{"id":80995,"date":"2023-11-05T18:41:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T18:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/?p=80995"},"modified":"2023-11-05T18:41:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T18:41:39","slug":"luis-diazs-mum-holds-back-tears-in-emotional-plea-as-she-urges-guerrilla-kidnappers-to-release-liverpool-stars-dad-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/lifestyle\/luis-diazs-mum-holds-back-tears-in-emotional-plea-as-she-urges-guerrilla-kidnappers-to-release-liverpool-stars-dad-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Luis Diaz's mum holds back tears in emotional plea as she urges guerrilla kidnappers to release Liverpool star's dad | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
LUIS Diaz\u2019s mum fought back tears today as she urged her husband\u2019s guerrilla kidnappers to release him from his eight-day ordeal.<\/p>\n
Cilenis Marulanda made her impassioned plea as she took part in a second march to demand Luis Manuel Diaz\u2019s freedom.<\/p>\n
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Wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with her husband's face and the message 'your family is waiting for you', she told reporters: \u201cI want them to release him now.<\/p>\n
"That the people who are keeping him free him now back to me, because we want to have him back home."<\/p>\n
The 58-year-old was taken hostage at gunpoint alongside his wife on Saturday October 28 at a petrol station in Colombia.<\/p>\n
The kidnap by communist ELN rebels is believed to have been masterminded by a 40-year-old female fighter called Patricia.<\/p>\n
Colombian authorities have offered a reward of $200,000,000 Peso (\u00a340,600) for Luis Diaz's return.<\/p>\n
The kidnap sparked outrage in the South American nation, where Luis Diaz is immensely popular and plays for the national team.<\/p>\n
CCTV footage showed the D\u00edazes being followed by men on motorbikes in their hometown of Barrancas, in the northern province of La Guajira.<\/p>\n
Gunmen then accosted the couple at a petrol station, leaving Cilenis, before police closed in.<\/p>\n
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