Boxer Edwin Valero arrested on suspicion of wife's murder

Edwin Valero , the suspended WBC lightweight champion, was detained on suspicion of killing his wife yesterday, police said. The Venezuelan federal police chief, Wilmer Flores, said Valero was 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 Viera. Valero's lawyer, Milda Mora, did not immediately answer telephone calls seeking comment. Valero, with a record of 27-0 as a boxer, was suspended as WBC lightweight champion in February.