Over 100 Venezuelans deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing

Over 100 Venezuelans deported from the U.S. were in a hotel in La Guaira, Venezuela, when powerful earthquakes struck the country.

AP Associated PressSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-06-29 · 22:02 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

Over 100 Venezuelans deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing

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Over 100 Venezuelans deported from the U.S. were in a hotel in La Guaira, Venezuela, when powerful earthquakes struck the country. A deportation flight carrying 146 Venezuelans, including women and children, arrived in Caracas from Miami just hours before the tremors. Survivors reported that many of the deportees were in the hotel when it collapsed, leading to a search for survivors and bodies in the rubble. La Guaira was one of the areas severely impacted by the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes. Some deportees managed to escape the damaged hotel and sought assistance amidst the chaos.

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A deportation flight from Miami carrying 146 Venezuelans arrived in Caracas hours before the earthquakes.

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Lisbeth Portillo, a deportee, escaped the rubble of the hotel with about 20 other deportees.

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La Guaira was one of the areas hardest hit by the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes.

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Over 100 Venezuelans deported from the US were in a hotel when earthquakes struck Venezuela.

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More than 100 people just deported from the United States were being held in a hotel when Earthquakes struck Venezuela, setting off a scramble to find survivors and bodies buried in the rubble, according to survivors.A deportation flight from Miami arrived in Caracas hours before Wednesday’s Earthquakes. On board were 146 Venezuelans, including 19 women and seven children, according to ICE Flight Monitor, an initiative of Human Rights First, which tracks deportation flights.Lisbeth Portillo, 58, said she escaped the rubble from the hotel with about 20 other deportees who walked the streets looking for help. They saw people running, some naked and others barefoot as they emerged from the rubble of the building in La Guaira, one of the areas that was hardest hit in Wednesday’s 7.2 and 7.5 Earthquakes.

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