Edwin Valero Arrested by Venezuelan police | Jenifer Viera

Sunday, April 18, 2010



Edwin Valero Arrested by Venezuelan police | Jenifer Viera on Trends Hot News Today --- Edwin Valero Arrested by Venezuelan police | Jenifer Viera. Boxing Champion, Edwin Valero, arrested by Venezuelan Police officer. Venezuelan police say the boxer was arrested after authorities found the body of his 20-year-old wife, Jennifer Viera, at a hotel in Valencia.

“Edwin Valero was taken into custody early Sunday morning on suspicion that he killed his wife, according to police in Caracas, Venezuela. Valero was detained after police found the corpse of his 20-year-old wife in a hotel in the city of Valencia, according to Venezuelan Federal Police Chief Wilmer Flores. According to reports, Valero (27-0, 27 knockouts) left the hotel around daybreak and allegedly told security officials there that he murdered his wife, Jennifer Viera.

Former lightweight boxing champion Edwin Valero was detained today on suspicion of killing his wife. Venezuelan police say the boxer was arrested after authorities found the body of his 20-year-old wife, Jennifer Viera, at a hotel in Valencia. His promoter said Valero was not scheduled to fight any time soon.

Flores told state television that police found three stab wounds on Viera's body. He said Valero was transferred to a local police precinct, "where we are headed to take samples needed for the investigation of the case" and to question the boxer. A representative of his promoter, Top Rank, said before Sunday's arrest that the company had no immediate plans to place him on a fight card until legal and visa issues were resolved.

This is not the first time that Valero has had brushes with the law in matters concerning his wife. In March, he was charged with harassing his wife and threatening hospital officials who were caring for her. His wife was being treated for cracked ribs and a punctured lung, ailments that Valero’s lawyer explained as being the result of her falling down a flight of steps at their home. Valero has battled substance abuse problems and on March 28, he entered a rehab clinic in Venezuela, where he is from.”

His all-action style and 27-0 record — all by knockouts — earned him a reputation as a tough, explosive crowd-pleaser. Venezuelans call him "Inca," alluding to an Indian warrior, while elsewhere he has been called "Dinamita," or dynamite.

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