Argentine soccer player Lucas Trejo loses wife, two children in Venezuela earthquake building collapse: report

The 74-hour hunt for the household of Argentine shot prima Lucas Trejo ended this play aft rescue crews recovered the bodies of his woman and 2 children from the rubble of the flat gathering that collapsed successful Wednesday's duplicate earthquakes.

Trejo, 38, a halfway backmost for Venezuelan nine Sport Maritimo de La Guaira, was successful Caracas with his squad erstwhile earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 struck the country's bluish coast.

Soccer subordinate Lucas Trejo mislaid his woman and 2 children aft Venezuela's devastating earthquakes. (Photo credit: FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images) ((Photo recognition should work FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images))

After learning his family's flat gathering had collapsed successful Playa Grande, La Guaira, helium instantly traveled to the catastrophe portion to articulation the search.

"Our gathering successful Playa Grande collapsed. I don't cognize thing astir my family," Trejo wrote connected Instagram during the aboriginal hours of the search. "Please commune for them and stock this connection successful lawsuit idiosyncratic saw them. I privation to judge they weren't there."

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Trejo's begetter and member traveled from Argentina to assistance firefighters, subject unit and volunteers searching done the debris.

Twin earthquakes devastated Venezuela's bluish coast, leaving wide demolition arsenic exigency crews proceed betterment efforts. (Photo by Javier Campos/picture confederation via Getty Images) ((Photo by Javier Campos/picture confederation via Getty Images))

The hunt ended aft rescuers recovered the bodies of Trejo's wife, Yanina Maranella, and their children, Aaron and Ainhoa.

The calamity prompted an outpouring of enactment from crossed the South American shot community.

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Fellow Argentine footballer Edson Tortolero, a adjacent person of Trejo's, mourned the family's deaths.

"Today my bosom breaks into a 1000 pieces," Tortolero wrote. "There are nary words that tin easiness truthful overmuch pain. I inquire God to springiness Lucas spot to endure this unimaginable loss."

Club Sport Maritimo de La Guaira confirmed the deaths successful a connection connected Sunday.

A 74-hour hunt ended successful heartbreak for defender Lucas Trejo aft rescuers recovered his family. (Photo by NORBERTO DUARTE / AFP) (Photo by NORBERTO DUARTE/AFP via Getty Images) ((Photo by NORBERTO DUARTE / AFP) (Photo by NORBERTO DUARTE/AFP via Getty Images))

"We articulation the grief that overwhelms subordinate Lucas Trejo for the passing of his wife, Yanina Maranella, and of his children, Aaron and Ainhoa Trejo," the nine said. "Peace to their souls and comfortableness for Lucas and each his loved ones."

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Trejo's household is among the victims of the earthquakes that devastated parts of Venezuela's bluish coast. Emergency crews stay successful the portion arsenic betterment efforts continue.

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