UPDATE, February 25, 2018, 8:45pmET: Coronell tweeted that Ramos and his crew are no longer detained. The tweet in Spanish said that Ramos and crew are heading to their hotel, although Coronell says that he has not spoken with them.
El ministro de comunicaciones de @NicolasMaduro me asegura que @jorgeramosnews y los otros miembros del equipo de @univision fueron liberados y van rumbo a su hotel. No he podido hablar con ellos.
— Daniel Coronell (@DCoronell) February 26, 2019
Coronell then tweeted the following a few minutes later. He confirmed that he has now spoken with Ramos. He added that Ramos and his crew were free to go, but Coronell also said that the equipment and the material from the interview that Maduro didn’t like were confiscated.
Confirmado: Estoy hablando con @jorgeramosnews. Él y los otros miembros del equipo fueron liberados. Los equipos y el material de la entrevista que no le gustó a @NicolasMaduro fueron confiscados.
— Daniel Coronell (@DCoronell) February 26, 2019
After sharing the news, Coronell posted a video from Univision about the news, a live broadcast with Ramos on the phone in Caracas.
— Daniel Coronell (@DCoronell) February 26, 2019
ORIGINAL STORY
Earlier on Monday evening, the Twitter profile of Daniel Coronell, President of News at Univision, shared the following in Spanish:
Atención: Un grupo periodístico de @Univision, encabezado por @jorgeramosnews, está arbitrariamente retenido en el Palacio de Miraflores en Caracas porque a @NicolasMaduro no le gustaron sus preguntas. También están confiscados los equipos técnicos.
— Daniel Coronell (@DCoronell) February 26, 2019
Coronell’s profile then tweeted this in English:
Attention: A @Univision team, headed by @jorgeramosnews, is being arbitrarily detained at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas. They were interviewing @NicolasMaduro but he didn’t like the questions. Their technical equipment was also confiscated.
— Daniel Coronell (@DCoronell) February 26, 2019
A few minutes later, the Twitter profile of Kimberly Breier, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, shared this:
.@StateDept has received word the journalist @jorgeramosnews and his team are being held against their will at Miraflores Palace by Nicolas Maduro. We insist on their immediate release; the world is watching. #Venezuela
— Kimberly Breier (@WHAAsstSecty) February 26, 2019
As of now, not much more has been reported. This is a developing story, although details are coming in:
I just spoke with Univision’s @jczamora. He said Maduro “stopped the interview” with @JorgeRamosNews this evening. “Jorge managed to call us” while the crew was being detained, “and in the middle of the call, they took his phone away,” Zamora said.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) February 26, 2019
