Father of Liverpool star Luis Diaz breaks silence after being released from kidnapping
Luis Manuel Diaz was freed on Thursday.
The father of Liverpool star Luis Diaz has spoken out for the first time sincebeing released from being kidnapped in Colombia.
Luis Manuel Diaz was released by the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) on Thursday having spent just under two weeks in captivity.
Both parents of Diaz were kidnapped on 28th October, though his mother Cilenis Marulanda was released shortly afterwards, with the winger begging the ELN to free his father last weekend after scoring on his return for Liverpool.
Diaz Snr. has now broken his silence on the ordeal, revealing what his son said to him after he had been freed.
In a press conference he told local media, as reported by The Mirror: ‘[Diaz told me] to keep going because things don’t end here and to have a lot of strength to recover from everything that has happened.’
He went onto say: ‘There was no offer of resources, there was no need, everything was done legally, thank God.
‘They did not request any resources, but that did not happen.’
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