These are the first images of the 4 men arrested after the kidnapping of Luis Diaz’s father.
They face kidnapping and robbery charges, and a court hearing is scheduled for later Sunday in the northern Colombian city of Riohacha. During the night, it became known that one of the four men, Yerdinson Bolívar Bolívar, who would use the pseudonym “Arenca” or “Area”, coach of Manuel Luis Díaz’s soccer school in his hometown of Barrancas.
The Colombian government has accused him of looking for a job there so it could keep the Liverpool star’s father under surveillance as part of a “secret infiltration” and get a sense of his whereabouts. A chilling photo published by Colombian media outlet Semana shows “Areca” Mr. Diaz, who seems unaware of the other man’s presence, accompanies him to a shoe store.
It is not known precisely when the photograph was taken. The other two suspects, Marlon Rafael Brito Bolívar, alias Marlon, and Brayan Javier Morales Sanjuan, alias “Brayan” or “Negro,” allegedly drove the motorcycles used to kidnap Mr. Díaz and his wife Cilenis Maralunda, who were rescued a short time later.
The fourth man, Andrys Alcides Bolívar Bolívar, is a stockbroker who has been described as the leader of the operation and the guy who arranged for him to be handed over to the left-wing rebel organization ELN, which then took responsibility for bringing Mr. Díaz into custody. that the police this case “criminal subcontracting. “
Local reports showed that the ELN was using the gang allegedly led by Alcides, known under the pseudonym “Andrys,” to distract attention from its role in the crime. Alcides’ gang was called Los Primos, which in English translates to The Cousins, the heads of the prosecution also called them Los Primates, which translates to “The Primates. “
This shadowy criminal organization is said to specialize in drug trafficking and has been known as a subdivision of the infamous Gulf Clan, whose former leader Dairo Antonio Usaga was once considered one of the world’s most damaging drug traffickers. Usaga, better known as Otoniel, was sentenced in August to forty-five years for criminal offenses in the United States after pleading guilty to high-level drug trafficking charges.
Overnight in Colombia there were reports that a police officer who helped capture Otoniel in October 2021 from his jungle hideout, before extraditing him the following year to the United States, helped identify the four men detained in relation to the kidnapping of Luis Manuel Díaz.
He was in England when the kidnapping occurred on Saturday, October 28, but Colombian police leader William Salamanca ordered him to return to Bogotá so he could work with the British government on the case.
Although the images of the arrests published through the Colombian press showed 4 men captured and the police showed that 4 men had been detained, the country’s attorney general, Francisco Barbosa, referred to 3 of them and made no mention of the alleged leader.
Several weapons were also seized during the operation to arrest the suspects. William Salamanca: “We introduced Operation Freedom on the day of the kidnapping, which allowed us to identify the alleged masterminds and drapados, including the criminal organization called ‘Los Primos. ‘, which commits offences using the “criminal outsourcing” approach.
“During the operation, we captured 4 other alleged culprits in the kidnapping of Luis Manuel Diaz. “One of the videos released by police showed one of the suspects, dressed in a white T-shirt, being read his rights while in custody. .
On Saturday, two days after the release of Luis Diaz’s father, Francisco Barbosa said: “We have fulfilled our commitment and less than 72 hours after Mr. Luis Manuel Diaz, father of soccer player Luis Diaz, regained his freedom, we captured the kidnappers. “.
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