{"id":163645,"date":"2026-09-22T07:32:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T11:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/tragedy-in-bocas-del-toro-man-murders-his-partner-with-machete-blows\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T07:32:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T11:32:04","slug":"tragedy-in-bocas-del-toro-man-murders-his-partner-with-machete-blows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/tragedy-in-bocas-del-toro-man-murders-his-partner-with-machete-blows\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy in Bocas del Toro: man murders his partner with machete blows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tragedy in Bocas del Toro: Man murders his partner after a dispute<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A new case of gender-based violence has shocked the community of Valle Escondido, in the township of Isla San Crist\u00f3bal, Bocas del Toro province. Everilda Palacios, a 23-year-old young woman, lost her life at the hands of her partner, a man approximately 27 years old, with whom she shared a six-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tragic event occurred during the early hours of Sunday. According to reports, Everilda returned to her home around 5:00 a.m. after having participated in a domino game with her sister. Just an hour after her arrival, a violent argument broke out that culminated in the deadly attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Preliminary investigation indicates that the man was under the influence of alcohol at the time he attacked the victim with a machete-type bladed weapon. The competent authorities have already initiated proceedings to determine the exact circumstances of the incident and apply the corresponding criminal liability.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The aggressor was captured by National Police agents inside the same home where the crime occurred; he was found asleep near the young woman&#8217;s body. Currently, he is in custody at the provincial police facilities, awaiting to face judicial proceedings under Law 8 of 2013, which establishes sentences of 25 to 30 years in prison for the crime of femicide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Worrying increase in violence against women in Panama<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This event takes place in a context of national alarm due to the increase in femicides in Panama. Figures from the Public Ministry reveal a significant increase during the current year compared to previous periods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Between January and August 2026, 16 victims of femicide were recorded, compared to the 9 counted in the same period of 2025, which represents an increase of 78%.<\/li>\n<li>Attempted femicides have also shown an upward trend, going from 13 to 18 documented cases.<\/li>\n<li>In general terms, lethal violence in the country has recorded 406 homicides in the first eight months of the year, 6% more than in 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Security and gender specialists point out that the rise in these crimes demonstrates that, despite annual fluctuations, a structural transformation in the dynamics of gender-based violence has not been achieved. The persistence of these acts, added to the instability in the figures of recent years, underscores the need to strengthen prevention and protection mechanisms for women throughout the national territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tragedy in Bocas del Toro: Man murders his partner after a dispute A new case of gender-based violence has shocked the community of Valle Escondido, in the township of Isla San Crist\u00f3bal, Bocas del Toro province. Everilda Palacios, a 23-year-old young woman, lost her life at the hands of her partner, a man approximately 27 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":163646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[13352,5042,4171,1609],"class_list":{"0":"post-163645","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-femicide","9":"tag-justice","10":"tag-panama","11":"tag-violence"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}