Gender violence is continuously on the rise in Puerto Rico in a state of emergency, with a recent attack on a woman whose death fueled a protest on the island.
On May 2, 2021, Olympic boxer Félix Verdejo Sánchez, also known as “El Diamante,” was arrested for kidnapping and killing his pregnant girlfriend. Verdejo, 27, who competed for Puerto Rico in the 2012 London Olympic Games, appeared in court Monday morning (May 3), where the judge ordered him held without bail.
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