Venezuela earthquake: Two boys rescued from rubble after days of being trapped
Columbia’s National Disaster Risk Management Unit (UNGRD) said Moises was buried under about 3 meters (9.8 ft) of debris and the rescue team spent six hours on Saturday conducting “high precision work” to reach him.
Reuters reported that a rescuer heard over the radio that the young boy was with his sister and mother, who were both dead.
Hours later, Delcy Rodríguez posted a video on X showing the rescue of the second 11-year-old boy in the town of Caraballeda.
“In these hours, every life is hope for Venezuela,” he wrote.
The coastal region of La Guaira, where Caraballeda is located, was hardest hit, officials said.
Rescuers’ efforts were hampered by aftershocks, frightening local residents.
Bus driver Jesús Andueza, 64, told BBC Mundo: “To be honest, it makes you feel a little nervous. Even the slightest noise… it’s scary.”
Thousands of people live in their cars or camp in places like airports and golf courses, away from buildings that could collapse.
The golf course in Caraballeda became the epicenter of the emergency response.
What was once a perfectly manicured green lawn has now become a makeshift hospital and donation centre, where residents who have lost everything rummage through piles of donated clothing and boxes of humanitarian aid.
In another part of the golf course, next to a small lagoon, a strip of land has been created as a landing area for helicopters arriving from inside and outside Venezuela with supplies and emergency personnel.
In the area surrounding the golf course, the cracked and rubble-strewn streets of Caraballeda are marked by dust and silence, interrupted only by heavy machinery and those searching among the ruins.
