Foreign Ministry: relatives report four Peruvian citizens missing after earthquakes in Venezuela

The Peruvian Foreign Ministry reported that after the two earthquakes that occurred in Venezuela Last Wednesday, June 24, he received reports from relatives of four Peruvian citizens missing. Faced with this, close coordination is maintained with the Venezuelan authorities to determine its location.

In addition, the entity indicated that the return to the country of two compatriots in a vulnerable situation, inhabitants of the La Guaira area, has been completed.

Along the same lines, it has been providing shelter, food and other items essential services to those compatriots who need them as a result of the consequences of the earthquakes.

“Our Interests Section in charge of Consular Affairs, in Caracas, is permanently in contact with our compatriots in the affected areasand has made itself available by receiving and responding to requests for support from those most vulnerable communities,” they maintained.

It should be noted that in joint work between the Ministry of Defense (Mindef) and Indeci, more than fourteen tons of humanitarian aid goods for the victims, who join the support of rescuers from the General Corps of Peruvian Volunteer Firefighters and NGO volunteers.

The USAR Peru team, made up of more than 40 volunteer firefighters, managed rescue a 60-year-old woman alive who was trapped for almost three days in the rubble of a collapsed building in Venezuela.

Earthquake in Venezuela: migrants and Peruvian citizens collect donations outside the Venezuelan embassy

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated its commitment to continue managing, through the most viable and effective mechanisms, the sending of new humanitarian aid to Venezuela.

Our compatriots can contact the Peruvian Interests Section in charge of Consular Affairs in Caracas at (00) 584142224598 or email: info@consulperu-caracas.com.