The kidnapping of Luis Manuel Diaz, the father of Liverpool football player Luis Diaz, which took place on Saturday in the Caribbean province of La Guajira, the home of our striker, is believed to have been connected to certain individuals, according to the Colombian police. “We are able to clearly identify the individuals who have been connected to the fact, even without mentioning names because we lack the necessary capacity.
According to General Alejandro Zapata, the deputy director of the Colombian police, “when something like this happens, it is not spontaneous, there is prior planning, people who maybe (…) drag people to a point so that others can move them.”
The Liverpool star has spoken out about the kidnapping of his parents in Colombia and is pushing supporters to march in support of his father’s release.
Less than twenty-four hours before Liverpool’s 3-0 victory against Nottingham Forest at Anfield, Diaz was informed that his parents had been abducted on Saturday night.
On Instagram, Diaz posted a picture of Luis Manuel alongside information about an upcoming march in Colombia.
The vision ended with a call for the captors to “free him now,” inviting the “whole community” to “bring your candle to light the light of hope.”
Supporters were seen carrying white balloons and yelling for Diaz’s father’s release during the march in their hometown of Barrancas, according to video footage.
Because of worries that Diaz’s father might have been smuggled into Venezuela via the border with Colombia, police have been patrolling the Perija mountain range in search of him.
Gen. William Salamanca, the director of national police in Colombia, joined the search on Monday; the search area is surrounded by a forest.
With the difficulty of traversing the range, he expressed worry about claims that Luis Manuel may have already been carried into Venezuela.
More information about the kidnapping has surfaced recently. According to Semana’s story, Diaz’s parents were abducted by four armed men riding motorcycles when they were purchasing watermelons.
Following a ‘padlock’ operation by the police to locate the couple, the attackers allegedly left Diaz’s stolen car and proceeded on three motorcycles, two of which were allegedly stolen from private individuals.
The authorities offered a prize of 200 million Colombian pesos, or around £40,000, for information that would have allowed Diaz’s mother to escape her suffering.
Since then, the Colombian army has released a statement stating that more than 120 personnel, “two motorised platoons, unmanned aircraft, checkpoints, helicopters, and a plane with specialised radar” are helping to find Diaz’s father.
While the police and military continue to search for Luis Diaz’s father, who was kidnapped in Colombia, he will stay in England ‘for security concerns’.
The Liverpool player is reportedly not going home, with his country’s officials sending army commandos to man the border and stop Luis Manuel Diaz from being transported into neighbouring Venezuela.
According to Semana, Diaz was convinced not to travel back to Colombia by family members, despite his desire to do so.
They mentioned “security issues” as a contributing reason, and Diaz will entrust the authorities with his chances of being rescued.
According to Semana, the authorities are still waiting on the demands of Diaz’s captors, which has led to a “stagnation” in the search for his father.
The distressing circumstance involving Luis Diaz’s family was, according to Jurgen Klopp, a “new experience he never needed”.
