Argentine soccer player's wife, children found dead in Venezuela quake
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Key Points:
- The 74-hour search for the family of Argentine soccer star Lucas Trejo ended with the recovery of the bodies of his wife, Yanina Maranella, and their two children from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in Playa Grande, La Guaira, following devastating earthquakes in Venezuela.
- Trejo, who was in Caracas with his team during the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes, immediately traveled to the disaster zone to join rescue efforts after learning about the collapse.
- Trejo's father and brother joined firefighters, military personnel, and volunteers in the search, which concluded with the tragic confirmation of his family's deaths.
- The South American soccer community expressed deep condolences, with fellow Argentine footballer Edson Tortolero and Trejo's club, Sport Maritimo de La Guaira, offering messages of support and mourning.
- The family’s loss is part of the broader disaster that has left nearly 50,000 people missing along Venezuela’s northern coast, where emergency crews continue recovery operations.
