# Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos kidnapped at gunpoint

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-nationals-catcher-wilson-ramos-kidnapped-at-gunpoint/602553>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [November 11, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-nationals-catcher-wilson-ramos-kidnapped-at-gunpoint/602553 "2011-11-11T00:57:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-nationals-catcher-wilson-ramos-kidnapped-at-gunpoint/602553/1 "2011-11-11T00:57:38Z")

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What in earth? Just saw this on Yahoo news:

[http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-venezuela-ramos-abducted](http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-venezuela-ramos-abducted)

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-nationals-catcher-wilson-ramos-kidnapped-at-gunpoint/602553/2 "2011-11-12T20:39:41Z")

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[He’s now been rescued.](http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/venezuela-hunts-ramos-kidnappers-14936934)