An American freelance journalist has been detained by Venezuelan authorities in a raid on his Caracas home, according to a Venezuelan journalists union
Cody Weddle has not been heard from since 8 a.m Wednesday, when he was detained by Venezuela's feared counterintelligence service DGCIM along with his assistant, Venezuelan citizen Carlos Camacho, according to the National Union of Press Workers .Weddle has lived in Venezuela since June 2014, where he has reported for South Florida's WPLG Local 10 News, The Miami Herald, ABC and CBC, among others.
— Cody Weddle March 5, 2019 Venezuela's Ministry of Communication declined to comment. The US chargé d'affaires to Venezuela has not responded to a request for comment.Read MoreMarco Ruiz, the president of SNTP, told CNN he spoke with three witnesses who were present when Weddle and Camacho were taken into custody.
Tres siguen detenidos y otro tiene medida de presentación en tribunales #6Mar pic.twitter.com/3mOjDozCAx — SNTP March 6, 2019 Weddle is the latest in a series of foreign journalists to be taken into custody in Venezuela.Last week, six Univision staffers, including veteran anchorman journalist Jorge Ramos, were briefly detained at the presidential palace in Caracas when a crew was interviewing Maduro. Ramos and the crew members were released a few hours later, but their equipment, cellphones and interview material were confiscated, according to Univision spokesman Jose Zamora.
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