Wilson Ramos (Photo: Flickr / Keith Allison)
Police in Venezuela have a high profile kidnapping case on their hands. The victim is Wilson Ramos. He’s a promising 24-year-old catcher for Major League Baseball’s Washington Nationals.
Ramos is from Venezuela, and had returned home to play winter ball with a Venezuelan pro-team. But last night he was abducted.
Juan Paullier is the correspondent for BBC Mundo in Caracas, tells us the details.
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