Baseball player Wilson Ramos kidnapped in Venezuela

[betplom]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-15672547



Baseball player Wilson Ramos has been kidnapped from his family home in the city of Valencia in Venezuela.

He was taken on Wednesday by four armed men in a van, according to Kathe Vilera, spokeswoman for the Tigres de Aragua team.

Mr Ramos, 24, plays as catcher for Tigres de Aragua and also for the Washington Nationals team in the US Major League.

Venezuela is believed to have one of the world's worst rates of kidnapping.

Sports figures have found themselves the target of violent crime in Venezuela in the past, but this is thought to be the first case targeting a baseball player who plays in the US Major League.

 

[tullamore]

How does this work.

You kidnap the guy with the money?

How does he pay when he is in the middle of the jungle.

Shouldn't you kidnap his mom or girlfriend?

 

[choo]

he's worth more than his mom or girlfriend.

 

[stevek173]

Fucked up.

 

[roguejuror]

scary country

 

[wal66]

he's worth more than his mom or girlfriend.

Yes he is, what Tully was saying is he has the money and if he is the one kidnapped who will go get HIS money? Take a family member and he is free to go to the bank himself.

 

[Saulty]

I'm pretty sure the Nationals would pay the ransom if his wealth is tied to his contract.

 

[roguejuror]

His people can find temporary financing if accessing the cash is the problem.

 

[wal66]

His people can find temporary financing if accessing the cash is the problem.

This sounds like a racket. Kidnapped and hold for ransom on one end and offer a loan to pay off the ransom at an enormous rate on the other end.

 

[betplom]

I doubt the kidnappers are working for a registered corporation.

 

[wal66]

I doubt the kidnappers are working for a registered corporation.

You're slippin', it's organized crime. The loan offices are a front to launder the illicit gains from the ransoms.

 

[roguejuror]

This sounds like a racket. Kidnapped and hold for ransom on one end and offer a loan to pay off the ransom at an enormous rate on the other end.

Its a huge organized business wally. This is what I was telling mcb the other day, that people here in United States they don't live with that notion that any minute you can get kidnapped. People go everywhere like mindless dummies, shopping here and there. If you sit and people watch and compare the behaviour of that with people in other countries, its just wow. Other countries nah man, you learn to live on the lookout. Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, all of Venezuela, all of Mexico, very dangerous outside the tourist areas with this racket.

You should see this movie for a raw view into it.

 

[rito]

dont scare the gringos buddy, they will never go anywhere

 

[tullamore]

You're slippin', it's organized crime. The loan offices are a front to launder the illicit gains from the ransoms.

This is something I wouldn;t mind investing in.

 

[Enigma]

This is what I was telling mcb the other day, that people here in United States they don't live with that notion that any minute you can get kidnapped. People go everywhere like mindless dummies, shopping here and there.

roguey you mean american tourists in latin american countries?

 

[Saulty]

If I was living in Latin America I would get one of those chip implants they give to dogs so you can find them if they are lost. So if someone kidnaps me the cops can find me.

 

[rito]

when i bought my car they had me sign some release that said even though it has gps tracking that if it gets stolen there are parts of colombia where the police wont go to try and recover it.

 

[Saulty]

when i bought my car they had me sign some release that said even though it has gps tracking that if it gets stolen there are parts of colombia where the police wont go to try and recover it.

Do you pack heat durito? I know you posted pictures with lots of cash in the past. Is it scary going to the bank with all these cash there?