The guerrilla of National Liberation Army (ELN)in peace negotiations with the Government of Colombiareleased today the father of the soccer player from Liverpool English, Luis Diazkidnapped since October 28 in a border area with Venezuelaaccording to images broadcast by local media.
Accompanied by a humanitarian mission, Luis Manuel Diaz landed in a helicopter at the airport in the city of Valleduparin the north, close to the Serranía del Perijáwhere he was delivered by the rebels.
“Long live Freedom and Peace”wrote the president Gustavo Petro In the net xbefore Twitterin his first reaction.
The release was confirmed through a statement from the Government of Colombia at the peace talks table with THE Nin which they pointed out that “gladly” They gave the news of the release of Diaz and they expected that “soon” recover “his peace of mind disturbed by an event that should never have happened.”
A mission of the UN was in charge of leading the liberation process, reported the local media W Radio.
Diaz He had been kidnapped while he was with his wife, Cilenis Marulandaat a service station in Canyonsthe indigenous town where the family is from in the department of La Guajirain northern Colombia.
That same day, the soccer player’s mother was released.
More of 200 uniformed They participated in the search for the father in the surrounding area Serranía del Perijáon the border with Venezuela.
Petro He had contacted the footballer to tell him that he was working for his father’s release.
The striker scored a goal in the 1-1 Liverpool against Luton last Sunday night Premier League and he dedicated his goal showing the motto under his shirt “Freedom for dad.”
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After his goal, he published a statement on social networks: “Today the soccer player is not speaking to you, today Lucho Díaz, the son of Luis Manuel Díaz, is speaking to you. Mane my father, he is a tireless worker, our pillar in the family and he is kidnapped.”
“I ask the ELN for the prompt release of my father, and I ask international organizations to intercede for his freedom. Every second, every minute our anguish grows: my mother, my brothers and I are desperate, anguished and without words to describe what we are feeling”he added.
Also today, the Government of Colombia He demanded the freedom of all those kidnapped in the hands of the THE N to continue peace negotiations with this armed group.
“The ELN of Colombia must release all those kidnapped. The current ELN process has advanced like no other until today. However, our delegation considers that the kidnapping of Luis Manuel Díaz has plunged our dialogue into a critical situation and, therefore “The time has come to make decisions that eliminate the kidnapping, as we have requested since the beginning of the dialogues.”the Colombian Government delegation expressed in a statement at the peace talks table with this armed group, the news agency reported. Sputnik.
“Our delegation demands now and will demand in the next meeting with the ELN delegation, that each of the people that this organization has in captivity be released in conditions of safety and dignity immediately”add the text.
The negotiating team criticized the position of the THE N regarding the kidnapping and the argument that they have maintained since the beginning of the dialogues, which indicates that it is one of the means of financing the armed group.
“It is unsustainable to argue, from an ethical point of view, that trading in human beings is legal, even under the conditions of an armed conflict”says the text.
Source: Ambito
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