Last weekend, Luis Diaz, currently in the colors of Liverpool, learned terrible news. Indeed, his parents were kidnapped in his native country, Colombia. They were apparently stopped at a gas station near Barrancas when they were approached by men on motorcycles with weapons. News that shocked the entire football world, quickly providing support for the 26-year-old player. FIFA President Gianni Infantino, his compatriots Radamel Falcao and James Rodriguez, like his teammates at the Reds, including Diogo Jota and Alexis MacAllister, notably published messages of support.
If the player’s mother was quickly released, Luis Manuel Diaz remains nowhere to be found. However, the Colombian government provides new information through a press release published this Thursday. “Today we officially know that the kidnapping was carried out by a unit belonging to the ELN”, the last guerrilla still active in Colombia. Furthermore, Otty Patiño, official government negotiator with the continent’s largest rebel group, reminds the ELN “that it is his entire responsibility to guarantee his life”also asking for “immediate release”. In the meantime, large forces have been deployed to find the father of the 26-year-old Colombian…
