Laura Hernandez (born ca. 1972) is a Puerto Rican woman who is a former television news reporter for Tele-Once. Nowadays, she is jailed in the Dominican Republic, after being accused of drug trafficking. Hernandez is also a former beauty queen. 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Tele Once (once is eleven in the Spanish language), now known as Univision Puerto Rico, is a television station in Puerto Rico, on channel 11. ... Retail selling Street selling is the bottom of the chain and can be accomplished through purchasing from prostitutes, through cloaked retail stores or refuse houses for users in the act located in red-light districts which often also deal in paraphernalia, dealers marketing merriment at night clubs and other events...

Hernandez gained much fame in Puerto Rico during the middle and late 1990s as a news reporter. At the time, she was portrayed a lot on such gossip magazines as Vea and Teve Guia, publications which informed the general public about her way of living and other details about her life. // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ... Vea is a Puerto Rican gossip magazine that has been published weekly since 1968. ... Teve Guia is a Puerto Rican gossip magazine. ...

Late in 2002, she and her husband, Marcos Irizarri, were arrested by the Dominican police and charged with trafficking drugs to their country. Hernandez and Irizarri had been in the Caribbean country for nearly a week, touring through different cities and places. According to police reports, their every move had been monitored by police while there. They were arrested while eating at a restaurant. The police said they had found drugs in a private boat where the couple had been travelling. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ...

Hernandez has had chronic stomach disease since she was a child, and her condition worsened the first weeks she was in jail, requiring hospitalization at a medical center outside jail. Her arrest and subsequent trial made the headlines all over Puerto Rico, El Nuevo Dia, El Vocero, and other newspapers giving it wide coverage. During that time also, she received frequent visits from family members and friends. El Nuevo Día is a newspaper published daily in San Juan. ... El Vocero is a Puerto Rican newspaper that is published in the Puerta de Tierra barrio, in the city of San Juan. ...

In June of 2003, Hernandez was sentenced to seven years in jail, and her husband to fifteen. On October 29 it was announced that Hernandez will face a new trial, which could lead to her regaining her freedom. The trial began on November 14. June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October 29 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ...

On March 19, 2004, her defense team suffered a serious setback, when a motion to remove audiovisual evidence from her second trial was rejected by the court. March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On December 14 of that year, rumors began to spread that she might get a medical release from jail, due to her stomach disease. Puerto Rican television gossiper Kobbo Santarrosa criticized the idea, arguing that her husband, Marcos, who has cancer, should be considered for release first. December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... When normal cells are damaged or old they undergo apoptosis; cancer cells, however, avoid apoptosis. ...

On January of 2005, Hernandez was denied the medical release. January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

On March 15 of that year, however, and after the deaths in a jail riot of Edwin Adams Cotto and another friend of hers, it was announced that Dominican judges were considering awarding Hernandez an indult. On July 11, the Dominican court announced that Hernandez will be free by September, but her husband will be kept in jail. Laura Hernandez will, however, under Dominican Republic laws, never be able to return to the Dominican Republic once she is released from jail. Hernandez is still technically speaking guilty of the charges she was acussed of. March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... Edwin Adams Cotto (1978 – March 7, 2005) was a Puerto Rican who became infamous in 2002, after he was accused alongside famous reporter Laura Hernandez of drug trafficking from Puerto Rico to the Dominican Republic. ... July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ...

Hernandez received the news with anger, mainly because her husband will have to stay in jail and because she was not cleared of the charges.

Also see

• List of famous Puerto Ricans

list of famous Puerto Ricans in alphabetical order by last names, where applicable. ...

External link

• Photo of Laura Hernandez and her mother
• Comprehensive coverage of Hernandez case by zonai.com of Puerto Rico (Spanish)