EFE
The Federal Police (PF) of Brazil and Interpol arrested this Thursday In an apartment in the luxurious neighborhood of Lebln, in Rio de Janeiro, Argentine golfer Angel ‘Pato’ Cabrera, accused of domestic violence by three of his former colleagues, 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 the magazine Veja, 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), the highest court in the country, at the request of the Interpol National Central Office in Brasilia, which considered Cabrera a fugitive from Argentine Justice.
The winner of the US Open 2007 and the Augusta Masters in 2009 He is accused of physical violence and verbal aggression by three of his ex-wives and one of them, Cecilia Torres, alleges that the athlete threatened his life.
Cabrera, 51, who was on Interpol’s “red list”, He arrived in Brazil on December 31, just a month before his visa expired in the North American country, 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 of Crdoba 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 older children and whom Cabrera threatened in audio messages that are in court. 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 Benfica penitentiary complex, in the capital of Rio de Janeiro, and the STF must decide in the next few days on his extradition.
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