Venezuela Earthquake

Relatives and friends attend the funeral Mass for Daniela Mora, her mother, Maria Cruz, and her grandmother, Judith Padron, who died when their apartment building collapsed during the earthquake in the San Bernardino neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, July 4, 2026.

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As quake rescue effort winds down, Venezuelans are left alone to recover their dead

As quake rescue effort winds down, Venezuelans are left alone to recover their dead

Venezuelans are digging through earthquake rubble with their bare hands to recover loved ones as international rescue teams depart and anger rises over the government’s response. On Monday, nearly two weeks after the twin earthquakes devastated northern Venezuela, families in the hardest-hit state of La Guaira said they remained without heavy machinery or official assistance to search for their relatives' remains, while authorities shifted their focus toward reconstruction and sheltering the displaced. The death toll has risen to 3,342. Thousands more bodies may still be buried in Venezuela's ruins.