Yunior Despaigne is a Cuban professional boxer, who allegedly smuggled baseball player, Yasiel Puig, but has pleaded not guilty. Get to known everything about the athlete.
Yunior Despaigne is a professional boxer, who was formerly on the Cuban national team.
Recently he was arrested for his role in a smuggling venture that brought star Yasiel Puig out of Cube according to court records. However, he has pleaded not guilty in the case.
Who Is Yunior Despaigne?
Yunior Despaigne is a boxer who is coming to the limelight after he got arrested for his alleged role in a smuggling venture that brought Yasiel Puig to the US.
3/ time, he was successfully taken to Mexico by Los Zetas, a murderous Mexican drug cartel involved in cocaine and smuggling. Yunior Despaigne, a boxer who was formerly on the Cuban national team and had known Puig for years through youth sports academies, said:
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— Wes Few (@WesFewSC) July 26, 2020
Yunior Despaigne Found Not Guilty Suspect In Smuggling
Yunior Despaigne who allegedly smuggled baseball player Yasiel Puig into the U.S. from Cuba pleaded not guilty on Thursday.
Moreover as per LA Times’s featured article ‘Yasiel Puig’s incredible journey from Cuba to the US told by LA Magazine’, Puig had been trying to escape Cuba for nearly a year. Katz said he was traveling with three companions. When the money did not arrive the smugglers grew impatient.
In an interview with Los Angeles Magazine’s Jesse Katz, Yunior Despaigne said that he doesn’t know if you call it a kidnapping because they had gone there voluntarily, but they were not free to leave.
Yunior extorted the player saying, if they didn’t receive the money, they would give him a Machetazo, a chop off an arm, a finger.
Who Are His Parents?
Yunior Despaigne has not disclosed a single detail of his family member in public yet.
It seems that he is a secretive person and doesn’t want to reveal details of his family and love life.
Interesting sports story for those interested in what it’s like to live under oppression re: .@YasielPuig
Starting in 2009, Puig tried to defect to Mexico 13 times, in order to become a legal resident so he could become eligible to sign a contract in Major League Baseball.[4]
— Wes Few (@WesFewSC) July 26, 2020
Yunior Despaigne Age, Bio
Yunior Despaigne’s age seems to be between 20-30 years old. However, he has not revealed his actual date of birth.
Most of the details of the player are under the shadow. However, it is known that he is a professional boxer.