Massive search on for Liverpool star Diaz’s dad

Luis Diaz. Pic/AFP

A massive search is under way for Liverpool winger Luis Diaz's father, kidnapped in Colombia on Saturday alongwith his wife, who has since been released. Police have been tight-lipped about details of the investigation, but here is what we know.

Colombian media has reported that Luis Manuel Diaz and Cilenis Marulanda were kidnapped on Saturday by armed men with motorcycles at a gas station in the Indigenous family's home town of Barrancas, near the border with Venezuela.

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Footage from a security camera showed a high-end pickup truck in the vicinity, followed by a motorbike.

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