Fans walk past a mural of Luis Diaz (©Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
Fans walk past a mural of Luis Diaz (©Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

Major military and police search underway for Luis Diaz's father

Reading Time: 1min | Mon. 30.10.23. | 13:40

The player's mother, Cilenis Marulanda, was found in Barrancas on Saturday

A major military and police search is underway in Colombia for the father of Liverpool forward Luis Diaz. More than 120 soldiers and police forces are searching northern Colombia for Luis Manuel Diaz amid reports armed men had taken him and his wife.

According to BBC, the authorities are offering a £40,000 reward for information leading to his rescue. The Colombian authorities have not provided details about the reported kidnapping, but local media said Diaz's mother and father were taken by armed men on motorcycles at a gas station in Barrancas, their home town, which is in La Guajira, the country's northern region.

The player's mother, Cilenis Marulanda, was found in Barrancas on Saturday. Colombia President Gustavo Petro said "all the public forces have been deployed" to find Diaz's father.

Diaz was absent from the Liverpool side, which beat Nottingham Forest on Sunday. The Reds manager, Jurgen Klopp, dedicated the victory over Forest to Diaz, saying they had won "for our brother". Surrounded by his teammates, Diogo Jota held up Diaz's number seven shirt after scoring Liverpool's first goal.

Liverpool said before the game that they were "aware of an ongoing situation" involving the family of Diaz and that his welfare "will continue to be our immediate priority".


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