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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Charges against a Puerto Rican boxer accused of murdering his pregnant girlfriend sparked protests.</li><li><keyword id="124657" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Puerto-Rico">Puerto Rico</keyword> has one of the highest rates of <keyword id="56886" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="femicide">femicide</keyword>. Some reports suggest one occurs each week.</li><li>Experts say <keyword id="6360589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="domestic-violence">domestic violence</keyword> cases often go under-reported, meaning the rate is likely higher.</li></ul>Authorities found 27-year-old Keishla Rodríguez Ortiz and her unborn child at the bottom of the San Jose Lagoon in Puerto Rico. Her arms and feet had been bound with wire.By Sunday, Olympic boxer Félix Verdejo Sánche had turned himself in for her kidnapping, carjacking and murder.The Puerto Rican phenomenon is <a href="https://www.insider.com/boxer-felix-verdejo-charged-pregnant-woman-death-2021-5">charged with killing his pregnant girlfriend</a>, with the murder sending shockwaves across the island. But Rodríguez Ortiz represents just one case of a growing epidemic of violence against women in Puerto Rico and across the Caribbean. "We will continue working towards the ending of gender-based violence," US Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow said in response to Verdejo Sánche's arrest Sunday. "And we offer our deepest condolences to the family of the victim."But experts and research suggest this is not an isolated incident, making up just one of the thousands of cases of femicide and domestic violence in Puerto Rico. For years, data from women's rights groups and law enforcement have identified Puerto Rico as a hotspot for domestic violence and femicide, publishing reports showing growing rates of cases across the island. But because of wide discrepancies between groups tracking and reporting femicide and domestic violence cases, no one knows exactly how many women are killed in Puerto Rico every year.The rates, however, could be far higher than have ever been documented.<h2>Femicide occurs approximately once a week in Puerto Rico.</h2>For every 100,000 women, there are three femicides, according to a <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5af199815cfd796ad4930e20/t/5dca948508f69e3b5b6c85c9/1573557399490/La+persistencia+de+la+indolencia+2019.11.12-vf.pdf">2019 report published by Proyecto Matria</a>, a Puerto Rican nonprofit focused on women's advancement.That rate is high according to international standards. Among the <a href="https://theglobalamericans.org/reports/femicide-international-womens-rights/">25 areas with the highest rates of femicide</a> in the world, 14 are from Latin America and the Caribbean. Puerto Rico is included in that list. There are even some reports that suggest Puerto Rico holds the record for highest rate of femicide and domestic violence cases internationally, said Dr. Maria Natal, faculty member at Walden University's <a href="https://www.waldenu.edu/online-doctoral-programs/phd-in-public-health">PhD in Public Health</a> program. Rates differ depending on where the data is found. At least three separate agencies track domestic violence or intimate partner violence somehow. But because there is no standard tracking practice and because each agency treats the merit of the complaints differently, rates fluctuate. There are also other challenges to calculating rates, Natal said. "Femicides are often cases that are never solved due to lack of proof, so victims are presumed to be missing, mis-classified by forensic examiners, not reported as a femicide or under-counted," she told Insider."Additionally, women have not received the support they need from the police or the judicial system, which influences trust and reporting," she added.One of the ways to close the gap is to invest in domestic violence resources across government and police forces, Natal said. Too frequently, police officers are <a href="https://gen.medium.com/in-puerto-rico-an-epidemic-of-domestic-violence-hides-in-plain-sight-c459d31ef616">unable to identify intimate partner violence</a> and mishandle complaints. Other times, complaints are ignored or dismissed as not serious. The Puerto Rican government can rectify this by establishing a domestic violence task force, Natal said. And police forces should begin to include trained domestic violence prevention officers, she added. <h2>The Puerto Rican Police Department has a track record of underreporting violence against women.</h2>ACLU Puerto Rico conducted an investigation into the department, finding that topmost police leadership <a href="https://www.aclu.org/other/failure-police-crimes-domestic-violence-and-sexual-assault-puerto-rico">did not regard intimate partner violence</a> as crucial. A separate investigation conducted by the <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-releases-investigative-findings-puerto-rico-police-department">Justice Department</a> found similar results.Domestic violence deaths are "activities that are not directly part of the functions of the police of Puerto Rico," said Díaz Colón, Former Superintendent of Police, in July 2011. "Possibly they may be directed at other agencies that can work on them."Experts say one of the driving forces behind the high rates is a <a href="https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1061&amp;context=edissertations_sp2_sp2">prominent culture of "machismo</a>," referring to a set of values expected to be exhibited by men and women. Men, for example, are systemically and socially rewarded when they exhibit power and dominance, while women are placed in a position of relative subservience to them."The epidemic of domestic violence is a cycle of abuse that has to do with power and control which supports dominance primarily over women," Natal said."In terms of domestic violence, there is a lack of data due to underreporting because of fear and shame associated with the cultural values and beliefs of familialism, marianismo and not wanting to disrespect the family publicly," she said.Dismissing or not taking seriously complaints pertaining to violence against women can be construed as an act of <keyword id="1127132" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="machismo">machismo</keyword>. "The Puerto Rico Police Department's role is that of a machista," Sonia Nieves, mother of a murdered woman, said in an <a href="https://www.typeinvestigations.org/investigation/2020/06/30/in-puerto-rico-an-epidemic-of-domestic-violence-hides-in-plain-sight/">investigation</a> into femicide on the island. "They don't know why a victim is caught in the cycle."<h2>The boxer's arrest is forcing the Caribbean to grapple with high rates of gender-based violence</h2>Verdejo Sánche is among several notable athletes, comedians, and entertainers throughout the English and Spanish-speaking Caribbean to <a href="https://www.newsamericasnow.com/caribbean-news-domestic-abuse-majah-hype/">be accused</a> of recent violence.The region overall has <a href="https://caribbeanwomencount.unwomen.org/">some of the highest gender-based violence rates</a> in the world. According to the World Bank, <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=nearly+half+of%20Caribbean+women+surveyed+in+5+Caribbean+countries+face+at+least+one+form+of+violence%3A+physical%2C+sexual%2C+economic%2C+or+emotional.+This+is+unacceptable+and+should+motivate+all+of+us+working+and+living+in+the+Caribbean+into+action+to+end+this+violence.&amp;url=https://blogs.worldbank.org/latinamerica/casting-light-shadow-pandemic-caribbean-violence-against-women/?cid=SHR_BlogSiteTweetable_EN_EXT&amp;via=worldbankorldbank" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nearly half of Caribbean women surveyed </a>in 5 Caribbean countries face at least one form. Similar to machismo in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, <a href="https://blogs.worldbank.org/latinamerica/casting-light-shadow-pandemic-caribbean-violence-against-women">the research found</a> these mostly English speaking nations had "higher rates of intimate partner violence from partners who had controlling, aggressive, and strong conservative patriarchal behaviors."As the coronavirus outbreak decimated a Caribbean nations often reliant on tourism and vulnerable to climate disaster - incidents spiked.In Puerto Rico, there were <a href="https://www.elvocero.com/actualidad/el-a-o-cierra-con-aumento-de-feminicidios-en-la-isla/article_512bff66-4ac7-11eb-afa1-0f24fbbe9172.html?fbclid=IwAR1oV-V1PJG6kYr185aD34OoSvOsN2qffF-ZQi-PjZ-7ojcaZiwTuc-RaFc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">60 femicides</a> last year - a 62 percent increase from 2019.One in four women in Jamaica suffer gender-based violence. Supporters have <a href="https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/all-woman/jamaica-goes-black-against-gender-based-violence-on-may-13_219868">planned to gather at courthouses and churches dressed in all black</a> to protest a recent uptick in attacks.And <keyword id="36359" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Trinidad-and-Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</keyword> saw a reemergence of its regional "Leave She Alone" campaign - similar to the Me Too movement against gendered violence - after <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2021/02/23/trinidad-tobagos-problem-with-gender-based-violence/">multiple women were abducted or found dead</a> within weeks."We fear thousands more cases of gender-based violence across the region as lockdowns continue," Debora Cobar, regional director for Plan International - a child and gender rights organization - <a href="https://plan-international.org/news/2020-05-19-surge-violence-against-girls-and-women-latin-america-and-caribbean">said in response to data analysis that showed</a> a spike in violence throughout Latin America and the Caribbean since the start of the pandemic.Cobar said "it is vital" that countries combat the crisis by boosting "helplines, sexual and reproductive health and rights services and safe spaces" for vulnerable women and girls.Advocates throughout Puerto Rico and the Caribbean overall are demanding the increased visibility on account of high-profile abusers leads to justice for their victims and communities.

A famous Puerto Rican boxer was charged with killing his pregnant girlfriend. Outrage has led to calls for the island to protect women from violence.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Boxer Félix Verdejo Sánchez has been charged in the <keyword id="6355784" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="death">death</keyword> of a a pregnant woman in Puerto Rico.</li><li>He faces charges including kidnapping resulting in death, carjacking resulting in death, and killing an unborn child.</li><li>The woman he is accused of killing his 27-year-old lover Keishla Rodríguez Ortiz.</li></ul>Puerto Rican boxer Félix Verdejo Sánchez is facing federal charges in the disappearance and death of a pregnant woman in Puerto Rico.Verdejo, who competed in the 2012 Olympics, turned himself in to authorities on Sunday night and faces charges including kidnapping resulting in death, carjacking resulting in death, and killing an unborn child, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-pr/pr/felix-verdejo-sanchez-arrested-kidnapping-and-carjacking-resulting-death-and">the US Attorney's Office for the District of Puerto Rico said in a press release. </a>The woman he is accused of killing his 27-year-old lover Keishla Rodríguez Ortiz. Ortiz was pregnant with Verdejo's child, the woman's mother told reporters, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/felix-verdejo-pregnant-girlfriend-death/">according to CBS News.</a>The woman's mother told reporters the boxer and her daughter had known each other since middle school and that Verdejo, who is married, had told her not to have the baby. According to a criminal complaint, a witness told the FBI that Rodríguez and Verdejo met on Thursday before Rodríguez disappeared.Following a conversation, "Verdejo punched the victim in the face, and she was injected with a syringe filled with substances purchased from a drug point," the criminal complaint said.Rodríguez was then tied with a wire and had a block tied to her, the criminal complaint said."Verdejo and the Witness then drove onto the bridge, where the Victim was removed from the vehicle and tossed off the side of the bridge into the water," according to the criminal complaint. "Verdejo shot at the Victim with a pistol from the bridge."Law enforcement officers found Rodríguez's car abandoned, and later found her body in a lagoon.

Former Olympian boxer Felix Verdejo has been charged in the death of his pregnant lover in Puerto Rico

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="9592808" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="felix-verdejo">Felix Verdejo</keyword> scored a higlight-reel knockout in the very first round of his lightweight match Thursday.</li><li>Puerto Rican Verdejo was fighting a previously undefeated boxer called Will Madera.</li><li>Madera lost with one second remaining on the round clock — a buzzer-beating finish for Verdejo.</li><li>Watch the knockout right here.</li></ul>Felix Verdejo knocked his opponent down and into the corner with a blistering right hook, left uppercut combination in the opening round of their lightweight fight Thursday.Verdejo scored the buzzer-beating finish inside the MGM Grand Conference Center during a <keyword id="2349386" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="top-rank">Top Rank</keyword> show with the Las Vegas-based fight firm has termed "The Bubble."The American boxer Will Madera, 29, had never lost before let alone been knocked out, but it took only two minutes and 59 seconds for Verdejo, of Puerto Rico, to hand Madera his first defeat.Madera only landed 12 punches in the whole fight (25.5% of his total punch output), according to Compubox data sent to Insider.Verdejo, in contrast, swarmed his opponent with seemingly unrelenting flurries, landing twice as many shots (24 out of 59 attempted), many of which were deemed power punches.Watch the finish below:<div type="image" title="Felix Verdejo and Will Madera knockout video" height="1467" width="2000" msid="77016993" hostid="261"></div>"I am proud of the work I put in with my trainer, Ismael Salas … the hard work is paying off," Verdejo said."Madera is a good fighter, but when I had him hurt. I knew I could finish him."Verdejo advanced his record to 27 wins (17 knockouts) against one knockout loss, is now unbeaten in four fights, and gradually climbing the lightweight ladder.The fighter wants to target the top of that ladder, particularly Vasyl Lomachenko. The pair fought in the amateur ranks during the 2012 Olympics with Lomachenko winning on his way to a gold medal. "As for what's next, Vasiliy Lomachenko is the top guy at lightweight," said Verdejo. "We have unfinished business from when he beat me in the Olympics. That's the fight I ultimately want."Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/photo-calvin-kattar-cut-dan-iges-face-open-with-boxing-2020-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Calvin Kattar landed 70 strikes on Dan Ige's face, leaving his opponent with a swollen eye, countless cuts, and many bruises</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/mounir-lazzez-wins-violently-in-very-good-ufc-striking-match-2020-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mounir Lazzez beat Abdul Alhassan in one of the most violent, fun, very good 'Fight Island' matches you'll see all summer</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/video-lerone-murphy-dominates-then-finishes-with-ground-and-pound-2020-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A 28-year-old featherweight called Lerone Murphy finished his 'Fight Island' opponent with nasty ground-and-pound</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/watch-jack-shore-ufc-star-in-the-making-wins-submission-2020-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A UFC star-in-the-making continued his flawless run with a technically adept finish on 'Fight Island'</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/ufc-fighters-unfazed-about-fighting-in-pandemic-2020-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFC stars say MMA's new normal is 'eerie,' but they're unfazed about fighting in the middle of a pandemic</a>

Felix Verdejo knocked his opponent down and into the corner with a blistering right hook, left uppercut combination

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Travell Mazion, an unbeaten American boxer, died in a car crash in Texas aged just 24.</li><li>Mazion was driving his Cadillac through Austin on Thursday when he crashed head-on into an oncoming Honda, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety, <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/boxing/travell-mazion-death-car-crash-texas-boxer-age-undefeated-a9623731.html">per TMZ.</a></li><li>He was pronounced dead at the scene, and a 61-year-old man, who was driving the Honda, later died in hospital.</li><li>"Mazion was a kind, charismatic young man who lit up every room he walked into and brought excitement to fans inside the ring," his promoter Golden Boy Promotions said in a statement. "May he rest in peace."</li></ul>Travell Mazion, an unbeaten American boxer, has died in a car crash in Texas aged just 24.Mazion, who was signed Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions, was driving his 2010 Cadillac STS through Austin on Thursday when he crashed head-on into an oncoming Honda Pilot, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety, <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/boxing/travell-mazion-death-car-crash-texas-boxer-age-undefeated-a9623731.html">per TMZ.</a>The 24-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene, and a 61-year-old man, who was driving the Honda, later died in hospital.Golden Boy Promotions said in a statement, according to TMZ: "We at Golden Boy are deeply saddened by the tragic passing of Travell Mazion last night."Mazion was a kind, charismatic young man who lit up every room he walked into and brought excitement to fans inside the ring. We send our heartfelt prayers and thoughts to his family. May he rest in peace."De La Hoya also posted a photo of himself and Mazion on Twitter."I am still in disbelief. You left us far too soon! Nice, young man with all the talent in the world. Not only did our sport take a huge hit with losing you but the world lost a good one," he wrote."You are forever Golden. My heart &amp; prayers are with you &amp; your family champ. Rest in peace."Mazion, nicknamed "Black Magic," had a record of 17-0 as a professional.He most recently beat Fernando Castaneda in an impressive 58-second knockout in January to win the vacant WBC-NABF super welterweight title.Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/clay-collard-former-ufc-becomes-one-of-boxings-biggest-hits-2020-7">A former UFC fighter has become one of the most popular boxers of the summer, adding another big KO to his record Tuesday</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/video-felix-verdejo-wins-1st-round-ko-vs-will-madera-2020-7">Felix Verdejo knocked his opponent down and into the corner with a blistering right hook, left uppercut combination</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/english-mma-phenom-jack-shore-likened-to-georges-st-pierre-2020-7">An up-and-coming British fighter is drawing comparison with former 2-weight UFC champion Georges St. Pierre</a>

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A famous Puerto Rican boxer was charged with killing his pregnant girlfriend. Outrage has led to calls for the island to protect women from violence.

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