By Andrew Rosati, special to the Miami Herald, Nov. 8, 2013

CARACAS -- Jim Wyss, the Miami Herald’s Andean bureau chief, was detained by Venezuelan authorities Thursday while reporting on the country’s chronic shortages and looming municipal elections. Wyss remained in custody Friday afternoon.

According to local sources, Wyss was initially detained by the National Guard then transferred to Venezuela’s counter military intelligence, Dirección General de Inteligencia Militar (Dgim), in San Cristóbal [....]

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Venezuela detains 'Miami Herald' reporter
By Peter Wilson, Special to USA TODAY, Nov. 8, 2013

CARACAS -- Venezuelan security forces detained a Miami Herald reporter Thursday night as he reported in the southwestern city of San Cristobal.

Jim Wyss, the paper's Andean bureau chief, was detained after he interviewed members of the campaign team of an opposition candidate running for mayor in San Cristobal, the capital of Tachira state, near the border with Colombia.

El Universal reported that police detained Wyss and confiscated his belongings. No reason was given.

Wyss, an American citizen, is based in Bogota, Colombia [....]