Luis Manuel, the father of Liverpool forward Luis Diaz, is set to regain his freedom from his kidnappers after they released a statement on Thursday.
On Thursday, the Colombian government said Manuel’s captors were militant insurgency group the National Liberation Army (ELN).
Later in the day, ELN in a statement, promised that Diaz’s father was imminent.
In the video clip, ELN member Juan Carlos Cuellar said that Luis Manuel would be released “as soon as possible”, in what is a significant development in the case.
The ELN was founded in 1964 and remains one of Colombia’s most powerful insurgent groups.
They entered into a ceasefire with the Colombian government back in August in an attempt to forge peace. Interior minister Luis Fernando Velasco claimed on Thursday that this ceasefire had been violated with the kidnapping, prompting the ELN’s video response.
