Luis Manuel Diaz was released after spending 12 days in the hands of guerrillas. He said his kidnappers had advised him to remain calm, but he had to endure difficult conditions.
The father of Liverpool star Luis Diaz has revealed details of his captivity - and said he intends to keep living in Colombia despite his ordeal. Luis Manuel Diaz was released on Thursday after spending 12 days in the hands of guerrillas. During a press conference, the 58-year-old said his kidnappers had advised him to remain calm. He said he had 'almost 12 days without sleep' and had to endure 'a lot of quite difficult horseback riding, lots of mountains, rain'.
I trust and have faith that it will provide me security to be in Barrancas.' During his captivity special forces were deployed to search for Mr Diaz - with air and land patrols trawling a mountain range that straddles both Colombia and Venezuela. Officials said they could not rule out the possibility that he had been smuggled over the border - meaning he would have been out of reach of Colombian police. A reward of $48,000 had been offered for information leading police to the hostage.
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