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Police have found the van used to transport kidnapped rookie USA major league baseball player Wilson Ramos.
He was abducted from a family home...by 4 men.
Ramos, 24, plays catcher for the Washington Nationals team in the USA.
He was in Venezuela playing in the MLB's off-season for the Tigres de Aragua.
Sports figures have been crime targets in the past but this is the first case of a professional USA baseball player.
Experts estimate there are 3 kidnappings per day in Venezuela.
There have been no ransom demands for Ramos so far.
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