By REGINA GARCIA CANO, Related Press
CARACAS. Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition chief Edmundo González, who claims to have defeated President Nicolás Maduro in final 12 months’s presidential election, stated Tuesday that his son-in-law was kidnapped in Venezuela’s capital.
González stated his son-in-law, Rafael Tudares, was kidnapped Tuesday morning whereas on his strategy to drop off his two grandchildren at a college in Caracas. In a submit on X, González stated “hooded men, dressed in black” intercepted the car and loaded Tudares “into a gold-colored van.”
González didn’t present further particulars, together with the situations of his 6- and 7-year-old grandchildren.
The federal government’s centralized press workplace didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from The Related Press.
The kidnapping comes as tensions heighten throughout Venezuela forward of Friday, when the subsequent presidential time period is about to start.
González, a retired diplomat, represented Venezuela’s major opposition coalition within the July presidential election, which he and Maduro each declare to have gained.
González is the midst of a tour of the Americas to attempt to rally help for his effort to get Maduro out of workplace by Friday, when by regulation, the South American nation’s subsequent presidential time period begins. On Monday, González met with U.S. President Joe Biden on the White Home in addition to with with U.S. Rep. Mike Waltz, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s designate to be his nationwide safety adviser as soon as he’s sworn in on Jan. 20.
González, 75, has not defined how he plans to return to Venezuela or wrest energy from Maduro, whose ruling United Socialist Celebration of Venezuela controls all points of presidency.
Initially Revealed: January 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM EST
