Caracas , Venezuela ( CNN ) -- Authorities have arrested five additional suspects connected with last week 's kidnapping of major league baseball player Wilson Ramos , Venezuelan officials said Monday . The five Colombian citizens are among 11 people detained in connection with the case , Venezuela 's justice ministry said in a statement . Investigators released few details about the arrests , but were scheduled to release more information about the case at a press conference Monday morning . Security forces rescued Ramos on Friday in Montalban , a mountainous region about 60 miles from the north central Venezuelan town where gunmen kidnapped him two days earlier , state media reported . Ramos , a rising star for the Washington Nationals as a rookie this past year , was in his native country to play in Venezuela 's winter league . But before his first game with the Aragua Tigers , gunmen kidnapped him Wednesday night from his mother 's home in Santa Ines , a team spokeswoman said .
Five suspects arrested are Colombian citizens , Venezuela 's justice ministry says . Venezuelan security forces rescued Wilson Ramos on Friday . Ramos is a rising star for the Washington Nationals .