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Footballer Lucas Trejo sedated after earthquake kills wife and children in Venezuela
🇵🇦 Panama /Disasters & Emergencies

Footballer Lucas Trejo sedated after earthquake kills wife and children in Venezuela

From TVN Panamá · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Argentine footballer Lucas Trejo remains sedated following the deaths of his wife and two children in a Venezuelan earthquake.
  • Trejo was in Caracas for a sports commitment when the earthquake struck, collapsing his family's building in Playa Grande.
  • His family is seeking support to travel to Venezuela for the identification and cremation of the victims.

Argentine footballer Lucas Trejo is under medical care and sedated after a devastating earthquake in Venezuela claimed the lives of his wife and two young children. The tragedy struck while Trejo was in Caracas with his team, Sport Marítimo de La Guaira, for a sporting event.

His family's home in Playa Grande, one of the areas hit by the quake, collapsed. Trejo's sister, Karen, shared the emotional toll on the athlete, explaining that doctors kept him sedated to manage the intense grief. The family is urgently seeking assistance to travel to Venezuela for the identification and cremation of the victims.

Karen described the immense difficulty in communicating with Lucas after the disaster. He spent days searching through rubble for his family, leaving him unable to contact loved ones in Argentina. "We only spoke to Lucas once in these days. Lucas could never have his phone because he was removing rubble from rubble and we couldn't talk to him," she recounted.

We only spoke to Lucas once in these days. Lucas could never have his phone because he was removing rubble from rubble and we couldn't talk to him.

— Karen TrejoLucas Trejo's sister described the communication difficulties and his efforts to find his family after the earthquake.

Trejo had initially posted on social media in anguish, pleading for prayers and information about his family's whereabouts. "Our building in Playa Grande collapsed. I don't know anything about my family. Please, pray for them and spread this message in case someone saw them. I want to believe they weren't there. Pray for my family, please," he wrote.

After 74 hours of searching, rescue teams confirmed the tragic discovery of his wife and children's bodies. The news sent shockwaves through his teammates, family, and the sports community. Teammate Edson Tortolero publicly shared the somber outcome of the search.

Our building in Playa Grande collapsed. I don't know anything about my family. Please, pray for them and spread this message in case someone saw them. I want to believe they weren't there. Pray for my family, please.

— Lucas TrejoThe Argentine footballer expressed his anguish on social media while searching for his family after the earthquake.
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Originally published by TVN Panamá in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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