The first femicide of the year occurred on February 1 in Aguadilla, where Alexandra Carrero Vega, 50 years old, allegedly died at the hands of her partner, Ram\u00f3n Hern\u00e1ndez Olivo, 75 years old, who then committed suicide. Days later, on February 21, Lourdes Pilar Santiago Reyes, 64 years old, was found dead in Bayam\u00f3n, while the main suspect, Irving Oscar Cardona Santiago, remained at large for several days.<\/p>\n\n\nIn March, Ana Oca\u00f1a Rodr\u00edguez was found semi-naked and beaten in Hatillo. Joel Enrique S\u00e1nchez Mart\u00ednez was arrested for the crime, and he faces charges and a bail of three million dollars.\n\nThe fourth case occurred on April 29 in Guayama, when Kenya Enid Morales D\u00e1vila, 37 years old, was allegedly shot by her husband, Ferdinand D\u00e1vila V\u00e9lez, who also committed suicide.\n\nMay became the deadliest month for women so far this year. On May 8, Jessica Morales Hern\u00e1ndez, 41, was murdered in Mayag\u00fcez, allegedly by Danny Lugo Cruz, who had a criminal record and a history of domestic violence. A week later, in Cabo Rojo, Kimberly Cruz Pacheco, 32, died from a gunshot wound, allegedly by Elvin Rodr\u00edguez Mart\u00ednez, who was arrested.\n\nThe wave of femicides has reactivated the debate on gender-based violence in Puerto Rico and the need to strengthen prevention and protection measures for victims.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Puerto Rico is facing a worrying increase in gender-based violence after recording seven femicides in just five months of 2026, according to Police statistics. In May alone, three new cases were reported, in the midst of a month classified as one of the most violent of the year, with 43 murders counted. The most recent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133543,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-508680","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Carolina Alvarez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-26-at-5.31.57-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133543"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}