Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Ugueth Urbina has been arrested in Venezuela on charges that he and a group of friends attacked employees at his ranch with machetes and tried to set fire to them, police said on Tuesday.
"He's been captured and he's held in one of our cells," investigative police commissioner Marcos Chavez told Reuters by telephone.
Bernardo Navarro (23), Vincler Gallegos (20), Ricardo Osal (21), Tony Rodriguez (34), Jose Tovar, Argenis Faras and Key Duarte accuse Urbina of abuse and beatings.
VHeadlines reports that on arrival in Venezuela and at reception to welcome him back to the farm, Urbina and guests rounded the workers up to find out who stole a missing weapon.
The workers allege that Urbina used machete and his fists to elicit information and threw gasoline and thinner on some of them causing minor burns.
Urbina says he is innocent of the charges against him.
“Everything will be cleared up soon and people will know the truth,” Urbina said from his cell at a police station. “Right now we aren’t going to do anything to deny things that aren’t true.”
Urbina’s lawyer, Jose Luis Tamayo, said the pitcher was sleeping at the time of the incident and was not involved.
A state prosecutor has taken on the case and will investigate whether Urbina did what the workers accuse him of or whether they are trying to get easy money from the big-leaguer. Sources: VHeadlines, Delaware on Line, Bloomberg, Guardian
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