2023-11-03 05:22:00
The Colombian guerrilla of the National Liberation Army (ELN) announced this Thursday that will release the father “as soon as possible” of the Liverpool footballer Luis Diazwho apparently has been held in La Guajira since last October 28.
“The National Liberation Army is going to free Mr. Díaz’s father as soon as possible,” said Juan Carlos Cuéllar, ELN delegate through a message on the social network X, formerly Twitter.
A few hours ago, the Government of Colombia accused the rebel group of the kidnapping of Luis Manuel Díazfather of the Colombian striker, when she was intercepted by criminals in the municipality of Barrancas, while they were traveling in a van and stopped at a service station.
Cilenis Marulandathe Liverpool striker’s mother was released safely hours later.
The kidnapping of Luis Manuel Díaz.
Since then, the authorities, led by General William Salamanca, mounted a operational with more than 230 commands to find the whereabouts of Luis Manuel Diazknown in the indigenous town of Barrancas as “Mane”.
According to the authorities, the kidnappers have not contacted the family to demand money in exchange for the release of the father of the Liverpool and Colombia soccer player, who has not spoken publicly about the matter.
The ceasefire in Colombia between the Government and the guerrillas
The kidnapping of the parents of the 26-year-old player constitutes the first public incident since the bilateral ceasefire maintained by the ELN and the State since August 3 and for a period of 180 days in an attempt to dialogue without confrontation. The truce is monitored by the United Nations and other international organizations.
Quickly, the insurgent group expressed its release, after jeopardizing the negotiation that the ELN maintains with the president’s government. Gustavo Petrowithin the efforts of the leftist president to end a internal conflict of six decades that has left more than 450,000 dead.
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The ELN, made up of 5,800 members, including some 2,800 combatants, is considered a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union.
The Minister of the Interior, Luis Fernando Velascohe told the Colombian radio station Blue Radio that it is “a violation of the ceasefire” that “puts the peace process at risk.”
The family of Luis Díaz.
The leftist president Gustavo Petro He limited himself to saying that he communicated with the soccer player on Wednesday and that the government is working “for the release of his father,” he added.
“We demand that the ELN immediately release Mr. Luis Manuel Díaz and we remind him that it is his entire responsibility.” guarantee your life and integrity“adds the statement.
Seeking Luis Manuel Díaz was on the border with Venezuela. In that desolate region and epicenter of smuggling there is also a presence of dissidents from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC, Marxist) guerrilla who did not accept the peace agreement signed with the State in 2016, in addition to paramilitary and common crime groups.
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Petro appeals to dialogue to try to disarm the rebels, who since 1964 have challenged the State and financed themselves by collecting bribes to release detainees, extortion, drug trafficking and illegal mining. Colombia is a country hit by six decades of armed conflict that leaves 9.5 million victims, 38,028 of them kidnapped.
The global impact of the kidnapping of Luis Díaz’s father
The kidnapping of the father most important Colombian soccer player today It had global reach. On Sunday, his Liverpool teammates dedicated the victory to the fast winger, who is key to the Reds’ aspirations to win the Premier League this year.
The president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, sent him his “support and prayers“, while the Colombian federation demanded the “immediate” release of the 26-year-old footballer’s father.
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In a report made by the AFP In 2022, those close to him said that Luis Manuel was key in the meteoric sporting rise of “The Guajiro”.
Sometimes he sold food that he cooked himself to pay for his son’s trips to Barranquilla, the city where he debuted as a professional with the Junior club.
“Mane” is an amateur coach of “Clubaler”, long ago the only soccer school in Barrancas. There, his son began to hone as a child the resistance and talent that would take him to the soccer elite.
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