Luis Díaz’s moving reunion with his father

Luis Díaz, Liverpool player in England, joined the Colombian national team’s training camp in Barranquilla to play a new double date of the South American Qualifiers against Brazil and Paraguay. Upon his arrival, he experienced an emotional reunion with his father, Luis Manuel Díaz, who was kidnapped for 12 days by the National Liberation Army (ELN). This was the exciting meeting of Lucho with his father Mané Díaz and his family. We love you and we are more united than ever!”, published the official account of the Colombian Football Federation (FCF), which also shared the images of the moment. The parents of Díaz, 26, were kidnapped by an armed group on October 28 in Barrancas, a town in the department of La Guajira. His mother, Cilenis Marulanda, was released hours later. On the other hand, “Mané”, his father, remained in detention until last Thursday, when he was released in the vicinity of the Serranía del Perijá, a mountainous area of difficult access on the border between Colombia and Venezuela. Last weekend, security forces confirmed that they had arrested four of the alleged members of this group. On Sunday, November 5, the footballer had publicly called for his father’s release after scoring a goal in the equaliser against Luton in the Premier League: in the celebration he showed the shirt he had under his shirt with the message “Freedom for dad”.

Original source in Spanish