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Wilson Ramos has appeared, per Marfa Mata, his press assistant - Developing
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Internal Affairs Minister called Ramos family and told them they got him - Per Marfa Mata
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VZ Information Minister tweets Ramos has been found safely by authorities at mountains at Carabobo state
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Internal affairs Minister said they are about to bring Wilson to his home. That will be quite a scene.
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Police have just been given confirmation that Wilson Ramos is still alive. I didn't see any info on line about his receiving a signing bonus. He made the league minimum of $415,000 this past year - not a huge sum when you figure on taxes and living expenses in the U.S. and Venezuela. BUT he lives in a crime ridden city where people have no problem breaking into houses while the family is home, assaulting them, and tying them up just to score some cash. So the amount of cash probably doesn't matter too much to these thieves.

Sending out big prayers for him and his loved ones.

Major league catcher kidnapped in Venezuela

(CNN) -- Gunmen kidnapped Major League Baseball catcher Wilson Ramos from his family home in Venezuela Wednesday night, a spokeswoman for his Venezuelan team said on her Twitter account.

Ramos, who finished his rookie season with the Washington Nationals this year, was back in his home country playing for the Aragua Tigers in Venezuela's winter league.

The Nationals could not confirm the kidnapping, but they published a statement citing Tiger's spokeswoman Kathe Vilera.

Ramos was kidnapped by four armed men from his home in Santa Ines, in Carabobo state, Vilera said on Twitter.

"It's sad, worrisome and true that Wilson Ramos was kidnapped," she wrote.

Response to the kidnapped quickly reached the highest echelons of the Venezuelan government.

The vehicle believed to have been used in the kidnapping was found in the town of Bejuma, about 60 miles from where Ramos was kidnapped, the country's justice and interior minister, Tareck El Aissami, said Thursday.

"The best investigators we have" are on the case, he said.

Unlike most Latin American countries, it is not soccer that rules in Venezuela, but baseball. A number of Venezuelan players make it to the major leagues in the United States.

Ramos, 24, emerged as the Nationals' top catcher this past season. He had a .267 batting average with 15 home runs and 52 runs batted in.

"Prudence and an even head are important in this difficult moment that the Ramos family is going through," Tigers President and General Manager Rafael Rodriguez said in a statement. "With God's help we will end up well in this complicated situation."

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/10/world/americas/venezuela-mlb-player-kidnapped/?hpt=isp_c1