Thirty-three people rescued, thousands still missing after Venezuela quakes

RESCUED CHILDREN

The US State Department hailed the rescue of an infant by US rescue crews on Saturday, posting a video on X showing helmet-clad rescuers removing the blanket-wrapped and wailing child from the rubble.

A Colombian rescue team saved an 11-year-old boy, Moises, who had been trapped some 3 meters deep in rubble, after identifying his location with a scanner, Reuters TV reported.

He was removed on a stretcher with a broken arm, his eyes covered by cloth to protect them from the shock of daylight. His mother and sister were killed.

Mexican rescuers working at a collapsed building in the town of Caraballeda rescued another 11-year-old boy, Rodriguez posted on X late on Saturday, showing crews carrying a small figure on a stretcher out of the rubble.

“In these hours each life is hope for Venezuela,” Rodriguez said, as the government also shared a video of a young man being removed from ruins by rescuers.

The government also posted videos of Rodriguez meeting with international rescuers, where she gave the figure of people saved on Saturday.

The government has also said more than 3,000 people were injured and a similar figure was living in shelters.

In Caraballeda on Saturday, US rescuers worked alongside remaining civilian volunteers, some of whom were searching for their own family members.