Argentina soccer player’s wife and kids found dead after desperate 74-hour search following Venezuela earthquakes
Argentinian football player Lucas Trejo mourns the loss of his wife and children, who lost their lives after a 74-hour search to find them after the tragic Venezuelan earthquake.
Trejo, 38, was desperately hoping for good news about his missing family but was found dead on Saturday night, according to Edson Tortolero, a friend of the family and fellow football player.
Trejo’s Venezuelan football team, Maritimo de la Guaira, confirmed the news in a short statement: ‘Club Sport Maritimo La Guaira is deeply saddened by the loss suffered by the family of Lucas Trejo; We want their relatives and teammates to be respected. He was found dead after a 74-hour search.’
Tortolero made a statement on social media at 19.47 on Saturday night and said: ‘We inform all Venezuelan and Argentinian people that the bodies of Lucas Trejo’s family members were found lifeless.
‘We thank everyone who has supported and extend our sincerest sympathies to his family at this time. WE WISH ETERNAL LIFE FOR THEM.’
Trejo has yet to comment publicly, but hours before he was found he had shared a family photo of himself with his wife and children on his own social media account.
Argentinian football player Lucas Trejo mourns the loss of his wife and two children
A 74-hour search was underway to find them after Wednesday’s double earthquake.
More than 1,430 people died in a rare double earthquake in Venezuela on Wednesday
News in Argentina stated that his father and brother flew to Venezuela to help him find his missing family.
His wife, Yana, posted an emotional tribute to Trejo on his birthday in April.
He said: It is a blessing to have you as a family and to move forward together in our common goal! ‘Everything is always easier and more beautiful with you.’
Rescue efforts are intensifying to find survivors from Wednesday’s devastating double earthquake of magnitude 7.2 and magnitude 7.5, with nearly 70,000 people reported missing.
Earlier Saturday, former Venezuelan Major League Baseball player Gorkys Hernandez said his wife, Deisy, died in the earthquake.
Reports in Venezuela said Deisy was at a luxury hotel with family members of other players on Hernandez’s La Guaira Delfines baseball team when the earthquakes occurred.
Hernandez wrote on Saturday: ‘Queen of my life, you are and always will be the most beautiful, lovely, precious, best woman in the world and always find a way to lift me up in my bad times.
‘You were and still are the most beautiful woman in my life. You will be with me always, every hour, every moment. Fly high, my princess, my queen. May God glorify you and guide me to continue and lift up our family.’
As of Saturday evening, the death toll reached 1,430.
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