Maduro’s Men Arrest U.S. Journalist Cody Weddle in Venezuela, Almost Daring Trump to Intervene
"We’re all worried sick about him and desperately trying to find out anything about his whereabouts or condition. Just please spread awareness, spread the word of his arrest, you know that this could have been any of us and as a freelancer Cody is that much more vulnerable.”
Andrea Torres is a reporter for Local 10, a South Florida news outlet, and a few hours ago she found out that her colleague, Cody Weddle, a U.S. citizen, had been arrested in downtown Caracas.
Early Wednesday morning, Weddle’s apartment was raided by Venezuelan government forces. Weddle, 29, was reporting on the ongoing political crisis for Local 10 and filing stories for several publications on human rights abuses committed by the government of Nicolás Maduro.