Missing boxers found in Rio

Two Cuban boxers have been found in Brazil after disappearing from the Pan American Games.

Guillermo Rigondeaux and Erislandy Lara vanished when they were due to fight, but they have been tracked down to Rio de Janeiro.

Police said the boxers had been partying hard and ran up an enormous bill.

Cuban leader Fidel Castro claimed the pair had been enticed away by American money but reports claim they have signed deals with a German promoter.

Federal Police Inspector Felicio Laterca said: "We have to keep their location secret in order to avoid the people who were trying to lure them away having contact with them."

Now they face the foght of their lives to save their reputations in Cuba.

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