The Back Story to the Kidnapping of Wilson Ramos

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Marco Werman speaks with Melissa Segura, who co-authored a story in this month’s Sports Illustrated about the circumstances of the kidnapping and release in Venezuela, of Nationals’ Catcher Wilson Ramos. His life has changed forever, and so has that of his family. And the investigation by the authorities raises worrying questions about justice in modern Venezuela.

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