Colombia
Liverpool FC professional Díaz meets father again after kidnapping
An emotional Luis Díaz (l.) with his father Luis Manuel after his release. photo
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In a moving moment, Colombian soccer star Luis Díaz reunites with his father, recently freed from kidnappers, after a fearful period of separation.
The Colombian national soccer player Luis Díaz met his father for the first time Kidnapping hit. “Thank God that we can be together as a family again,” the Liverpool professional wrote on Instagram and published an emotional photo of himself and his father.
The Colombian Football Association also shared pictures of the event on the X platform, formerly Twitter, and wrote: “We are a family.” The 26-year-old is currently in his home country for a World Cup qualifier.
Luis Manuel Díaz and his wife were abducted by a rebel group unit on October 28 in the Guajira department in the northeast of the country. The Liverpool striker’s mother was released shortly afterwards; the father only after almost two weeks on Thursday of last week. The Catholic Church and a UN commission were involved in his release by the left-wing guerrilla organization ELN.
The suspects behind the kidnapping had been identified, the police said at the weekend. Among them is the criminal contract group “Los Primos” (the Cousins). Four suspects were arrested.