The earthquakes that hit Venezuela on Wednesday, June 25, 2026, have left at least 1,450 dead and tens of thousands missing. The hope and then distress of an Argentine footballer after the death of his wife and children illustrate the scale of the tragedy.
Two powerful earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.2 and 7.5 on the Richter scale respectively struck Venezuela on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. This Monday, June 29, 2026, the provisional death toll was 1,450. A figure that is unfortunately expected to increase, as the search continues and tens of thousands of people are still missing.
The building in Playa Grande, in which the family lived, was in one of the areas most affected by the earthquakes. It collapsed during the tremor. Unharmed, Lucas Trejo quickly called his more than 100,000 followers on Instagram for help to get news of his wife and their 2 children. "Our building collapsed and I have no news of my family. Please pray for them and spread this message to anyone who may have seen them. I want to believe that they were not there," he wrote.
Unfortunately, the terrible news was confirmed on X by the footballer's club, Marítimo de La Guaira. "We join in the mourning that overwhelms our player Lucas Trejo, following the death of his wife, Yanina Maranella, and his children, Aaron and Ainhoa," he said. Symbol of the national tragedy that the disaster represents, the same club also deplores the death of 2 of its young players, playing in the under-17 and under-15 teams. "The number of buildings affected or collapsed stands at 774, with 189 having suffered a total collapse," said the president of the Venezuelan National Assembly on Sunday, June 28, 2026.
— Club Sport Marítimo de La Guaira June 28, 2026
The footballer lost his entire family during the earthquake in Venezuela.
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