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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gisela Salomon

More than 100 US deportees missing after arriving in Venezuela before earthquakes

More than 100 individuals recently deported from the United States found themselves caught in the devastating aftermath of powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela, according to survivor accounts. The group was housed in a hotel when the tremors hit, triggering a desperate search for those buried beneath the rubble.

A deportation flight carrying 146 Venezuelans, including 19 women and seven children, had arrived in Caracas from Miami just hours before Wednesday's 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude quakes, as reported by ICE Flight Monitor, an initiative of Human Rights First.

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