Liverpool’s Luis Diaz with this father again in Colombia. (Credit: Twitter)
Diaz’s mom Cilenis Marulanda was rescued hours after the kidnapping in Barrancas, however his father Luis Manuel Diaz has been lacking ever since.
The Colombian authorities on Thursday accused the ELN guerrilla group, with which it’s searching for to barter peace, of kidnapping Liverpool winger Luis Diaz’s dad and mom of their house city final weekend.
Diaz’s mom Cilenis Marulanda was rescued hours after the kidnapping in Barrancas, however his father Luis Manuel Diaz has been lacking ever since.
Colombian authorities proclaims that ELN, legal armed group, are those who kidnapped Luis Díaz’s father.There’s nonetheless no additional replace on his rescue after 5 days, as @PSierraR experiences. pic.twitter.com/mJ3PNv81Ex
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) November 2, 2023
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The crime “was perpetrated by a unit belonging to the ELN,” a authorities official stated on X, previously Twitter, including: “we demand the ELN immediately free” the lacking man, who native media say is 56 years previous.
The ELN and the federal government of leftist President Gustavo Petro are within the midst of peace negotiations and a six-month ceasefire which entered into drive in August.
The dad and mom of Colombia and Liverpool participant Diaz had been kidnapped Saturday by armed males on bikes at a fuel station of their house city of 38,000 individuals within the northern La Guajira division.
Marulanda was rescued hours later and a large search operation was launched for her husband.
Colombian authorities have stated there was no ransom demand.
The ELN, or National Liberation Army, has not claimed duty for the kidnapping.
“We demand the ELN immediately free Luis Manuel Diaz,” stated Thursday’s assertion signed by Otty Patino, the top of the federal government delegation in peace talks with the ELN.
He added it was the ELN’s “responsibility to guarantee his life and integrity.”
Attorney General Francisco Barbosa has stated the older Diaz “could be” in Venezuela, with out giving additional particulars.
Colombian police have supplied a reward equal to about $48,000 for info that leads them to Diaz and his captors.
Diogo Jota’s touching tribute to teammate Luis Diaz, who’s absent at the moment after his dad and mom had been kidnapped in Colombia, along with his father nonetheless lacking ❤️ pic.twitter.com/MY7dum62KM— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) October 29, 2023
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The youthful Luis Diaz, who has not spoken publicly in regards to the kidnapping, has performed for his nation 43 occasions and arrived at Liverpool final yr from Portuguese membership Porto.
He has performed 11 video games with Liverpool and scored three objectives, and is the primary Indigenous Colombian to make it to world soccer’s prime echelons.
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – AFP)
