The father of the Colombian soccer player has been held in Guajira since October 28 by the National Liberation Army.
After six days of kidnapping, the National Liberation Army(ELN) announced the release Luis Manuel Diazthe father of Luis Diazplayer of the National Team Colombia and of Liverpool. Since October 28, the man has been held in Guajira.
The delegate of the organization, Juan Carlos Cuellarreported on the release on his Twitter account: “The National Liberation Army is going to free Mr. Díaz’s father as soon as possible“.
A few hours ago, the Government of Colombia accused the rebel group of kidnapping Luis Manuel Díaz, father of the Colombian striker, when he was intercepted by criminals in the municipality of Canyons, while they were traveling in a van. The mother of the Liverpool player She was released safely hours later.
Since then, the authorities, led by General William Salamancacarried out an operation with more than 230 commandos find the whereabouts of Luis Manuel Díaz.
Colombia: Luis Díaz’s parents were kidnapped
The kidnapping of the parents of the 26-year-old player is the first public incident since the bilateral ceasefire maintained by the ELN and the State since August 3 and for a period of 180 days in an attempt to dialogue without confrontations.
“Quick release for him because we are desperate“We are distressed, we don’t know anything about him,” Olmer Díaz, the player’s uncle and brother of the kidnapped, had asked. Luis Manuel Diaz in dialogue with AFP. “We don’t know what to do so that he can have his freedom soon and be able to have him back home,” she added.
Quickly, the insurgent group expressed its releaseafter endangering the negotiation that the ELN maintains with the Government of President Gustavo Petrowithin the leftist president’s efforts to end a six-decade internal conflict that left more than 450,000 dead.
The ELN, made up of 5,800 membersincluding some 2,800 combatantsis considered a terrorist organization by United States and the European Union.
Source: Ambito
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