A cemetery in Venezuela’s La Guaira state has been expanded to accommodate the large number of victims from the recent earthquakes. The earthquakes, which occurred nearly two weeks ago, have left at least 3,535 people dead, 16,740 injured, and 17,854 displaced.
Cemetery Expansion
The cemetery, La Esperanza, has dug around 500 new burial plots in response to the emergency. An area with about 150 graves has been 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.
Local authorities and community leaders have worked together to organize the graves, which are arranged on terraces identified with letters and demarcated with white stones. This setup will allow families to visit their loved ones and pay their respects.
Several trucks arrived with coffins throughout the day, and police officers were seen guarding the cemetery entrance. The cemetery worker estimated that at least 80 bodies were moved to the cemetery during the day.
Original reporting: KRDO (Colorado Springs metro) — read the source article.
