Luis Manuel Diaz, the father of Liverpool Football club star, Luis Diaz, has been finally freed by kidnappers – almost two weeks after he was captured.
Luis Manuel Diaz was taken into the hands of a “Humanitarian Commission” made up of the Catholic Church and the United Nations on Thursday afternoon.
Local media say the plan now is to take Diaz Sr to a nearby city for medical checks, with family already on their way to see him.
First images released on Colombian television showed Diaz Senior, wearing a cap and holding a drink, waving an arm in the air.
Diaz’s father, 58, was taken along with the forward’s mother as they stopped for watermelons at a petrol station on October 28.
Colombia’s anti-government National Liberation Army (ELN), a left-wing guerrilla group, were subsequently found to be responsible.
Diaz, who starts for Liverpool in the Europa League against Toulouse this evening, saw his mother rescued hours after being kidnapped but, amid significant anguish, his father remained missing.
