Urbina heads to Venezuela after mother reportedly kidnapped
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Detroit Tigers closer Ugueth Urbina, whose father was killed in a robbery 10 years ago, rushed back to Venezuela on Thursday after his mother was apparently kidnapped at a home Urbina owns in his native country.
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Daniela Vanegas, a bright-eyed girl with thick, dark tresses, was kidnapped almost a year ago as she boarded her school bus in Bogota.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez offered on Wednesday to send aircraft to pick up three hostages held by Colombia's leftist guerrillas, including a child born in captivity.
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Colombian Marxist rebels are set to free two women hostages to Venezuela after a previous mission to pick them up collapsed on New Years Eve, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said on Wednesday.
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The mother of a kidnapped U.S. contractor in Colombia said her son has made friends with his captors, learned to speak Spanish and is generally holding up well after more than four years as a hostage.
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The three-year-old daughter of an expatriate worker is kidnapped by gunmen in the Niger Delta, police say.
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BOGOTA, Colombia, Dec. 18 -- Colombian guerrillas said Tuesday that they would hand over three hostages to Venezuelan President Hugo ChÃÂ¿vez, including an aide to French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt.
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Kidnappers of Maura Villareal, mother of Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Ugueth Urbina, have demanded a ransom payment of $15 million, according to Venezuela Electronic News.
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Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro was detained Saturday at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport, according to a spokeswoman for the country's U.N. mission.
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Colombian rebels will hand over three hostages to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, including an aide to former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and the woman's young son, according to a statement released Tuesday.
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KIDNAPPERS have freed the mother of one of Brazilâs most exciting young footballing talents 40 days after they seized her at gunpoint, amid reports that a ransom was paid.
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ALTAGRACIA DE ORITUCO, Venezuela  - Four robbers with pistols refused to give up about 30 hostages, including a pregnant woman and children, on Tuesday in a standoff with hundreds of heavily-armed police at a bank in central Venezuela.
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CARACAS -- A top Colombian rebel captured last month was apparently abducted from Venezuela, possibly by Colombian security officials in a serious violation of Venezuelan sovereignty, Venezuelan Interior Minister Jesse Chacon said yesterday. Through his statement, Venezuela's government appeared to be moving toward asserting that Rodrigo Granda, the foreign relations chief of Colombia's FARC rebel group, was kidnapped in the ...
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UNION, Mo., Sept. 16 -- A grandmother of a newborn girl stolen from a rural home pleaded Saturday for the baby's safe return, as authorities searched for an abductor who stabbed and seriously injured the infant's mother before fleeing with the child.
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Kidnappers holding the mother of Detroit Tigers pitcher Ugueth Urbina have demanded a $3 million ransom, but have not contacted the family in several weeks, Venezuelan police said Tuesday.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez prepared to send helicopters into neighboring Colombia to pick up three hostages who have been held for years by leftist rebels.
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The former custodian of a child at the center of a hostage saga says he was threatened by Colombia's largest rebel group to hand over the boy, a move that led him to seek protection from authorities, according to police.