Nicaragua releases more evidence of suicide in death of Managua mayor, ex-world boxing champ

Nicaragua: New evidence Arguello death was suicide

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Investigators have released new evidence that points to suicide in the death of Managua Mayor and boxing great Alexis Arguello.

The rising star of the governing Sandinista party died at his home of a single gunshot to the chest. Arguello once bitterly opposed the leftist movement.

Assistant judicial police chief Glenda Zavala says traces of gunpowder were found on the 57-year-old Arguello’s hands, suggesting he shot himself.

Zavala says there were no other signs of violence on the body or in the room where he was found.

Nicaraguans formed long lines Thursday at an open-casket ceremony for Arguello at the Palacio de la Cultura in the capital.