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Judi Lynn

(160,630 posts)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 11:45 AM Apr 2012

Venezuelan minister says kidnapped diplomat freed

Venezuelan minister says kidnapped diplomat freed
Associated Press – 3 hrs ago.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's justice minister says a diplomat from the Costa Rican Embassy has been freed hours after he was seized by kidnappers.

Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami says in a message on his Twitter account that Guillermo Cholele, the trade ambassador for the Costa Rican Embassy, has been freed and is in good health.

El Aissami said in the message on Tuesday morning that the diplomat was with police and being taken to be reunited with his family.

http://news.yahoo.com/venezuelan-minister-says-kidnapped-diplomat-freed-115824912.html

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