{"id":12766,"date":"2014-02-26T03:44:48","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T03:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/venezuelan-ex-boxing-champion-killed\/"},"modified":"2014-02-26T03:44:35","modified_gmt":"2014-02-26T03:44:35","slug":"venezuelan-ex-boxing-champion-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/venezuelan-ex-boxing-champion-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuelan ex-Boxing Champion Killed"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{A former boxing world champion from Venezuela has been killed after being kidnapped earlier this week, Venezuelan officials confirm.}}<\/p>\n

The body of Antonio Cermeno, 44, was discovered on Tuesday with gunshot wounds on a roadside in the state of Miranda, police said.<\/p>\n

He had been abducted from the capital, Caracas, on Monday evening.<\/p>\n

The murder comes as the nation is gripped by a wave of anti-government protests over its high crime rates.<\/p>\n

Venezuela has the fifth highest murder rate in the world, and insecurity and crime are rife in many urban centres.<\/p>\n

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Police said Mr Cermeno had been kidnapped with a number of relatives near the La Urbina neighbourhood in the east of the capital.<\/p>\n

His family members managed to escape while the abductors were refuelling their car, police spokesman Eliseo Guzman said.<\/p>\n

Mr Cermeno, nicknamed El Coloso (The Colossus), won bantamweight and featherweight world titles in the 1990s. He retired from the sport in 2006.<\/p>\n

His death is the latest in a series of high-profile killings.<\/p>\n

In January, gunmen shot the former Miss Venezuela Monica Spear and her British husband in their car as they were travelling from the city of Merida to Caracas.<\/p>\n

Observers say Mr Cermeno’s murder is likely to antagonise anti-government protesters further.<\/p>\n

The demonstrations began early this month, when students in the western states of Tachira and Merida took to the streets demanding increased security.<\/p>\n

They also complained about record inflation and shortages of basic food items.<\/p>\n

The rallies, which turned violent after the arrests of several protest leaders, have since spread to Caracas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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