Interpol detains golfer Ángel Cabrera accused of violence against women

Ángel Cabrera is the most outstanding Latin American golfer in recent times, he beat Tiger Wood at the US Open 2007

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By: EFE 15 from January 2021

The Federal Police of Brazil and Interpol arrested this Thursday in an apartment in the luxurious neighborhood of Leblón, in Rio de Janeiro , Argentine golfer Ángel ‘Pato’ Cabrera, accused of domestic violence by three of his ex-partners, according to Brazilian media .

The Brazilian authorities had not officially communicated the arrest of Cabrera, which occurred on Thursday night, but according to the news portal G1, of the Globo network, and with the digital edition of Veja magazine, Cabrera was approached in an apartment by agents of the PF and Interpol.

The police operation, according to the media, attended a preventive arrest warrant for extradition purposes issued by the Supreme Federal Court (STF), highest court in the country, at the request of the National Central Office of Interpol in Brasilia, which considered Cabrera a fugitive from the Argentine Justice.

The winner of the US Open 2007, when he beat the legendary Tiger Wood, and the Augusta Masters in 2009 is accused of physical violence and verbal assault by three of his ex-partners and one of them, Cecilia Torres, alleges that the athlete threatened her life.

Cabrera, from 51 years and that was on the Interpol “red list”, arrived in Brazil last 31 of December, just one month before the expiration of your visa in the North American country, d where he underwent surgery last October for a wrist injury that kept him away from competitions.

In the event of his extradition to Argentina, Cabrera must face a trial process in the province d e Córdoba for “qualified minor injuries and threats”, and another for “qualified minor injuries and theft” , reported in 2017 and 2018 by Torres.

The other complaint would have been filed by Silvia Rivadero, the mother of her two oldest children and whom Cabrera threatened in audio messages that rest in the Justice.

The other woman who filed a formal complaint against Cabrera was Micaela Escudero, who accuses the golfer of “threats and coercion.” The Argentine, according to the press, will be transferred to the penitentiary complex of Benfica, in the capital of Fluminense, and the STF must decide in the next few days on his extradition.