Venezuelan Maryeisy Carolina Barrios Baldallo was assisting police with their investigation on Tuesday night, after she was freed by her abductors hours after they snatched her during a home invasion at her Wallerfield apartment.
The woman recently came to T&T from Venezuela and was staying at an apartment.
According to police reports, two bandits broke into the apartment using bolt cutters and other house-breaking apparatus. The men ransacked the apartment, taking valuables.
Venezuelans Alex Rodriguez, 35 and Levisa Garcia, 49, were then tied up by the bandits. However, when the bandits were leaving they took Barrios Baldallo and put her in their getaway vehicle, a black Mitsubishi SUV.
Speaking to Guardian Media at the apartment, a family friend, who translated for the family, said the two men entered the apartment just after 2 am and said it was a robbery. He said the bandits took jewellery, cellphones and valuables. At the time, he asked that Barrios Baldallo be freed.
“We are asking for her safe return, she has not been in Trinidad very long,” he said.
The family said they are now afraid as they have nowhere else to go. They also fear the men will return to the apartment.
Investigations are continuing.
