{"id":119885,"date":"2023-11-15T05:59:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T05:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/15\/footballer-luis-diaz-reunited-with-father-after-kidnapping\/"},"modified":"2023-11-15T05:59:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T05:59:08","slug":"footballer-luis-diaz-reunited-with-father-after-kidnapping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/15\/footballer-luis-diaz-reunited-with-father-after-kidnapping\/","title":{"rendered":"Footballer Luis D\u00edaz reunited with father after kidnapping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"391\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-15-044723-696x391.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Screenshot 2023-11-15 044723\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">COLOMBIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM<\/p>\n<p>Image caption: There were emotional scenes as Luis D\u00edaz was reunited with his father<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Colombian football star Luis D\u00edaz has been reunited with his father Luis Manuel D\u00edaz who was released by rebels after holding him hostage for 12 days.<\/p>\n<p>The Liverpool striker and his father cried as they hugged each other for the first time after the kidnapping ordeal.<\/p>\n<p>Luis Manuel D\u00edaz\u2019s abduction by the National Liberation Army (ELN) caused outrage in Colombia and abroad.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The ELN said it had kidnapped the 58-year-old and his wife for ransom.<\/p>\n<p>The group quickly released his wife, Cilenis Marulanda, as police closed in but led the amateur football coach into the nearby mountains at gunpoint.<\/p>\n<p>The ELN leader described the abduction of the popular coach as a \u201cmistake\u201d but has insisted that kidnappings for ransom are not a breach of the ceasefire it signed earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The guerrilla group released Luis Manuel D\u00edaz last Thursday to United Nations and Catholic Church officials.<\/p>\n<p>Later that day he was reunited with his wife and other family members, but it was not until now that he was able to embrace his footballer star son.<\/p>\n<p>Luis D\u00edaz has flown to Colombia to train with the national team ahead of its World Cup qualifier against Brazil on Thursday evening in Colombia.<\/p>\n<p>The player missed two of Liverpool\u2019s matches while his father was being held by the rebels but came off the bench during the English Premier League game against Luton on 5 November.<\/p>\n<p>After scoring a goal in stoppage time, he pulled up his Liverpool shirt to show a T-shirt underneath bearing the message \u201cfreedom for papa\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/_131724286_5f0165ad4dee47ea28332a6f85f5bd5dbf14d5d00_0_1583_10641000x672-1.jpg\" alt=\"File photo dated 05-11-2023 of Liverpool's Luis Diaz (centre), who enjoyed an emotional reunion with his parents after flying home to Colombia for the first time since their kidnapping earlier this month. 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