Fears for people deported from US to Venezuela hours before earthquakes hit

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Over 140 Venezuelans, including women and children, were deported from the U.S. to Venezuela on June 24, hours before twin earthquakes struck the country. The deportees were housed in a hotel in La Guaira city, one of the hardest-hit areas. Survivors reported that rescue efforts are underway in the rubble of the hotel, with some deportees having escaped and sought help. One survivor recounted feeling the earthquake while on the hotel balcony and witnessing the building collapse. The earthquakes, measuring magnitude 7.2 and 7.5, are reported to have killed over 1,700 people across Venezuela.

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Key claims

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Portillo felt the first earthquake while standing on the hotel balcony.

quoteLisbeth Portillo

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Lisbeth Portillo, a deportee, escaped the rubble and described the chaos and destruction.

quoteLisbeth Portillo

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The Venezuelan government reported over 1,700 deaths from the earthquakes.

statisticThe Venezuelan government

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US deported over 140 people to Venezuela hours before twin earthquakes hit.

factualThe Associated Press (AP) news agency

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Deportees were housed in a hotel in La Guaira city that was damaged by the earthquakes.

factualsurvivors

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Full report

2 min read · 321 words

Search for deportees from US continues in the rubble of the hotel they were taken to in Venezuela’s La Guaira city.The United States deported more than 140 people to Venezuela on the same day twin earthquakes rocked the country, with rescue crews now desperately searching for survivors in the rubble of a hotel where they were being held, according to survivors.A deportation flight from Miami arrived in Venezuela hours before the June 24 earthquakes, The Associated Press (AP) news agency reported on Monday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Advocates warn of wide-ranging implications of US Supreme Court TPS rulinglist 2 of 3Another powerful magnitude 4.8 earthquake hits near Venezuelalist 3 of 3In pictures: Race against time to rescue Venezuela earthquake survivorsend of listOn board were 146 Venezuelans, including 19 women and seven children, according to ICE Flight Monitor, an initiative of Human Rights First, which tracks US deportation flights.Lisbeth Portillo, one of the deportees, told AP she escaped from the rubble of the hotel in La Guaira city with about 20 others and walked the streets looking for help.As they emerged from the destruction, they saw people running, some naked and others barefoot, through La Guaira, one of the areas hit the hardest by the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes.The Venezuelan government says more than 1,700 people were killed by the earthquakes across the country.“We walked about 5km [3.1 miles], and I cried and cried… There was no communication,” Portillo said.The group reached a National Guard building where they had a chance to call relatives, she said.“I was born again; God gave me a second chance,” Portillo added.Portillo said she was standing on the balcony of the hotel where the deportees were taken when she felt the first earthquake.“I started hearing ‘papa, papa, papapa’, and I saw the women next to me start to fall,” she said, describing the sound of the quake. “They were all screaming for help.”

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