Canadian authorities will investigate the death of the Mexican boxer, after the fight against Casa-Pier Houle
Canadian authorities have announced that they have launched an investigation into the death from Mexican boxer Jeanette Zacaries Zapata, 18, who died Thursday night as a result of injuries he suffered on Saturday during a fight.
Geneviève Guilbault, the Minister of Public Security of the Province of Quebec, stated that the Forensic Office is investigating the death of Zacharias Zapata after the fight held in Montreal on August 28 with Quebec boxer Marie-Pier Houle.
Guilbault said in a Twitter message that “our thoughts are with the family and loved ones of the boxer Jeanette Zacaries Zapata“.
The Forensic Office has indicated in a statement that among its responsibilities is the investigation of dead produced in Quebec “in unclear or violent circumstances or when it occurs in a context of negligence.”
The institution noted that the investigation “is very advanced” and that it is working to gather “all the information it will need to shed light on the cause and circumstances of the death“.
Towards the end of the fourth assault of the fight held on Saturday, Houle connected a series of blows that fully impacted Zacaries Zapata. The referee of the match decided to start the protection account after observing that the Mexican boxer he had trouble standing.
Immediately after the suspension of combat, Zacaries Zapata she began to have seizures and was rushed to Sacré-Coeur-de-Montreal Hospital where she was placed in an induced coma.
On Thursday night, the company organizing the fight, Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM), announced in a statement thethe death of Zacharias Zapata.
“It is with great sadness and torment that we have known, through a representative of the family, that Jeanette Zacaries Zapata she died this afternoon “, said GYM who added that the boxer’s husband, JOVANNI Martínez, was with her at the time of her death. EFE