Venezuelan Cemetery Expands Burials for Earthquake Victims, Many of Whom Remain Unidentified
- On Monday, workers at Esperanza cemetery in Guaira, Venezuela, buried hundreds of victims from twin earthquakes that struck nearly two weeks ago, with many bodies remaining unidentified.
- Satellite images from Vantor show more than 20 rows of freshly dug trenches as the cemetery excavated around 500 new burial plots, reserving about 150 graves specifically for unidentified victims.
- Each body receives an individual grave marked with a code for future identification, and according to Reuters, graves are arranged on lettered terraces demarcated with white stones.
- Community leader Elis Zabala told Reuters the organized setup allows families to visit and pay respects, while Chaparral Los Pinos council member Nicolás Rivas noted it helps mourners identify loved ones.
- Government figures report at least 3,535 dead, 16,740 injured, and 17,854 displaced from the earthquakes, while police guard the cemetery entrance as several trucks continue delivering coffins throughout recovery efforts.
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Venezuelan cemetery expands burials for earthquake victims, many of whom remain unidentified
In the mountains of Venezuela’s La Guaira state, workers have excavated new trenches at a cemetery to bury hundreds of people killed in the powerful twin earthquakes nearly two weeks ago, even as many of the bodies being laid to rest remain unidentified.
By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN en Español In a mountainous area of La Guaira, far from the collapsed buildings and the chaos of one of the regions hit most by the double earthquake that shook northern Venezuela, La Esperanza Cemetery has become one of the main resting places for The Post In a cemetery in La Guaira, the victims of the earthquake are buried while many still hope to be identified appeared first on KVIA.
Hundreds of unidentified victims from the double earthquake on June 24 are being buried in several graves.
Bellingcat has geolocated social media images that appear to show coffins placed in trenches recently excavated after recent devastating earthquakes in Venezuela. Photograph of a video published by a small Colombian regional digital medium, RTV News, show a group of coffins in an excavated trench. Source: Facebook The site identified covers about two hectares next to an existing cemetery in La Esperanza, a town near La Guaira, on the north coast…
Venezuelan authorities have opened an emergency cemetery in La Esperanza, in the state of La Guaira, to bury some of the victims of the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that shook the country on June 24.
Twelve days after the earthquakes in Venezuela, the work of burying the unidentified victims begins, while dozens of families continue the search.
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