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- ↑ "Juramenta Willito como nuevo alcalde de Caguas". El Nuevo Día . August 16, 2010.
- ↑ "Fin de semana de tomas de posesión en la Isla". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). January 11, 2013.
- ↑ Día, El Nuevo. "Perfil de alcalde William Edgardo Miranda Torres". Puerto Rico Decide 2016 - ENData (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 April 2020.