ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay — Official documents, competition records, and the statutes of the Pan American Taekwondo Union (PATU), World Taekwondo (WT), and the Olympic Charter reveal a serious and ongoing conflict of interest at the Junior Pan American Games Asunción 2025.

Dennis Berdugo, PATU’s Director of Sport, currently has two of his children registered to compete this Sunday in subjective-scoring events, with his wife serving as the official coach of the national team. The competition format for these events was altered from that used throughout the entire qualification cycle — a change that runs directly counter to PATU’s own statutes.