Soccer star's wife and 2 children killed in Venezuela earthquakes, team says

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Soccer star's wife and 2 children killed in Venezuela earthquakes, team says

Argentine soccer star Lucas Trejo's wife and two children tragically died after powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela, where he was training with his team. …

The wife and two children of Argentine soccer star Lucas Trejo have died after powerful twin earthquakes struck Venezuela, his team said on Sunday. Trejo, who plays for Club Sport Maritimo La Guaira, a second-division team in Venezuela, had searched for his wife Yanina and children Aaron and Ainhoa in the rubble for three days before rescue workers recovered their bodies, CNN reported . "Club Sport Maritimo La Guaira deeply mourns the irreparable loss of our player's wife and children," the team said in a post on Instagram , accompanied by a photo of the family. "Peace to their souls and comfort for Lucas and all his loved ones," the team wrote in post on X . Trejo, 38, was at a team training camp in Caracas when the quakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 struck on Wednesday evening, and immediately returned to his home in La Guaira — the state worst hit by the disaster — to "a horrific scene," Trejo's brother-in-law Ricardo Ardiles told CNN Espanol . "He found absolutely nothing of what the building itself had been," Ardiles said. The wife and two children of Argentine footballer Lucas Trejo died after powerful twin earthquakes struck Venezuela, his team said on Sunday. Instagram/Lucas Trejo Nearly 1,500 people have died and tens of thousands are still unaccounted for, Venezuelan authorities said on Sunday. Race to find survivors Over the weekend, a mother and her 9-month-old baby were pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building in Venezuela by a U.S. search and rescue team. …

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