Venezuela quake exposes plight of 146 deportees
Venezuela experienced a tragic incident after 146 deportees from the United States—most of whom were held in La Guaira state—died in two earthquakes that struck the region on June 24. Families reported that these detainees were confined inside an old building controlled by intelligence agents, after having their phones and belongings confiscated. There was no proper evacuation plan in place when the earthquakes with magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 hit, which resulted in over 6,500 deaths in the area overall. The families have called on the government to apologize and to reveal the conditions of their children’s detention, as well as to improve deportation protocols. They emphasized that many of the detainees were not given the chance to leave the building during the disaster. As a result, deaths and disappearances were recorded among the group of deportees.
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