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Federal grand jury indicts 25 for misbranding Rx drugs
By THE STAR STAFF
Afederal grand jury on Wednesday filed an indictment against 25 individuals for alleged conspiracy to introduce misbranded drugs in Puerto Rico and defraud the United States.
In a separate indictment, another individual was charged with unauthorized wholesale distribution of prescription drugs. In an additional separate indictment, another individual was charged with and pleaded guilty to unauthorized wholesale distribution of prescription drugs.
According to court documents, from 2018 to the present, the defendants engaged in the unauthorized wholesale distribution of misbranded and diverted prescription drugs for financial gain. The unauthorized wholesale distribution included the sale of misbranded and diverted prescription drugs to employees and owners of local pharmacies for onward sale to pharmacy customers, without the customers knowing that the products were misbranded and diverted.
Diversion refers to the processes by which prescription drugs are taken out of the legitimate distribution channel and then reintroduced into it. Once a prescription drug is diverted outside of regulated distribution channels, it becomes difficult, if not impossible, for regulators such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, law enforcement, or end users to know whether the drug package actually contains the correct drug or the correct dosage.
A drug is considered misbranded under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act if its labeling: 1) lacks “adequate directions for use” or 2) does not contain “adequate warnings against use under pathological conditions or by children where its use might be hazardous to health, or against unsafe doses or methods or duration of administration or application, in such manner or mode as is necessary for the protection of users.”
Additionally, a drug is misbranded if it is a prescription drug and was dispensed without a valid written or oral order from a licensed practitioner.
The defendants are alleged to have purchased and sold prescription drugs in resealable plastic bags without proper labels, markings, lot numbers, expiration dates or instructions as required by law, creating a significant risk of harm. The prescription drugs were often stored in personal residences and/or transported via U.S. mail. The co-conspirators and other participants in the scheme unlawfully generated revenue in excess of $13 million through the sale and distribution of misbranded and diverted prescription drugs.
In addition to the unauthorized wholesale distribution of prescription drugs, 11 pharmacy owners and employees of five separate pharmacies were also charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud.
These defendants caused materially false and fraudulent claims to be submitted to health care benefit plans, representing that the products sold to customers were authentic and obtained through authorized pharmaceutical distribution channels. By selling diverted prescription drugs and billing health care benefit plans for authentic drugs, these defendants financially enriched the pharmacy owners and defrauded both the health care benefit plans and the pharmacies’ unsuspecting retail customers.
DACO initiates more information requests against firms accused of discrimination against
PR consumers
By THE STAR STAFF
The island Department of Consumer Affairs (DACO) has initiated a new round of information requests against Sony, Samsung, H&M and Nike for alleged commercial discrimination practices against consumers in Puerto Rico. The companies have 10 days to respond.
The request for information is the second one made by the agency. It follows a first round in which Apple, Microsoft, TikTok and Yeti were contacted, demanding explanations about the lack of availability of their products and services in Puerto Rico. So far, Yeti faces daily fines of $10,000 for not complying with the request.
Acting DACO Secretary Francisco González de la Matta
stressed that companies cannot exclude Puerto Rico when offering products to U.S. jurisdictions. In addition, DACO is creating the Office of Commercial Anti-Discrimination, which will have an initial team of 12 employees to handle the cases. Companies have 10 days to respond, at the risk of daily fines of up to $10,000.
The Office of Commercial Anti-Discrimination will be responsible for handling cases of commercial discrimination and reinforcing equality in access to products and services in Puerto Rico.
Due to the territorial situation of Puerto Rico, it is not unusual for local consumers to find themselves unable to purchase products or services from companies located in the continental United States.
W. Stephen Muldrow, U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico (Facebook via Department of Public Safety)
Family agencies, Inter-American sign social work scholarships pact
By THE STAR STAFF
The island Family Department and the Administration for Families and Children (ADFAN) signed an agreement on Wednesday with the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico (UIPR), Metropolitan Campus, to grant scholarships to 275 social work students, in both the bachelor’s and master’s degree programs, over the next five years.
The agreement includes an investment of $2 million per year, for a total of $10 million.
“Most students who choose to pursue a career in Social Work do so with great sensitivity and commitment,” Family Secretary Ciení Rodríguez Troche said in a written statement. “Every dollar we invest in their development strengthens our service system, particularly for the most vulnerable.”
The beneficiaries of the scholarships, after completing their studies and obtaining their
Maritime Operations Unit to take the name of fallen agent
By THE STAR STAFF
The Air and Maritime Operations Unit of the U.S. Border Patrol in Cabo Rojo will take the name of fallen agent Michel O. Maceda after a measure introduced by Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The bill (House Resolution 5302) to commemorate the memory of the maritime interdiction agent who died in the line of duty while making a drug interdiction operation off the coast of the island had bipartisan support.
“The death of the agent Maceda is a harsh reminder of the dangers confronted by our Border Patrol agents each day to protect the borders of our nation, including our Caribbean border in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands,” the resident commissioner said.
On the morning of Nov. 17, 2022, agents of the Border Patrol were alerted to a suspicious boat located some 13 miles off the southeastern coast of Puerto Rico.
When the agents approached the boat Maceda was killed in an exchange of gunfire.
U.S. Border Patrol agent Michel O. Maceda was killed in the line of duty on Nov. 17, 2022 during a maritime interdiction off the southeastern coast of Puerto Rico.
license, will be required to work at the Family Department for a period of two years, which will contribute to increasing the number of trained personnel at the agency.
ADFAN Administrator Nicole Báez Ortiz noted that the agreement makes Puerto Rico the only jurisdiction in the United States where scholarships cover both tuition and stipends. The requirements to access the scholarships include being a third-year or master’s student, having an academic average above 3.0, and committing to working at ADFAN for two years.
UIPR President Rafael Ramírez Rivera signed the agreement along with the heads of family agencies and representatives of the federal government.
It is the second such agreement, after the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus signed a similar agreement in 2023, benefiting 62 students to date.
Justice Dept. announces student loan forgiveness
By THE STAR STAFF
The Puerto Rico Department of Justice announced this week an agreement with Navient Solutions to cancel $7.7 million in student loan debts owed by thousands of students on the island.
The agreement also provides for monetary restitution in some cases.
“This agreement represents significant relief for thousands of students in Puerto Rico,” Justice Secretary Domingo
Emanuelli Hernández said in a written statement.
The settlement was filed in the federal court in San Juan on Sept. 18, as part of a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice in August 2022 against Navient, formerly known as Sallie Mae, for deceptive practices and fraud in promoting high-risk loans.
Guarionez Díaz Martínez, the assistant secretary of the Office of Monopolistic Affairs, said $1 million will be allocated for restitution to eligible students.
Family Secretary Ciení Rodríguez Troche
Justice Secretary Domingo Emanuelli Hernández
Electoral comptroller: Bad Bunny could be fined over political signs
By THE STAR STAFF
Electoral Comptroller Walter Vélez announced on Wednesday that a fine could be imposed on urban singer Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, known as Bad Bunny, and the advertising company bMedia, for publishing political ads without the legally required tag indicating who paid for them.
“Well, the reality is that the advertisement was published without the provisions required by law,” Vélez said in a radio interview with NotiUno 630. “At the time, the company contacted this [public] servant that same day … and I told him that same day: the law, these are the requirements of the law, the announcement is not complying with the law.”
Vélez said he recommended that the company remove the ads and place the corresponding tagline, which should indicate: “This ad is paid for by so-and-so and is not coordinated with political parties.” However, the next day, the ads still did not comply with the law.
The electoral comptroller said the case will be evaluated by a board of assistant comptrollers, who will issue a recommendation. “I do not want to speculate whether there will be a fine, or whether there will not be a fine,” he added. “We have to see what response they will give us.”
Regarding who would be fined, Vélez said there could be dual liability.
“Everything depends on the answer they give us,” he said. “Who was it that didn’t put in the tag? Why wasn’t the tag put
in? Why wasn’t the legal requirement complied with? If it was both parties, then both parties could be exposed to a fine.”
The New Progressive Party filed a complaint with the Office of the Electoral Comptroller against bMedia and “soand-so” for the presentation of several advertisements with messages targeting the party. Bad Bunny subsequently took responsibility for them.
The bMedia Group company responded to the matter by stating that “bMedia is a media company and is not affiliated with any political party, committee or candidate, nor does it endorse the content or messages of its clients’ advertisements.” It added that the advertisements contracted by Bad Bunny were published “under the understanding of prior consultations with the Office of the Electoral Comptroller.”
Vélez, however, said that some advertising companies had warned about the legal requirements.
“I know that there were several agencies … that explained to him that the law required that he had to have the information of who was paying,” Vélez said in the interview with NotiUno 630.
The electoral comptroller emphasized that his role is to ensure that citizens have the correct information about who pays for political ads.
“It is not about restricting the right to free expression …” he said. “It has never been the intention of the Office of the Electoral Comptroller, beyond ensuring that citizens have the correct information.”
The case of political campaign billboards that lack the required tag saying who or what entity paid for them will be evaluated by a board of assistant electoral comptrollers, who will issue a recommendation.
The ads were later modified to include the following tagline: “Ad paid for by Benito A. Martínez, yoamorapr@gmail.com. It was not authorized by any aspirant, candidate or political party.” The case is still under review, and the Office of the Electoral Comptroller is expected to determine in the coming days whether fines will be imposed and if so, on whom.
PDP says NPP administration is ‘implanting’ supporters in gov’t positions
By THE STAR STAFF
Popular Democratic Party (PDP) Secretary General Juan Luis Camacho Semidei, along with Gabriel López Arrieta, a PDP at-large candidate for the island House of Representatives, charged Wednesday that the “Operation Implanting” carried out by the current government administration could disrupt the services to citizens and the quality of the work environment in agencies.
The PDP accused the New Progressive Party (NPP) government administration of accommodating unqualified supporters in career positions at agencies with salary increases established by partisan political considerations.
“The NPP’s ‘Operation Implanting’ could provoke a crisis in the government because personnel transactions have been processed to perpetuate NPP members and followers of the candidate for governor of that party, Jenniffer González, in sensitive career positions, which fosters a culture of favoritism and political loyalties that undermines the principles of merit and competence that should guide public employment,” Camacho Semidei said. “In addition, people are being appointed to positions for which they are not necessarily qualified, which affects the efficiency and effectiveness of government agencies.”
“The ‘implanting’ causes the demoralization of those employees who are not involved in partisan politics or are not affiliated with the NPP and promotes a toxic and divisive work environment, where internal politics takes priority over service to the citizenry,” he added.
López Arrieta, who has served as the public housing administrator, stressed that the alleged practices are a clear example of how Jenniffer González and the NPP continue to turn their backs on the people.
“What we are seeing is a clear example of how Jenniffer
González and the NPP govern based on their friends,” he said. “In the primary, Jenniffer promised that she would fire Pierluisi’s employees, but now, in a blatant turn, she seeks to unify the party by buying loyalties with public funds. This ‘implanting’ is nothing more than another maneuver to consolidate their power and perpetuate a government controlled by personal interests, where political loyalty is rewarded above ability and merit. This is exactly what is destroying the efficiency of our institutions and service to the people.”
Camacho Semidei said the practice will cause lawsuits against the government, since qualified and experienced public servants in career positions are being discarded in favor of a party supporter.
“This practice will cause lawsuits because qualifications are not taken into consideration, only political affiliation,” he said. “At the same time, services to citizens are affected because people who know the job and have developed experience in serving the people are discarded. In several cases, trust personnel with administrative complaints [lodged against them] for workplace and political harassment have been appointed. All this undermines the principles of merit and competence that should guide public employment.”
López Arrieta also lashed out at the NPP for what he said are the devastating consequences of the alleged practices.
“They ruin essential services and only serve themselves, using the government as a favor machine to benefit their own,” he said.
Popular Democratic Party at-large candidate for the House of Representatives Gabriel López Arrieta, left, and PDP Secretary General Juan Luis Camacho Semidei
Trump golf course suspect is charged with attempted assassination
By GLENN THRUSH
The man accused of lurking with a gun near former President Donald Trump at one of his Florida golf courses was charged earlier this week with the attempted assassination of a presidential candidate, a crime that carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
The indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in Miami and filed in Federal District Court in southern Florida. The case was randomly assigned to Judge Aileen Cannon, the Trump-appointed judge who recently dismissed the case related to Trump’s retention of classified documents after he left office.
The new charges against the suspect, Ryan Routh, 58, were expected. They come on top of two gun charges against Routh, an itinerant contractor with an extensive criminal record who exhorted Iran to assassinate Trump.
In addition to the assassination charges, Routh was charged with possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, along with assaulting or intimidating a Secret Service agent — possibly referring to reports of his pointing the rifle in the direction of the agents before fleeing the perimeter of the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach.
Earlier Tuesday, a federal magistrate judge ordered Routh held until trial, citing his “lengthy criminal history with over a hundred arrests,” a history of weapons violations and his recent travel to Ukraine and Taiwan, which made him a flight risk.
Just hours before that, federal prosecutors in North Carolina unsealed charges against Routh’s son, Oran Routh, accusing him of buying and possessing child sexual abuse material. An FBI search of his apartment for evidence in
Police outside the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., after an apparent attempted assasination of former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. Ryan Routh, the man accused of trying to assassinate Trump, staked out the grounds of the golf course for a month before the attempt, according to a federal court filing on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (Saul Martinez/The New York Times)
his father’s case uncovered “hundreds” of sexual images on his phone involving children as young as 6, according to a court filing.
According to prosecutors, Ryan Routh appeared to have surveyed the grounds of the golf course for about a month before his arrest. On Sept. 15, according to the indictment, Routh positioned himself outside the fence near the sixth hole, where around 1:30 p.m. a Secret Service agent on a golf cart who was scouting one hole ahead of the former president saw part of Routh’s face and the barrel of his gun.
At the time he was spotted, prosecutors said, Routh was aligned directly with the sixth hole, with the intention of shooting Trump from a relatively short distance using a semiautomatic rifle. A rifle equipped with a scope was found abandoned at the scene; it had a round in the chamber and a total of 11 rounds loaded. Investigators found Routh’s fingerprint on duct tape affixing the scope to the weapon, according to the indictment.
Routh did not fire before Secret Service agents fired at him. He fled in a black SUV but was arrested less than an hour later by local sheriff’s deputies.
“This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump, but I failed you,” Routh wrote in a note that was placed inside a box that he left at a friend’s house in North Carolina, according to prosecutors.
“I tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster,” the note continued. “It is up to you to finish the job, and I will offer $150,000 to whomever can complete the job.”
During a detention hearing Monday, Routh’s lawyers argued that their client was not a flight risk and did not pose a serious threat to the community. The judge disagreed and ordered that Routh be held in jail without bond. His lawyer did not immediately respond to an email Tuesday seeking comment about the new charges.
Attorney General Merrick Garland, speaking to reporters at the Justice Department, had said earlier Tuesday that the new indictment was imminent.
“Violence targeting public officials endangers everything our country stands for,” Garland said. “The Justice Department will not tolerate violence that strikes at the heart of our democracy, and we will find and hold accountable those who perpetrate it. This must stop.”
Helene becomes a hurricane as it heads toward Florida coast
By JUDSON JONES
Helene continued to power north in the Caribbean Sea, strengthening into a hurricane Wednesday morning, on a path that forecasters expect will bring heavy amounts of rain to Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula and western Cuba before it begins to move toward Florida’s Gulf Coast.
Though the forecast is still taking shape, the storm could intensify as high as a Category 3 before making landfall late Thursday, and forecasters warned Helene’s anticipated large size could make its impacts felt across an extensive area.
Here’s what else you need to know:
— Many of the forecast models show the storm making landfall late Thursday near Florida’s Big Bend Coast, a sparsely populated stretch of coastline that has seen two powerful storms in the last year: Hurricane Idalia in August 2023 and Hurricane Debby last month.
— At least 13 Florida counties have issued some level of evacuation orders as of Tuesday, and Gov. Ron DeSantis has 61 of Florida’s 67 counties under a state of emergency. “There’s still a lot of uncertainty here,” he said, urging Floridians to make storm preparations immediately. On Tuesday afternoon, a slew of new storm surge and hurricane watches and warnings were issued for the Gulf Coast of Florida, meaning those conditions are expected in the next 36 to 48 hours.
— Before it gets to the Gulf of Mexico, Helene will pass between Cuba and Mexico early Wednesday, bringing up to 4-8 inches of rain over western Cuba and 4-6 inches to the eastern part of the Yucatán, where a hurricane warning was in effect.
— This year had been forecast to be an exceptionally active season, but was mostly characterized by an extended lull for much of August and September. Things have picked up in recent weeks, though.
Flooding from Hurricane Debby in Steinhatchee, Fla., on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. Many of the forecast models show Helene, now a hurricane, making landfall late today near Florida’s Big Bend Coast, a sparsely populated stretch of coastline that has seen two powerful storms in the last year.
(Dustin Chambers/The New York Times)
Maryland sues shipping companies to cover costs of bridge collapse
By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
The state of Maryland is demanding that the owner and the operator of the ship that toppled the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March pay up.
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, Maryland leaders said the collapse of the bridge, which killed six workers, was going to end up costing the state hundreds of millions of dollars, from the rebuilding of the Key Bridge to the excess wear on roadways that have had to absorb all the traffic that would have used the crossing.
“We will not allow Marylanders to be left with the bill for the gross negligence, mismanagement and incompetence that caused this harm,” Maryland’s attorney general, Anthony G. Brown, said at a news conference.
The suit is the latest legal action against the ship’s owner, Grace Ocean Ltd., and its operator, Synergy Marine Group, and was filed on the deadline set by the court for such claims.
Last week, the U.S. Justice Department sued Grace Ocean and Synergy for more than $100 million to cover the costs to the federal government of the sprawling response operation. The federal suit gave a detailed account of what went wrong onboard the ship, describing a cascade of failures that it ascribed to faulty maintenance and “jury-rigged” fixes to long-standing problems.
The companies, both of which are based in Singapore, have argued in federal court that their liability for the crash should be limited to $44 million, a fraction of what is being sought in claims by the federal government, Maryland and families of some of the men killed in the
collapse.
In an email Tuesday, Darrell Wilson, a representative of Grace Ocean and Synergy Marine, referred to a statement that the firm released last week after the federal government filed its suit. In the statement, the company declined to comment on the litigation and said it was looking “forward to our day in court to set the record straight.”
A federal criminal investigation is ongoing. On Sunday, federal agents boarded a container ship in the Baltimore harbor that is also managed by Synergy, though authorities have not disclosed why agents boarded the vessel.
The families of three men who were killed in the crash announced last week that they, too, were suing. The construction firm that employed these men also filed a lawsuit, as have several other companies that depend on port traffic for commerce. The city of Baltimore filed a lawsuit against Grace Ocean and Synergy in the spring.
The disaster began in the early hours of March 26 when the Dali, a container ship slightly longer than three football fields, lost power. It slammed into the Key Bridge, causing the bridge to collapse and killing six men who were repairing pavement on the roadway.
An enormous cleanup effort was begun, involving dozens of barges, tugboats, excavators, floating cranes and even explosives. Some 50,000 tons of debris had to be cleared from the Patapsco River, which leads into the Port of Baltimore. The state’s lawsuit says that activity at the port brought in hundreds of millions of dollars in state and local taxes and that port terminals accounted for roughly 20,000 jobs.
The cargo ship Dali is entangled in the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on March 26, 2024, hours after a collision caused the bridge to collapse. Maryland state officials filed a lawsuit on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, against the show’s owner and operator. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
Caroline Ellison, star witness at FTX trial, is sentenced to 2 years in prison
By DAVID YAFFE-BELLANY and MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN
Caroline Ellison, a former top adviser to cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried, was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday for her role in the $8 billion fraud that led to the implosion of the once high-flying FTX crypto exchange.
Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of U.S. District Court in Manhattan said that he believed Ellison was genuinely remorseful and that her cooperation with the government had been substantial. But given the severity of the fraud, he added, he could not give her a “‘get out of jail free’ card.”
Ellison is set to report to a minimum security prison in the Boston area by around Nov. 7, almost exactly two years after FTX collapsed.
Soon after the downfall of FTX in 2022, Ellison, who was Bankman-Fried’s on-and-off girlfriend, pleaded guilty to conspiring with him to steal $8 billion in savings that customers had deposited on the exchange. She became a crucial witness for the prosecution, testifying against Bankman-Fried at a trial last year that ended in his conviction on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy.
Wearing a dark jacket over a mauvecolored dress, Ellison, 29, fought back tears as she told Kaplan that she was sorry for all the pain she had caused to the customers and employees of FTX, as well as her family and friends.
“Not a day goes by that I don’t think of the people I hurt,” Ellison said before she
grets her decision not to.”
Ellison was thrust into the spotlight when FTX and Alameda collapsed in November 2022, after a run on deposits exposed an $8 billion hole in the crypto exchange’s accounts. Soon federal prosecutors charged Bankman-Fried with fraud, saying that he had transferred billions of dollars from FTX to Alameda, and then used the money to make venture investments, political contributions and other lavish purchases.
Ellison pleaded guilty to participating in Bankman-Fried’s conspiracy. She became a subject of internet fascination and was mobbed by photographers when she showed up at federal court in Manhattan to testify against Bankman-Fried during his trial. “The government cannot think of another cooperating witness in recent history who has received a greater level of attention and harassment,” the prosecutors wrote in their memo to Kaplan.
was sentenced, with her parents and two sisters in the courtroom. “I am deeply ashamed of what I have done.”
Ellison was one of three top executives who pleaded guilty and agreed to work with prosecutors to convict Bankman-Fried. The other two executives, Gary Wang and Nishad Singh, are set to be sentenced this fall. A fourth executive, Ryan Salame, who pleaded guilty but did not testify against Bankman-Fried, was sentenced in May to 7 1/2 years in prison.
Bankman-Fried is serving a 25-year prison term at a federal jail in Brooklyn and has filed an appeal to overturn his conviction, arguing that Kaplan was biased against him.
Prosecutors did not recommend a specific sentence for Ellison, but they filed a memo to Kaplan praising her “exemplary” cooperation with the government. Her lawyers requested that she serve no prison time.
“I have seen a lot of cooperators. I have never seen one like Ms. Ellison,” Kaplan said before announcing the sentence. “What she said on the stand was very incriminating of herself, and she pulled no punches about it.”
He emphasized that she was far less
culpable in FTX’s collapse than BankmanFried. “She cooperated and he denied the whole thing,” he said.
Just two years ago, Ellison was a powerful but relatively low-profile crypto executive, overseeing Bankman-Fried’s hedge fund, Alameda Research. She and Bankman-Fried had secretly dated for years, and she followed him around the world — from Berkeley, California, to Hong Kong to the Bahamas — as he built a crypto empire.
The relationship was often toxic, Ellison’s lawyer wrote in a memo to Kaplan. Bankman-Fried would shower her with attention, and then ignore her. He insisted on keeping the liaison secret, the lawyer said, and had told Ellison that he didn’t want to be seen in public with her. Bankman-Fried also pushed her to take Adderall so that she could work longer hours, the memo said.
At the sentencing, Ellison’s lawyer, Anjan Sahni, said she was a good person who should have walked away from Bankman-Fried and never participated in the fraud at FTX. But she couldn’t, he said, because her personal and professional lives had come to revolve around him.
“Caroline should have left,” Sahni told Kaplan. “Every day she profoundly re -
Behind the scenes, Ellison was crucial to helping the prosecutors build their case against Bankman-Fried. She combed through FTX’s records to help identify a spreadsheet that prosecutors presented at the trial as evidence that Bankman-Fried had lied to his business partners.
And over nearly three days on the witness stand, Ellison delivered some of the trial’s most emotionally raw testimony, recounting in minute detail how Bankman-Fried had orchestrated the fraud that brought down FTX. Holding back tears, she also described the dramatic final days of the company and said she had felt a sense of relief when the scheme finally unraveled.
Kaplan called Ellison “genuinely remorseful” and said he couldn’t remember a single time that she had contradicted herself or offered inconsistent testimony.
But Bankman-Fried was her “kryptonite,” he said. “You were vulnerable, and you were exploited.”
Ellison’s sentence was harsher than many legal experts had expected. The government had “telegraphed no jail time for her,” said John P. Fishwick Jr., a former U.S. attorney for the Western District of Virginia. “A two-year sentence will discourage future cooperators.”
Ellison has also agreed to forfeit all the wealth she accumulated while working at FTX and to continue working with the government to recover funds for victims.
Caroline Ellison, who ran Alameda Research, departs the U.S. courthouse following her sentencing in Manhattan, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. Ellison, a former top adviser to the cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried, was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday for her role in the $8 billion fraud that led to the implosion of the once high-flying FTX crypto exchange. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)
US confidence wobble weighs, China buoyed
Alook at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan
The unexpected downturn in U.S. household confidence this month and growing anxiety about jobs has spurred aggressive interest rate cut bets anew - dragging Treasury yields, the dollar and stock futures lower into Wednesday’s open.
Feeding mostly off the employment signals in Tuesday’s consumer survey, rate futures now price some 40 basis points off Federal Reserve rates at its next meeting - just days after November’s election. That now puts the chances of a half point cut rather than a quarter point move at more than 50%.
After a decent auction of new paper late yesterday, two-year Treasury yields are within a whisker of 3.5% for the first time in two years. A ‘bull steepening’ of the 2-10 year yield curve - which sees two-year yields drop more than falling 10-year yields - pushed the newly positive gap above 20bp for the first time since June 2022.
The constellation sapped the dollar index, which is now a hair’s breadth from its low for the year, and the surprising disturbance in the growth picture has dragged U.S. stock futures off record highs ahead of Wednesday’s bell.
The cat among the pigeons came from the Conference Board’s latest consumer survey, which revealed the biggest drop in confidence in three years in September amid mounting fears over the labor market.
The share of households viewing jobs as “plentiful” dropped to the lowest since March 2021. The survey’s socalled labor market differential, derived from data on respondents’ views on whether jobs are plentiful or hard to get, fell to 12.6 - the narrowest in 3-1/2 years.
And the rush to loosen interest rates gathered momentum around the world, with China following Tuesday’s monetary easing blitz of mortgage rate cuts and stock buying incentives with a hefty 30bps cut to its medium-term loan rate.
Chinese stocks and the yuan added to Tuesday’s surge, the latter hitting another 16-month high, on fresh hopes the authorities may finally be prepared to go big in stimulating the wavering economy.
While Beijing’s latest moves are getting the benefit of the doubt so far, most overseas investors feel the credit easing will only have a chance of turning around the demand picture and property bust if combined with more serious fiscal action on the housing situation. A necessary but not yet sufficient move, in the parlance of economics wonks.
While the yuan’s rise on the deep rate cuts seems odd, it appears to be riffing more off growth hopes and stock market stimulus. Chinese government bond yields ticked higher too.
The property market isn’t China’s only concern, however.
Beijing on Wednesday urged the United States to stop “unreasonable suppression” of its companies, in response to U.S. proposals to ban Chinese software and hardware
What’s more, an ECB study Wednesday said wage pressures are easing across the euro zone, drivThe San
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in vehicles on its roads due to national security concerns.
Few places would welcome a recovery of Chinese demand more than Europe, where this week’s September business surveys from Germany and across the bloc revealed an alarming relapse in business and manufacturing into contractionary territory.
So much so that money market bets put the chances of a third European Central Bank rate cut of the year as soon as next month above 50% for the first time. With the euro flirting with the year’s high of $1.12 against a waning dollar, there’s increasing room to cut again.
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en in great part by lower additional compensation paid on top of negotiated wages and likely contributing to a further moderation of inflation.
Sweden’s central bank is not hanging about, and the Riksbank cut its key policy rate on Wednesday by another quarter point to 3.25% - its third of the year - adding that if the inflation outlook remained favourable it could ease policy at a faster pace in the months ahead.
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US works to broker cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah
By LIAM STACK
With Israel hurtling toward a fullblown war with Hezbollah, the United States is working to broker a short-term cease-fire between the two, hoping to avert a wider war and revive stalled negotiations between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, a U.S. official said Wednesday.
The new diplomatic push by the United States came amid more signs Wednesday that the conflict is heating up. Hezbollah fired a missile at Tel Aviv for the first time, a reminder it still has the ability to reach deep into Israel’s urban core despite losing many of its top leaders. The Israeli military said it shot down the missile, which did no serious damage.
At the same time, the Israeli military’s chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, told soldiers stationed at the northern border with Lebanon that the airstrikes Israel had launched since Monday were intended “to prepare the terrain” for a possible ground incursion. The Israeli military also called up two brigades of reservists and sent them to the border.
Guy Ohayon, the local security coordinator, speaks on his moibile phone as alarms sound in Kfar Giladi, Israel, a kibbutz near the border with Lebanon, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv/ The New York Times)
Israel continued its barrage of attacks Wednesday, with the military saying
it had struck about 280 sites in Lebanon by midafternoon. At least 51 people were killed and 223 others wounded in airstrikes since Wednesday morning, the Lebanese health minister said.
Hezbollah also fired dozens of rockets at northern Israel, although Israeli missile defenses intercepted many of them. One rocket struck a home in Kibbutz Sa’ar, outside the city of Nahariya, spraying shrapnel that injured two men, one of them seriously, rescue workers said.
Here’s what else to know:
— Israel’s strikes have spread panic and desperation across Lebanon and displaced roughly 500,000 people, according to Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry. Civilians have clogged the main roads leading to Beirut, the capital, while some have sought safety in the mountains and farther north.
The U.N. refugee agency said thousands had fled to Syria from Lebanon in recent days, in a reversal of the decade-long flow of refugees in the opposite direction.
— Israel at the U.N.: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel was expected to travel to New York on Thursday for the U.N. General Assembly, where
the conflicts in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip have been high on the agenda. This week, President Joe Biden again called for a cease-fire in Gaza, and U.N. SecretaryGeneral António Guterres warned, “The world cannot afford Lebanon to become another Gaza.”
— Intense air raids: In recent days, Israel has unleashed on Lebanon some of the heaviest aerial attacks in the history of modern warfare, outpacing the bombardment of Gaza during the opening days of the Israel-Hamas war that began in October, war experts said. Strikes Monday killed more than 550 people and injured an additional 1,800, one of the highest daily death tolls of any recent global war and Lebanon’s deadliest day since its 15-year civil war ended in 1990.
— Focus on Gaza: The families of Israeli hostages in Gaza fear their loved ones will be forgotten as Israel’s attention and military resources turn to the escalating conflict to the north. Dozens of the 250 hostages taken by Hamas in its Oct. 7 attacks remain captive in Gaza. Israeli authorities have declared that more than 30 hostages are presumed dead in Gaza.
As Zelenskyy calls for global focus on Ukraine, Putin rattles nuclear sabers
By FARNAZ FASSIHI, ALAN YUHAS and IVAN NECHEPURENKO
Hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine exhorted the world to stay focused on his country’s grueling war against Russia’s invasion, President Vladimir Putin of Russia escalated his threats against the West, asserting that his country should be able to deploy nuclear weapons if it was attacked by a nation supported by a nuclear power.
Zelenskyy, who spoke Wednesday at the U.N. General Assembly, has been lobbying heavily for permission to use Western weapons to penetrate deeper into Russian territory.
Although Putin did not mention specific countries, his remarks seemed to suggest that he considered any Western support for a conventional attack by Ukraine of Russia as a joint attack that would, under certain circumstances, merit a nuclear response.
Seeking to rally support after more than two years of war, Zelenskyy on Wednesday cast Russia as a threat to nations far beyond Ukraine. Despite Russia’s size, he said, it “still wants even more land — more land, which is insane, and is seizing it day by day while wanting to destroy its neighbor.”
in Europe and Central Asia, he said, “feels that the war could come for them as well,” he said.
Zelenskyy stressed the dangers of a nuclear disaster posed by the war, noting that Russian troops still occupied one of Ukraine’s plants and warning that such a catastrophe would “not respect state borders.”
evening. France’s foreign minister requested that meeting after Israeli strikes in Lebanon killed more than 500 people Monday.
— Crisis in Sudan: The General Assembly hosted a side event Wednesday calling for “urgent and collective support to scale up the humanitarian response in Sudan,” according to the U.N.’s website. A ruthless civil war in the country has “unleashed one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises,” President Joe Biden said in his address Tuesday.
Every neighboring country
But he also argued that Ukraine was the bulwark against aggression from Russia. “It is the Ukrainian people who feel the full pain of this war,” he said. “It is Ukrainian children who are learning to distinguish the signs of different types of artillery and drones because of Russia’s war.”
And although Zelenskyy asked for support “from all nations” to help end the war, he highlighted two countries, North Korea and Iran, that have grown closer to the Kremlin. “A telling choice of friends,” Zelenskyy said.
Here’s what else to know:
— Security Council meetings: The U.N. Security Council is holding a meeting of foreign ministers and some heads of state about the challenges the council has faced in ending conflicts. The council will also hold an emergency session about Lebanon on Wednesday
— Macron speaks: President Emmanuel Macron of France, who has been navigating political turmoil at home with an election and new Cabinet, told the assembly that the organization was facing a crisis of trust and hope, and that all lives — be they in Ukraine, the Gaza Strip or Sudan — were equal. “We need to show equal attention to those suffering,” he said.
— Climate change: The U.N. is hosting an all-day climate conference focused on threats posed by rising sea levels, one of the pressing issues for low-lying and small island developing countries. “We are in a climate meltdown,” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said in his address to the Assembly on Tuesday.
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Iran’s dilemma: How to preserve its proxies and avoid full-scale war
By STEVEN ERLANGER
Israel’s war against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon is another embarrassment for Iran and its new president, raising the pressure on him to strike back at Israel to defend an important ally.
Iran has so far refused to be goaded by Israel into a larger regional war that its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, clearly does not want, analysts say. Instead, President Masoud Pezeshkian is at the United Nations hoping to present a more moderate face to the world and meeting European diplomats in the hopes of restarting talks on Iran’s nuclear program that could lead to vital sanctions relief for its hobbled economy.
In New York this week, Pezeshkian was blunt. Israel was seeking to trap his country into a wider war, he said. “It is Israel that seeks to create this all-out conflict,” he said. “They are dragging us to a point where we do not wish to go.”
After a series of humiliations, heightened by Israel’s intensified attacks on Hezbollah, Iran faces clear dilemmas.
It wants to restore deterrence against Israel while avoiding a full-scale war between the two countries that could draw in the United States and, in combination, destroy the Islamic Republic at home.
It wants to preserve the proxies that provide what it calls forward defense against Israel — Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis in Yemen — without going into battle on their behalf.
And it wants to try to get some of the punishing economic sanctions against it lifted by renewing nuclear negotiations with the West while preserving its close military and trade relationships with Washington’s prime adversaries, Russia and China.
“The fundamentals have not changed for Iran,” said Ali Vaez, director of the Iran Project at the International Crisis Group. “Iran absolutely does not want to get into a larger war in the region,” he said. This, he added, was likely to be one reason that Iran had so far not retaliated for the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh while he was in Iran to attend Pezeshkian’s inauguration.
Since the overthrow of the shah in 1979 and the installation of the Islamic Republic, Iran has tried to spread its influence throughout the region and has vowed to destroy Israel. It has built a network of proxies that it finances, arms and supports but does not entirely control — Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank; the Houthis in Yemen; Shia Muslims in Iraq and
Iran, Vaez said: “It was never the principle that Iran would fight in their defense.”
In a short speech Tuesday to the United Nations, Pezeshkian accused Israel of barbarism and referred to Iran’s proxies as freedom fighters. But he also spoke of “a new era” and vowed to play “a constructive role.” Iran was ready to reengage with the West on the nuclear issue, he said.
Pezeshkian is seen as a moderate in the Iranian system. And his victory in this year’s presidential election is considered a sign that Khamenei wants to reduce the tensions inside Iran that exploded in 2022 and were exacerbated by the more hard-line Ebrahim Raisi, who was considered a possible successor to the supreme leader but died in a helicopter crash.
Accompanied at the U.N. by experienced negotiators well known to the West, Pezeshkian is trying to present his government as moderate, pragmatic and open to diplomacy.
But the timing is complicated, with the U.S. election in November, and it may be a last chance for such outreach.
Alawites in Syria; and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, believed to be equipped with upward of 150,000 missiles and rockets, with the ability to hit all of Israel.
The Hamas attack on Israel nearly a year ago has brought the role of Iran front and center. And Israel has seized an opportunity to destroy or diminish two Iranian proxies: Hamas on its southern border and Hezbollah to its north, which has sent rockets into Israel in support of Hamas, driving thousands of Israelis from their homes.
At the same time, Israel has continued a more secret war against Iran, killing senior officers in a missile attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, in April. Israel and Iran then exchanged strikes on each other’s territory, before pulling back.
More recently, Israel caused panic in Lebanon with exploding pagers and walkietalkies, displaying its infiltration of Hezbollah’s structure. It followed with a barrage of missiles and bombs that on Monday killed hundreds of people in Lebanon, in the deadliest day since the country’s civil war, which ended in 1990.
“Israel is trying to bait Hezbollah into an attack that would produce a full-fledged war and enable Israel to take the fight to what it considers its real strategic threat, Iran itself,” said Suzanne Maloney, an Iran expert and director of the foreign policy program at the
Brookings Institution.
Hezbollah, too, is “disinclined to engage in a conflict that is likely to lead to its own destruction,” Maloney said. For Iran, “Hezbollah is the great deterrent — its capabilities and proximity to Israel are the first line of defense for the Islamic Republic, and if it is destroyed, it leaves the Iranians significantly more vulnerable.”
The proxies represent Iran’s strategy of forward defense, to protect the Iranian homeland. The proxies are supposed to fight for
If Iran’s proxies are battered and new negotiations on the nuclear file are unproductive, there are strong voices inside Iran who argue to weaponize Iran’s nuclear program and achieve deterrence that way. Iran might also choose to deepen its relations with Moscow, hoping to get Russia’s advanced S-400 air defense system, since its current systems have proved vulnerable to Israel.
“Iran is at a fork in the road,” Vaez said. “Iran is assessing whether there is a path forward for nuclear diplomacy. But any war that would significantly weaken Hezbollah will make Iran feel less secure and could change their nuclear calculus.”
President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations in New York, Sept. 24, 2024. Iran says Israel wants to trap it into a direct conflict by bombing Hezbollah, even as a new Iranian president tries outreach to the West. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
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Hezbollah is everyone’s problem
By BRET STEPHENS
In 2006, Hezbollah launched a guerrilla raid into Israel. It led to a 34-day war that devastated Lebanon, traumatized Israel, and concluded with a U.N. resolution that was supposed to disarm the terrorist militia and keep its forces far from the border.
The resolution did neither.
Instead, a combination of international wishful thinking and the willfulness of Hezbollah’s patrons in Iran have brought us to where we are now — the cusp of a conflict that could dwarf the scale of fighting in the Gaza Strip. Can a full-blown war be avoided? Hard to say. Can the lessons of 2006 lead to a better outcome this time? That’s the important question.
First lesson: Tactical brilliance is not a substitute for sound strategy. In 2006, the Israeli air force, operating on excellent intelligence, was able to knock out many of Hezbollah’s longer-range rockets — often hidden in homes — by the second night of the war. The strike surely helped spare scores, if not hundreds, of Israeli lives.
But Israel had little idea of how to fight the war after that, other than through a bombing campaign whose ferocity generated acute diplomatic pressure for the war to end, along with a belated Israeli ground incursion that got badly mauled by Hezbollah. Does Israel have a better plan today?
Second lesson: Hezbollah is not Israel’s main enemy. Iran is. Or, to borrow a metaphor from former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Tehran, Iran’s capital, is the head of the octopus, and Hezbollah — like Hamas in Gaza or the Houthis in Yemen — is merely one of its tentacles. By going to war with Hezbollah, Israel risks exhausting itself in a secondary fight.
That doesn’t mean that Israel can afford to ignore Hezbollah; its arsenal of 120,000 to 200,000 missiles and rockets poses a dire and direct threat to the Israeli home front. But the only way in which Israel restores its deterrence is by imposing costs directly on Hezbollah’s masters. Tehran, not Beirut, is the real center of gravity in this fight.
Third lesson: Do not make an enemy of the Lebanese people.
Except in its Shiite strongholds, polling by the Arab Barometer shows, Hezbollah is unpopular among most Lebanese. With good reason: The group has hijacked their country, murdered their most beloved leaders, turned much of the country into a target and devoted its resources to building a vast military infrastructure even as the national economy has collapsed.
Israel can’t hope to turn Lebanon into any kind of ally — that fantasy died with the Syrian-backed assassination of Bashir Gemayel, Lebanon’s Israel-aligned presidentelect, in 1982. But it should not repeat the 2006 mistake of trying to create deterrence through demonstrations of brute force. The kind of targeted strikes demonstrated by last week’s pager attacks are vastly more effective in erasing Hezbollah’s aura of invincibility.
Fourth lesson: Keep the U.N. out of it. In theory, the Security Council’s Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 war, empowered a U.N. peacekeeping force to prevent Hezbollah from placing its forces close to the Israeli border. In reality, the U.N. peacekeepers did nothing of the sort, at a cost of billions to U.S. taxpayers.
If the United States or Europeans want to create a buffer area between Israel and Hezbollah, they should deploy their own troops under a NATO flag or perhaps invite Arab states to send forces. Otherwise, the reestablishment of the Israeli-controlled security zone in southern Lebanon that existed from 1985 to 2000 might, for all the long-term problems it presents, be the leastbad alternative.
Fifth lesson: The proper role for the United States in the crisis is not to seek a diplomatic solution. It’s to help Israel win.
Until al-Qaida’s attacks Sept. 11, 2001, no terrorist group had murdered more Americans than Hezbollah. Israel’s strike last week in Beirut, which killed Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Akil, avenged the 1983 attacks there on the U.S. Embassy and Marine barracks, in which 258 Americans perished. Hezbollah later went on to murder and starve untold numbers of Syrians by helping Bashar Assad in the bloody suppression of his own people.
Those crimes should neither be forgotten nor forgiven. Nor can it be in the interests of the West for a terrorist group with burgeoning ties to the Kremlin to maintain effective control of a Mediterranean state while it terrorizes its neighborhood. Beyond Israel’s interests in secure borders against Tehran’s Axis of Resistance, there is an American interest in checking the expansion of what I call the Axis of Repression, a broader group that includes Iran, China, Russia and North Korea.
Which brings us to a sixth lesson: It’s tempting to view Israel’s various battles as regional affairs, distant from America’s central concerns. It’s also foolish. We are now in the opening stages of yet another contest between the free and unfree worlds. It’s a conflict that reaches from Norway’s border with Russia to the struggle of the Iranian people against their own government to the shoals of the South China Sea. It will probably last
Hezbollah supporters carry a coffin at the funeral of two comrades killed last Wednesday in the second wave of explosions in Beirut, Lebanon, Sept. 19, 2024. (Diego Ibarra Sánchez/The New York Times)
for decades.
In that fight, Israel is on our side, and Hezbollah is on the other. Whatever happens in the days and weeks ahead, we can’t pretend to be neutral between them.
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Inauguran proyecto de acceso a agua potable en comunidad Pajita Falcón en Aguas Buenas
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AGUAS BUENAS – El gobernador Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia, junto a la presidenta de la AAA, Doriel Pagán, y la alcaldesa de Aguas Buenas, Karina Nieves, inauguraron el miércoles el proyecto de acceso a agua potable en la comunidad Pajita Falcón del Barrio Bayamoncito, en beneficio de sobre 70 familias.
“Con este proyecto aseguramos que las familias de esta comunidad puedan tener acceso a agua potable directamente en sus hogares, mejorando significativamente su calidad de vida”, expresó Pierluisi Urrutia en declaraciones escritas.
La obra incluyó la construcción de un sistema de bombeo, una línea de distribución de agua y la instalación de más de 1,000 metros de tubería. También se implementaron medidas de respaldo con una subestación eléctrica y un generador de emergencia.
Por su parte, la presidenta de la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados, ingeniera Doriel Pagán, indicó que, “para nosotros es de gran satisfacción asegurar el suplido de agua potable para la comunidad Pajita Falcón.
Ciertamente, este proyecto es una realidad gracias a la ejecución y asignación de fondos de AFI, y en colaboración con el municipio de Aguas Buenas, hoy estaremos instalando los contadores a los residentes, quienes serán nuestros clientes. En la AAA nuestro compromiso es brindar un servicio seguro y confiable”.
De igual modo, el director ejecutivo de AFI, Eduardo Rivera Cruz resaltó que, “este proyecto demuestra el compromiso de proveer a las comunidades los servicios esenciales que promueven su bienestar y calidad de vida. Con la pericia de la AFI hemos logrado culminar este proyecto y hacerle justicia social a estas 71 familias de la comunidad Pajita Falcón con una inversión de 2.8 millones de dólares”.
Por otra parte, la alcaldesa de Aguas Buenas, Karina Nieves, también expresó su satisfacción ante la culminación de esta obra largamente esperada: “después de tantas promesas y sobre 20 años de espera, hoy estamos cumpliendo con las familias de Pajita Falcón en nuestro barrio Bayamoncito. Estamos mejorando su calidad de vida al proporcionarles el preciado líquido de agua potable. El tener que llenar cisternas cada dos días será cosa
del pasado”.
La inversión total ascendió a 2.8 millones de dólares, financiados por la AFI, la AAA, fondos estatales y una asignación de 436 mil dólares del Gobierno de Puerto Rico para la segunda fase.
Arrestan a 60 integrantes de gangas criminales en operativo Hora Cero
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SAN JUAN – La Policía de Puerto Rico arrestó a principios de esta semana a 60 integrantes de seis organizaciones criminales dedicadas al tráfico de armas y drogas en 15 municipios de la Isla durante el operativo “Hora Cero”.
“Estos son personas a las que el sistema les dio la oportunidad de regresar a la libre comunidad luego de haber sido convictos, pero eligieron continuar dedicándose a la actividad criminal”, expresó el comisionado de la Policía, coronel Antonio López Figueroa en conferencia de prensa el martes.
Entre los arrestados, 11 están vinculados a crímenes violentos, 22 poseen récord criminal por delitos graves y
20 están imputados de vender armas de fuego a agentes encubiertos.
El operativo, realizado por agentes de la Superintendencia de Operaciones Especiales, incluyó 63 transacciones y la ocupación de 62 armas de fuego y 15 vehículos en municipios del norte, centro y este de la Isla.
Fiscales de la División para Combatir el Crimen Organizado y Drogas del Departamento de Justicia formularon más de 240 cargos criminales por violaciones a la Ley de Armas y a la Ley de Sustancias Controladas.
Los tribunales de Arecibo, Humacao, Fajardo, Caguas, Bayamón y San Juan determinaron causa para arresto contra los imputados, a quienes se les fijó una fianza global de 16.2 millones de dólares.
Entre los arrestados figura Kris Yandel Vega González,
alias “El Cantante”, un intérprete de música urbana vinculado a la organización criminal “Los Viraos”. “Los fiscales también no solamente estamos en la sala sino que los fiscales específicamente los de Crimen Organizado han estado haciendo este trabajo que significa levantar los expedientes para cada una de estas transacciones que el producto es lo que ustedes están viendo ahí y se está mostrando. En el día de hoy se estaban diligenciando ordenes de arresto contra 60 imputados”, expuso Correa.
El operativo estuvo coordinado por la Superintendencia de Operaciones Especiales, dirigida por el coronel Carlos Cruz Burgos, y contó con la participación de agentes de las divisiones de Drogas y de Inteligencia y Arrestos.
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Sean Combs’ arrest has the music world asking: Is our #MeToo here?
By BEN SISARIO
The arrest of Sean Combs last week, on charges including sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy, represents a stunning reversal of fortune for the hip-hop impresario, who as recently as a year ago was feted as an industry visionary before a sudden series of sexual assault accusations.
The indictment against Combs accuses him of running a criminal enterprise centered on abusing women, and of using bribery, arson, kidnapping and threats of violence to intimidate and silence victims. He has denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty to the charges.
But Combs’ arrest has also stirred the hopes of activists and survivors of sexual violence that his case may finally lead to lasting change in the music industry. Though long seen as inhospitable to women, the business has largely avoided the scrutiny and accountability that swept Hollywood, politics and much of the media world at the peak of the #MeToo movement in the late 2010s.
There is no single explanation for why music dodged a similar reckoning. Some point to the industry’s decentralized power structure, its pervasive party culture and a history of deference to artists and top executives.
“Sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll, the looseness with sexuality — that is baked into the culture of the music industry,” said Caroline Heldman, a professor at Occidental College and a longtime activist. “Unfortunately, that means that rape culture is baked into it, because there aren’t mechanisms of accountability.”
The charges against Combs are the music world’s most high-profile criminal prosecution on sexual misconduct charges since R. Kelly, the R&B star who was trailed by allegations of abuse for decades, was sentenced in 2022 and 2023 to more than 30 years in prison for child sex crimes, sex trafficking and racketeering.
Shaunna Thomas, the executive director of UltraViolet, a women’s advocacy group, pointed to the Combs case as a potential turning point and noted the string of lawsuits filed recently when states and cities temporarily lifted statutes of limitations on accusations of sexual assault. In New York and California, sexual assault cases have been filed against stars like Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses, Jermaine Jackson and producer L.A. Reid.
“It has created an opening that we have not seen before
Drew Dixon, who worked in the music industry in the 1990s and 2000s but said her career was cut short after she was abused by Russell Simmons, a founder of the Def Jam label, and the producer L.A. Reid, in New York, Dec. 7, 2017. She has sued both men. Activists and survivors hope that Sean Combs’ arrest creates an opening for more accountability in the male-dominated music industry. (Emily Andrews/The New York Times)
this moment,” Thomas said.
For many women in the music industry, the peak of the #MeToo movement in 2017 and 2018, when powerful men like Harvey Weinstein, Bill O’Reilly and Eric T. Schneiderman, the former attorney general of New York, were brought down by journalistic exposés of sexual misconduct, was a lost opportunity. The music industry’s major power centers were unaffected despite some accusations against prominent artists and executives, like Russell Simmons, a founder of the Def Jam label; singer-songwriter Ryan Adams; and shock rocker Marilyn Manson.
The industry has long been trailed by complaints of rampant harassment and abuse, enabled by work routines that blur into late-night parties where drugs and alcohol are readily available. It remains largely controlled by men, and women say that those who complain of harassment or abuse are exiled or silenced with legal settlements that include nondisclosure agreements.
“Pretty much the entire music industry is a toxic work environment,” said Jennifer Justice, a lawyer whose resume includes top positions at Roc Nation, Jay-Z’s company, and the festival producer Superfly.
In a 2018 survey of more than 1,200 musicians, 72% of female respondents said they had been discriminated against because of their sex, and 67% of them said they had been a victim of sexual harassment.
Drew Dixon, who worked in music in the 1990s and 2000s but said her career was cut short after she was abused by Simmons and Reid — both of whom she has sued — said accusers faced tremendous pressure from a business designed to protect its stars at all costs.
“You’re not just going up against the person who assaulted you,” Dixon said. “You are going against everyone who benefits from their brand and revenue stream. Those forces will mobilize against any accuser. It’s daunting.”
Dixon sued Reid for sexual assault; in court papers, he has denied her allegations. In an interview with The New York Times that was published in 2017, she accused Simmons of raping her; earlier this year, she sued Simmons for defamation after he suggested in an interview that her accusation was a lie.
Others cite the legal struggles faced by pop star Kesha, in the years immediately before #MeToo, as a discouraging example.
In 2014, Kesha accused Dr. Luke, her producer, of drugging and raping her, in a lawsuit in which she asked to be released from contracts that he controlled. Although Kesha drew support from fans and other female artists, her suit was dismissed by a judge, and she had to defend a defamation claim by Dr. Luke, whose real name is Lukasz Gottwald. The two finally settled last year, after almost a decade of litigation.
Part of what made the accusations against men like Weinstein and Fox News chief Roger Ailes catch fire in the news media is that they were made by famous women, like Hollywood actresses and Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson. When accusations were made in the music world — against stars like Diplo or Trey Songz — they often did not involve well-known women, and media coverage was limited.
That changed when Cassie, the R&B singer who was Combs’ longtime girlfriend, filed a bombshell suit in November accusing Combs of years of physical and sexual abuse.
The case was settled in one day, with a lawyer for Combs saying that he denied the claims. But her suit drew headlines around the world and prompted a cascade of suits by other women who also accused Combs of sexual assault and violence; some said Cassie’s case had inspired them to speak out after years of silence.
“It needed to be somebody super famous for it to hit the music industry,” said Tiffany Red, a songwriter who had worked closely with Cassie and has been a vocal critic of the industry. “When people saw Cassie do it, it was really impactful, the way it was when these famous movie stars came out about Harvey Weinstein. Then it blew open.”
Cassie’s case and many others were filed under the Adult Survivors Act, a New York state law that, for one year, allowed people who believed they had been sexually abused to file a lawsuit even after the statute of limitations had expired.
That New York law — whose look-back window closed a week after Cassie, whose real name is Casandra Ventura, filed her suit — and a similar one in California have injected new energy into activists’ campaigns.
The success of the criminal prosecution against Combs will, of course, depend on the strength of the case that prosecutors present in court. Combs’ lawyers have already indicated they will challenge the government’s accusation that the elaborate sexual events described in his case as “freak offs” were nonconsensual.
But Thomas, of UltraViolet, feels that Cassie and the other women who spoke out against Combs have already created momentum to drive long-needed changes in the music world.
“It was so overwhelming that it started conversations about needing to understand,” she said. “There was a sense that this has been swept under the rug for too long.”
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ILEANA LAUREANO COLBERG.
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 octubre de 2017, 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 ($34,117.93), más intereses a razón del (7 ¾ %) anual desde octubre de 2017, hasta el presente, y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, así como todos aquellos créditos y sumas que surjan de la faz de la anterior obligación y de la hipoteca que la garantiza, incluyendo la suma de ($8,479.00) para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, condenándola además, al pago de cualquier adelanto que haya hecho la parte Demandante, condenándola además, al pago de cualquier adelanto que haya hecho la parte Demandante. La parte Demandante presentó para su inscripción en el Registro de la Propiedad correspondiente, un AVISO DE PLEITO PENDIENTE (“Lis Pendens”) sobre la propiedad objeto de esta acción cuya propiedad es la siguiente: RUSTICA: Parcela A. Parcela de terreno radicada en el Barrio Mucarabones del término Municipal de Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de 912.031 metros cuadrados, en lindes por el NORTE, con remanente de la finca y con terreno de Virgilio González, en una distancia de 46.38 metros; por el SUR, con David Feliciano, en una distancia de 43.27 metros; por el ESTE, con Virgilio González y con el camino que da acceso al camino público, en una distancia de 28.14 metros; y por el OESTE, con Efraín Lozano, en una distancia de 26.02 metros. Enclava una casa de concreto dedicada a vivienda. Finca Número “19,474”, inscrita al folio “81” del tomo “387” de Toa Alta. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección III de Bayamón. 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. Interpelación de Herederos: Por la presente se le notifica a los herederos anteriormente señalados que por haber aceptado la herencia responden por las sumas reclamadas en esta demanda por ser la continuación de la causante Sucesión de Don Virgilio González Arroyo y Sucesión de Doña Ileana Laureano Colberg, en la alternativa de no haber los herederos anteriormente relacionados aceptado o rechazado la herencia esta demanda constituye interpelación a los herederos para que la acepten o la rechacen dentro del término de 45 días desde recibir copia de la misma. Se les apercibe que de no hacer su declaración dentro del plazo de cuarenta y cinco días se dará la herencia por aceptada según lo dispuesto en el artículo 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico, 2020; (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria v. La-
tino Americana de Exportaciones (164 DPR 689). POR LO ANTERIORMENTE INDICADO, se les emplaza y requiere que, dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este EDICTO, notifiquen si aceptan o repudian la herencia a: LCDO. F DAVID GODREAU ZAYAS; GODREAU & GONZALEZ LAW, P.O. Box 9024176, San Juan, P.R. 00902-4176, Tel. 787-726-0077; apercibiéndole que, de no contestar la Demanda, radicando el original en la Corte ante el Tribunal correspondiente, con copia a la parte Demandante, 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 hoy, día 23 de septiembre de 2024. Lcda. Laura I. Santa Sánchez, Secretaria Regional. Maritza Bonilla Hernández, Secretaria Auxiliar.
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ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante V. SUNC. DE JOSE
ANTONIO RALAT PEREZ
T/C/C JOSE A RALAT
PEREZ Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: PO2022CV03436. (Salón: 406 CIVIL SUPERIOR).
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
LISA M. APONTE VALDERASLAPONTE@RMMELAW.COM. A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE JOSE ANTONIO RALAT PEREZ.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 09 de c de 2024, 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 18 de septiembre de 2024. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 18 de septiembre de 2024. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. MARIELY FÉLIX RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. JAIME RIERA SEIVANE T/C/C JAIME RIERA
SEIRRANE T/C/C JAIME
ARTURO RIERA SEIVANE
T/C/C JAIME A. RIERA
SEIVANE T/C/C JOSE
ARTURO RIERA SEIVANE Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: SJ2023CV08740. (Salón: 508 CIVIL). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
GUILLERMO A. SOMOZA
COLOMBANI - BILLYSOMOZA@ YAHOO.COM.
A: JAIME RIERA SEIVANE T/C/C JAIME RIERA
SEIVANE T/C/C JAIME
RIERA SEIRRANE T/C/C
JAIME ARTURO RIERA
SEIVANE T/C/C JAIME
A. RIERA SEIVANE T/C/C
JAIME A. RIERA-SEIVANE T/C/C JOSE ARTURO
RIERA SEIVANE; PURA GARCÍA SERRABLO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 de septiembre de 2024, 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 23 de septiembre de 2024. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 23 de septiembre de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MARTHA ALMODÓVAR
CABRERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante Vs GREAT ATLANTIC MORTGAGE
CORPORATION
CITIBANK, N.A. T/C/C CITIBANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, CITIMORTGAGE
INC. T/C/C CITIBANK MORTGAGE T/C/C CMI NY, AAA CONCORDIA MORTGAGE
CORPORATION, PEDRO SAMUEL MULERO FELIX, SANDRA IVETTE SANCHEZ RODRIGUEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES
COMPUESTA POR AMBOS, FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARE
Demandado(a) Civil Núm.: CG2024CV02114. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO POR LA VÍA JUDICIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. A: GREAT ATLANTIC MORTGAGE
CORPORATION A LAS SIGUIENTES DIRECCIONES: VILLA CAPARRA. J-18, GUAYNABO, PR 00939 (00969), VILLA CAPARRA, 25 CALLE 1, GUAYNABO, PR 00939 (00969), 1677 AVE PONCE DE LEON, PISO 2, PARADA 25, SAN JUAN, PR 00909-1831, PO BOX 9, BAYAMON, PR 00960-0009; AAA CONCORDIA MORTGAGE CORPORATION A LAS SIGUIENTES DIRECCIONES: CARR 176 KM 1.1 CUPEY, SAN JUAN, PR 00926, RR 37 BOX 1837, SAN JUAN,PR 00926-9714 Y RR 9 BOX 1838, SAN JUAN, PR 00926-9714; PEDRO SAMUEL MULERO
FÉLIX, SANDRA IVETTE SÁNCHEZ, RODRÍGUEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS A SUS ULTIMAS DIRECCIONES CONOCIDAS: URB. VILLAS DEL RIO VERDE, Z9 CALLE 25, CAGUAS, PR 00725-6472, HC 2 BOX 28049, CAGUAS, PR 00727-9401. FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARÉ.
(Nombre de las partes a las que se les notifica la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 13 de septiembre de 2024, 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 17 de septiembre de 2024. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 17 de septiembre de 2024. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. VIONNETTE ESPINOSA CASTILLO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA
HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS
ASSOCIATION, INC.
Demandante V. ALBERT RAYMOND DEERING Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: VB2024CV00471. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JESSICA D. MARTÍNEZ BIRRIELJMARTBIRR@YAHOO.COM.
A: ALBERT RAYMOND DEERING, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE
BIENES GANANCIALES, MAIRA BRENDA FLORES T/C/C MAIRA BRENDA DEERING, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 17 de septiembre de 2024, 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 18 de septiembre de 2024. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 18 de septiembre de 2024. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA
HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS
ASSOCIATION, INC.
Demandante V. A. STANLEY KOSAN Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: VB2024CV00464. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JESSICA D. MARTÍNEZ BIRRIELJMARTBIRR@YAHOO.COM. A: A. STANLEY KOSAN, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; MARY ELIZABETH HEALEY SEDUTTO, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE
LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 17 de septiembre de 2024, 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 18 de septiembre de 2024. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 18 de septiembre de 2024. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC. Plaintiff V. HIPÓLITO GONZÁLEZ TORRES A/K/A HIPÓLITO GONZÁLEZ; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Defendants Civil Action No.: 17-CV-2067ADC. WRIT TO COMPEL. THE COURT HAS ISSUED AN ORDER IN THIS CASE, DATED 09/12/2024 WHICH READS LITERALLY AS FOLLOWS: AMENDED ORDER TO COMPEL.
TO: THE ESTATE OF HIPÓLITO GONZÁLEZ TORRES A/K/A HIPÓLITO GONZÁLEZ COMPOSED OF JANE DOE AND JOHN DOE. Pursuant to Article 959 of the Puerto Rico Civil Code (31 LPRA S. 2787) it is hereby ordered that Jane and John Doe are required to notify to this Honorable Court if they accept or renounce the inheritance of the Estate of Hipólito González Torres a/k/a Hipólito González composed of Jane Doe and John Doe, no later than thirty
(30) days after the publication of this Order by submitting your intentions in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, and serving a copy to counsel for plaintiff: Attorney Carla Colón Gómez, GLS Legal Services, LLC at PO Box 367308, San Juan, PR 009367308, telephone number 787758-6550. Should Jane Doe and/or John Doe fail to plead or answer to this Order, the Court will proceed with the case, and deem the members of the Estate of Hipólito González Torres a/k/a Hipólito González, to have accepted the inheritance. IT IS SO ORDERED. At San Juan, Puerto Rico, on this 12th day of September, 2024. S/AIDA M. DELGADO-COLÓN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE. Wherefore, you are ordered to proceed by virtue of this Writ to Compel and, incompliance with the Order copied above, proceed with the publication of the Order to Compel in the manner and form provided in the Order. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, on this 18th day of September, 2024. ADA I. GARCIARIVERA, ESQ., CLERK OF THE COURT.
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Demandante V. VICTOR MANUEL
RODRIGUEZ JR. Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: BY2024CV03410. (Salón: 703). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
FRANCES L. ASENCIO GUIDOFRANCES.ASENCIO@GMLAW.COM.
A: VICTOR MANUEL
RODRIGUEZ, JR. T/C/C VICTOR MANUEL
RODRIGUEZ VALENTIN, IRIS RODRIGUEZ T/C/C IRIS RODRIGUEZ
VALENTIN; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO
POSIBLES MIEMBROS
DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION VICTOR
MANUEL RODRIGUEZ
PAGAN; JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO
POSIBLES MIEMBROS
DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION MARIA
MAGDALENA VALENTIN
RODRIGUEZ.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el
18 de septiembre de 2024, 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 19 de septiembre de 2024. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 19 de septiembre de 2024. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. LUREIMY ALICEA GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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Demandante V. ALBERTO HERNANDEZ BORIA
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: JU2023CV00158. (Salón: 803 - CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GABRIEL ANTONIO RAMOS COLÓN GABRIEL.RAMOS@ORF-LAW.COM. A: ALBERTO HERNANDEZ BORIA. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 18 de septiembre de 2024, 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
NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
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 19 de septiembre de 2024. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 19 de septiembre de 2024. IRASEMIS DÍAZ
SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA.
GLORIMAR RIVERA RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR DE GUÁNICA ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC
Demandante V. KEVIN A DELGADO ALMODOVAR
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: GU2023CV00093. (Salón: 3 SALA MUNICIPAL EN SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GABRIEL ANTONIO RAMOS COLÓN
GABRIEL.RAMOS@ORF-LAW.COM.
A: KEVIN A. DELGADO
ALMODOVAR P/C LCDO.
GABRIEL ANTONIO RAMOS COLÓN.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 13 de septiembre de 2024, 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 19 de septiembre de 2024. En Guánica, Puerto Rico, el 19 de septiembre de 2024. Carmen G. Tirú Quiñones, Secretaria.
Delia Aponte Velázquez, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU-
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE MAYAGÜEZ SALA SUPERIOR DE CABO ROJO
ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC
Demandante V. TAMARYS
POSTIGO MARQUEZ
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: MZ2023CV01249. (Salón: 0001). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - REGLA 60. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. KENMUEL JOSÉ RUIZ LÓPEZKENMUEL.RUIZ@ORF-LAW.COM. A: TAMARYS
POSTIGO MARQUEZ.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 08 de septiembre de 2024, 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 19 de septiembre de 2024. En Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, el 19 de septiembre de 2024. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. MILAGROS CANDELARIA AGRÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE GUAYAMA SALA SUPERIOR
E.M.I. EQUITY
MORTGAGE, INC., COMO AGENTE DE SERVICIOS DE SUN WEST
MORTGAGE COMPANY
Demandante Vs. LA SUCESION DE MARTA ORTIZ DAVILA COMPUESTA POR FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL COMO
POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION; LAS SUCESIONES DE JUAN
CRUZ VALENTIN ORTIZ Y HECTOR JUAN VALENTIN ORTIZ COMPUESTA POR LA SUCESION DE JUAN CRUZ VALENTIN YERA T/C/C JUAN CRUZ VALENTIN COMPUESTA POR CARMEN ARGIE T/C/C CARMEN A., JUAN CRUZ, HECTOR RAFAEL Y WANDA JEANETTE
TODOS DE APELLIDOS VALENTIN GUZMAN; MENGANO Y MENGANA DE TAL; SUTANO Y SUTANA DE TAL; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LAS SUCESIONES; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)
Demandados Civil Núm.: GM2024CV00416. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA “IN REM” (VÍA ORDINARIA). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO Y MANDAMIENTO DE INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A LA PARTE CODEMANDADA: A)
CARMEN ARGIE T/C/C CARMEN A., JUAN CRUZ, HÉCTOR RAFAEL Y WANDA JEANETTE TODOS DE APELLIDOS VALENTÍN GUZMAN; FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL; MENGANO Y MENGANA DE TAL; SUTANO Y SUTANA DE TAL; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LAS SUCESIONES DE MARTA ORTIZ DÁVILA, JUAN CRUZ VALENTÍN ORTIZ, HÉCTOR JUAN VALENTÍN ORTIZ, JUAN CRUZ VALENTÍN YERA T/C/C JUAN CRUZ VALENTÍN; A LAS SIGUIENTES DIRECCIONES: (A) URB. VILLA ROSA II #8 CALLE A GUAYAMA, PR 00784; (B) URB. VILLA ROSA II A-8 CALLE A GUAYAMA, PR 00784. Por la presente se le(s) notifica que se ha radicado en la Secretaría de este Tribunal una Demanda en Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca por la vía ordinaria en contra de La Sucesión de Marta Ortiz Dávila compuesta por Fulano y Fulana de Tal como posibles herederos desconocidos de La Sucesión; Las Sucesiones de Juan Cruz
Valentín Ortiz y Héctor Juan Valentín Ortiz compuesta por La Sucesión De Juan Cruz Valentín Yera t/c/c Juan Cruz Valentín compuesta por Carmen Argie t/c/c Carmen A., Juan Cruz, Héctor Rafael y Wanda Jeanette todos de apellidos Valentín Guzman; Mengano y Mengana de Tal; Sutano y Sutana de Tal; John Doe y Jane Doe como posibles herederos desconocidos de Las Sucesiones; Centro de Recaudación de Ingresos Municipales (CRIM), en la cual se alega que adeuda a la parte demandante por concepto de hipoteca la suma de $14,294.72 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de enero de 2024, más intereses al tipo pactado de 7.00% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además Las Sucesiones de Marta Ortíz Dávila, Juan Cruz Valentín Ortiz, Héctor Juan Valentín Ortíz y Juan Cruz Valentín Yera t/c/c Juan Cruz Valentín adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $4,396.70 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley y cualquiera otros adelantos que se hagan en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca número 549, otorgada en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, el día 31 de octubre de 1998, ante el notario Alberto C. Rafols Méndez, de la finca número 4,507, inscrita al Folio 15 del Tomo 161 de Guayama, Registro de la Propiedad de Guayama. Por razón de dicho incumplimiento, y al amparo del derecho que le confiere el Pagaré, el demandante ha declarado tales sumas vencidas, líquidas y exigibles en su totalidad. Este Tribunal ha ordenado que se le(s) cite a usted(es) por edicto que se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general. Quedan emplazados y notificados de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda enmendada en su contra. Se les ordena a que dentro del término de treinta (30) días, a partir de la notificación de la presente Orden, acepten o repudien la participación que les corresponda en la herencia de Marta Ortíz Dávila, Juan Cruz Valentín Ortiz, Héctor Juan Valentín Ortíz Juan Cruz Valentín Yera t/c/c Juan Cruz Valentín. Los co-demandados miembros de la Sucesión de Marta Ortíz Dávila, Juan Cruz Valentín Ortiz y Héctor Juan Valentín Ortíz se incluyen en la demanda ya que como herederos responden por las cargas de la herencia según lo dispuesto en Nuestro Ordenamiento Jurídico. Se les apercibe y notifica que, de no expresarse dentro de ese término de 30 días en torno a
su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. También se les apercibe que luego del transcurso del término de 30 días antes señalado contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación de la presente Orden, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del causante y, por consiguiente, responden por las cargas de dicha herencia conforme el Artículo 1578 del Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. 2785. Se ordena a la parte demandante a que, se incluye a los herederos conocidos y herederos desconocidos de Marta Ortíz Dávila, Juan Cruz Valentín Ortiz, Héctor Juan Valentín Ortíz, Juan Cruz Valentín Yera t/c/c Juan Cruz Valentín denominados Carmen Argie t/c/c Carmen A., Juan Cruz, Héctor Rafael Y Wanda Jeanette Todos De Apellidos Valentín Guzman; Fulano y Fulana de Tal; Mengano y Mengana de Tal; Sutano y Sutana de Tal; John Doe y Jane Doe como posibles herederos desconocidos de Las Sucesiones de Marta Ortiz Dávila, Juan Cruz Valentín Ortiz, Héctor Juan Valentín Ortiz, Juan Cruz Valentín Yera t/c/c Juan Cruz Valentín, proceda a notificar la presente Orden mediante publicación de un edicto a esos efectos una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de la Isla de Puerto Rico. Se le(s) emplaza y requiere que dentro de los sesenta (60) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto excluyendo el día de la publicación de este edicto conteste(n) la demanda radicando el original de la contestación en este Tribunal y enviando copia de la Contestación de la Demanda a las oficinas de CARDONA & MALDONADO LAW OFFICES, P.S.C. ATENCIÓN al Lcdo. Duncan Maldonado Ejarque, P.O. Box 366221, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-6221; Tel (787) 622-7000, Fax (787) 6257001, Abogado de la Parte Demandante. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Se le(s) advierte que si dejare(n) de contestar la Demanda en el período de tiempo antes mencionado, podrá dictarse contra usted(es) Sentencia en Rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado sin más citarle(s) ni oírle(s). EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y con el Sello del Tribunal. DADA hoy 18 de septiembre de 2024, en San Juan, Puerto Rico. MARISOL ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. MARÍA M. COTTO AMARO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.
SUCESIÓN DE ANTONIO RIVERA HERNÁNDEZ Y ESTHER FIGUEROA MATTOS COMPUESTA POR: MARIA ESTHER RIVERA FIGUEROA, EDWIN RIVERA FIGUEROA, WILFREDO RIVERA FIGUEROA, LUZ ASTRY RIVERA FIGUEROA, IRIS ISAURA RIVERA FIGUEROA, BLANCA IVETTE RIVERA GARCÍA, LUIS MANUEL RIVERA GARCÍA, NARDA MARÍA RIVERA DÍAZ, PEDRO ANTONIO RIVERA DÍAZ Y YARITZA RIVERA DÍAZ
DEMANDANTES V. LUIS ANTONIO RIVERA MARTÍNEZ DEMANDADO
CIVIL NÚM.: CG2024CV03111. SOBRE: COMPRAVENTA, DIVISIÓN DE COMUNIDAD HEREDITARIA Y OTORGAMIENTO DE ESCRITURA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A: LUIS ANTONIO RIVERA MARTÍNEZ Dirección Desconocida POR LA PRESENTE, se le emplaza y se notifica a la parte Demandada, que la parte Demandante ha presentado ante este Tribunal la Demanda del caso de epígrafe en su contra. Este Tribunal ha ordenado que se le cite a usted por Edicto que se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general. La representación legal de la parte Demandante es: Lcda. Patricia M. Morris Sánchez (RUA 23023) 409 Ave. Hostos Oficina 2ª San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918 lcdamorris@gmail.com. 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.ramajudicialpr/sumac/ salvo que se represente por derecho propio. Se le apercibe que, si no comparece usted a contestar dicha demanda dentro del término de 30 días de la publicación de este Edicto, podrá dictarse Sentencia en Rebeldía en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, hoy día de de 2024. IRASEMIS DIAZ SANCHEZ, SECRETARIO (A). YAMAIRA RIOS CARRASCO,
SUB-SECRETARIO (A). LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AGUADILLA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA RAYMOND VIDAL Y OTROS
Demandante V. NANCY VIDAL
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: AG2024CV00605. (Salón: 601 CIVIL). Sobre: DIVISIÓN O LIQUIDACIÓN DE LA COMUNIDAD DE BIENES HEREDITARIOS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. SALVADOR MÁRQUEZ COLÓNSMARQ97@GMAIL.COM. A: NANCY VIDAL, SU POSIBLE SUCESION Y CUALQUIER PARTE DESCONOCIDA CON INTERES EN ESTE ASUNTO - DIRECCIÓN DESCONOCIDA Y/O PROBABLEMENTE
RESIDE EN EL ESTADO DE NEW YORK.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 06 de septiembre de 2024, 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 13 de septiembre de 2024. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, el 13 de septiembre de 2024. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. AWILDA CABÁN SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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CORPORATION
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Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE JOSÉ ENRIQUE OCASIO
RAMOS COMPUESTA POR FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO
MIEMBROS DE NOMBRE
DESCONOCIDO; SUCESIÓN DE NATALIA SANTANA CENTENO COMPUESTA POR FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DE NOMBRE
DESCONOCIDO; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS
MUNICIPALES; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA
Demandados
Civil Núm.: BY2024CV01115. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. EDICTO DE SUBASTA.
Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL.
A: SUCESIÓN DE JOSÉ
ENRIQUE OCASIO
RAMOS COMPUESTA POR FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO
MIEMBROS DE NOMBRE
DESCONOCIDO; SUCESIÓN DE NATALIA SANTANA CENTENO COMPUESTA POR FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO
MIEMBROS DE NOMBRE DESCONOCIDO; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES.
Yo, MARIBEL LANZAR VELÁZQUEZ, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, a los demandados, acreedores y al público en general con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, por la presente CERTIFICO, ANUNCIO y HAGO CONSTAR: Que el día 22 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, procederé a vender en Pública Subasta, al mejor postor, la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria mediante Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, la cual se notificó y archivó en autos el día 27 de junio de 2024. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría 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 29 DE
OCTUBRE DE 2024, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA; y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 12 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2024, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que ha sido liberado por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, en el caso de epígrafe con fecha de 22 de agosto de 2024, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número DIECIOCHO (18) del bloque H en el plano de inscripción de la URBANIZACION
PARQUE SAN MIGUEL, localizado en el Barrio Pájaros del término municipal de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, tiene un área superficial de CUATROCIENTOS
DIECISEIS (416) metros cuadrados, equivalentes a CERO punto CIENTO SEIS (0.106) cuerdas. Sus colindancias son las siguientes, por el NORTE, colinda en una distancia de TREINTA y DOS (32) metros lineales, con el solar número DIECISIETE (17) del bloque H; por el SUR, colinda en una distancia con un largo de TREINTA y DOS (32) metros lineales, con el solar número DIECINUEVE (19) del bloque H, por el ESTE, colinda en una distancia de TRECE (13) metros lineales, con la calle número SEIS (6); y por el OESTE, colinda en una distancia de TRECE (13) metros lineales, con el solar número OCHO (8) del bloque H. Afecto este solar a una servidumbre a CINCO (5) pies lineales, que discurre a todo lo largo de su colindancia Este, a favor de la Puerto Rico Telephone Company. Enclava una casa de concreto de una sola planta, diseñada para fines residenciales para una familia. Finca número 66,466, inscrita al folio 197 del tomo 1508 de Bayamón. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Bayamón. Dirección de la Propiedad: #H18 6 Street, Parque San Miguel Development, Bayamón, PR 00959; H18 Calle 6 Parq San Miguel, Bayamón, PR 00959. La subasta se llevará a cabo para satisfacer, hasta donde alcance, el importe de las cantidades adeudadas a la parte demandante conforme a la sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: de $193,872.90 en concepto de principal con interés al 3.488% anual, a la fecha de 13 de junio de 2024 los cuales continúan acumulándose, así como la cantidad líquida estipulada en los documentos del préstamo para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en caso de reclamación judicial y que correspondan a intereses y
cargos por demora posterior a dicha fecha, y la suma de $26,250.00 equivalente al 10% de la suma principal original pactada, estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; más recargos acumulados hasta la fecha en que se pague la deuda; más cualquiera suma de dinero por concepto de contribuciones, primas de seguro hipotecario y riesgo, así como cualesquiera otras sumas pactadas en la escritura de hipoteca, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 274 otorgada el día 18 de noviembre de 2009, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, ante el Notario Público David E. Viera Umpierre y consta inscrita al folio 198 vuelto del tomo 1,508 de Bayamón Sur, finca número 66,466, como asiento abreviado extendida las líneas el día 8 de abril de 2011, en virtud de la Ley 2016 del 27 de diciembre de 2010. Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I de Bayamón. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados 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. Entiéndase: Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor del Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de los Estados Unidos de América, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $262,500.00, con intereses al 3.488% anual, vencedero el 19 de septiembre de 2093, constituida mediante la escritura número 275, otorgada en (no expresa), el día 18 de noviembre de 2009, ante el notario David E. Vera Umpierre, e inscrita al folio 198 vuelto del tomo 1,508 de Bayamón Sur, finca número 66,466, inscripción 4ta., como asiento abreviado extendida las líneas el día 8 de abril de 2011, en virtud de la Ley 216 del 27 de diciembre de 2010. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta del inmueble antes descrito será la suma de $262,500.00 según se establece en la escritura de hipoteca antes relacionada. En caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado
en su primera subasta se ordena la celebración de una segunda subasta de dicho inmueble, en la cual, la cantidad mínima será una equivalente a 2/3 parte de aquella, o sea la suma de $175,000.00; desierta también la segunda subasta de dicho inmueble, se ordena la celebración de una tercera subasta en la cual, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado para la primera subasta, es decir la suma de $131,250.00. 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, entiéndase efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, 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 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. Una vez efectuada la venta de dicha propiedad, el Alguacil procederá a otorgar la escritura de traspaso al licitador victorioso en subasta, quien podrá ser la parte demandante, cuya oferta podrá aplicarse a la extinción parcial o total de la obligación reconocida por la sentencia dictada en este caso. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Se dispone, conforme con la sentencia dictada en este caso que, una vez efectuada la subasta y vendido el bien inmueble, los adjudicatarios sean puestos en posesión del mismo dentro del término de veinte (20) días por el Alguacil de este Honorable Tribunal y los actuales poseedores lanzados del referido inmueble. Y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general, se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley, mediante edicto, en un periódico de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, una vez por semana, por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía, y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto de Subasta para conocimiento y compare-
cencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 29 de agosto de 2024. MARIBEL LANZAR VELÁZQUEZ, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE BAYAMÓN. LEGAL NOTICE
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Demandante V. PEDRO O. BALBUENA ORTIZ
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CM2023CV00387. (Salón: 803 - CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GABRIEL ANTONIO RAMOS COLÓN GABRIEL.RAMOS@ORF-LAW.COM.
A: PEDRO O. BALBUENA ORTIZ. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 19 de septiembre de 2024, 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 19 de septiembre de 2024. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 19 de septiembre de 2024. Irasemis Díaz Sánchez, Secretaria. Glorimar Rivera Rivera, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO JEREMÍAS CRUZ MÁRQUEZ, IRIS MARTA MEDINA LEÓN Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA
AMBOS
Demandante Vs. AUTORIDAD PARA EL FINANCIAMIENTO DE LA VIVIENDA DE PUERTO RICO, CITIMORTGAGE, INC., JOHN DOE Demandado Civil Núm.: FA2024CV00910.
Sala: 307. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO E HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A LA PARTE
DEMANDADA: DIRECCIÓN DESCONOCIDA.
Por la presente se le notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal una Demanda en su contra sobre Cancelación de Pagaré Extraviado e Hipoteca. Se le emplaza y requiere para que, dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación del edicto, presente a este Tribunal su alegación responsiva a dicha demanda, radicando el original de la misma en este Tribunal, 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; si se representa por derecho propio, deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría de este Tribunal. Además, enviará copia de su alegación responsiva a la Lcda. Leslie J. Hernández Crespo a su dirección postal, P.O. Box 10338, San Juan Puerto Rico 00922, 787-344-2853, ljhc_99@yahoo. com. De no hacerlo, se le anotará la Rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy 12 de septiembre de 2024. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. LINDA I. MEDINA MEDINA, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN
HR MORTGAGE, CORP.
Demandante Vs. DEPARTAMENTO DE LA VIVIENDA Y DESARROLLO
URBANO DE EE UU, DEPARTAMENTO DE JUSTICIA DE EE UU, METRO ISLAND MORTGAGE, INC., JOHN DOE
Demandado Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV08402. Sala: 803. Sobre: CANCELA-
CIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO E HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A La Parte Demandada: JOHN DOE - DIRECCIÓN DESCONOCIDA. Se le emplaza y requiere para que, dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados, Por la presente se le emplaza para que, presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 contados a partir de la publicación del 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://www.poderjudicial. pr/index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría de este Tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido termino, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, inciso b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda.
Lcda. Leslie J. Hernández Crespo Nombre de la abogada de la parte demandante 15,559 Número ante el Tribunal Supremo (RUA) P.O. Box 10338, San Juan Puerto Rico 00922 Dirección Postal 787-344-2853
Número de Teléfono ljhc_99@yahoo.com
Correo electrónico EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy 18 de septiembre de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. IRIS OLIVO NÚÑEZ, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.
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September 26, 2024
Will the Mets make it to the playoffs?
By JAMES BARRON
Tuesday, Nicholas Giampietro said, “it’s ‘man the battle stations.’”
His battle station was Seat 9 in Row 4 of Section 201 at Madison Square Garden.
It was an unusual place for a Mets fan to be during the first of three unmissable games against the Atlanta Braves — especially for Giampietro. He is one of the most recognizable Mets fans, the one known as Pinman who parades around Citi Field in a jersey weighed down with souvenir pins celebrating Mets past and present. He is a collar-tohem tribute to Tom Seaver, Pete Alonso and Mr. Met.
But Tuesday night? “I have tickets for the Rangers,” Giampietro said, adding that he had promised to take his nephew.
So while the rest of the crowd focused on the Rangers and the Islanders on the ice in a preseason game, Giampietro was keeping tabs on the Mets.
“I’ll be watching on my phone,” he said earlier in the day.
For him, it was an off-the-field twist in a season that has had hope and heartbreak, the two emotions that are never far apart for those who love the Mets. Mets fans are inured to coming so close and remaining so far — so close to the World Series or, at the moment, to the National League playoffs.
The Mets announced Monday that single-game tickets for postseason games at Citi Field would go on sale at 10 a.m. Thursday. “Fans should log on early,” the Mets said, because only a “limited number of tickets for potential Mets home games in the Wild Card Series and National League division series will be available.”
Giampietro said Monday was a “catch your breath” day after the Mets beat the Phillies, 2-1, in what he called “the biggest game of the season.” He said the win had given the Mets a little breathing room in the race for a wild-card spot. “If they had lost, they’d have to win two
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out of three” in Atlanta, he said. “Now they can get away with winning one out of three” and still clinch a place in the playoffs.
That one win did not come Tuesday night, when the Braves beat the Mets 5-1 in the series opener.
“I have confidence,” said Giampietro, who earned his nickname in Mets fandom after spending $1.88 on a fleamarket find, a set of 25 pins.
That was 18 years ago. Edwin Boison, the Mets fan known as Cowbell Man, has been a celebrity around Citi Field — and, before it, Shea Stadium — for far longer. He took his cowbell to a Mets game in 1981. From his seat in the upper deck, he decided to practice rhythms he had been playing with friends who were musicians.
He found himself in sync with the “Let’s go, Mets!” chant and became a Mets fixture, so he has ridden the emotional roller coaster so familiar to Mets fans, especially in this improbable season. The Mets were 11 games under .500 at the end of May. As of early Wednesday, following the previous night’s loss in Atlanta, the team had notched 87 wins and 70 losses for a .554 winning percentage. Going into Wednesday’s games the Mets led Atlanta by a game in the NL East and trailed division leader Philadelphia by 5.5 games. The regular season ends Sunday.
“Emotionally, it was a team that you wouldn’t think would be fighting for a wild card,” he said of the beginning of this season. “It was a team with not many expectations.”
The Mets’ record so far is considerably better than Bruce Bukiet had predicted. He is a professor and associate dean at the New Jersey Institute of Technology — and a Mets fan — who predicts at the beginning of the season what the standings will be at the end. He relies on a statistical model he developed.
His projection for 2024 was that the Mets would win 78 games this season and finish third in the National League East, behind Atlanta and Philadelphia.
“I take what the so-called experts say are going to be
Nicholas Giampietro, a New York Mets fan, wearing his jersey filled with pins celebrating the team’s past and present, outside the Citi Field stadium in Queens, on Sept. 16, 2024. Some of the Mets’ most well-known fans, including a mathematician who studies the statistics each year, are hoping that this season won’t end in heartbreak. (Adrienne Grunwald/The New York Times)
the players on each team,” he said. “There’s no way to know who’s going to get traded and who’s going to get injured. I can only go by what they say and how they’re going to do.”
Bukiet did choose the right three teams at the top of the NL East, though in the wrong order. He said he had picked only five of the 12 teams that stand to make the playoffs.
“Ouch,” he said.
Governor signs law that benefits university athletes with their academic and sports load
By THE STAR STAFF
Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia signed House Bill 1220 earlier this week, creating the “Academic Agreements for University Athletes Law” in order to establish procedures in public and private university institutions that benefit student athletes.
The law, which the governor signed Tuesday, seeks to balance the academic load and sports responsibilities of young athletes.
The new law grants university athletes priority in enrollment, assistance in managing academic agreements, the possibility of submitting work electronically, additional time for scheduled exams, and extensions on assigned tasks, among other benefits.
The San Juan Daily Star
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