Teens who fled Venezuela after deadly quakes caught in another disaster in Colombia
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Teens who fled Venezuela after deadly quakes caught in another disaster in Colombia

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Key Points:

  • Venezuelan teenagers Deivi Delfín, 15, and his brother Winder, 17, lost their mother, grandmother, and younger brother in the devastating twin earthquakes that struck La Guaira, Venezuela, on 24 June.
  • After their home collapsed, the brothers joined rescue efforts, crawling through rubble to search for family members, eventually finding their mother and brother deceased, which deeply traumatized them.
  • The family relocated to Cali, Colombia, where their father works, but just days after settling, they experienced another strong earthquake of magnitude 7.4, causing further fear and disruption.
  • The brothers express a loss of childhood innocence due to witnessing death and destruction, and they hope to rebuild their lives through hard work and study to honor their mother's memory.
  • The recent Colombian earthquake has resulted in several hundred deaths and many missing, with Cali among the hardest-hit areas, compounding the trauma for the Delfín family.

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