The Portuguese descendant who had been kidnapped for eight days in the West Rand area, in the suburbs of Johannesburg, the economic capital of South Africa, was released this afternoon by the South African special police and private security agents involved in a meticulous operation that allowed the arrest of one of the kidnappers, revealed a knowledgeable source who preferred to keep details of the operation that allowed the release of Mark Ramos confidential.
This is a businessman with business in the butchery and delicatessen sector who was kidnapped by a group of citizens of African ethnicity, taken by criminals who kept him captive for eight long days.
Another Madeiran emigrant, originally from Estreito da Calheta, was kidnapped in Southdale, at the establishment where he works, and his whereabouts are still unknown.
As DIÁRIO has reported, the Madeiran community based in Johannesburg is apprehensive about the wave of violence that has mainly punished workers in the business sector.