Colombia: Parents of Liverpool football player Luis Díaz are kidnapped

The parents of Colombian football player Luis Díaz, striker for the English club Liverpool and the national team, were kidnapped this Saturday by unknown people in the Caribbean department of La Guajira, where he is the top scorer, authorities said.

The kidnapping of his parents, Luis Manuel Díaz and Cilenis Marulanda, occurred when they were traveling in a van that was intercepted by individuals traveling on motorcycles in the town of Barrancas, according to initial information, which also indicates that the mother was released and is with the police .

The Prosecutor’s Office indicated that “from the moment it became aware of the kidnapping of the parents of the Colombian player Luis Díaz, in the Barrancas sector, in La Guajira, a specialized team” made up of several investigative organizations “has been in urgent action to find out the location of these people, clarify the facts and find those responsible.”

In turn, the director of the Colombian Police, General William René Salamanca, said that “an offensive was launched, as the Police do when complexities like this arise (…) to pursue the recovery of the two kidnapped people, the father and mother of football player Luis Díaz.”

“The Highway Police, the Tax and Customs Police, the Inspection Police, are committed from now on, from now on, to carry out checkpoints, identification of people on motorcycles, in private public service vehicles”, ordered the agent to all units under its responsibility. command.

According to the Police, General Salamanca will personally travel to La Guajira to take charge of this new kidnapping that has shocked the country.

The Military Forces Command also ordered the Gaula Militar, its anti-extortion and kidnapping unit, to support “the search operation for the parents of football player Luis Díaz”.

The kidnapping occurs precisely on the eve of the local and regional elections that will be held tomorrow in the country, for which thousands of soldiers and police were mobilized in the cities and roads in order to guarantee the normal development of the elections.

Source: Elcomercio

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