According to journalist Vicky Davila, Luis Diaz’s father was released this Thursday, about a week and a half after he was kidnapped in Colombia along with the player’s mother.
According to the same source, “the operation [de resgate] was successfully carried out with the support of the UN,” since the organization played an important role “in peace negotiations with the ELN group.”
The Colombian Football Federation has already taken to social media to thank the efforts made to make the rescue possible: “The Colombian Football Federation thanks the national government, the armed forces and the national police, as well as all the institutions and employees that made the rescue possible. the release of Luis Manuel Diaz, the father of our player Luis Diaz, is possible,” the statement said.
It should be noted that the mother of Luis Diaz was released a few hours after the kidnapping took place at a gas station in Colombia, when the parents of the player, who formerly played for FC Porto, were surprised by two armed men. In his return to Premier League action, the winger played a crucial role, scoring the equalizer in Luton Town v Liverpool. (1-1). At celebrations, showed a shirt on which one could read: “Freedom for my father.”
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