{"id":19121,"date":"2023-10-29T10:01:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T10:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/parents-of-liverpool-winger-luis-diaz-kidnapped-in-colombia\/"},"modified":"2023-10-29T10:01:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T10:01:15","slug":"parents-of-liverpool-winger-luis-diaz-kidnapped-in-colombia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/parents-of-liverpool-winger-luis-diaz-kidnapped-in-colombia\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents of Liverpool winger Luis Diaz kidnapped in Colombia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The mother of Liverpool\u2019s Colombian winger Luis Diaz was rescued from kidnappers on Saturday but a search remains on for his father, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Petro posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that Diaz\u2019s mother was rescued in Barrancas in the northern part of the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe continue in the search for the father,\u201d added Petro.<\/p>\n
\u2014Photo courtesy: Screengrab taken from Gustavo Petro X account<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n
Colombia\u2019s Attorney General\u2019s Office said they had been working intensely on the case.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom the moment the Attorney General\u2019s Office learned of the kidnapping of the parents of the Colombian player Luis Daz, in the Barrancas sector of La Guajira, a specialised team of prosecutors, police and military personnel have been working to find \u201cthe location of these people, clarify the facts and find those responsible,\u201d the office said on X.<\/p>\n
\u2014Photo courtesy: Screengrab taken from Colombia\u2019s Attorney General Office\u2019s X account<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n
Local media reports said that Luis Manuel Diaz and Cilenis Marulanda were at a service station in the La Guajira area when armed men on motorbikes took them.<\/p>\n
The director of the police, General William Salamanca, said he deployed intelligence agents and other police departments in the area to deal with the case.<\/p>\n
The police are \u201calready involved, right now, in carrying out checkpoints, identifying people on motorbikes, private-public service vehicles (\u2026) for the recovery of the two kidnapped people, the father and mother of the footballer Luis Daz,\u201d Salamanca told Colombian media earlier on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The governor of La Guajira, Diala Wilches, condemned the kidnapping and appealed for their return.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo the kidnappers, we demand that they return them immediately, safe and sound,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u2014Photo courtesy: Screengrab taken from Diala Wilches\u2019 X account<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old Liverpool and Colombia winger has not commented on the matter.<\/p>\n
Diaz has played 43 times for Colombia and joined Liverpool last year from Porto.<\/p>\n
Liverpool are due to play Nottingham Forest in the Premier League on Sunday.<\/p>\n