Soccer player Lucas Trejo’s family killed in Venezuelan quakes
Argentinian football player Lucas Trejo’s wife and two children died after two earthquakes occurred in northern Venezuela late last week.
Trejo has played for several first and second division football clubs in the South American country since 2023 and signed with northern Venezuela-based Club Sport Marítimo de La Guaira earlier this year.
On Sunday, Trejo’s club announced his parents’ death. Instagram post.
“Club Sport Marítimo de La Guaira is deeply saddened by the irreparable loss of the wife and sons of our player Lucas Trejo,” the team said. “[The deaths] “It occurred during the earthquake that shook the whole country on June 24.”
Accordingly Venezuelan government officialsMore than 1,700 people died as a result of the earthquakes.
Trejo was at a training session in the capital Caracas when the earthquakes occurred, while his wife Yanina and their children (Aarón and Ainhoa) were at the family home in the severely affected coastal city of La Guaira.
Trejo’s brother-in-law, Ricardo Ardiles, told CNN Spanish Club Sport Marítimo de La Guaira said the defender rushed home after the concussions and became “emotionally depressed” as he dug through the rubble for days looking for his family.
“What he found was a horrific scene,” Ardiles said last week. “He found absolutely nothing about what the building was.”
Trejo was not the only athlete severely affected by seismic activity in Venezuela.
Former Club Sport Marítimo de La Guaira player Héctor Bello also lost his wife Andrea in the earthquakes. HE He died protecting his little girls He was later found alive by rescue teams.
“I will make sure our baby remembers how amazing you are, how much you love him,” Bello wrote. Instagram post He honors his wife. “I will tell her how you saved her, how you gave your life for our daughter, how you were a brave woman who never abandoned her, even in her last breath.”
On Friday, the Venezuelan Football Federation announced: Death of 18-year-old rising star Yimvert Berroterán He played in the youth national teams from 2024 to 2026.
“Venezuelan football bids a heartbreaking farewell to a young man who represented the colors of our country with pride, dedication and love.” social media statement He studied at the federation. “His passing mourned the entire Vinotinto family and left an indelible mark on everyone who shared moments with him, both on and off the field.”
18-year-old Razan Sijaa, who plays for the Caracas Fútball Club, 14-year-old Víctor Palacios from the Club Sport San Augustín academy, and 17-year-old potential Ricardo Veloz also lost their lives in the earthquakes.
Locally, the family of Dodgers shortstop Miguel Rojas narrowly escaped tragedy and was doing well after the earthquakes.
“Literally two blocks from where my family was, two buildings collapsed — the entire building,” Rojas told reporters last week. “I’m lucky, to be honest with you. I’m really lucky that my family is still alive and with me. I don’t take that lightly.”
According to Rojas, his wife and children were in Caracas, about six miles south of where the earthquake occurred. His wife was there to renew her passport and the children were going to try to obtain Venezuelan citizenship. He added that his sister was in Rojas’ hometown of Los Teques, about 17 miles south of the coastal devastation.
“It’s really hard at one point in my career to see my teammates and the players I played with lose their family members, their children,” said Rojas, who spent years playing baseball at La Guaira. “It’s really devastating. It’s been really hard for me to fall asleep at night.”
