Three days after Venezuela’s devastating earthquakes, authorities confirmed that Lucas Trejo’s wife, Yanina Maranella, and their children, Aarón and Ainhoa, were found dead after about 72 hours missing under rubble.
The shaking in Venezuela didn’t just rip through the country—it kept ripping at Lucas Trejo’s hope for three long days.
Trejo, an Argentine player, was with his club in Caracas when devastating earthquakes tore through Venezuela last week. While he waited for word, teammates, volunteers, and family members searched nonstop for his wife and two young children, trying to turn the unimaginable into something survivable.
On Saturday night, authorities confirmed the outcome: Trejo’s wife, Yanina Maranella, and the couple’s children, Aarón and Ainhoa, had all been found dead after spending roughly 72 hours missing beneath the rubble.
The loss has struck hard across Venezuela’s soccer community. Former players and clubs shared messages of support after the discovery, and Trejo’s club mourned the deaths publicly, telling the defender he wasn’t facing the kind of grief no one should ever have to endure alone.
The quake toll across Venezuela is staggering—more than 1,400 people dead, thousands injured, and thousands more displaced—while rescue crews continue searching collapsed buildings as the country reels.
For Trejo, the wider catastrophe has become a personal wound. The agonizing wait for news that began in Caracas ended with the kind of finality that turns tragedy into something you never recover from—only carry forward.
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That’s just awful. 72 hours is so long.
I saw this on my feed and immediately thought it was fake at first. Like how do you even keep searching for that long under rubble. My heart’s broken for the wife and the kids, poor Lucas.
So was Lucas Trejo in Caracas during the quake or was he just “with his club”? Not trying to be rude but articles always say stuff vague and then people blame whoever. Also 1,400 dead sounds like a guess idk, quake numbers always change.
This is heartbreaking, but I hate how nobody talks about building safety until after everyone’s gone. Like if the buildings were inspected or not, you know? My cousin said the whole thing was “predictable” which is probably not true, but now I’m just mad at the system. Condolences anyway.