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.
Search Efforts
Trejo’s brother-in-law Ricardo Ardiles said the soccer player was “emotionally overwhelmed” and that “absolutely nothing” was left of the family’s beachfront home in La Guaira, one of the hardest-hit areas. Trejo sifted through debris and looked for clues in the area, appealing for help that required heavy machinery.
Friends and teammates had also made a video pleading for more machinery. The search, however, came to a heartbreaking end. On Sunday, Club Sport Marítimo La Guaira said it “deeply mourns the irreparable loss” of Trejo’s family in a social media post, sharing a photo of the four together.
Impact on Soccer Community
The disaster last week has also killed and impacted several soccer players in the country. Yimvert Berroteran, a promising young talent, was among the hundreds of people who died, the Venezuelan national team and the Venezuelan Football Federation (FVF) said Friday.
Original reporting: KRDO (Colorado Springs metro) — read the source article.
