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A Mother`s Nightmare- Act Now for SB 1363

Once, he told me that killing himself is his ticket out of DJJ. Imagine for a second what it feels like to hear that from your child.

(OAKLAND, CA) - I am a mother of four children living in Pico Rivera.

In my daily life, I work as an interpreter, lead a girl scout troop, and take my girls to volleyball practice, Karate, and Aztec dance classes. But a part of me is always with my oldest son, who is locked away in the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ).

PUERTO RICO: The GOP Primary, Latino Vote and Statehood

GOP hopefuls Romney and Santorum campaigned for Puerto Rico's 20 delegates during our visit.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - My wife and I just returned from a visit to Puerto Rico. The temperatures were in the high 80s with very little humidity and no rain.

We spent most of our time in old San Juan, but did take a 2-hour road trip across the island to Ponce, named after Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the great-grandson of Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León.

Obama, Bush, and R/rice

"[E]very time I see and here [sic] Gloria Estefan sing, it makes my heart feel better” - Barack Obama

(TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras) - During his recent brief visit to Puerto Rico—the first by a U.S. president since 1961—Barack Obama mentioned several Puerto Ricans by name aside from Marc Anthony.

These included Juan Castillo, who participated in World War II and the Korean War on behalf of the U.S., and Ramón Colón-López, who in more recent times acquired the U.S. Air Force Combat Action Medal in Afghanistan.

DEA Arrests Puerto Rico`s and Dominican Republic`s Most Wanted

Dominican authorities have described Figueroa-Agosto as the "Pablo Escobar of the Caribbean."

(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) - Fugitive Puerto Rican Jose David Figueroa-Agosto was wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service's Puerto Rico Fugitive Task Force for escaping from a Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Correctional Facility about 10 years ago.