Twin Venezuela Earthquakes Kill 16-Year-Old Angelina in La Guaira Tower Collapse
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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 17
Twin Venezuela Earthquakes Kill 16-Year-Old Angelina in La Guaira Tower Collapse
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 17
Summary
Angelina, 16, was found dead in the rubble of a residential tower in La Guaira after twin earthquakes struck the Venezuelan coastal city.
5:30 p.m. on June 24 was her last message to her mother, Liliana Figueroa, who had migrated to Brazil; after the quakes, repeated WhatsApp texts went undelivered through the night.
Figueroa returned from Brazil to Venezuela after learning her daughter had been killed, turning a routine migrant separation into what the report describes as a grim homecoming.
The death underscores how the earthquakes compounded the strain on Venezuelan families already split across borders by migration.