Parents of Liverpool footballer Luis Diaz kidnapped in Colombia

parents of football player Luis Diaz were kidnapped Saturday in the North Colombia by unknown armed men, the National Police said.

The agency ordered a special operation to rescue the parents of the Liverpool forward from England.

The abduction of his parents, Luis Manuel Diaz and Silenis Marulanda, occurred while they were traveling in a van that was intercepted by persons on a motorcycle in the city of Barrancas.

They are conducting a special operation to rescue the parents of Luis Diaz.

The prosecutor’s office indicated that “from the moment it learned of the kidnapping of the parents of the Colombian player Luis Díaz in the Barrancas sector, in La Guajira, a specialized team” consisting of various investigative organizations “has been taking urgent measures to establish the whereabouts of these people, clarify the facts and find the culprits.”

For his part, the director of the Colombian police, General William Rene Salamanca, said that “an offensive was launched, as the police do when such difficulties arise (…) to search for the two kidnapped people. and mother of soccer player Luis Diaz.”

“The Traffic Police, the Tax and Customs Police, the Surveillance Police have been tasked from now on, and right now, to carry out checkpoints, identification of people on motorcycles, in private public vehicles,” the officer ordered all units subordinate to him. team.

In the center is General William Rene Salamanca.

According to police, General Salamanca will personally travel to La Guajira to take responsibility for the new kidnapping that has shocked the country.

The armed forces command also ordered the Military Gaula, its anti-extortion and kidnapping unit, to support “the operation to find the parents of footballer Luis Diaz.”

The abduction comes just ahead of local and regional elections, which will be held tomorrow Sunday in the country, for which thousands of soldiers and police have been mobilized in cities and on roads to guarantee the normal development of the elections. (Reuters and EFE)

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Source: Aristegui Noticias

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