Venezuela hunts for Ramos and his kidnappers
AP
A player of Venezuela's Aguilas de Zulia baseball team, wears a green ribbon on his left wrist to show support for Washington Nationals' catcher Wilson Ramos before the start of a match against 'Tiburones de la Guaira' in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. Ramos who had just finished his rookie season, was at his home entrance in the town of Santa Ines Wednesday night when he was kidnapped by four armed men on a SUV, according to his agent Gustavo Marcano. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A player of Venezuela's Aguilas de Zulia baseball team, wears a green ribbon on his left wrist to show support for Washington Nationals' catcher Wilson Ramos before the start of a match against 'Tiburones de la Guaira' in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. Ramos who had just finished his rookie season, was at his home entrance in the town of Santa Ines Wednesday night when he was kidnapped by four armed men on a SUV, according to his agent Gustavo Marcano. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Fans hold candles during a vigil for baseball player Wilson Ramos, catcher of the Washington Nationals, at the entrance of the Jose Bernardo Perez baseball stadium in Valencia, Venezuela, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. The 24-year-old player, who had just finished his rookie season, was at his home entrance in the town of Santa Ines Wednesday night, when he was kidnapped by four armed men on a SUV, according to Ramos' agent Gustavo Marcano. (AP Photo/Lexander Loiza)
Fans hold candles during a vigil for baseball player Wilson Ramos, catcher of the Washington Nationals, at the entrance of the Jose Bernardo Perez baseball stadium in Valencia, Venezuela, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. Ramos who had just finished his rookie season, was at his home entrance in the town of Santa Ines Wednesday night when he was kidnapped by four armed men on a SUV, according to his agent Gustavo Marcano. (AP Photo/Lexander Loiza)
FILE - In this June 4, 2011, file photo, Washington Nationals' Wilson Ramos looks on during a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix. According to Kathe Vilera, a spokeswoman for Ramos' Venezuelan League team, the Aragua Tigers, four armed men kidnapped Ramos on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011, from his home in central Venezuela. (AP Photo/Paul Connors, File)
Fans light candles during a vigil for baseball player Wilson Ramos, catcher of the Washington Nationals, at the entrance of the Jose Bernardo Perez baseball stadium in Valencia, Venezuela, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. The 24-year-old player, who had just finished his rookie season, was at his home entrance in the town of Santa Ines Wednesday night, when he was kidnapped by four armed men on a SUV, according to Ramos' agent Gustavo Marcano. (AP Photo/Lexander Loiza)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ? Venezuelan authorities say they're confident they can quickly solve the kidnapping of Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos.
Deputy Justice Minister Edwin Rojas says investigators are making progress in gathering evidence and have physical descriptions of his abductors based on the accounts of relatives.
Rojas tells state television that President Hugo Chavez's government "is working 24 hours a day to solve this case."
Armed men seized Ramos Wednesday outside his home in the Venezuelan city of Valencia.
The authorities said Thursday that they had found a stolen SUV used by the kidnappers abandoned in a nearby town.
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