Report: US Journalist Detained In Venezuela

Last month, Univision’s Jorge Ramos and his crew were detained in Venezuela by Maduro. They were released, and Ramos spoke about the incident.

“It was about 17 minutes of interview. After that, their minister of communications, Jorge Rodriguez, told us that they didn’t authorize the interview. And they confiscated all of our cameras, all our video, all of our cell phones, and we were thrown out of the presidential palace,” Ramos said.

“But before I left the palace, they took me into a security room with producer Maria Guzman, and they asked for our cell phones. I didn’t want to give them my cell phone, so they turned off the light in the room, and a group of agents came in. They took, forcefully, my backpack, my cell phone. They did the same thing with Maria’s. And they forced us to give them our pass codes for the cell phones,” he continued.

“We didn’t know what was going to happen to us back then, nor what was happening to the rest of the group, who were about seven journalists. And after about two hours of being detained — because we couldn’t leave the palace — two hours of being detained, they allowed us to leave the presidential palace,” he added. “They didn’t give us our equipment, nor our material, and still at this point we do not have a cell phone or the interview. I think we will never have that interview — they don’t want the world to see what we did.”

We’re now hearing that another US journalist has been detained.

Sources say Weddle’s home in Caracas was the target of an early morning raid by authorities on Wednesday, although those reports have yet to be confirmed.

Weddle’s housekeeper is quoted in stories saying he was taken into custody with his passport, other documents, money and a large suitcase.

Attempts by Local 10 management to reach Weddle have proven unsuccessful. His last contact with station employees came on Tuesday afternoon.

“We are working through various channels to get as much information as we can and to see that Cody is released.” said WPLG President & CEO E. R. Bert Medina. “Cody has been dedicated and committed to telling the story in Venezuela to our viewers here in South Florida. The arrest of a journalist doing his job is outrageous and unacceptable.”

This is what a regime that ACTUALLY HATES the free press looks like. Take note, Jim Acosta.