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<\/div>\nLiverpool have flown the parents and wider family of Luis Diaz to the city so they can spend Christmas together.<\/p>\n
It follows the release of the Colombia forward\u2019s father, Luis Manuel Diaz,\u00a0by kidnappers\u00a0who had held him hostage for 12 days.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old\u2019s mother, Cilenis Marulanda, was also taken but was rescued a few hours later.<\/p>\n
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Diaz was reunited\u00a0with his father earlier this week when he returned home to play for his country.<\/p>\n
In an emotional game,\u00a0Diaz scored twice in a win against Brazil\u00a0in a 2026 World Cup qualifier in Barranquilla as his father watched from the stands.<\/p>\n
In providing support for Diaz, Liverpool chartered a plane for Diaz and his wider family on Friday to bring them to Merseyside and help the family following their traumatic experience.<\/p>\n
The winger will join up with them when he returns from international duty, with Colombia away to Paraguay on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Diaz missed two Liverpool games while his father was being held by Colombia\u2019s National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group after being abducted on 28 October.<\/p>\n
The winger then came off the bench to score an equaliser during added time in a 1-1 Premier League draw at Luton on 5 November.<\/p>\n
After his goal, he pulled up his Liverpool shirt to show a T-shirt underneath bearing the message \u201cfreedom for papa\u201d prior to his father\u2019s release.<\/p>\n
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