On 11 August 2000, a judge ordered Díaz transferred to jail, considering that his illness had been considerably overcome, but when authorities went to his house to complete the transfer, Díaz had escaped and found refuge with an illegal paramilitary group headed by Rodrigo Tovar.
His two brothers Jorge and Jose Eduardo "Pepe" Gnecco were subject to persecution by paramilitary leader Rodrigo Tovar Pupo (aka Jorge 40) who assassinated Jorge and kidnapped Jose Eduardo.
Ciudad Rodrigo | Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada | Rodrigo Granda | Rodrigo de Villandrando | El Tovar Hotel | Rodrigo Toscano | Rodrigo Santoro | Rodrigo Pacheco | Rodrigo Moreno Machado | Rodrigo Moreno (athlete) | Rodrigo Manrique de Lara | Rodrigo Lopresti | Rodrigo Hilbert | Rodrigo Fresán | Rodrigo de Bastidas | Don Rodrigo | The cast of ''Cuando toca la campana'' (from left to right). Julio Graham as Rodrigo, Leonel Deluglio as Miguel, Diana Santos as Ana, Gerardo Velazquez | Sergio Tovar Velarde | Rodrigo Muñoz | Rodrigo Hinzpeter | Rodrigo Granda affair | Rodrigo González | Rodrigo Faro | Rodrigo de Cerrato | Rodrigo de Ceballos | Rodrigo Caro | Rodrigo "Bimbo" Danao | Rodrigo Barra | Rodrigo Asturias | Rigo Tovar |