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For \"Sin Verguenza,\" Bacilos chose two producers who have been involved in the rapid evolution of Latin pop over the last five years. The Colombian Juan Vicente Zambrano has worked with Ricky Martin, Gisselle and many others, and Brazilian Tom Capone, who tragically died last month in a motorcycle crash on the night of the Grammys, after he failed to win when nominated for producing Maria Rita's debut album. \"We think they gave us a new sound,\" [Jorge Villamizar] said. \"Bacilos is a little bit of a different group, not so marked by the traditional genres of Latin music. Ten years ago, Bacilos couldn't have emerged, because you had to do salsa or regional Mexican or pop. But now, we're starting to explore the different sides of our cultures.\"

Bacilos, which was nominated for a Latin Grammy last year for best new artist and best vocal pop recording, lives up to the simple pun of its name (from the micro-organisms): The trio is highly infectious. Lead singer-guitarist Jorge Villamizar sets the tone with his engaging, growling tenor on the album's hits \"Caraluna\" and \"Mi Primer Milln.\" The latter, a pop-singer's meditation on hitting the radio-play lottery, chugs along like the kind of sophisticated pop-cumbia pioneered by producer Kike Santander. Although Bacilos has emerged from the fast lane of Miami's Latin pop scene, it sought out New York- based producer Sergio George (Marc Anthony, DLG), who co-wrote \"Mi Primer Milln,\" and Washington Heights rapper Fulanito to guest on the Caribbean- flavored \"Buena.\" Tying the pieces of this winning formula together is co-producer Luis Fernando Ochoa, Shakira's collaborator on her early breakthrough albums. The group's success at fusing varied Latin musical traditions stems from its unusual ethnic mix, something that happens more easily in major U.S. cities such as New York, Miami and Los Angeles than in Latin America. Villamizar has lived in Bogot, Ecuador's capital of Quito and even immersed himself in the little- known Colombian community in London during his formative years.

During closing arguments earlier in the afternoon, prosecutor Tom Coleman grabbed the murder weapon and brought it down hard against a podium in front of Broward Circuit Judge Andrew Siegel. \"There is no more criminal act than taking a four-pound sledgehammer and smashing it down on someone's head,\" he said, the loud bang punctuating his statement. \"And then doing it again,\" he added, bringing the hammer down on the railing in front of the jury.

Cionie Sierra couldn't answer. She dabbed at her tears and nearly a minute passed before she looked up. \"Like something happened,\" she said. \"There was blood.\" Jurors had already seen gruesome crime scene photos depicting Bianca Sierra's body lying facedown on her bed in her Pompano Beach apartment. Prosecutors say [Jorge Ayala-Villamizar] bashed the woman's head in, stole her car, and fled the state. He was captured five years later, in Texas, after the crime was featured on the television show \"America's Most Wanted.\"

  \"Serán dos horas y habrá otros invitados, como Sebastián Zubieta, director del America's Society and Council of Americas; Lucía Suárez, profesora asociada de la Amherst University y Mario Cader-Frech, ejecutivo de MTV Networks Latinoamérica, así que se va a poner bueno\", aseguró [Jorge Villamizar].

After the breakup of Bacilos, his successful folk-pop trio from Miami, Jorge Villamizar found himself drawn to the native country he left behind. \"I grew up musically in the Miami scene, with people like Elsten Torres from Fulano, the guys from La Secta, the Spam Allstars,\" Villamizar says. \"But I became more attracted to Colombia. I bought a house there and decided to collaborate with musicians from there.\"

Jorge Ayala-Villamizar, who was convicted last week of the 2004 murder of Bianca Sierra, didn't flinch at the sarcastic holiday greeting. Prosecutors said Ayala-Villamizar bashed Sierra's head in with a sledgehammer, stole her car and fled Broward County. He was captured in Brownsville, Texas, five years later. \"He killed my daughter and disappeared like the coward that he is,\" she said. She described how Ayala-Villamizar was found in 2009 at a church, holding a Bible. \"What a hypocrite,\" she said. Photo(s); At left, Broward Sheriff's Deputy Juan Vargas fingerprints Jorge Ayala-Villamizar before he is sentenced Wednesday. At right, Ronald Marano, friend of bludgeoning victim Bianca Sierra, reacts as Judge [Andrew Siegel] sentences Ayala-Villamizar to life in prison.Amy Beth Bennett/Staff photos

[Peter Holden] said the position of the victim's body, which showed no signs of fighting back, indicates she was asleep when the killer struck. \"That's the rage part,\" he said. \"That's the part that makes it personal.\" During closing arguments earlier in the afternoon, prosecutor Tom Coleman grabbed the murder weapon and brought it down hard against a podium in front of Broward Circuit Judge Andrew Siegel. \"There is no more criminal act than taking a four-pound sledgehammer and smashing it down on someone's head,\" he said, the loud bang punctuating his statement. \"And then doing it again,\" he added, bringing the hammer down on the railing in front of the jury.

\"My mom was lying there, in her bed,\" she recalled. A blanket covered Bianca Sierra's body. Cionie remembered removing it. Cionie Sierra couldn't answer. She dabbed at her tears and nearly a minute passed before she looked up. \"Like something happened,\" she said. \"There was blood.\" Jurors had already seen gruesome crime scene photos depicting Bianca Sierra's body lying facedown on her bed in her Pompano Beach apartment. Prosecutors say [Jorge Ayala-Villamizar] bashed the woman's head in, stole her car, and fled the state. He was captured five years later, in Texas, after the crime was featured on the television show \"America's Most Wanted.\"

\"Ésa fue una época interesante y un poco confusa. Después de 12 años trabajando con Bacilos, llegó un punto en el cual estábamos cansados de la fórmula, cansados de nosotros mismos, y bueno, pasó lo que termina pasando con todas las bandas, y es que las partes se separan\", reflexiona [Jorge Villamizar], oriundo de Montería, Colombia. \"Yo sentí que tenía que hacer lo mío\".