Luis Diaz parents' kidnapping in Colombia: Timeline of events
Liverpool attacker Luis Diaz and his family endured a horrible two weeks towards the end of 2023 as his mother and father were kidnapped in his native Colombia. Both parents have been returned safely to civilian life without any major injuries, albeit at different times. This will be of immense relief to Diaz and everyone in his life after some tireless campaigning in public and private to get his father freed. In the meantime, he has still managed to continue playing and scoring for Liverpool, showing incredible mental strength at a time when nobody would have begrudged him stepping away from the action. Here is the timeline of how the events unfolded, leading up to the release of Luis Manuel Diaz on Thursday afternoon. Who kidnapped Luis Diaz's parents? A long 12 days before his release, Luis Manuel Diaz and Cilenis Marulanda were kidnapped in Colombia by a left-wing guerrilla group called Ejercito de Liberation Nacional (ELN). This group has been in conflict with the Colombian g...