My mother just received a call from my brother, telling her he was kidnapped.
He’s in Venezuela on a business trip. I just called his company and they said they’d investigate what happened there.
I called at the Venezuelan embassy and there’s no one there.
What else would you do?
I would call the FBI, I guess.
I would, if I was in the U.S. I’m in Mexico.
What country is he a citizen of? Contact that country’s Embassy and see what they tell you? Going on the assumption that he is American, maybe an American Embassy office would be able to give you some ideas? I am not clear on what country the Embassy you tried to contact was in? I would think they could trace his cell phone?
false alarm
Contact our government? Surely someone here can tell you the specific agency, but I’m willing to bet there is someone in the government that would help you. I’d start by calling my Congressman and asking them to direct you appropriately.
To avoid alarming people unnecessarily, I received a call from the director of my brother’s company. He talked to him and he’s all right. He’s currently talking to my SIL.
Mod’s, would you mind closing this thread? Thanks.
Am I out of line for thinking that now that he’s drug us into this, we deserve to be filled in?
FALSE ALARM? WTF?
Sorry:
My mother received a call during which a voice (which she identified as belonging to my brother) told her, crying, that he’d been kidnapped. She then called me and told me what happened. I told her I’d call both the embassy of Venezuela and his employer to try to involve them in the case.
His employer called the offices in Venezuela and asked about my brother. Shortly afterwards, my brother called his employer and he in turn called me. And just a couple of minutes ago I received an e-mail from my brother telling me he’s OK.
DiggitCamera, I’m glad everything is OK. I flagged your OP for the mods to let them know you’d like it closed. It’s up to them whether or not they close it, but one will be looking at it shortly.
In the future, emailing a mod is your best bet, or you can click the little red triangle on some other post in the thread to report it. (You can’t report your own post.)
Thanks. It was for the best; after all Faruiza would’nt have his/her curiosity satisfied if I’d notified a mod and they’d promptly closed the thread… 
I am damn glad he’s ok. Also glad that you don’t have to endure anything serious. I’m sorry that I forgot to mention that I’m glad it’s a false alarm.
Prank call? Or should it be obvious to me that you are done talking about it?
Also, upon seeing your post:
It’s been known to happen. The modus operandi is:
OK. Glad it was a false alarm.
Lynn