Colombia says ELN guerrillas will free Liverpool footballer Diaz’s kidnapped father
3 years agoColombian Army members check a car at a checkpoint in Barrancas, La Guajira, Colombia on November 3, 2023, as part of an operation following the kidnapping of Colombian footballer Luis Diaz's parents. The Colombian government on the eve accused the ELN guerrilla group, with which it is seeking to negotiate peace, of kidnapping Liverpool winger Luis Diaz's parents in their home town last weekend. Diaz's mother Cilenis Marulanda was rescued hours after the abduction in Barrancas, but his father Luis Manuel Diaz has been missing ever since. (Photo by Lismari Machado / AFP)
Colombia said Friday the ELN guerrilla group will release the father of Liverpool footballer Luis Diaz, whom it abducted five days ago as it engaged in peace talks with Bogota.