Latino Headlines Latin America El Mundo Video Las Americas MORE NEWSAuthorities charged an FBI agent with negligent homicide on Friday in the alleged “friendly fire” shooting death of a Puerto Rican policeman during a gunbattle with kidnappers last year.
Justice Secretary Antonio Sagardia told reporters that special agent Jared Hewitt is accused of shooting 12-year police veteran Orlando Gonzalez Ortiz during a joint raid to rescue [...]
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Conservatives have called the group’s stances on capital punishment and abortion rights, as well as its advocacy of affirmative action in worker discrimination cases, “extreme” and “shocking.” Some have suggested Sotomayor’s longtime association with the group is an indication that she is biased and would be unable to render impartial decisions as a Supreme Court [...]
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Puerto Rico reported its first case of the swine flu on Monday, making it only the second Caribbean island to confirm the virus’s presence.
Lab tests confirmed that a 39-year-old Puerto Rican man had the disease, Gov. Luis Fortuno told a news conference. The man, whom authorities did not identify, apparently became infected during a recent [...]
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With the recent completion of a 10-year mission to roll out new quarters for each of the 50 states, the U.S. Mint is poised to release the first of five quarters commemorating the U.S. territories, starting with Puerto Rico.
via Puerto Rico Gets a Little Richer With New Quarter from U.S. Mint – HispanicBusiness.com.
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A Puerto Rico man confessed to killing a pregnant tourist who was kidnapped as she was jogging in this U.S. Caribbean territory, police said Thursday. They also said his mother served time in prison for slitting the throats of two children.
Eliezer Marquez Navedo, 36, apparently acted alone in the tourist’s killing, said Antonio Lopez, police [...]
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