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Luis Diaz's father asks the Catholic bishop who rescued him from ELN kidnapping to 'marry him again' to his wife after losing his wedding ring during 13-day ordeal

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The Roman Catholic bishop who rescued Luis Diaz's dad has revealed he has asked him to 'marry him again' after losing his wedding band during his 13-day kidnap ordeal.

Monsignor Francisco Ceballos said Luis Manuel Diaz asked him to conduct the ceremony in which he will renew his wedding vows to Cilenis Marulanda.

The pair were taken hostage together on October 28. Cilenis was abandoned at the roadside near her home town of Barrancas shortly afterwards but her 58-year-old husband was taken towards the Perija Mountains on Colombia's border with Venezuela and remained prisoner with his left-wing ELN hostage-takers until Thursday.