The Venezuelan government is investigating the case of the baseball players who sought asylum in Spain.

Nicolás Maduro's government warned about the "existence of networks" that seek to profit from "the trafficking and deception of young people." They suggested that there is a "repeated use of legal figures of international law for political purposes" to "discredit" Venezuela.

The document reports that according to information disseminated by Spanish media, these 19 young people between the ages of 18 and 22 would have been abandoned in Spain by Julio Guevara, who is president of the Latin American baseball league sub-23 and owner of the agency representing Guevara Team, a team to which these players who made an exhibition tour in Europe belong. READ ALSO: The Double Arista of Imperialism: Persecution of Migrants and …

By Ivonne Valdés, CNN en Español The Venezuelan government announced this Wednesday that it is investigating the case of a group of 18 baseball players who "are under the supervision of Spanish authorities" after requesting protection. Venezuelan authorities stated in a statement that they will seek to determine whether this is "a possible human trafficking plot," but they did not present any evidence of this crime. In the statement, the Venezue…

25 boys had arrived in Europe in mid-March: the coach then returned, some of them didn't, and many things are still unclear

Venezuela reported that the situation of a group of young Venezuelan baseball players in the custody of Spanish authorities since March 31st has been under investigation. The information was made known by the Ministry of the...

Venezuelan Foreign Ministry questioned the asylum application filed by a group of young baseball players in Spain and announced that it will be investigated as a possible case of human trafficking