It may not happen to families like Diaz’ a lot because footballers of that caliber tend to move their immediate families closer to them, but tons of famous South American players playing in domestic leagues have had their families harmed. It is unfortunately somewhat common.
South America is on another level, especially countries where kidnapping is super common. Colombia has a ton of militias that fund their “causes” through kidnapping and the drug trade.
never seen anything like this before. Prayers are with Lucho and his family.
It may not happen to families like Diaz’ a lot because footballers of that caliber tend to move their immediate families closer to them, but tons of famous South American players playing in domestic leagues have had their families harmed. It is unfortunately somewhat common.
South America is on another level, especially countries where kidnapping is super common. Colombia has a ton of militias that fund their “causes” through kidnapping and the drug trade.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/football/2008/apr/17/newsstory.sport
Happens for often than we realise. For obvious reasons it often doesn’t go public.