"If you are alive, make any noise": Venezuela searches rubble on day four

Venezuelan firefighters and volunteers search for possible victims atop a collapsed building in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on Saturday, June 27, 2026. Miguel Medina/AFP via AP hide caption toggle caption Miguel Medina/AFP via AP CARACAS, Venezuela — You can hear backhoes digging through concrete and twisted metal, as rescue workers call out into the wreckage. "We are the rescue team. If you are alive please make any noise." A middle-aged man in a blue shirt looks on in desperation. He still has hope someone he knows on the sixth floor will be alive. Across the street from another shattered building, Junior Laya and Jesus Gallardo sit on the shade, covered in dust. "I have family members missing… my brother and some cousins," Gallardo says. "We don't know anything about them. We've been looking for them for four days." It is now four days since powerful twin earthquakes left parts of Venezuela in ruins. Damaged buildings are seen three days after earthquakes struck in La Guaira, Venezuela, Saturday, June 27, 2026. Matias Delacroix/AP hide caption toggle caption Matias Delacroix/AP On Saturday, the government said the death toll had reached 1,430, with nearly 3,500 injured. Those figures are expected to rise. Authorities say thousands remain missing, as the critical window to find survivors continues to narrow. …