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By Ramiro Scandolo
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentinian golfer Angel Cabrera, two-time majors winner, was extradited from Brazil on Tuesday to stand trial in his home country for violence against former domestic partners, a prosecutor in charge of the case.
Cabrera was arrested earlier this year in Rio de Janeiro after leaving Argentina and has been placed on the Interpol red list.
He will spend the night in a cell in Iguazu, in the province of Misiones, in northeast Argentina, on the border with Brazil, before being transferred 1,200 km south to a local prison in Cordoba. while awaiting trial.
Reuters footage showed the 51-year-old athlete, his hands cuffed in front of him and dressed in a federal police life jacket and ballistic helmet, taken into custody and taken to an Iguazu police station .
According to a police statement, Cabrera faces charges of minor injuries, threats and theft that allegedly occurred between 2016 and 2020.
Laura Battistelli, the prosecutor, said Cabrera would stand trial in her July 1 case, with other allegations still being investigated.
“He is being detained because the court ruled that he was evading trial,” she said.
Known as El Pato, Cabrera won the US Open in 2007 and the Augusta Masters tournament in 2009. He last participated in a tournament in September 2020.
(Reporting by Ramiro Scandolo; Writing by Nicols Misculin and Walter Bianchi; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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