Luis Manuel Diaz and his wife Cilenis Marulanda were kidnapped by armed men on Saturday.
The whereabouts of Diaz’s father is still unknown The father of Liverpool star Luis Diaz will be freed ‘as soon as possible’, according to a representative of the rebel group holding him following his kidnapping in Colombia. Luis Manuel Diaz and his wife Cilenis Marulanda were snatched by armed men on motorbikes in the town of Barrancas in La Guajira on Saturday. Marulanda was freed hours later but the search for her husband is ongoing.
His Instagram post invited the ‘whole community’ to ‘bring your candle to light the light of hope’, with the picture of his father accompanied by a caption which read: ‘Free him now’. Diaz, who joined Liverpool from Portuguese side Porto in January 2022, was set to play for his club against Nottingham Forest on Sunday but pulled out of the squad. He was replaced in the team by Diogo Jota, who held aloft his teammate’s shirt in support after scoring at Anfield.
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