Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was briefly detained Thursday after security forces intercepted her convoy as it departed an anti-government rally in Caracas.
According to her team, the motorcycle she was riding was forced off the road amidst gunfire and Machado was forcibly taken away.
During her detention, she was compelled to record several videos before being released.
President-elect Edmundo González Urrutia repudiated the kidnapping on X, saying, "Very serious! "That María Corina is free does not minimize the fact of what took place, she was kidnapped under violent conditions,"
Earlier in the day, Machado had emerged from months in hiding to lead protests against Nicolás Maduro's government.
starberry101 on January 10th, 2025 at 00:04 UTC »
I posted this before I realized she was released
the_cheesemeister on January 10th, 2025 at 00:36 UTC »
Isn’t this the plot of Jack Ryan S2 on Amazon Prime?
JimmyJamesMac on January 10th, 2025 at 01:22 UTC »
Not guilty!