A team of Univision journalists, led by the network’s lead news anchor Jorge Ramos, were detained Monday at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela. (TVNewser)
The detainment followed an interview with embattled Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, the network said Monday. According to a press release from Univision News, “Ramos was conducting an interview with Maduro who became upset with the line of questioning and ordered the seizure of the video and Univision equipment, including TV and phones, as well as the detention of the journalists.” (THR)
Less than an hour and a half later, Univision News chief Daniel Coronell tweeted that Ramos and his team had been released, though their equipment and material that Maduro did not like were confiscated. (Variety)
Ramos called in to Univision shortly after he returned to his hotel Monday evening. He said Maduro detained the crew for more than two hours after Ramos asked him about “the lack of democracy, about the torture of political prisoners, about the humanitarian crisis.” Ramos also said Maduro didn’t like it when he referred to him as a dictator. (HuffPost)