kidnapped

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While entering a plea of not guilty on Monday, the Venezuelan leader told the court that he had been “kidnapped.”

From Slate

Wearing leg shackles, Maduro appeared in a New York City courtroom alongside his wife Cilia Flores for the first time on Monday to tell the packed rows of reporters and the public that he had just been "kidnapped".

From BBC

"I am, sir, Nicolás Maduro. I am president of the Republic of Venezuela and I am here kidnapped since January 3rd," he told the court in a calm Spanish before an interpreter translated for the court.

From BBC

He then told packed rows of reporters and the public that he had just been "kidnapped".

From BBC

“I am innocent. I’m not guilty. I’m a decent man. I’m still the president of my country,” he said through a Spanish interpreter, adding that he was a prisoner of war and had been kidnapped from his home in Caracas.

From The Wall Street Journal