WARTAKOTALIVE.COM, JAKARTA — Liverpool striker from Colombia, Luis Diaz can finally breathe a sigh of relief after his father, who was kidnapped and held hostage by an armed rebel terrorist group for several days, was finally released.
The kidnappers, known to be rebel guerrillas in Colombia or ELN (Ejercito de Lebiracion Nacional/Colombian Liberation Forces), freed Luis Diaz’s father, Luis Manuel Diaz, after confirming and clarifying that the man they kidnapped and held hostage was really the Liverpool star’s father. .
26 year old Luis Diaz is very popular in Colombia. Especially after he became the focus of the Premier League giant Liverpool.
Luis Diaz also seems to be respected by rebel groups in Colombia, who do not know that the man they kidnapped is Luis Diaz’s father, as reported on the Daily Star page.
Luis Manuel Diaz and his wife, Cilenis Marulanda, were kidnapped by armed groups in Barrancas, Colombia, last weekend.
Diaz’s mother was left in the car by the kidnappers when the police approached, but the perpetrators still took Luis Diaz’s father away.
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The Colombian government also intervened to save Luis Diaz’s father.
Even the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, described the dangerous situation that Luis Diaz’s father was in and appointed a special anti-terror team to rescue him.
The kidnapping of Luis Diaz’s father caused outrage in Colombia, where the player is very popular in his country.
Hundreds of people accompanied Diaz’s mother, Cilenis Marulanda, in a demonstration asking for the release of Luis Manuel Diaz.
Because of this incident, Luis Diaz was absent from Liverpool’s last two matches.
However, his teammates at Liverpool paid tribute to him when they beat Nottingham Forest 3-0 last weekend
Luis Diaz returned to his home country.
Until finally it was confirmed that Luis Diaz’s father had been released by the terrorist group.
