Tournaments, operations, and death threats: the life in the United States of golfer Pato Cabrera, a fugitive from gender violence

He US state of Illinois, the main city of which is Chicago, is notable for having dozens of impressive golf courses. Perhaps that was why Cordovan golfer Ángel “Pato” Cabrera chose that part of the world to stay on the run from Argentine Justice. Besieged by multiple complaints about gender violence, in July of this year he took over a private plane and flew without permission to the northern land where he has been hiding ever since, despite the fact that an Interpol arrest warrant is hanging over his head. While participating in tournaments, in the past hours called his ex and threatened to kill her for which a new complaint was added against him, as confirmed by judicial sources Infobae.

“Interpol’s warrant it will be effective as soon as you set foot in an airport. Cabrera will probably continue with his stuff until the tourist visa is finished and you have to go back. You have no choice but to go back and get arrested or live there as illegalExplains a researcher following in his footsteps. The Room 2 of the capital of Córdoba demands his return to the country, with the Prosecutor Laura Battisteli and the Prosecutor Christian Griffin.

According to the calculations of the Cordovan Justice, Cabrera’s tourist visa expires on January 21, so he must return to Argentina from that day. Parallel Proceedings have been initiated through the Chancellery in which part of the translated case is sent to a judge in Illinois, where Cabrera is staying temporarily, to analyze the case and if he believes that the sentence is longer than two years, he can even order, their immediate arrest on American soil to later deport him to Argentina.

Why are you looking for Cabrera?

The arrest warrant It happened after he left the country to play a tournament, without having to present himself to a significant audience, that is, to be right. When we heard about the trip in court, the alarms sounded and the red Interpol alarm went off. He literally escaped. When he was there, he said so through his lawyer I wanted to return but couldn’t because there were no flights due to the pandemic But the situation returned to normal months ago and has not returned. He could also return the same way he had left, with a private plane, ”said one of the investigators in the case.

He former Augusta Masters champion is significantly behind in complaints of gender violence and judicial disobedience. Total there are three women, all former partners, who are suing him.

Silvia Rivadero, ex-wife and mother of his two children, is located in the office of the Prosecutor for Family Violence in Córdoba a threat complaint while his ex-girlfriend from 2014 to 2016, Micaela Escudero, started another case at the same public prosecutor’s office for threats and coercion where she said the golfer had shaken her.

The other woman who has also sued Cabrera multiple times was the police officer Cecilia Torres. According to the tax authorities his courtship with Cabrera was no less than 3 years. In 2016, she reported that her boyfriend attacked her with punches and that he tried to run her over with his truck. Despite having obtained an outline, the golfer reportedly continued to threaten and harass her, so he added three more cases for failing to comply with a judge’s order.

‘When he traveled I was at my house, and when he returned I went to his house. He lived threatening me, he persecuted me because he had in mind that I could be with someone else. He forbade me to see my brother Cristian and since he met my family it was awful because he didn’t want to let me go. I couldn’t see my mother dying of cancer because she said she could meet someone else, ”Cecilia told the newspaper. The voice of the interior.

The ordeal the policeman endured It was not only physical, but also psychological: “When he was in a meeting with his friends, I had to be in the bedroom without an internet connection. When some domestic violence appeared on TV, he insulted me and the women too. He said it was our fault. He often repeated to me that it was his or that it was nobody’s, ”he continued.

There are two such cases brought by Torres that are ready to begin his oral trial. In fact The warrant for the arrest of Cabrera was requested by the prosecutor of the 2nd chamber, Laura Battisteli, as Cabrera did not appear at the hearing where he would be informed of the start date of any of those oral debates.

While this is all happening on the Cordovan courses, things in Illinois seem to be very different for the golfer. At least for now. “The man leads a normal life. He plays golf tournaments and uploads everything to social networks as if absolutely nothing is happening. He even has a social life because he dines out and gets visits from friends, ”says one who knows the golfer’s movements.

Even keeps his followers on social networks moderately informed of their activities. On the Facebook account “Pato Cabrera Golf” he invites people to follow him in his tournaments. The last message was from October 9 where he uploaded two photos in a hospital in the United States and said that a surgical procedure had been performed: “Operation on the wrist. I hope for a speedy recovery, ”he confirmed.

But playing golf and hanging out with friends isn’t the only thing the “Duck” does to spend his days in the frozen northern Illinois winter. He would also use the time to threaten his ex-partners. At least that was what Silvia Rivadeira has been denouncing in recent hours, his ex-wife and mother of his children.

According to the complaint filed with District Attorney GriffinCabrera called her on her personal phone on the night of December 12 and said to her, “I’m going to kill you. I’m going to take a private plane and I promise I’m going to kill you and look at me shit on the judges ”.

Now the prosecution will ask a report to the telephone company to confirm that you actually entered the victim’s phone a conversation with an American prefix. If verified, a new cause will be added to Cabrera.

Just over a month to go for Cabrera, considered the second best golfer in Argentine history behind Roberto De Vicenzo, the deadline to be in the United States is legal. If that happens and you step into an airport, you will be stopped by Interpol. However, the prosecutors do not rule out the possibility that the American judge previously finds that he should be detained in his hometown.

Whatever the form, Cabrera’s times are shortening and his immediate future seems to have an inescapable place: the prison.

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