The police in Colombia have arrested four people for allegedly kidnapping Luis Diaz’s parents.
The parents of the Liverpool forward were kidnapped two weeks ago. His mother was released shortly after, but a thorough search was carried out by the police and military to find his father, Luis Manuel Diaz.
The Colombian government discovered that the National Liberation Army (ELN) was responsible for the kidnapping. The guerrilla group promised to negotiate his safe release.
Manuel Diaz was finally released and reunited with his family and neighbors after being rescued by a humanitarian commission that included the Catholic Church and the United Nations.
Days after being kidnapped, the police arrested someone who was accused of tracking the couple and informing their co-conspirators about their location.
On Saturday, more people were arrested and will face charges for extortionate kidnapping, simple kidnapping, and aggravated robbery.
The Attorney General’s office stated that the detainees were involved in observing and tracking the victims in order to plan and carry out the kidnapping.
One person arrested is believed to be the leader of Los Primos, according to the news report. The other three individuals are reportedly responsible for kidnapping people and handing them over to the ELN.
During the raids, firearms, money, and several mobile phones were seized. Drugs were also found.
“In proceedings carried out in the early hours of today in Maicao, [La Guajira], two of these people known with the aliases of Marlon and El Negro were captured,” the announcement added. “These two arrests are in addition to that of Yerdinson Jose Bolívar Bolívar, alias Arenca, carried out on October 31 in Barrancas.
“This man was part of the criminal group ‘Los Primates’ and was charged at the time with the crime of conspiracy. On Tuesday, November 7, at the request of the Prosecutor’s Office, he received a measure of deprivation of liberty in a prison.”
General William Rene Salamanca Ramirez, who was in charge of the arrest operation, posted: “In coordination with [the Attorney General’s Office] we captured, in Maicao and Barrancas (La Guajira), four people accused of participating in the kidnapping of Mr. Luis Manuel Diaz, father of ‘Lucho’ Díaz, star of our Colombian Soccer Team.
“We launched ‘Operation Freedom’ on the same day of the kidnapping, which allowed us to identify the alleged intellectual and material authors, among them the criminal group ‘Los Primos’, which commits crimes through criminal outsourcing.”
Since the kidnapping, Liverpool player Luis Diaz stayed in England. He played in his team’s draw against Luton last week and scored a late equalizer. He also started in the Europa League loss to Toulouse, which happened hours after his father was released.
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