BOGOTA, Colombia — Two suspects within the kidnapping of the dad and mom of Liverpool soccer participant Luis Díaz had been ordered despatched to jail by a decide, Colombia’s Prosecutor’s Workplace stated Wednesday, accusing one of many males of being the hyperlink to an individual near the household who offered details about the victims.
Andrés Alcires Bolívar and Marlon Rafael Brito are additionally accused of sustaining contacts with members of the Nationwide Liberation Military, or ELN, within the planning and execution of the Oct. 28 abductions in Barrancas, a city in La Guajira in Colombia’s northeast of Colombia.
Díaz’s dad and mom – Luis Manuel Díaz Jiménez and Cilenis Marulanda — had been kidnapped by a unit of the ELN at a gasoline station by armed males on bikes.
Marulanda was rescued by police a number of hours later, however Díaz’s father was held captive for 12 days by the ELN. The daddy was launched on Nov. 9 close to the Serranía del Perijá, bordering Venezuela, the place facilitators from the Catholic Church and the United Nations had flown by helicopter.
Prosecutors stated in a press release that Alcires Bolivar was a service provider in La Guajira who had been contacted by a member of the ELN to assist him kidnap Díaz’s dad and mom. He allegedly went to Barrancas to persuade “an individual who was near the Díaz household” to take part within the kidnapping and to be taught in regards to the victims’ routines.
Rafael Brito allegedly helped within the logistics of the kidnapping, together with planning the deception underneath which Díaz Jiménez and Marulanda had been kidnapped on the gasoline station. Prosecutors say the soccer participant’s dad and mom went there to meet a promise of assist for the candidacy of a relative who was operating for the Barrancas Council.
The 2 males have denied involvement within the kidnapping and different prices.
Díaz performs from the English membership Liverpool and Colombia’s nationwide soccer staff.
After the kidnapping, particular forces had been deployed to seek for Díaz’s father in a mountain vary that straddles Colombia and Venezuela. Police additionally provided a $48,000 reward for info that led to him.
The ELN acknowledged the kidnapping, saying it was a mistake and that its high management had ordered the daddy’s launch.
Diaz’s dad and mom had been taken amid peace negotiations between Colombia’s authorities and the guerrilla group.