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The rescue mission for Luis Diaz’s father accelerated on Thursday afternoon as humanitarian teams and the Catholic church took off in a helicopter to safe his launch.
Luis Manuel Diaz was kidnapped at gunpoint alongside together with his spouse on October 28 by the Colombian left-wing guerrilla group Ejercito de Liberation Nacional (ELN).
Studies by Noticias Caracol on Wednesday mentioned the ELN made contact with representatives of organisations together with the United Nations and the Catholic Church to set the situations for his launch.
The UN and the Church have been working together with the Colombian authorities to barter Diaz’s freedom.
Now, footage of a helicopter taking off from Valledupar, a metropolis in northeastern Colombia, has emerged from the rescue mission, by way of BluRadio Colombia.
Luis Manuel Diaz, the daddy of Liverpool ahead Luis Diaz, might reportedly be launched on Thursday after his captors contacted humanitarian organisations
Luis Manuel (proper) has been lacking since October 28 when he was kidnapped by gunmen from the Colombian left-wing guerrilla group Ejercito de Liberation Nacional (ELN)
The Nationwide Liberation Military – abbreviated as ELN in Spanish – is a leftist anti-government group made up of over 2,000 fighters and militants based mostly within the Colombian countryside
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The information outlet mentioned the discharge would happen within the La Guajira space, near the Colombian-Venezuelan border.
The ELN introduced their intention to free Luis Manuel Diaz, describing the kidnapping as a ‘mistake’, however have demanded the withdrawal of army personnel who’ve led the seek for the Liverpool star’s father from the realm first.
On Monday, Colombian information outlet Semana had reported that police had begun ‘preparations for the discharge’ of Mr Diaz after he had been held by the guerrilla group for over every week.
Members of the police and different particular forces had been looking for the Liverpool star’s father since October 28.
His father and mom, Cilenis Marulanda, have been, in accordance with native stories, kidnapped from the city of Barrancas in La Guajira, Colombia by the group, earlier than the ELN, who’re thought of a terrorist organisation by the US and European Union, fled the scene.
On Sunday October 30, it emerged that Diaz’s mom had been rescued after she was left in a automobile by the guerrilla group, with members of the ELN conserving his father as a captive.
His mom made her first look because the kidnapping earlier this week, demanding that the abductors launch her accomplice safely earlier than main tons of on a march of their residence city.
Studies from Semana on Friday had claimed that Diaz’s father can be freed that day, however his launch didn’t materialise.
The Liverpool star’s mom (above in 2019, left centre) has been rescued after the pair have been snatched off the streets of Colombia final week, however his father’s whereabouts are nonetheless unknown
Diaz lifted up his Liverpool shirt yesterday, in his first recreation because the kidnapping, to launch a message that mentioned in Spanish: ‘Freedom for Papa’
Diaz got here off the bench to salvage a 1-1 draw for Liverpool in stoppage time in opposition to Luton
The guerrilla group holding Luis Diaz’s father have vowed to ‘preserve their phrase’ by liberating him
Juan Carlos Cuellar, a consultant of the group, acknowledged in a group assembly that Diaz senior can be ‘launched as quickly as attainable’.
Diaz was knowledgeable of his dad and mom’ kidnapping on eve of Liverpool’s Premier League fixture in opposition to Nottingham Forest on October 30.
The ahead did not take part in that recreation or the Reds’ 2-1 win over Bournemouth within the Carabao Cup the next Wednesday.
However Diaz had returned to coaching after which got here off the bench to attain a Ninety fifth-minute equaliser in opposition to Luton City on Sunday.
After scoring, the Colombian ahead issued an emotional plea asking for the discharge of his father.
He revealed a T-shirt beneath his Liverpool jersey that had the message ‘freedom for papa’ written on it.
Colombian police have been looking for Diaz’s father who was seized at gunpoint final month
His supervisor and Luton captain Tom Lockyer each embraced the ahead at full time, earlier than Diaz issued an announcement on social media on the identical night.
He wrote: ‘This isn’t Luis Diaz the participant talking. As we speak I’m the son of Luis Manuel Diaz. My dad hard-working household man.
‘I ask the ELN for the immediate launch of my father, and I ask worldwide organisations to work collectively for his freedom.
‘Each second, each minute, our anguish grows. My mom, my brothers and I are determined, distressed and with out phrases to explain what we’re feeling. This struggling will solely finish when we’ve got him again residence.
‘I urge you to launch him instantly, respecting his integrity and ending this painful wait as quickly as attainable.
‘Within the title of affection and compassion, we ask that you simply rethink your actions and permit us to get well him.
Diaz’s mom Cilenis Marulanda (centre) led a group march demanding the discharge of her husband, Luis Manuel Diaz, on Tuesday
Tons of of members of the area people joined forces wearing white holding balloons
‘I thank Colombians and the worldwide group for the help obtained, thanks for therefore many demonstrations of affection and solidarity on this tough time that many households in my nation discover themselves dwelling.’
On Monday, it was reported that the group had vowed ‘to maintain their phrase’ and launch his father as quickly as ‘safety ensures’ have been in place.
In an announcement, which was signed by the guerrilla group’s commander Jose Manuel Martinez Quiroz, the ELN mentioned: ‘On November 2, we knowledgeable the nation of the choice to launch Mr. Luis Manuel Díaz, father of the participant Luis Díaz.
‘From that date, we started the method to perform this as quickly as attainable. We’re making efforts to keep away from incidents with authorities forces.
‘The world continues to be militarised, they’re finishing up flyovers, disembarking troops, broadcasting and providing rewards as a part of an intense search operation.
‘This case isn’t permitting for the execution of the discharge plan rapidly and safely, the place Mr. Luis Manuel Díaz isn’t in danger. If operations proceed within the space, they may delay the discharge and improve the dangers.
Army personnel have been on the bottom in Barrancas to hurry up his launch
The pinnacle of the insurgent group recognized as having taken him launched an announcement on his seize
The group in Diaz’s hometown of Barrancas has rallied across the household and held plenty of marches demanding Diaz Snr’s launch
Diaz is a nationwide hero in his residence nation – and even the abductors have referred to him by his affectionate nickname ‘Lucho’
‘We perceive the anguish of the Díaz Marulanda household, to whom we are saying that we’ll preserve our phrase to launch him unilaterally, as quickly as we’ve got safety ensures for the event of the liberation operation.’
It was confirmed by the Colombian authorities on Thursday final week that the ELN have been behind the kidnapping, with chief of the Colombian authorities’s Peace Delegation, Otty Patino, stating: ‘As we speak we’ve got had official data that the kidnapping was perpetrated by a unit belonging to the ELN.
‘To the ELN, we demand the fast launch of Mr Luis Manuel Diaz and we remind them that it’s their accountability to ensure his life and integrity.
‘We remind the ELN that kidnapping is a felony observe, in violation of Worldwide Humanitarian Legislation.’
The organisation, is a leftist anti-government group that has over 2,000 militants based mostly within the countryside of Colombia.
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