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A former president of a Puerto Rican steel distributor has pleaded guilty to his part in a major price-fixing conspiracy. Edgardo Sola Colon (Sola), of Toa Alta, Puerto Rico was charged, according to court documents by the U.S. District Court in San Juan. According to the results of the court’s actions $50 million in sales by his companies were affected by the price-fixing conspiracy. According to the court statements, across seven years Sola allegedly “conspired with competing companies and individuals to suppress and eliminate competition by fixing prices for steel products, including rebar,…