Luis Diaz's father rescued by United Nations
The father of Liverpool forward Luis Diaz has been rescued after being handed over to a group of United Nations representatives. Both Diaz's parents were kidnapped in late October, and while his mother was quickly resuced, his father was held against his will for almost two weeks while the UN and Colombian officials negotiated with the group responsible for the kidnapping, a Colombian rebel group known as the ELN. It was revealed on Wednesday the ELN would agree to safely return Diaz's father, Luis Manuel Diaz, and that handover has now taken place. "The Colombian Football Federation thanks the National Government, the Military Forces and the National Police, as well as all the institutions and officials that made the release of Luis Manuel Diaz, father of our player Luis Diaz, possible," a statement from the Colombian FA read. "Football as a sporting discipline symbolises talent, dedication, teamwork and the intrinsic values of human beings. In Colombia it ...