Double Earthquake in Venezuela: 'A Horrible Scene,' Argentine Footballer Loses Wife and Two Children

Argentine footballer Lucas Trejo has suffered an unimaginable tragedy after his wife and two young children were killed in the powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela. Trejo, who plays for second-division team Club Sport Maritimo La Guaira, spent three harrowing days searching through the debris for his wife Yanina and their children, Aaron and Ainhoa, before rescue teams located their bodies.

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We deeply regret the irreparable loss of our player's wife and children.

The club expressed its profound sorrow over the "irreparable loss" of Trejo's family members in a statement on social media. Trejo, 38, was reportedly at a team training camp in Caracas when the twin quakes, measuring 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude, hit the country on Wednesday evening. He immediately rushed back to his home in La Guaira, the state most severely affected by the disaster.

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He was faced with 'a horrible scene.'

His brother-in-law, Ricardo Ardiles, described the scene Trejo encountered upon returning home as "horrible," stating that "absolutely nothing remained of the building itself." The earthquakes have left a trail of destruction across Venezuela, with authorities reporting nearly 1,500 fatalities and tens of thousands of people still unaccounted for as of Sunday.

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'He found absolutely nothing of what the building itself had been.'