The Colombian footballer Luis Díaz has begged for the release of his father, who was kidnapped at gunpoint last month.
“Every second, every minute our anxiety grows,” the 26-year-old, who plays for Liverpool, said in a statement on Sunday. “My mother, my brothers and I are desperate, anxious and have no words to describe what we are feeling. This suffering will only end when we have him home with us.”
After scoring for his club at Luton on Sunday afternoon, Díaz lifted his shirt to reveal the words “freedom for papa” in Spanish.
The player’s parents were seized by leftwing guerrillas of the National Liberation Army (ELN) in their home town of Barrancas on 28 October.
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