The Fonalledas siblings (Jerónimo, Gerardo, Jaime, and Rosita), purchased land from Don Pablo Ubarri Capetillo, who held the title of Count of San José de Santurce,[1][2] in an area known as "Las Monjas" ("The Nuns"), in Hato Rey.
The Fonalledas family, considering the growth experienced by the San Juan metro area, started thinking about opening a shopping center, and so in 1967, construction of the Plaza Las Americas mall began on what was the original "Tres Monjitas" company's terrain.
[7] And, in 2014, Tres Monjitas and Suiza Dairy again filed a joint lawsuit, this time against Myrna Comas Pagan, Puerto Rico's secretary of the Department of Agriculture.
An agreement was reached in which the Puerto Rican government would contribute funds to both milk brands as part of an accrual mechanism designed to allow the processors to recoup a fair rate of return on their products.
[1] The Puerto Rican actor, Luis Daniel Rivera, once worked at lecheria Tres Monjitas, as a wholesale sales agent, during the beginning of his television acting career.