Liverpool Star's Father Freed After 12-Day Kidnap Ordeal

Luis Diaz's father feared for his life during his kidnap ordeal as his captors made him walk continuously in an attempt to avoid being caught.

He had injured his knee after coming off a motorbike his ELN hostage-takers used to abduct him on October 28. His wife Cilenis Marulanda was also kidnapped as they bought water melons in their home town of Barrancas near Colombia ’s border with Venezuela, but she was abandoned shortly afterwards. “I was the first person who saw him. I hugged him and he began to cry. He was very emotional and very tired because of the long walks he had to do. He told me he had to walk continuously for two days plus another four days when he was kidnapped. Of the 13 days he was kidnapped he was walking for six days day and night.”

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