Liverpool winger Luis Diaz’s father finally released

<p>Luis Manuel Díaz Jimenez, the father of Liverpool winger Luis Diaz, was finally released on Thursday, 12 days after he was kidnapped by ELN guerrillas in Colombia.</p>, <p>Colombian media report that the 58-year-old is now safe in the hands of a United Nations (UN) committee.</p>, <p>The release happened after it was agreed that a commission from the UN and the Catholic Church would liaise with the ELN.</p>, <p>Footage showed helicopters circling the border area between La Guajira and Cesar, where the kidnappers would hand over Luiz Jimenez.</p>, <p>The helicopter was waiting at the Valledupar airport after it was agreed that the ELN would hand over the hostage to the committee somewhere in the Serranía del Perijá.</p>, <p>Only humanitarian workers and the helicopter crew were allowed onboard the aircraft, which is set to take Diaz’s father to a hospital for a checkup following his ordeal.</p>, <p>Meanwhile, the Colombian government announced on Wednesday that the operation to release Luiz Jimenez had already begun but it was actually today that Diaz’s father was freed.</p>