Major General Luis Enrique Henríquez, the commander of Fort Tavacare, rebutted charges of workers and owners of "La Marqueseña" ranch being kidnapped or prohibited to leave the farm, as stated earlier Monday by María Josefina Altuve, the landowner's wife.
 
The high officer supplied this information following a meeting with Barinas governor Hugo de los Reyes Chávez; National Lands Institute (Inti) president Richard Vivas, and Inti director general Edur Machado, the official news agency ABN reported.