Colombian president Gustavo Perro confirmed Saturday that the mother and father of Liverpool ahead Luis Diaz had been kidnapped. Although his mom, Cilenis Marulanda, was safely rescued on the same day, Diaz’s father remains to be lacking, per Reuters.
The couple was reportedly driving to their house once they had been stopped by gunmen on bikes. The motive of the abductors isn’t identified at the moment.
The Colombian legal professional common’s workplace then assembled an investigative workforce in Barrancas, a municipality within the northern a part of the nation. The Nationwide Police was capable of finding Diaz’s mom and are nonetheless on the seek for the participant’s father.
Diaz skipped Liverpool’s Premier League match towards Nottingham Forest on Sunday whereas the seek for his father continues. Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp mentioned he needed to “make a late change” to the lineup and described the second as a “worrying scenario for all of us and it was a reasonably robust evening,” per ESPN.
Forward of Sunday’s recreation, Liverpool additionally issued a press release hoping for a secure and fast decision.
“It’s our fervent hope that the matter is resolved safely and on the earliest doable alternative. Within the meantime, the participant’s welfare will proceed to be our quick precedence,” the assertion learn.