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via BBC News

The US Major League baseball player, Wilson Ramos, who was kidnapped in Venezuela, has been talking about his ordeal.

Ramos, 24, a catcher for the Washington Nationals team, was saved by Venezuelan security forces in a dramatic rescue.

Six Venezuelans have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping, which lasted two days.

At least four Colombians are still being sought, including the suspected ringleader.

Ramos said he wondered whether he would survive the kidnapping, that ended when commandos raided his captors’ hideout in the remote Montalban mountains.

He said the final moments of his rescue were hair-raising as police and the kidnappers exchanged heavy gunfire.

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Article courtesy bbc.co.uk