The wife and two children of the Argentine soccer player Lucas Trejo were found dead after remaining missing after two earthquakes shook Venezuela on Wednesday, June 24. The news was confirmed on Saturday night mainly by Edson Tortoleroa player from another Venezuelan club who had participated in the search for the family of the Córdoba defender, and then for the Deportivo club La Guaira through a statement. They were wanted since the collapse of a building in the Playa Grande area.
The first confirmation came through a story of instagram published by Tortolero. “We inform all the people of Venezuela and Argentina that the bodies of Lucas Trejo’s relatives have been found lifeless”wrote the footballer. In the same message, he thanked the support received during the search from family members, pastors, players, civilians, rescuers, the Venezuelan Soccer Federation, Inter Miami, representatives of El Salvador and all the people who collaborated.
Tortolero’s post was also shared by Robert Garcesof Metropolitans, and Jose Correafrom Deportivo La Guaira, who had participated in the search tasks.
Shortly after, Deportivo La Guaira released a statement in which he expressed his condolences to Trejo and reported the death of Yanina Maranellawife of the player, and their children, Aarón and Ainhoa Trejo. The institution also expressed its support for the footballer and his loved ones.
One day before the confirmation, Garcés had published a video in which he appeared with Tortolero, Correa and other professional footballers collaborating in the assistance and search tasks in one of the areas affected by the earthquakes. In the recording, recorded among the rubble, he explained that the group was working to rescue people and help find Trejo’s family, whom he defined as “a friend and a football brother.”
Two powerful earthquakes shook Venezuela this Wednesday and, although the epicenter was located in the city of Morón, state of Carabobo, one of the most affected areas was La Guaira.
After the disaster, Trejo turned to his social networks to ask for help in the search for his partner and two children, who were in a building in Playa Grande at the time of the collapse. “I don’t know anything about my family. Pray for them. I want to believe they weren’t there,” the Argentine defender wrote then.
The 38-year-old footballer who plays for the Marítimo de La Guaira club was born in Cordova but he developed a large part of his professional career outside Argentina. At the time of the disaster, He gathered with his team in Caracas to play the first day of the Venezuela Cupaccording to the club’s official website.
This Friday, Ricardo Ardilesbrother-in-law of the defender and husband of Yanina Maranella’s sister, indicated, in dialogue with Chain 3that in the area where the search for the woman and the two minors was carried out, among many others affected by the earthquakes, communication was difficult because there was no electricity or telephone signal.
“We are hopeful that they have left or have been taken to a hospital and contact has not yet been established,” he said at the time. He also said that “When Lucas arrived he found total destruction.” and that the building where they lived ““It no longer exists.”.
