CARABALLEDA, Venezuela—The government-built high-rise where Alberto Sánchez’s girlfriend lived toppled into a mass of concrete and steel when twin earthquakes hit this Caribbean coastal city last week. He spent four days digging through rubble for her and her family—and found no one.
“Today I feel like I have no energy left,” Sánchez said on Sunday, his face weary as he took a break, blowing dust off his gloves and examining the holes in his sneakers.
Nearly 50,000 people are still unaccounted for, according to an online platform tracking missing loved ones, after Wednesday’s earthquakes flattened whole neighborhoods in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, and a string of cities nearby.
Mira como esa gente se cae y al mismo tiempo un edificio entero se derrumba frente a ellos, y el gobierno de Venezuela da cifras ridículas. Desde el minuto cero debieron decir la verdad para que el mundo entero ayude.
La mentira costo más vidas aun. pic.twitter.com/2QWa5vSoCf— Poirot (@Argenpoirot) June 29, 2026
