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Tuesday Dec 22 | News Sun

Photos: Holiday Therapy

Christmas 2009 will find cancer patient Rosa Valdez, a resident of Caguas, Puerto Rico, at Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Midwestern Regional Center in Zion.

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Related Topix: Cancer, Medicine, Health, Puerto Rico, World News

Fri Dec 11, 2009

Rod 2.0

Confessed Killer of Puerto Rican Gay Teen Found Mentally Incompetent

Psychiatrist Rafael Cabrera urged Caguas Superior Court Judge Camila Jusino to send the 26-year old suspect, Juan MartA nez Matos, back to the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in RA o Piedras to keep him under evaluation by the medical staff there.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, World News, Puerto Rico

Wed Dec 09, 2009

EDGEdallas.com News Feed

Suspect in gay Puerto Rican teenager's murder ordered to undergo psychological evaluation

A Puerto Rican judge has ordered the man who has reportedly confessed to the gruesome murder of a gay teenager last month to undergo a psychological evaluation.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Puerto Rico, World News

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Chicago Indymedia

Hundreds of Chicagoans March to Mourn Slain Gay Puerto Rican Teenager

Jorge Steven L pez-Mercado, an openly gay teenager in in Caguas, Puerto Rico, was slain in November 2009.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, World News, Puerto Rico, University of Wyoming

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Rod 2.0

Vigils for Slain Gay Puerto Rican Teen, Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado

Across the country, thousands attended vigils last night to remember the late Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado who was horrifically murdered in Puerto Rico.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Puerto Rico, World News

Village Voice

The Media's Ignoring a Brutal Hate Crime

This letter just came in about a murder that's only getting local attention in Puerto Rico, but which desperately needs to be heard about worldwide: "Dear Michael Musto, "I am writing to you about a tragic murder that has happened here in Puerto Rico.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Puerto Rico, World News,

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Twenty-Nine Indicted and Arrested for Drug Trafficking in Puerto Rico

Twenty nine individuals indicted by a Federal Grand Jury on November 18, 2009, were arrested today by Strike Force teams, as a result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the Puerto Rico Police Department announced today United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodrguez-Vlez. The defendants are charged in a nine-count ...

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Related Topix: Drugs, Prison, Criminal Defense Law, Law, World News, Puerto Rico

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Philly.com

Vigil tonight in Philadelphia for teen found dead in Puerto Rico

A vigil will be held tonight in Philadelphia for Jorge Lopez Mercado, 19, who was found dead on the roadside in his hometown of Caguas, Puerto Rico on Nov.

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Related Topix: Philadelphia, PA, World News, Puerto Rico, Gay/Lesbian, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Queerty

Will the Matthew Shepard Act Play a Part In Jorge Mercado's Murder?

Juan Antonio Martinez Matos, the 26-year-old alleged murderer of Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado , believed he was cruising for female prostitutes in Caguas, Puerto Rico.

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Related Topix: World News, Puerto Rico, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Thu Nov 19, 2009

EDGEftlauderdale.com News Feed

Suspect in Puerto Rico gay teenager's murder held on $4 million bail

Prosecutors charged Juan Martinez Matos with first-degree murder and a variety of weapons offenses in connection with Jorge Steven Lopez's brutal death late last week near Caguas.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, World News, Puerto Rico,

EDGEboston.com News Feed

Activists, politicians, urge Puerto Rican authorities to prosecute LApez murder as hate crime

As activists on Puerto Rico and around the country continue to organize vigils and other memorials in honor of Jorge Steven Lopez, LGBT rights organizations and even politicians have urged local officials to treat the teenager's gruesome murder as a hate crime.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Jose Serrano, Democrat, New York, Gay/Lesbian, Transgendered, World News, Puerto Rico

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Towleroad

Suspect Arrested in Horrific Murder of Puerto Rican Gay Teen

Yesterday I posted about the murder of gay 19-year-old Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado , whose body was found decapitated, dismembered, and partially burned by the side of the road near the Puerto Rican town of Cayey.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, World News, Puerto Rico, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation

Tue Nov 17, 2009

NowPublic

Suspect arrested in murder of gay Puerto Rican teen

In an apparent crime of homophobia a suspect in the murder of George Steven Lopez Mercado has been arrested.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, World News, Puerto Rico, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Towleroad

Gay Puerto Rican Teen Decapitated, Dismembered, and Burned

Over the weekend the brutalized body of gay teen George Steven Lopez Mercado was found by the side of a road in Puerto Rico.

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Related Topix: Puerto Rico, World News,

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Examiner.com

Pacquiao vs Cotto & Couture vs Vera UFC 105, who are you going to watch

It is big fight weekend and 2 great fights are on the card. Pacquiao vs Cotto & Couture vs Vera.

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Related Topix: Puerto Rico, World News

Thu Nov 12, 2009

BleacherReport

Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto: An In-Depth Preview

Born: Bukidnon, Philippines Resides: General Santos City, Philippines Height: 5' 6 1/2" Reach: 67" Current World Titles Held: Ring Magazine Junior Welterweight Former World Titles Held: WBC Lightweight , Ring Magazine, WBC Super Featherweight , Ring Magazine Featherweight , IBF Super Bantamweight , WBC Flyweight Professional Record: 49-3-2, 37 KOs ...

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Related Topix: 9, Mixed Martial Arts, Josh Koscheck, Oscar De La Hoya, World News, Puerto Rico, Antonio Margarito

Tue Nov 10, 2009

TheSweetScience.com

Public Invited To Watch Manny, Cotto Come To MGM

" This Tuesday! November 10, boxing's No. 1 pound-for-pound king of the ring and the box office and the reigning Fighter of the Year, MANNY "PacMan" PACQUIAO, and the pride of Puerto Rico and three-time world champion MIGUEL COTTO, will make their MGM Grand Arrivals, officially kicking off Fight Week for Fire Power - their sold out welterweight ...

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Related Topix: Mixed Martial Arts, Josh Koscheck, World News, Puerto Rico, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Sports, Boxing, More Sports

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Boxing Blog

Check Out Cotto In Vegas On Sunday

" Three-time world champion MIGUEL COTTO breaks his Tampa training camp and heads to Las Vegas Sunday, November 1. Cotto fans are invited to greet the champ at McCarran International Airport when he arrives at 3:55 p.m. PT on America Airlines #2249. Cotto , from Caguas, Puerto Rico, who has held a world title every year since 2004, has been in ...

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Las Vegas, NV Metro, Mixed Martial Arts, Josh Koscheck, World News, Puerto Rico

Fri Oct 30, 2009

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Dr. Teresita Neris de la Salas Honored for Excellence in Consulting

Membership provides individuals with a valuable third party endorsement of their accomplishments and gives them the tools needed to brand themselves and their businesses effectively.

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Related Topix: World News, Puerto Rico, Roosevelt University, University of Chicago

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Examiner.com

Destination: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Today ends the series on the destinations that you can visit on cruises out of Baltimore on the Celebrity Mercury .

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Related Topix: World News, Puerto Rico, Rum, Drink, Liquor, Home Gardening, Home

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