A 22-year-old Venezuelan woman, identified as Maryeisy Carolina Barrios, was kidnapped from her home in Arima, a town in Trinidad and Tobago, police said in a statement Tuesday.
Information from the authorities indicates that the woman was forcibly removed from her residence early today, in Arima.
The kidnapping occurred after a group of men entered the house. There they tied Alex Rodríguez, 35 years old, and Levisa García, 49 years old. Both of Venezuelan nationality and relatives of the woman.
They kidnap a Venezuelan
The assailants stole cellphones and cash from the home before driving the woman away in a black Mitsubishi car.
The neighbors heard the incident and notified the police. police, what arrived after the assailants left the place.
Officers from the Northern Division Emergency Response Patrol and the Arima Crime Patrol searched the area. They confirmed that no ransom had been demanded.
Venezuelans back
Hundreds of Venezuelans are returning to the country weekly since the beginning of 2022, according to data from the Trinidad and Tobago Customs Department.
More than 16,000 Venezuelans received a permit from the Trinidad and Tobago government for the first time in 2019.
Thanks to that permit they could live and work in the country as a citizen born there. However, the dangerous situation in which Venezuelans live in that nation is making them return to Venezuelan lands.