Ricky Martin Defends Puerto Rican Compatriot

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Outraged by the situation that a Puerto Rican compatriot had to go through, Ricky Martin raised his voice on social networks asking his followers to spread the word because "enough is enough."

With the hashtag #BoycottCVSVsPuertoRico, the Puerto Rican singer began his message.

“José Guzmán Payano, a third-year student at Purdue University, Puerto Rico, at a CVS in Lafayette, Indiana, was asked to verify his immigration status.

Payano was buying cold medicines that required a valid form of identification issued by the government and was showing his Puerto Rican driver's license,”the interpreter explained in his message. "CVS employees rejected him, even after he explained that Puerto Rico is an American community. They even rejected him when he showed his US passport."

The event took place over the weekend and it was the student's mother, Arlene Payano Burgos, who expressed her outrage at the incident in a Facebook post. The hurt mother, who blames President Donald Trump for the problem, asked family and friends to spread the word until they reached the media.

The young student spoke to Wake Up America this morning and said he was embarrassed.

CVS, after being contacted by the family, acknowledges that it will investigate the incident and confirmed that it will accept a license from Puerto Rico.