The Puerto Rico Court of First Instance in Aibonito has scheduled an evidence hearing for Tuesday, November 24, 2026, at 9:00 AM in courtroom 3 of the Aibonito Judicial Center, on the request for a new trial filed by the defense of Elvia Cabrera Rivera, who was sentenced for the killing of teenager Gabriela Nicole Pratts Rosario. According to a resolution published on the Judiciary’s portal, Superior Judge Vanessa I. Méndez Torres issued the order on November 10 after reviewing motions from the defense and oppositions from the Public Ministry (prosecutor’s office).
Among the filings evaluated is the new-trial request under Rule 192 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure, based on allegations of new evidence. As part of the ruling, the judge ordered the Department of Correction and Rehabilitation to transfer Cabrera Rivera and her daughter, Anthonieska Avilés Cabrera, to the Aibonito Judicial Center on the day of the hearing.
She also ordered that Mariela Cabrera Rivera, identified in the document as the representative and custodian of Anthonieska Avilés Cabrera, be summoned. Cabrera Rivera was sentenced to 102 years in prison for the killing of Gabriela Nicole, which occurred in August 2025 in Aibonito. The prosecutor’s office had opposed the new-trial request and asked that it be rejected without a hearing.
The ruling allows an evidence hearing to be held, though it does not mean a new trial has been granted.