The National Liberation Army (ELN), who kidnapped the Liverpool striker’s father Luis Diazreported the situation regarding the man’s release.
Previously, the ELN said it would release the footballer’s father in the near future.
On November 2, we informed the country of the decision to release Mr. Luis Manuel Diaz, father of the player Luis Diaz. From that day we started the journey to achieve this goal in the shortest possible time. We are making efforts to avoid incidents with government forces.
The area is still militarized, and they conduct overflights, landing troops, broadcasting and offering rewards as part of an intense search operation. This situation prevents the release plan from being executed quickly and safely.
If operations in the area were to continue, this would delay the release and increase risks. We understand the suffering of Diaz’s family, but we also say that we will keep our word and release him unilaterally as soon as we have security guarantees for the liberation operation.
