Rescuers Find 3 Relatives of Lucas Trejo Dead After 74-Hour Venezuela Quake Search
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 29
Rescuers Find 3 Relatives of Lucas Trejo Dead After 74-Hour Venezuela Quake Search
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 29
Summary
Rescue crews recovered the bodies of Lucas Trejo's wife and two children after a 74-hour search in Playa Grande, ending hopes they had survived their apartment building's collapse.
Two earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 struck Venezuela's northern coast on Wednesday, flattening the building while Trejo, 38, was in Caracas with club Sport Maritimo de La Guaira.
Trejo rushed to the disaster zone after learning of the collapse and appealed on Instagram for information, while his father and brother traveled from Argentina to help firefighters, soldiers and volunteers search the rubble.
Sport Maritimo confirmed the deaths on Sunday, and messages of support spread across South American soccer as emergency crews continued broader recovery work along the devastated coast.