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Colombian Guerrilla Group Kidnapped Liverpool Striker Luis Diaz's Parents: Bogota

A unit of the ELN guerrilla group was behind the kidnapping in Colombia last weekend of Liverpool winger Luis Diaz's parents, the government said Thursday. The kidnapping of Luis Manuel Diaz and Cilenis Marulanda -- she was rescued the same day -- "was perpetrated by a unit belonging to the ELN," a government official said on X, formerly Twitter, adding: "we demand the ELN immediately free" the missing man. The ELN and the government of leftist President Gustavo Petro are in the midst of peace negotiations that include a six-month ceasefire, currently in effect. Colombia and Liverpool striker Diaz's parents were taken Saturday by armed men on motorcycles at a gas station in their home town of Barrancas in the northern La Guajira department. Marulanda was rescued in Barrancas hours later.

With WNBA expansion into Toronto unlikely, Canadian women's national team remains only game in town

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Canadian sprinter Grace Konrad takes significant strides at Pan Am Games

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United's Casemiro out of Saturday's Fulham clash with injury, Ten Hag says

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One year to the US election: Who are the candidates vying for the White House?

The Israel-Hamas war is having an effect on the whole of the Americas. This week, the government in Bolivia announced it was cutting all diplomatic ties with Israel over what it called its "crimes against humanity" in the Gaza Strip. Chile, the country with the largest Palestinian population outside the Arab world, has recalled its ambassador to Israel in protest. And in Colombia, President Gustavo Petro also recalled his country's ambassador to Israel and threatened to completely cut ties with Tel Aviv. We take a closer look.

Dwindling sympathy? Israel's Gaza bombing strains relations with Americas

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Liverpool's Thiago still out for League Cup tie, club's thoughts with Diaz

LIVERPOOL, England: Liverpool will again be without Thiago Alcantara for Wednesday's League Cup tie at Bournemouth, said assistant manager Pep Lijnders, who added that the club's thoughts are with Luis Diaz after his parents were kidnapped in Colombia on Saturday (Oct 28).

Colombian police continue search for Luis Diaz’s kidnapped father

Liverpool are continuing to support Colombia winger Luis Diaz as police search a mountain range in the north of the country for his kidnapped father.

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Colombian Guerrilla Group Kidnapped Liverpool Striker Luis Diaz's Parents: Bogota

With WNBA expansion into Toronto unlikely, Canadian women's national team remains only game in town

Canadian sprinter Grace Konrad takes significant strides at Pan Am Games

United's Casemiro out of Saturday's Fulham clash with injury, Ten Hag says

One year to the US election: Who are the candidates vying for the White House?

Dwindling sympathy? Israel's Gaza bombing strains relations with Americas

Liverpool's Thiago still out for League Cup tie, club's thoughts with Diaz

Colombian police continue search for Luis Diaz’s kidnapped father