Edwin Valero kills himself after arrest for wife's murder, say police
• Valero alleged to have confessed to killing wife
• Unbeaten boxer had held WBC lightweight title
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Edwin Valero, arrest, WBC lightweight champion, boxer
Edwin Valero is led away by a police officer after his arrest on suspicion of his wife's murder. Photograph: STR/Reuters
Edwin Valero, the suspended WBC lightweight champion, has killed himself in jail just hours after being arrested on suspicion of his wife's murder, according to police.
Venezuela's Federal Police Chief Wilmer Flores said Valero used his own clothes to hang himself in his cell early today. The boxer had been arrested after police found the body of his wife in a hotel in the Venezuelan city of Valencia.
Flores said Valero left the hotel room around dawn yesterday and allegedly told the hotel's security personnel that he had killed her. Valero's lawyer, Milda Mora, did not immediately answer telephone calls seeking comment.
Valero, with a record of 27-0, was suspended by the WBC lightweight in February. He was arrested last month on charges of harassing his wife and threatening hospital staff treating her for a punctured lung and broken ribs. He then went into drug and alcohol rehabilitation.
• Valero alleged to have confessed to killing wife
• Unbeaten boxer had held WBC lightweight title
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Edwin Valero, arrest, WBC lightweight champion, boxer
Edwin Valero is led away by a police officer after his arrest on suspicion of his wife's murder. Photograph: STR/Reuters
Edwin Valero, the suspended WBC lightweight champion, has killed himself in jail just hours after being arrested on suspicion of his wife's murder, according to police.
Venezuela's Federal Police Chief Wilmer Flores said Valero used his own clothes to hang himself in his cell early today. The boxer had been arrested after police found the body of his wife in a hotel in the Venezuelan city of Valencia.
Flores said Valero left the hotel room around dawn yesterday and allegedly told the hotel's security personnel that he had killed her. Valero's lawyer, Milda Mora, did not immediately answer telephone calls seeking comment.
Valero, with a record of 27-0, was suspended by the WBC lightweight in February. He was arrested last month on charges of harassing his wife and threatening hospital staff treating her for a punctured lung and broken ribs. He then went into drug and alcohol rehabilitation.