Self-exiled Edmundo González said Rafael Tudares was kidnapped while taking González’s two grandchildren to school in Caracas.

Self-exiled Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González says his son-in-law was kidnapped on Tuesday in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas. View on euronews

González said his son-in-law, Rafael Tudares, was kidnapped while on his way to drop off his two grandchildren at a school in Caracas.

Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González announced that his son-in-law, Rafael Tudares, was abducted in Caracas Tuesday morning. Tudares was intercepted while taking his children, aged 6 and 7, to school.

Venezuela's Edmundo González Urrutia, who the opposition says won a July presidential election against incumbent Nicolás Maduro, condemned on Tuesday the detention of his son-in-law by "hooded men." "This morning my son-in-law Rafael Tudares was kidnapped," Gonzalez Urrutia posted on social media platform X.

Edmundo González, who is recognized by the United States as the president-elect of Venezuela, said his son-in-law was kidnapped by hooded men.

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