By Jorge Calvillo (staff@latinospost.com) | First Posted: Apr 10, 2014 11:36 AM EDT

Venezuelan journalist Nairobi Pinto is still missing and her kidnapping might be related to political interests, according to student leader Gaby Arellano.

Through her Twitter account, Arellano assured that the forced disappearance of Pinto is due to political reasons, making the Minister of the Interior, Justice and Peace, Miguel Rodríguez Torres, responsible for the journalist's safety.

I report with pain, but responsibility that Nairobi Pinto's forced disappearance is due to political reasons #LiberenANairobi

- GABY ARELLANO (@GabyarellanoM13) April 8, 2014

On their part, friends and family of Nairobi emitted a press release in which they asked the young woman's kidnappers to respect her physical, moral and psychological integrity, and requested the Venezuelan people and the international community to ask for the journalist's freedom.

With the hashtag #LiberenANairobi (#FreeNairobi), friends and family of Pinto launched a campaign on social networks to pressure Venezuelan authorities to look for her.

Asking as a family for the speedy release of Nairobi Pinto. Strength to her family! #LiberenANairobi

- Bony Pertiñez (@bonysimonovis) April 9, 2014

Us students also come together to ask that they #LiberenANairobi Respect life!

- Juan Requesens (@JuanRequesens) April 9, 2014

Nairobi Rosalinda Pinto González graduated as Social Communicator from the Santa Rosa Catholic University (UCSAR) in 2007. She currently studies Law, reported Últimas Noticias.

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