The diplomat reported the incident on his X account. It happened when the man was on his way to drop his children off at school for the start of classes.
The regime of Nicolas Maduro kidnapped Rafael Tudares, son-in-law of the elected president of Venezuela, Edmundo González Urrutia.
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This was reported this Tuesday by the diplomat on his X account (formerly Twitter). “This morning my son-in-law Rafael Tudares was kidnapped. Rafael was heading to my grandchildren’s school to drop them off for the start of classes, hooded men dressed in black intercepted him, put him in a gold-colored truck, license plate AA54E2C, and took him away. At this time he is missing.”


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This morning my son-in-law Rafael Tudares was kidnapped.
Rafael was heading to the school of my 7 and 6-year-old grandchildren, in Caracas, to drop them off for the start of classes, and hooded men, dressed in black, intercepted him, put him in a gold-colored truck, license plate AA54E2C and…— Edmundo González (@EdmundoGU) January 7, 2025
The event occurred three days after the inauguration of the new president, where Urrutia plans to return to the country to take powerafter having been elected in the July 28 elections.
Against this background, the president-elect is carrying out an international tour that has taken him to visit Argentina, Uruguay and the United States, in search of support for next January 10, date on which Maduro plans to assume his third consecutive term.
González Urrutia will return to Venezuela to take office as president
After the elections of July 28, the National Electoral Council (CNE) gave as winner to Nicolas Maduro with 52% of the votes. However, unlike what the law requires, they never published the minutes.
For its part, the opposition published vote count reports that gave González as the winner, but Chavismo denies the validity of said documents.
This Friday, January 10, Nicolás Maduro will assume his third consecutive term. However, González Urrutia assured that he will return to the country to take power and He has requested the support of the armed forces for this.
Despite this, the Security Forces condemned the president-elect’s message in a statement and They expressed “loyalty” to Maduro. For its part, Diosdado Hair, He assured that the opponent will be arrested if he “sets foot” in Venezuela.
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