Colombia’s ELN guerilla group must release the kidnapped father of Liverpool footballer Luis Diaz on Tuesday, a government negotiator said, following a withdrawal of troops as requested by the rebels. The 26-year-old winger’s father, Luis Manuel Diaz, was abducted in the northern Colombian town of Barrancas on October 28. Diaz’s mother was also kidnapped but was rescued hours later. 

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