Flash: Simon Bolivar orchestra player is kidnapped in Venezuela
mainThe musician, whose identity is being protected, was seized while travelling from Anzoategui province to Caracas. The victim, a member of the horn section, has played in the main el sistema orchestra for 15 years.
Lawlessness is rife in Venezuela, unchecked by a government that rules by decree.
UPDATE here.
The news is telling that it’s happened many days ago, but until now family, law enforcement or El Sistema didn’t say anything (Perhaps for the musician security). Any person with minimum of good sense is against the absolutism of Venezuelan government, or even against El Sistema turned to be a merchandise reliquary of it. However, no one deserve such violence and specially an innocent regular person. I wish all the best to this Horn player.
The musician was freed last night (Wed. Dec. 4th). He was not hurt by his captors.
Source, please?
http://globovision.com/articulo/liberado-musico-de-la-orquesta-sinfonica-simon-bolivar-que-habia-sido-secuestrado
This report, posted by Álvaro Rodas, is much more detailed than the one I just posted. Mr Castro is a member of the horn section of the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar and the Venezuela Brass Ensemble.
The source is Últimas Noticias, a Venezuelan daily
http://www.ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/actualidad/sucesos/liberan-a-musico-de-la-sinfonica-venezuela.aspx
By the way, the title of the news ítem says “Musician from the Sinfónica Venezuela freed.” The orchestra wasn’t the Orquesta Sinfónica Venezuela —
a self-governing orchestra founded by musicians in 1983 and which this year is celebrating 83 years of uninterrupted activities — but one of the many many wonderful orchestras that comprise the Sistema de Orquestas Juveniles a Infantiles de Venezuela.
Mr Castro had been kidnapped last Monday December 2.