Luis Diaz’s father feared for his life during the kidnapping because his captors constantly forced him to run to avoid capture.Liverpool star Luis Manuel’s father was finally freed on Thursday after a 12-day ordeal after police and soldiers tracked down his kidnappers.
The Roman Catholic bishop who first saw him rescued by an aid organization revealed his immense trauma.On October 28, he suffered a knee injury after being thrown from a motorcycle stolen by ELN hostages. His wife, Silenis Marulanda, was also kidnapped while buying watermelons in Barrancas, near the border between Colombia and Venezuela, but was soon abandoned.
Bishop Francisco Ceballos, bishop of Riohacha in Colombia’s northern Caribbean, spoke last night of the emotional moment he met Díaz after his 13-day ordeal and the revelations about his time in captivity. “It’s a very emotional moment to see someone lose their freedom. I actually met him in passing,” he told Columbia TV. “I saw her for the first time. I hugged her and she started crying. He was very excited and very tired from the long walk. He said it had been two days since he was abducted and another four days. Of the 13 days since I was kidnapped, 6 days I walked day and night.
