A powerful twin earthquake that struck Venezuela has killed footballer Lucas Trejo's wife, Yanina Maranella, and their two young children, wiping out his immediate family just weeks after he celebrated her birthday. What began as an ordinary matchday for the defender ended in catastrophe on Wednesday, when he learned the mainshock had destroyed their home while he was playing in Caracas.
The disaster has drawn attention not only because of the scale of destruction, but because of the deeply personal loss suffered by the footballer. As rescue teams searched the rubble, there was brief hope that Trejo's family had escaped. That hope, however, was short-lived.
