Nairobi Pinto, the Venezuelan journalist who worked at Globovisión was freed yesterday after spending eight days kidnapped. Pinto was kidnapped on the 6th of April in front of her house in the West of Caracas: her captors freed her in a hospital in the city of Cua in the state of Miranda, according to minister of the Popular Power for Interior, Justice and Peace, Miguel Rodríguez Torres. He added that no one had been aprhended and that investiagtions would be ongoing.
"We haven't wanted to yet speculnate on the motive for this kidnapping, but obviously we are asking ourselves: who stands to gain from this action?" said Rodríguez Torres, explaining that, given Pinto's role as a journalist, a student and a member of a Christian group "impacts three vital sections of society, and even more so now when we are in the process of dialog." For her part, Pinto said that she could not identify any of her captors as she was kept blindfolded the entire time.
"I want to thank each and everyone one of you because you were present with me in this nightmare...the most important thing is to give thanks to God, thanks to God for the strength, thanks to God to bringing this to a happy ending," said Pinto in a brief statement to the press, indicating that she could not reveal any further details for security reasons. She did reveal that "They treated me well. They never touched me, they never mistreated me, I ate three meals a day," she said.
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