Oscar A. San Antonio Mendoza
Oscar A. San Antonio Mendoza | |
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| Member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives from the 16th District | |
| In office January 2, 1985 – January 2, 1997 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1945 Isabela, Puerto Rico |
| Died | May 27, 2011 Naples, Italy |
| Political party | Popular Democratic Party (PPD) |
Oscar A. San Antonio Mendoza was a Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party. He served as a legislator in the Puerto Rico House of Representatives for the 16th District from 1985 till 1996. Afterwards he served as the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico from 2001 till 2004.[1][2]
He died in 2011, at the age of 66, after he was assaulted in Naples, Italy while on vacation. He underwent emergency brain surgery at the Santa Maria Loreto Mare hospital in Naples. There he was induced into a coma, but days later he lost the battle for his life.[3][4] In 2016, Act 75 was passed naming road PR-466 in Isabela, Puerto Rico as Road Oscar "Cano" San Antonio Mendoza.[5] He was a member of Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity as well[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Muere ex legislador en hospital en Nápoles, Italia". Noticentro (in Spanish). San Juan, Puerto Rico: WAPA. 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
- ^ "En coma ex legislador Oscar San Antonio Mendoza". Primera Hora (in Spanish). San Juan, Puerto Rico: GFR Media. May 20, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
- ^ "Detienen a asaltantes de exlegislador Oscar San Antonio Mendoza en Nápoles". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). San Juan, Puerto Rico: GFR Media. May 31, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
- ^ Auletta, Kate (May 27, 2018). "Oscar Antonio Mendoza, Puerto Rican Tourist, Dead Following Naples Mugging". AOL.com. AOL. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
- ^ Para designar la Carretera PR-466 del Municipio de Isabela, como “Carretera Oscar ‘Cano’ San Antonio Mendoza”, en reconocimiento a su desempeño ejemplar como legislador y servidor público; y para otros fines relacionados (PDF) (Act 75) (in Spanish). June 19, 2016.
- ^ Hernández, Rosario (July 20, 1993). "R. de la C. 1310" (PDF) (in Spanish). House of Representatives of Puerto Rico: 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
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