Argentine soccer player Lucas Trejo loses wife, two children in Venezuela earthquake building collapse: report

The 74-hour hunt for nan family of Argentine soccer prima Lucas Trejo ended this play aft rescue crews recovered nan bodies of his woman and 2 children from nan rubble of nan flat building that collapsed successful Wednesday's copy earthquakes.

Trejo, 38, a halfway backmost for Venezuelan nine Sport Maritimo de La Guaira, was successful Caracas pinch his squad erstwhile earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 struck nan country's bluish coast.

Soccer subordinate Lucas Trejo mislaid his woman and 2 children aft Venezuela's devastating earthquakes. (Photo credit: FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images) ((Photo in installments should publication FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images))

After learning his family's flat building had collapsed successful Playa Grande, La Guaira, he instantly traveled to nan disaster area to subordinate nan search.

"Our building successful Playa Grande collapsed. I don't cognize thing astir my family," Trejo wrote connected Instagram during nan early hours of nan search. "Please believe for them and stock this connection successful lawsuit personification saw them. I want to judge they weren't there."

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Trejo's begetter and relative traveled from Argentina to assistance firefighters, subject unit and volunteers searching done nan debris.

Twin earthquakes devastated Venezuela's bluish coast, leaving wide demolition arsenic emergency crews proceed betterment efforts. (Photo by Javier Campos/picture confederation via Getty Images) ((Photo by Javier Campos/picture confederation via Getty Images))

The hunt ended aft rescuers recovered nan bodies of Trejo's wife, Yanina Maranella, and their children, Aaron and Ainhoa.

The calamity prompted an outpouring of support from crossed nan South American shot community.

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Fellow Argentine footballer Edson Tortolero, a adjacent friend of Trejo's, mourned nan family's deaths.

"Today my bosom breaks into a 1000 pieces," Tortolero wrote. "There are nary words that tin easiness truthful overmuch pain. I inquire God to springiness Lucas spot to strengthen this unimaginable loss."

Club Sport Maritimo de La Guaira confirmed nan deaths successful a connection connected Sunday.

A 74-hour hunt ended successful heartbreak for defender Lucas Trejo aft rescuers recovered his family. (Photo by NORBERTO DUARTE / AFP) (Photo by NORBERTO DUARTE/AFP via Getty Images) ((Photo by NORBERTO DUARTE / AFP) (Photo by NORBERTO DUARTE/AFP via Getty Images))

"We subordinate nan condolences that overwhelms subordinate Lucas Trejo for nan passing of his wife, Yanina Maranella, and of his children, Aaron and Ainhoa Trejo," nan nine said. "Peace to their souls and comfortableness for Lucas and each his loved ones."

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Trejo's family is among nan victims of nan earthquakes that devastated parts of Venezuela's bluish coast. Emergency crews stay successful nan region arsenic betterment efforts continue.

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