Venezuela Opposition Leader Says Son-in-Law Kidnapped in Caracas
(Bloomberg) -- Venezuela’s opposition leader Edmundo González said his son-in-law was kidnapped on Tuesday in Caracas just days before his vowed return to the capital.
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González, who won more votes than incumbent Nicolás Maduro in July’s presidential election according to electoral records collected by the opposition, said in a post on X that son-in-law Rafael Tudares was “intercepted by hooded men in black” and loaded into a van as he was taking his children, 6 and 7, to their first day of school.
Tensions in the capital have been rising as González vows to return to Venezuela on Jan. 10 to be sworn in as president despite government threats to arrest him upon arrival. Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello has even set a $100,000 reward for information leading to González’s capture.
Maduro, who was declared the winner by the electoral authority without presenting evidence, is slated to begin a third consecutive term in the South American nation at the end of the week.
González, a little-known former ambassador before his presidential run in 2024, has been on a diplomatic blitz in the days before Venezuela’s presidential inauguration, meeting with US President Joe Biden, Argentina’s Javier Milei and Uruguay’s Luis Lacalle Pou in the last week. He’s scheduled to travel to Panama to sit with President Jose Raul Mulino on Wednesday.
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