BBC News
Champion Venezuelan boxer Edwin Valero has been found dead in a police cell after being detained for killing his wife.
Police chief Wilmer Flores said Valero, 28, had tied his clothes to a cell bar and hanged himself.
The boxer was arrested after police officers found the body of his 24-year-old wife Jennifer Viera in a hotel in the city of Valencia.
He had held the WBA super featherweight and WBC lightweight titles.
Nicknamed "The Inca", Valero was well-known in Venezuela.
He had an image of President Hugo Chavez tattooed on his chest, along with the country's flag.
Mr Flores said Valero was found hanging by another inmate, who alerted the authorities. The police chief said the boxer had shown signs of life but that officers were unable to revive him.
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
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