y completo pago a razón de la tasa de interés de 3.244% anual, la cual será ajustada mensualmente, obligándose además al pago de costas, gastos y desembolsos del litigio, más honorarios de abogados en una suma de $19,500.00, equivalente al 10% de la suma principal original. Este pagaré fue suscrito bajo el affidávit número 16173 ante el notario Raul Rivera Burgos. Lo anterior surge de la hipoteca constituida mediante la escritura número 1200 otorgada el 2 de noviembre de 2009, ante la misma notario público, inscrita bajo la ley 216-2010, al folio 205 del tomo 1427 de Guaynabo, finca número 28817, inscripción 3ra. URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Residential unit number 202 of San Patricio Apartments, located at San Patricio Avenue of the Municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, which residential unit is located in the second floor level, being and irregular shaped apartment with an area of 792.82 square feet, equivalent to 73.658 square meters. This unit consists mainly of the following: two (2) bedrooms, one (1) bathrooms, three (3) closets, water heater storage closet, foyer kitchen and covered porch and combined living dining room and its boundaries are as follows: NORTH, with exterior open space facing the parking facilities of the condominium and with structural wall separating it from apartment number two hundred three (203); by the SOUTH, with exterior open space facing the parking facilities of the condominium, concrete block wall separating it from the stairway, wring shaft and apartment two hundred one (201); by the EAST, with concrete block wall corridor, wiring shaft and stairways. Main entrance door is located on this boundary providing access from the corridor to the apartment; and by the WEST, with open space facing the parking facilities of the condominium. Tiene una participación de cero punto cuatro tres nueve ocho por ciento (0.4398%), en los elementos comunes generales. Finca número 28,817, inscrita al folio 100 del tomo 728 de Guaynabo, del Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Guaynabo. Se apercibe y advierte a ustedes como personas desconocidas, que deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede accesar utilizando la siguiente dirección: https://unired.ramajuducial.pr, salvo que se represente por Derechos Propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del Tribunal De no contestar la de-

manda radicando el original de la contestación ante la secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, y notificar copia de la contestación de esta a la parte demandante por conducto de su abogada, GLS LEGAL SERVICES, LLC, Atención: Lcda. Yadira López González Dirección: P.O. Box 367308, San Juan, P.R. 009367308, Teléfono: 787-758-6550, dentro de los próximos 30 días a partir de la publicación de este emplazamiento por edicto, que será publicado una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general en la isla de Puerto Rico, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia, concediendo el remedio solicitando en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal hoy 25 de mayo de 2022. Lcda. Laura I. Santa Sánchez, Secretaria Regional. Maireni Treinta, SubSecretaria.

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REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC Demandante Vs.

SUCESIÓN DE RENE RAMON MANUEL SILVA BENOY T/C/C RENE R. SILVA BENOY; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; Y LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

Demandados Civil Núm.: GB2022CV00173. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE RENE RAMON MANUEL SILVA BENOY T/C/C RENE R. SILVA BENOY.

POR LA PRESENTE, se les emplaza y se les notifica que se ha presentado en la Secretaria de este Tribunal la Demanda del caso del epígrafe solicitando la ejecución de hipoteca y el cobro de dinero relacionado al pagaré suscrito a favor de The Money House, Inc., o a su orden, por la suma principal de $275,000.00, con intereses

computados sobre la misma desde su fecha hasta su total y completo pago a razón de la tasa de interés de 3.318% anual, la cual será ajustada mensualmente, obligándose además al pago de costas, gastos y desembolsos del litigio, más honorarios de abogados en una suma de $27,500.00, equivalente al 10% de la suma principal original. Este pagaré fue suscrito bajo el affidávit número 1731 ante el notario Laura Mía González Bonilla. Lo anterior surge de la hipoteca constituida mediante la escritura número 347 otorgada el 17 de junio de 2009, ante la misma notario público, inscrita bajo la ley 216-2010, al folio 51 del tomo 1355 de Guaynabo, finca número 22,818, inscripción 11ma. URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento veintiséis guión letra “D” (26-D), también conocido como Sub Penthouse 26-D. Es un apartamento residencial de forma irregular que está localizado en el piso vigésimo sexto, del Edificio Condominio Santa Ana, situado en la Carretera Estatal número diecinueve (19), esquina Calle “A”, Villa Caparra, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, que mide sesenta y seis pies diez pulgadas (66’ 10”) de largo por su parte más larga, por veintiocho pies, once pulgadas (28’ 11”) de ancho por su parte más larga, que hacen un área de mil quinientos sesenta y tres pies cuadrados (1,563 p.c.), aproximadamente, equivalentes a ciento cuarenta y cinco punto veintiséis metros cuadrados (146.26 m.c.). Siendo sus linderos y distancias los siguientes: por el NORTE, en una distancia de trece pies una pulgada (13’ 1”)con el apartamento veintiséis guión letra “F” (26-F) separado por pared interior y en cuatro pies diez pulgadas (4’ 10”) con el corredor común, separado por una pared interior y puerta de entrada; por el SUR, en una línea quebrada de una distancia de dieciocho pies once pulgadas (18’ 11”) con el apartamento veintiséis guión letra “A” (26-A) separado por pared interior; por el ESTE, en línea quebrada de sesenta y seis pies diez pulgadas (66’ 10”) con espacio exterior que mira hacia el patio delantero y a la carretera estatal número diecinueve (19) separado por ventanas, paredes exteriores y barandas de las terrazas; y por el OESTE, en cuatro pies seis pulgadas (4’ 6”) con el apartamento veintiséis guión “A” (26A), separado por una pared interior, en una distancia cuarenta y dos pies cinco pulgadas (42’ 5”) con espacio exterior que mira hacia el patio central, el área de estacionamiento, el patio posterior y la propiedad adjunta separado por paredes exteriores y ventanas en una distancia de doce pies una pulgada (12’ 1”)con espacio exterior que mira hacia un área del patio central que lo separa del

apartamento veintiséis guión letra “E” (26-E) separado por pared exterior y ventana y en una distancia de siete pies diez pulgadas (7’ 10”) con el área de servicio común separado por pared interior. Este apartamento consta de foyer con closet, sala, comedor, dos dormitorios con closet y otro dormitorio con walk in closet, pasillo que conecta las tres habitaciones con los tres baños y el linen closet, cocina, lavandería y terraza. Un baño equipado con lavamanos y servicio sanitario. Los otros dos baños equipados cada uno con una bañera, lavamanos, bidet, y servicio sanitario. La cocina está equipada con counter, gabinetes, estufa con su horno, fregadero y un triturador de desperdicios. La lavandería está equipada con lavadero, el calentador se encuentra localizado en el linen closet. La puerta de entrada de este apartamento está situada en su lindero Norte y por ella se sale al corredor o vestíbulo de elevadores, por el cual se sale al interior. Le corresponde a este apartamento dos áreas de estacionamiento marcadas con el número veintiséis guión letra “D” (26-D) soterrados. Le corresponde una participación en los elementos comunes equivalentes a uno punto doscientos veinticinco por ciento (1.225%). Finca número 22,818, inscrita al folio 260 del tomo 561 de Guaynabo, del Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Guaynabo. Se apercibe y advierte a ustedes como personas desconocidas, que deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede accesar utilizando la siguiente dirección: https://unired.ramajuducial.pr, salvo que se represente por Derechos Propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del Tribunal De no contestar la demanda radicando el original de la contestación ante la secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, y notificar copia de la contestación de esta a la parte demandante por conducto de su abogada, GLS LEGAL SERVICES, LLC, Atención: Lcda. Yadira López González Dirección: P.O. Box 367308, San Juan, P.R. 009367308, Teléfono: 787-758-6550, dentro de los próximos 30 días a partir de la publicación de este emplazamiento por edicto, que será publicado una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general en la isla de Puerto Rico, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia, concediendo el remedio solicitando en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal hoy 25 de mayo de 2022. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MAIRENI TRINTA, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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Monday, May 30, 2022

Brittney Griner’s supporters have a new strategy to free her: Make noise By TANIA GANGULI and JONATHAN ABRAMS

er face is on hoodies. Her name is in hashtags. Her “BG” and number are on fans’ jerseys and WNBA courts. As Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner waits in Russia, detained since Feb. 17 on drug charges, symbols of support for her are all around. They come from people who don’t know her at all and people who know and love her — from teammates, sympathizers and former coaches. Dawn Staley, who coached Griner and her U.S. teammates to a gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics last year, said she thinks about her every day. “I know Brittney, I’ve been around her, know her heart. I know what she’s about,” Staley said. “And if she’s being wrongfully detained or not, I would be advocating for her release because nobody should be in a foreign country locked up abroad.” Staley has posted messages on Twitter about Griner every day since early May. “Can you please free our friend,” she wrote Tuesday, tagging the official account for the White House. She added, “All of her loved ones would sleep a little easier.” It has been more than three months since Griner was detained, accused of having hashish oil in her luggage at an airport near Moscow. But only in the past few weeks has there been a coordinated public campaign by WNBA players and by Griner’s wife, family, friends and agent, Lindsay Kagawa Colas, to push for her release. That’s where the hoodies — worn by many players — and the initials — displayed on WNBA courts — come in. The #WeAreBG hashtag seen on warmup shirts and social media is also part of the campaign. On Saturday, the WNBA players union posted messaging on social media marking the 100th day of Griner’s detention. The delay in starting the campaign was strategic: Griner’s camp was worried that publicity could make the situation worse because of tensions between Russia and the United States, including the war in Ukraine. But the delay has also been a source of frustration for women’s basketball players known for their social justice advocacy. Their approach has changed since the State Department said May 3 that it had determined that Griner had been “wrongfully detained.”

Fans have waged their own public campaign for Griner, even when those closest to her used a strategy of silence. “Griner’s reclassification as wrongfully detained by the U.S. government cued our shift to the more public activist elements of our strategy,” Kagawa Colas said, adding that she could not elaborate out of respect for the sensitivity of the situation. Supporters have quickly joined in the new approach. “We’re more public,” said Terri Jackson, executive director of the WNBA players union. One reason, she said, was the State Department’s determination, and another was the guidance of Griner’s wife, Cherelle Griner. “She’s lead on this,” Jackson said. “She signaled through her team that she needed us, and that’s all we needed to hear.” Cherelle Griner appeared on “Good Morning America” on Wednesday and appealed to President Joe Biden to intervene. “I just keep hearing that he has the power,” Cherelle Griner said. “She’s a political pawn. If they’re holding her because they want you to do something, then I want you to do it.” The State Department’s announcement this month said that Biden’s special envoy for hostage affairs would lead an interagency team to secure Griner’s release. But since then, Griner’s detention has been extended until June 18, and the Biden administration has said little about its maneuvering. Cherelle Griner said during the television interview

that her only communication with her wife had been through occasional letters. She said she had been told that her wife’s release was a top priority, but she expressed skepticism. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, has been speaking publicly about Brittney Griner’s detention and working with her representatives. He said Griner, who is from Houston, has had access to her attorney in Russia but has not been able to speak with her family. That violated international norms, he said. “The Russians need to be aware that we know what they’re doing, we know why they’re doing it and there will be consequences if anything should happen to her,” Allred said. In mid-May, the WNBA players union became an official partner on a Change. org petition addressed to the White House, which urged Biden to do “whatever is necessary” to bring Griner home safely. The petition was started in March by Tamryn Spruill, a freelance journalist who has written for several media outlets, including The New York Times, about the WNBA. Griner’s representatives at Wasserman promoted the petition to news outlets. In an interview with ESPN on May 17, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver was asked what role the league should play in Griner’s situation. The NBA owns 42.1% of the WNBA. Silver said that the NBA had “a huge

responsibility” to Griner but that it had been muted in its support on the advice of experts who thought amplifying her situation could hinder her release. “Having said that,” Silver said, “there’s an enormous role for the public to play through protest or letting their representatives know how badly, how strongly they feel about this.” Last week, three House Democrats introduced a resolution calling for Griner’s immediate release. “It sends a clear message that the representatives of the American people support bringing Brittney home as quickly as possible,” said Rep. Greg Stanton of Arizona, who introduced the resolution with Allred and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas. In addition to following Cherelle Griner’s wishes, the players union sought counsel from Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon, a doctoral student in the history department at the University of Pennsylvania, whose areas of study include African American experiences in the Soviet Union, Ukraine and Russia. “Now that she’s been detained for so long,” St. Julian-Varnon said, “I think it’s appropriate to get into that second phase of: ‘OK, we have given Russia months. You’ve released Trevor Reed. So, let’s pick up the pressure and show that we have not forgotten about her and that she is still very much wanted at home.’” Reed, a former Marine, was released as part of a prisoner swap in April after having been held in Russia since 2019 on assault charges. In an interview with CNN broadcast last Sunday, Reed said media coverage of his case had helped lead to his release. Staley said she recorded Reed talking about his detention so she could rewatch for clues about what could help Griner. “Trevor’s saying you’ve got to scream at the top of your lungs. You have to get a meeting with the president,” Staley said. She added: “If you can get in front of him, it’s hard for him to tell you no. It’s hard for him to look into a grieving parent or wife’s eyes and say, ‘I can’t do anything.’” Because she won a national championship with South Carolina this year, Staley and her team are likely to be invited to the White House to meet with Biden soon. “I will give Brittney’s wife, parents, family, I will give them our visit to the White House,” she said.

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Monday, May 30, 2022

Real Madrid wins the Champions League, putting method over magic By RORY SMITH

eep down, Real Madrid does not believe in magic. Or, rather, it does not only believe in magic. It might have spent much of the last three months apparently touched by some golden light, its run to the Champions League final a dream of stirring comebacks and insurmountable odds and impossible triumphs. Those triumphs — against Paris St.-Germain and Chelsea and Manchester City — might have seemed to prove that ultimate victory in this competition is Real Madrid’s irrevocable destiny, that it is driven by some elemental, unstoppable force, one that defies rational explanation and brooks no resistance. After the curtain had been lifted and the veil drawn, though, when reality’s cold light poured in, there was no magic at all. There was, instead, just a plan: a painstakingly crafted and expertly executed plan that ended, as it always seemed like it would, with Real Madrid lifting yet another European Cup. That, in a sense, was the twist: There was no twist. Real Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0 on Saturday in Paris with a performance of ruthless efficiency, of meticulous organization, of clinical obduracy. To do so, it required not only a single goal, scored by Vinícius Junior, but really only a single attack, a single move, a single chance. It leaned, it is true, reasonably heavily on its goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtois, in those fleeting moments when Liverpool — another team in possession of a very particular sense of its own destiny — seemed to be gathering a head of steam. But it is one of soccer’s most cherished misapprehensions that having a good goalkeeper is just another form of luck. They are part of the team, too, after all; to beat Real Madrid, it is necessary to beat Courtois, and the reason the former is so difficult is because the latter, at times, appears to skirt the impossible. Real Madrid could risk absorbing pressure, conceding chances, safe in the knowledge that Courtois is a redoubtable last line of defense.

Even he, though, found his role diminishing as the game wore on. Those last few minutes, as Real Madrid waited impatiently to claim its glory, did not build to some deafening climax. Instead, if anything, the game ambled gently to a close. There were some substitutions. Liverpool committed some injudicious and unnecessary fouls. Real dawdled over some free kicks. The whistle blew. The trophy was presented. Everyone went home. It felt, in truth, like something of a non sequitur: not only because Real Madrid has spent the spring finding ever more improbable ways to win games, but because that sort of drama is now an essential ingredient in this competition. Breathless fervor, something bordering on persistent mayhem, has become the hallmark of the modern Champions League. It is what has helped turn it, for all the enduring concerns over its domination by a tiny cabal of clubs from a small group of countries, into such a consistently compelling spectacle. No victory is ever secure. No game is ever over. Nothing is ever certain. That is what makes it so compelling. Saturday’s final, by contrast — delayed by more than a half-hour because of a complete organizational breakdown outside the Stade de France — seemed to belong to a prior incarnation of the tournament, when European soccer’s showpiece occasions were far more tentative, when the slightest mistake tended to prove fatal, when games were decided by which team seized individual moments, rather than which could best harness some elusive, vaguely ethereal form of momentum. And yet, below the surface, there was an undeniable thematic consistency to Real Madrid’s victory, its record 14th title in the competition. The composite may have seemed distinct from all of the games that brought Carlo Ancelotti’s team to Paris — and the coach himself to a record fifth Champions League final — but the strands were almost exactly the same. Jürgen Klopp, the Liverpool coach, spoke last week of Real Madrid’s ability to “keep the door open.” In all of its

previous knockout games, it had faced moments when elimination seemed all but certain but still found a way to cling on. What looked like magic was underpinned by the distinctly material virtues of resilience, and courage, and indomitability. So it was in Paris. For all that Liverpool and Real Madrid have in common — both are members of European soccer’s aristocrat class, both believe themselves to have a special relationship with the Champions League — their approaches to maintaining their modern superiority could not diverge more sharply. Liverpool is a reflection of what soccer has become, an informationsoaked industrial complex — in which no gain is too marginal, in which decisions are driven by data, in which even throw-ins can be weaponized — made more efficient. It has worked, too: This was the club’s third Champions League final in five years. Real Madrid, on the other hand, tends toward a slightly more simplified interpretation. The team that wins, as far as Real can tell, generally employs the better players, up to and including the one wearing gloves. Not simply in terms of talent, but experience, grit, composure under the most intense pressure and

a refusal to wilt, too. Ancelotti’s team displayed all of those qualities in abundance. It did not so much as blink as Liverpool fizzed and fretted around its penalty area in the first half. At times, Real Madrid seemed to be standing still, daring its opponent to try to forge an opening. Nor did it freeze after Vinícius had taken his chance — the chance — and Liverpool had nothing left to lose. Real Madrid’s players seemed blissfully unaffected by the ticking of the clock. They did not hurry or panic or sink back on themselves. They looked, instead, as if they had all the time in the world. Perhaps that should not be a surprise. After all, for a considerable proportion of the team, this was a fifth Champions League final. They have been here before, time and time again, and they know how it turns out. They know what is required, and it is not magic. Magic, after all, is just a way of explaining the parts of reality that you do not understand, and Real Madrid understand this all too well. Far better, instead, to have a plan, painstakingly crafted and perfectly executed and always ending in the same way, the way it ended here: in a blizzard of white ticker tape and Real Madrid, beaming, holding the European Cup aloft.

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Monday, May 30, 2022

‘Yeah, that happened’: A Giants player is slapped over fantasy football

Joc Pederson played in Friday’s game despite having been slapped by a Cincinnati Reds player before the game.

By BENJAMIN HOFFMAN

hen fights occur in professional sports, it can sometimes take years for the facts to come out. Rumors will swirl, tidbits will be attributed to anonymous sources and, years later, the people involved will finally explain what happened. In the case of last Friday’s slap heard around baseball, though, fans just had to wait for Joc Pederson to get to the clubhouse after the San Francisco Giants’ 5-1 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. Pederson, an outfielder for the Giants,

confirmed what The Athletic had reported and social media had been buzzing about: Tommy Pham, an outfielder for the Reds, had slapped him before the game over a fantasy football transaction that Pederson says he made more than a year ago. No, really. “Yeah, that happened,” Pederson said when asked directly about the slap. On Saturday, MLB responded to the incident by suspending Pham for three games, retroactive to Friday. Pham told reporters in Cincinnati, including The Athletic’s C. Trent Rosencrans, that he will accept the suspension. Pham said Pederson was cheating and, moreover, had made “disrespectful” com-

ments about the San Diego Padres, Pham’s former team. Pederson confirmed as much Saturday, sharing details of the group chat with reporters, including a meme that was mocking the Padres for underperforming. “It is true, I did send a GIF making fun of the Padres,” Pederson said. “If I hurt anybody’s feelings I apologize for that.” The slap was part of an unusual series of events for the Giants. Earlier in the day, manager Gabe Kapler wrote a blog post about gun violence and then announced he would not come to the field for the national anthem until further notice. The slap occurred in left field just before the game, and led to a disagreement between the teams over whether Pham should be allowed to play. And in the eighth inning, there was further confusion when Kapler called on reliever Jake McGee, only to be informed that McGee had mistakenly been left off that day’s lineup card, thus making him ineligible to play. The violence between Pham and Pederson is not unheard of in sports. Charles Oakley, a bruising NBA player for several teams, has confirmed over the years that he struck a whole host of players, including Hall of Famers Charles Barkley and Scottie Pippen — Pippen was Oakley’s teammate at the time — and he once attacked Tyrone Hill during shootaround over a gambling debt. But Friday’s incident distinguished itself simply by the level of detail Pederson was willing to offer in its aftermath. Asked what happened, Pederson said he and Pham participate in a fantasy football

league together. More than a year ago, Pederson said there was a disagreement about a transaction he had made in which he moved a player who was listed as out to injured reserve. He said a text message sent to a group chat for the league accused him of cheating for “stashing” players on his bench. He did not say directly that Pham had sent the message. “I looked up the rules and sent a screenshot of the rules, how it says when a player is ruled out you’re allowed to put them on the IR, and that’s all I was doing,” Pederson said. Pederson expressed confusion that Pham was upset about the move; he said Pham had executed a similar transaction with his own roster, going as far as to offer who the player in question was with Pham’s team. “It just so happened that he had a player, Jeff Wilson, who was out, and he had him on the IR,” Pederson said. “I said, ‘You literally have the same thing on your bench.’” Pederson said Friday’s incident did not have much lead-up. Pham approached him and asked if he remembered the issue, and Pederson confirmed he did and Pham slapped him across the cheek. Pederson said he chose not to retaliate. “I didn’t get emotional, and I don’t think violence is the answer,” he said. “So I kind of left the situation.” Pham, who received an undisclosed fine in addition to the suspension, will be eligible to return for Cincinnati’s two-game series against the Boston Red Sox, which begins Tuesday.

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Sudoku How to Play: Fill in the empty fields with the numbers from 1 through 9. Sudoku Rules: Every row must contain the numbers from 1 through 9 Every column must contain the numbers from 1 through 9 Every 3x3 square must contain the numbers from 1 through 9

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HOROSCOPE Aries

(Mar 21-April 20)

Get ready for a sizzling few days, as a dynamic Mars/ Jupiter hook up can find you bursting with energy, and ready to tackle the most demanding or challenging tasks. Whether they are physical or mental, you won’t think anything of diving in and having a go. Your thoughts will be on bold opportunities and actions that will propel you forwards into a new and exciting future, Aries.

Taurus

(April 21-May 21)

Gemini

(May 22-June 21)

With Jupiter in your spiritual zone you’re being looked after, no matter what issues or challenges appear. As this upbeat planet will be here for some months, a deeper wisdom might show up in dreams and via your instincts, guiding you to make the best of life. With Mars on the field too, an intuitive nudge can be a big incentive to proceed in a new direction, Taurus.

You may feel certain you could achieve almost anything, and you likely can if you invite others on board. Those who are on your wavelength and share your passion for hobbies, interests and ideas, will be your staunchest supporters. With their help, you can conquer the world! Organizing or attending a big event? Make the most of it, as fortunate encounters might result from this.

Cancer

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Libra

(Sep 24-Oct 23)

Someone may come to your rescue in a big way. They’ll assist you with a challenge that you’ve had a hard time handling alone. The fact that they seem to appear out of nowhere as an answer to your need, can seem like a miracle. Yet they might have noticed you struggling for a while and decided to step in and help. Your friendships and relationships could be a precious resource, Libra.

Scorpio

(Oct 24-Nov 22)

The coming days may find you truly empowered, and ready to plunge headlong into new activities or projects that seem to promise much. With energy levels much higher than they were, you’ll also have physical stamina. You might be ready to go for a long jog or hike, or try other forms of exercise that get you out in the fresh air. You’ll have fun, and keep fit at the same time.

Sagittarius

(Nov 23-Dec 21)

Capricorn

(Dec 22-Jan 20)

As Mars aligns with Jupiter in feisty Aries, you’ll feel the power and energy in this planetary combination, and it could inspire you to do something you’ve been putting off. You’ll have the confidence to go for it, and even the thought of failure won’t deter you. Whether you’re keen to start a romance, a business or explore other potential opportunities, you’ll be ready, Archer.

The coming days could be a time of career advancement, profitable ventures and enviable opportunities. With the Mars/Jupiter tie in a highflying zone, this is your chance to take big steps forward to accomplish your goals. Luck is on your side! You’ll be in the right place at the right time to take advantage of something that can steer you in the direction of your dreams.

Ready to embrace domestic plans? Your luck is turning, and this could help you accomplish much if you take advantage of it. You’re in an expansive mood and eager for new adventures, so whether you want to move, enhance or enlarge your current place or start a home-based business, this is the time to go ahead. Have a lot of heavy jobs to do? You’ll complete them in no time.

Leo

Aquarius

(July 24-Aug 23)

The Mars/Jupiter alignment in a far-reaching zone is perfect for promoting your ideas, business or anything else that will get you known on a much bigger scale. If you’re keen to go global with an Internet project or other idea, this is the time when taking the right steps can expand your options. A trip or long journey could be a resounding success, and enjoyable on so many levels.

Virgo

(Aug 24-Sep 23)

This may be a time of lucrative deals. Finances can start to look better, due to taking advantage of a timely opportunity. If there’s an element of risk involved, you’ll factor this into the equation and be ready to make a go of it. There’s a fearless quality showing, which means you’ll be ready to tackle issues that you’ve tended to avoid. Once you begin, you’ll make short work of them.

(Jan 21-Feb 19)

The coming days can find you inspired Aquarius, and see you ready to take a leap of faith in a direction that promises much. Your intuition could play a big part in your success. Following it may be key to getting those lucky breaks that will usher you into a new and very active phase. It’s a time when you can become very popular, and because of this, you’re all set to do well.

Pisces

(Feb 20-Mar 20)

You’ll be eager to take all the right actions to assure your success. And learning from others who have achieved what you’re so keen to accomplish, can be a big part of this. As long as you put into practice all you find out, you could go far. If you do nothing with the insights or information gained, you’ll waste some wonderful opportunities. Make this your time to shine, Pisces!

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