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SAO PAULO – Brazilian federal police arrested Argentinian golfer Ángel Cabrera on Thursday for extradition to his native country to face charges for several crimes allegedly committed from 2016 to last year, two officers said.
Cabrera, who won both the Masters and the US Open, was on Interpol’s code red list.
Police said in a statement that the arrest was made in an upper-class neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, without announcing the name of the suspect. He only described him as a 51-year-old Argentinian.
Two Rio-based federal police officers separately confirmed to The Associated Press that Cabrera was the man arrested. The two agreed to only release the information if they were granted anonymity as they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
The police statement said the arrest was authorized by Brazil’s highest court and that the man would be held until his extradition to Argentina. Argentine officials charged the suspect with assault, theft, unlawful intimidation and repeated disrespect to the authorities, the statement said.
Argentinian media reported earlier in January that Cabrera’s ex-wife Silva Rivadero had brought two charges against the golfer. Reports also state that Cecilia Torres, another former partner, claimed that Cabrera hit her, threatened her and attempted to run over her with her car in 2016.
Cabrera is South America’s most accomplished golfer. He won the US Open at Oakmont in 2007 with a shot at Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk. He won the Masters in the playoffs in 2009 and lost in the playoffs at the Masters in 2013 to Adam Scott.
Cabrera secures another victory on the PGA Tour, and his four victories on the European Tour include his biggest event, the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.
He did not play at the Masters when he moved in November last year due to surgery on his left wrist. Cabrera played five times in August and September on the PGA Tour Champions circuit for players aged 50 and over.
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