Luis Manuel Díaz, father of Colombian Liverpool star Luis Díaz, is in the hands of National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels: the Bogota government announced this. The news of the kidnapping a week ago shocked the football world, especially the football world. Reds.
The attacker’s father was kidnapped at gunpoint with his wife on Saturday. However, the actor’s mother was left in the car by the kidnappers shortly before the police arrived, but the gunmen also dragged his father away. Hundreds of police and soldiers were dispatched to the operation to identify the hiding places of criminals.
It was initially thought that it was an “ordinary” criminal gang, but in recent hours a government delegation involved in peace talks with the rebel group confirmed that the kidnapping was caused by the “ELN”. This is the main active guerrilla group remaining in Colombia, having been fighting the state for almost six decades (since 1964), with approximately 2,500 members still active.
ELN maintains its presence mostly in the region on the border with Venezuela, where Luis Manuel Díaz and his wife Cilenis Marulanda live. Some CCTV showed the couple’s car being followed by men on motorcycles on Saturday afternoon. Blocked at a service station in Barrancas in the northern state of La Guajira, the people moved away towards Serranía del Perijá, a mountainous region halfway along the border between Colombia and Venezuela.
The head of the government delegation negotiating with the ELN called for the immediate release of Luis Manuel Díaz. The kidnapping sparked outrage in Colombia, where the player, who is part of the Colombian national team, is extremely popular. Hundreds of people accompanied the march demanding the release of Cilenis Marulanda. Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool dedicated their 3-0 Premier League victory over Nottingham Forest on Sunday to Díaz, who has not played since his father’s kidnapping.
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Source: Today IT
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