Venezuelan police have launched an investigation following the abduction of a Costa Rican diplomat on Sunday April 8..
The Costa Rican embassy’s trade attaché, Guillermo Cholele, was snatched from his diplomatic car outside his home in eastern Caracas and allegedly forced into a van.
Authorities say kidnappers contacted Cholele’s relatives in Costa Rica seeking ransom.
Mr Cholele reportedly needs medication for a heart condition and high blood pressure.
Cholele is the third diplomat to be kidnapped in recent months in Venezuela.
In January, Mexican ambassador Carlos Pujalte and his wife were briefly kidnapped in Caracas before being released.
Last November, the Chilean consul in Caracas was abducted, beaten and shot in the leg before being released.
Venezuela reportedly has one of the highest rates of murder and kidnapping in Latin America.
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