A 20-year-old Mayagüez resident, Cris Y. Ortiz Torres, was jailed after prosecutors filed charges of attempted murder and carrying and using a bladed weapon, the Puerto Rico Police Bureau’s Criminal Investigations Corps (CIC) in Mayagüez said. Agents from the CIC’s Homicides Division investigated the case, which the Prosecutors’ Office filed. According to the investigation, on September 3 Ortiz Torres used a machete on Wilfredo Figueroa Street, number 64, in the Balboa neighborhood of Mayagüez, causing several wounds to a 54-year-old man, who received medical treatment.
The case was consulted with prosecutor Andy Rodríguez Bonilla, who instructed that charges be filed. Judge Jessica Rodríguez Maldonado of the Mayagüez court found probable cause and set bail at $125,000, which Ortiz Torres did not pay, so he was booked into the Las Cucharas correctional institution in Ponce. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for November 23, 2026.
Agent Israel Bisbal Torres investigated under the supervision of Sergeant Jean C. Lamberty Aldea of the CIC in Mayagüez.