THE mother and father of Liverpool winger Luis Diaz have been kidnapped, in accordance with reviews.
His mum and pa are mentioned to have been seized in La Guajira, Columbia.
Luis Diaz along with his mother and fatherCredit score: Not identified, clear with image desk
Luis Diaz in acion for Liverpool in August 2022Credit score: PA
Diaz received engaged to his girlfriend Gera Ponce in July this yrCredit score: instagram/@luisdiaz19_
The 26-year-old’s mother and father had been at a petroleum station within the city of Barrancas once they had been approached by two armed males, in accordance with W Radio.
A determined seek for Luis Manuel Díaz and Cilenis Marulanda has been launched by the director of police Common William Salamanca.
It’s not clear from early reviews precisely what occurred by his mother and father are thought to have been travelling to the Los Olivos neighbourhood in a van they owned.
Some reviews counsel there was an alternate of gun hearth, though this has not been formally confirmed.
The cops are mentioned to have initiated a so-called ‘Padlock Plan’, sealing off the city.
The military has additionally been introduced in to assist with the search.
It mentioned in a publish on X, previously Twitter: “Military troops assist the search operation for the mother and father of soccer participant Luis Díaz, who apparently are victims of kidnapping.”
Diala Wilches, the governor of La Guajira, mentioned in a press release: “I reject and condemn the kidnapping of the mother and father of Luis Diaz, Luis Manuel Díaz and Cilenis Marulanda, in occasions that occurred in Barrancas at the moment.
“I’ve given directions to the authorities to instantly implement the rescue and thereby keep full communication with Colonel Montaña, commander of the division of La Guajira.
“To the abductors, we demand that they be returned instantly, protected and sound.”
Diaz is Colombia’s greatest star and has scored 9 targets in 43 appearances for the nationwide aspect.
His father beforehand revealed the Liverpool ace suffered from an sickness which triggered him to lose a harmful quantity of weight.
The tough winger went from “chubby” to extraordinarily skinny which might’ve value him his life.
Diaz was born and raised within the heartland of Colombia’s largest indigenous group.
As a child, Diaz was so skinny that his nickname was Fideo – “Noodle”.
Coach John Diaz (no relation) remembers a “clumsy, malnourished” teenager turning as much as a trial for a youth workforce made up of gamers from Colombia’s indigenous communities.
However the teenager’s talent impressed scouts, together with Colombia legend Carlos Valderrama.
After scoring seven targets on the 2015 Copa Sudamericana de Pueblos Indigenas, Diaz’s profession started to take off.
Atletico Junior despatched him on mortgage to Barranquilla, the place he was placed on a particular eating regimen to realize 10kg.
Diaz crossed the Atlantic to affix Porto in 2019, earlier than transferring to Liverpool in January 2022.
Diaz appeals for a penalty in the course of the recreation towards Everton final weekCredit score: Reuters
Diaz in motion towards Brighton earlier this monthCredit score: Reuters