An Argentine soccer player for a Venezuelan second division team has lost his wife and two children after last week’s earthquakes, the strongest to hit Venezuela in more than a century. Lucas Trejo, who plays for Club Sport Marítimo La Guaira, had spent much of the last three days combing through rubble and looking for signs of his wife Yanina and their children Aarón and Ainhoa.
Earthquake Aftermath
More than 1,400 people died, and thousands more are missing in Venezuela, authorities said Sunday. The search has now surpassed the first 72 hours – the most critical window for finding survivors. Historically, after that period, the chances of survival without a water source diminish rapidly.
Tourists and foreign residents are also among the dead, including eight Chinese nationals, Chinese state media said Sunday. Spain’s foreign ministry said at least nine Spanish nationals have died and over 100 are missing.
The disaster last week, which the U.S. Geological Survey said was a rare ‘doublet,’ with two major earthquakes striking just 39 seconds apart, has also killed and impacted several soccer players in the country.
Original reporting: WPBF (Treasure Coast / Hearst) — read the source article.
