A cemetery in Venezuela’s La Guaira state has excavated new trenches to bury hundreds of people killed in recent earthquakes. Many of the bodies remain unidentified.
Earthquake Aftermath
The cemetery has dug around 500 new burial plots in response to the emergency, with an area reserved for about 150 unidentified victims. Satellite images show more than 20 rows of freshly dug trenches, each large enough to fit multiple caskets side by side.
The earthquakes left at least 3,535 people dead, 16,740 injured, and 17,854 displaced, according to government figures. Many families are still waiting for answers about their loved ones.
In the area reserved for unidentified victims, each body receives an individual grave separated by plots and marked with a code to make it easier for families to locate their loved ones in the future.
Original reporting: El Paso News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
