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Father of Liverpool’s Luis Diaz gives emotional first interview<\/p>\n
Liverpool winger Luis Diaz enjoyed an emotional reunion with his parents after flying home to Colombia for the first time since their kidnapping earlier this month.<\/p>\n
The forward arrived in Bogota before flying to Barranquilla \u2013 the national team base for Thursday\u2019s World Cup qualifier against Brazil \u2013 on Tuesday where he was greeted by his father Luis Manuel and mother Cilenis Marulanda.<\/p>\n
Diaz\u2019s parents were snatched off the street just over a fortnight ago and, while his mum was freed almost immediately, his dad was held for 12 days before being released on Thursday.<\/p>\n
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the Colombia Football Federation published pictures of the family\u2019s reunion alongside a short statement which read: \u201cThis was Lucho\u2019s exciting meeting with his father Mane Diaz and his family.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe love you and we are more united than ever! @LuisFDiaz19. We are all Colombians.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 58-year-old said of his experience: \u201cIt was a lot of horseback riding, really hard, a lot of mountains, a lot of rain, too many insects.\u201d<\/p>\n
A weak D\u00edaz, who was helped to and from a chair by his family, told journalists in his home town of Barrancas in Colombia: \u201cI couldn\u2019t sleep peacefully, it was very difficult, almost 12 days without sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n