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Venezuelan opposition leader's son-in-law taken hostage

2025-01-07 20:18:04Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Venezuelan opposition leader's son-in-law taken hostage
Edmundo Gonzalez with Argentine President Javier Miel

Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez, who claimed victory in last year's presidential election against President Nicolas Maduro, reported on January 7 that his son-in-law had been kidnapped in the capital.

The incident occurred earlier in the day when Rafael Tudares was taking Gonzalez's grandchildren to school in Caracas.

"This morning my son-in-law Rafael Tudares was kidnapped. Rafael was on his way to the school of my grandchildren, ages 7 and 6, in Caracas, to drop them off for the start of class and was seized by hooded men dressed in black, who put him in a gold van. He is still missing at this time," Gonzalez wrote on X.

He has not provided any information about the condition of the two grandchildren.

The kidnapping comes amid escalating tensions as Venezuela approaches Maduro’s inauguration on Jan. 10. Gonzalez, a former diplomat, represented the main opposition coalition in July’s disputed presidential election, standing in favor of popular leader Maria Corina Machado, who was barred from running on false charges by courts loyal to Maduro. He has been living in exile in Spain since September, when authorities issued an arrest warrant for him for “electoral fraud.”

The opposition has accused the Maduro administration of rigging the election and has presented tallies covering 80% of the votes to prove Gonzalez's victory. International observers, including the United Nations and the Carter Center, have criticized the lack of transparency, as the regime-linked National Electoral Council (CNE) has yet to release detailed voting data.

Gonzalez is currently touring the United States to drum up support for his bid to remove Maduro from office before the start of his presidential term. He met with US President Joe Biden and Trump administration representative Mike Waltz at the White House on January 6.

The opposition leader has yet to detail his strategy for returning to Venezuela or challenging the current president's authority, while the ruling United Socialist Party (PSUV) maintains full control over state institutions and threatened to arrest him if he trespassed in the country.

Last week, Maduro's government offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to Gonzalez's arrest.


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