Diaz’s father, Luis Manuel Diaz, and mother, Cilenis Marulanda, were abducted at gun-point on Saturday by the left-wing guerrilla group.
The pair were, according to local reports, abducted from the town of Barrancas in La Guajira, Colombia before they fled the scene.
The left-wing ELN insurgent group, branded a terrorist organization by the US government and EU, was identified on Thursday as the group responsible for Luis Manuel’s abduction.
The ELN, which is currently holding peace talks with the government after declaring a ceasefire in its long-standing war against the Colombian state, had promised to secure 58-year-old Mr Diaz’s release in a matter of hours on Thursday after being identified as the culprits.
And despite a brief pause which Colombian President Gustavo Petro described as ‘very dangerous’, the ELN has revealed the process to release Luis Manuel has now started.
