Luis Manuel Díaz and Cilenis Marulanda were kidnapped on Saturday by gunmen in their city of Barrancas, near the Caribbean.
Colombian police continued their search for the father of Liverpool striker Luis Díaz. He was kidnapped with his wife near the country's border with Venezuela.Police director William Salamanca said he told the footballer on the phone he had put all of his efforts into finding his father. He also told the Liverpool striker his mother was safe and unharmed.Díaz was released from playing at Anfield on Sunday at Liverpool's 3-0 Premier League victory against Nottingham Forest.
Liverpool said in a statement it is the club's “fervent hope that the matter is resolved safely and at the earliest possible opportunity."Colombia's police are offering a reward of almost $49,000 for information that leads to the whereabouts of the footballer. Interior Minister Luis Fernando Velasco told W Radio on Sunday that the kidnappers took Díaz' father to a mountainous region of Colombia, to which Army troops were sent. Velasco also said he has reached out to Venezuelan authorities to beef up border patrols.
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