Venezuelan teen kidnapped

THE Anti-Kidnapping Squad (AKS) is probing the abduction of a 19-year-old Venezuelan man who was snatched last Saturday in San Fernando. Police reports said a ransom of $20,000 was demanded for the return of Abilado Valdeo, who was kidnapped while liming with his countryman, Estaban Leonard Marshall in San Fernando.

Investigators indicated that Valdeo had recently come to Trinidad and was staying in Icacos where Marshall had been living for several years. Last Saturday, the two Venezuelans were at Library Corner, San Fernando, when a car pulled up and two men dragged them into the back seat of the vehicle. According to reports, the foreigners were beaten and Marshall was released several hours later in Morvant. The kidnappers drove off with Valdeo and later contacted Marshall with their ransom demand. Investigations are continuing.