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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.<\/p>\n

Diaz\u2019s mother, who was taken at the same time over the weekend, is now free but authorities have stepped up the search for his missing parent.<\/p>\n

Police have been carrying out aerial patrols across the Perija mountain range, which straddles the border with Venezuela and is covered by a forest, while assistant manager Pep Lijnders said the club was \u201cdoing the right thing\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe try to support him now as much as we can \u2013 lot of things out of our hands,\u201d said Lijnders.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think and I feel that it\u2019s only for Liverpool Football Club that the players know we\u2019re doing the right thing. It\u2019s not for me to say what we\u2019re doing for Luis Diaz.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs long as he knows that we\u2019re doing all the right things and we pray. The whole club is behind him, he has that feeling then for me, it\u2019s right.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe authorities are doing everything, everything we hear is that they\u2019re trying everything, that\u2019s the most important thing that is family are OK.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a post on social media, Colombian police director general William Salamanca was shown visiting the operation in order to \u201crecognise our commandos for their bravery and commitment to rescue him safe and sound\u201d.<\/p>\n

Police have offered a reward worth around \u00a339,000 for information leading to the rescue of Luis Manuel Diaz.<\/p>\n

Colonel Giovanni Montanez, director of the elite military unit against kidnapping and extortion, told Colombia\u2019s Blu Radio that \u201cso far no demands have been made\u2026 no calls have been received\u201d for ransom.<\/p>\n

Colombia\u2019s head coach Nestor Lorenzo sent a message of support to Diaz.<\/p>\n

\u201cI fight with you all. We pray and cry out for the speedy release of your father. HEALTHY AND SAFE. All COLOMBIA WITH YOU,\u201d the Argentinian posted on Instagram.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are still waiting for the release of the dad of @luisdiaz19_ that sanity reigns, we want him HEALTHY and SAFE!!! we are with you Lucho.\u201d<\/p>\n

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According to reports in Colombia, police suggest they have an idea who is behind the kidnapping.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout naming names, because we do not have that capacity, we have clarity of people who have been linked to the incident,\u201d the deputy director of the Colombian Police, General Alejandro Zapata, is reported as saying by newspaper El Tiempo.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen an event like this occurs, this is not spontaneous, there is prior planning, people who perhaps drag people to a point so that others can move them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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