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.

Earthquakes Devastate Venezuela

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. Trejo’s brother-in-law Ricardo Ardiles told CNN Español Friday 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.

More than 1,400 people died and thousands more are missing in Venezuela, authorities said Sunday. The disaster last week, which the US 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.

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. The 18-year-old played at the U-17 World Cup in Doha a few months ago and recently for the U-20 national team.

The quake also claimed the lives of young players Víctor Palacios and Razan Sijaa, according to FVF and their respective clubs. The partner of another player, Héctor Bello, died while protecting their toddler, Bello said Saturday on social media.

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.

Original reporting: KTBS 3 (Shreveport) — read the source article.