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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Tom Phillips in Caracas, Sam Jones and agencies

Venezuelan police officers arrested over alleged looting after earthquakes

Collapsed multistorey buildings with heaps of rubble and chunk of concrete piled up. Damaged but more intact structures are in the background.
Rescue operations continued on Wednesday in the Playa Grande area of La Guaira state, among the hardest-hit locations. Photograph: Diko Betancourt/Anadolu/Getty Images

Four Venezuelan police officers have been arrested and are facing dismissal after being accused of looting cash from the rubble of a building that collapsed during last week’s devastating twin earthquakes.

Local people and national and international rescue teams continue to search for survivors in the aftermath of the back-to-back quakes, which have killed almost 2,000 people, injured more than 10,000, and left tens of thousands missing.

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