Two people have been arrested in the kidnapping of Washington Nationals C Wilson Ramos, a Venezuela native. One man in also Venezuelan and the other is Colombian. Police confiscated revolvers and a cell phone linked to the kidnapping in the arrest, and say that other suspects remain at large.
Ramos was kidnapped at gunpoint outside of his home last week and rescued two days later. The two arrests move the total number of arrests up to eight (two of the eight have not been charged with kidnapping). Alexander Bolanos has been linked to paramilitary groups such as FARC in Colombia.
Arturo Yepez is a native of Venezuela and doesn't appear to have a criminal history. Venezuelan police have descriptions of several other Colombians and have been provided with their aliases. Ramos had been playing Winter Ball with the Aragua Tigers.
Ramos was kidnapped in front of his father and two brothers. He has claimed that the kidnapping was carefully planned. This is the first known direct kidnapping of a Major League Baseball player in Venezuela, though authorities say that five relatives of Major Leaguers have been kidnapped in recent years.
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