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suicide-murder case at the so-called "Jonestown", Cruz flew to Guyana to cover the news and he reported in Guyana from a helicopter live to Puerto Rican audiences, and viewing the bodies of the dead from the helicopter affected him. Another important news event Cruz covered live was the arrival of
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to Puerto Rico in 1984, in a transmission in which he was also the general producer. That moment was the first, and, as of 2023, only time a Pope has visited Puerto Rico.
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