Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez reported the kidnapping of his son-in-law, Rafael Tudares, in Caracas, raising concerns about security in the lead-up to President Maduro's inauguration.
Venezuela n opposition leader Edmundo González, who claims to have defeated President Nicolás Maduro in last year’s presidential election, said his son-in-law was kidnapped Tuesday in the capital, Caracas. González said Rafael Tudares was kidnapped while on his way to drop off González’s two grandchildren at school. In a post on X, González said “hooded men, dressed in black” intercepted the vehicle and loaded Tudares “into a gold-colored van.
” He did not say what happened to his 6- and 7-year-old grandchildren.The kidnapping occurred despite a significant increase in police and military presence since New Year’s Day across Caracas ahead of Friday's presidential swearing-in ceremony.González, a retired diplomat, represented Venezuela’s main opposition coalition in the July presidential election, which he and Maduro both claim to have won. He left Venezuela for exile in Spain in September after a judge issued a warrant for his arrest in connection with an election-related investigatio
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