Elias Diaz’s mother has been kidnapped in Venezuela, according to several media reports out of Venezuela.
Confirmado, secuestraron a la madre del grandeliga Zuliano de los Piratas de Pittburgh, Elías David Soto Diaz, en San Francisco, Estado Zulia. #Venezuela #MLB #Inseguridad pic.twitter.com/dD7VSxksQu
— Mari Montes u26beufe0f (@porlagoma) February 8, 2018
The Pirates catcher’s mother was kidnapped in San Francisco, in the state of Zulia, on Thursday afternoon, according to a brief article in the Venezuelan website Meridiano.
Kidnappings have been on the rise in Venezuela in the wake of the country’s violent political crisis.