The Colombian National Police has provided an update on the search for Luis Diaz's kidnapped father.
"We have clarity of people who could have been linked to the event," the police official General Zapata is quoted by the Liverpool Echo.
"When events like this occur, it is generally not spontaneous, there is prior planning, people who drag people to a place, that is, they locate them so that others can arrive, and that is what we are investigating.
"What we know is that the kidnapping occurs in La Guajira and logically it is close to the border [with Venezuela], we do not have at this time any element of judgment that indicates that the border has been crossed. We can't say for sure, but we don't rule it out either. It's quite possible that they're looking for a chance to escape to that place.
"We have made progress in the investigation, there are personnel from the Gaula and the Intelligence and Judicial Police who are analysing that information."
Both the father and the mother of the Liverpool player were kidnapped but the mother, Mrs Marulanda, was eventually found. Now the police are looking for the father, with over 200 people, a helicopter and a drone involved in the search.
