By Elisinio Castillo
There is no end in sight for the court ordered ban that was dropped last month on the motion picture "El Inca," which premiered in Venezuela on November 25.
The movie details the tragic story of two division world champion Edwin Valero, who was viewed as a potential superstar and he was being groomed by Top Rank and Teiken for a pay-per-view fight with Manny Pacquiao.
A local court in Venezuela ordered the immediate suspension of the film. Venezuelan director Ignacio Castillo Cottin revealed that Judge Salvador Mata Garcia issued, as a "precautionary measure" - an order to remove the film from local cinemas. The injunction was issued in response to an appeal filed by the relatives of Valero, who allege that the film violates his "honor and private life".
In a statement, the brother of Valero said the family disagreed with the film and said that the production showed the boxer "as a delinquent and omits his success in the world of boxing."
Judge García has now issued a new ruling, stating that he believes the film violates the rights of privacy, honor, privacy, image, confidentiality and reputation of the children of Valero.
In order to have the ban lifted, the judge demanded that the scene be deleted in which Valero's character shoots the murderer of a friend, as well as the part in which his wife appears on the bloody floor. He also wants the film to remove the home recordings of a trip and the boxer's wedding that come on before the credits. Another requirement is that at the beginning film, and at the end, it is indicated that it is a "fictional film based on real events with fictional scenes created by the writer."
Valero, known as "El Inca", won all 27 of his fights by knockout. He was a sympathizer for late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and had a huge tattoo of Chavez on his chest. Valero last fought in February 2010. That same year, in April, he was arrested by the police as the alleged murderer of his wife, Carolina.
A day later prison officers found him hanging in his cell, which officials ruled a suicide. Valero held the WBA super featherweight title from 2006 to 2008, and the WBC lightweight title from 2009 to 2010.
Valero started boxing at the age of 12 and compiled an amateur record of 86–6 with 57 knockouts. He was a Venezuelan national amateur champion three years running, as well as a Central and South American champion. On February 25, 2006, Valero set a new world record by winning his first 18 fights in the first round by knockout, breaking Arthur Susskind's historic record set in 1905.
Outside of the ring, Valero struggled with substance abuse, alcohol abuse and violent temper. His wife was hospitalized for injuries on numerous occasions, but she always claimed her ailments were due to some accident. On April 18, 2010, Valero was arrested after police found the body of his 24-year-old wife, Carolina, in a hotel in the city of Valencia, Carabobo.