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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Tom Phillips in El Junquito. Photographs by Manu Quintero

‘The moles of Poblado Uno’: villagers’ mission to recover body of Venezuela quake victim

People on motorcycles and bicycles ride through heavy rain at night carrying white balloons
Neighbours form a caravan carrying white balloons behind the truck carrying the Guedez García family as it arrives in Poblado Uno Photograph: Manu Quintero

In a mountainside cemetery high above Caracas, far from the chaos of Venezuela’s earthquake-lashed coast, a family of three huddles in the back of a pickup truck coming to terms with their loss.

“At first, it will be difficult,” says Adolfo Guedez, tears rolling down his cheeks as his eldest daughter, Carmen, hugs a wooden cremation box containing the ashes of her sister, Alexandra.

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