Almost a week after the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, people are still being found alive.
Salvadoran emergency services reached a 44-year-old under the rubble of a shopping center in the coastal town of Maiquetía on Tuesday night (local time), as El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele wrote on the X platform. The man was supplied with water via a hose while rescue work continued.
The search for missing people continues.Image: keystone
The fire department of the Ecuadorian capital Quito, which was also deployed in the disaster area, reported the rescue of a twelve-year-old boy on Monday. “Five days after the earthquake, signs of life are the greatest incentive to keep going,” said a post on the X platform. “As long as there is still a chance, we will continue to search.”
Dog “Giselle” rescued
According to Bukele, a dog is also among those rescued. The animal, which goes by the name “Giselle,” was pulled from the rubble in the city of Caraballeda after a five-hour operation. In a video you could see the dog lying in his rescuer’s arms and excitedly licking his face. The information about the rescues could not initially be independently verified.
After 5 hours, you will be able to get the message that responds to the name of Giselle, in Residencial El Palmar, Caraballeda.
If you are there, you can take care of all the equipment in the zone and demonstrate it with photos and videos that you can see. pic.twitter.com/8ddID8Wtln
— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) June 30, 2026
According to the Venezuelan government, the number of deaths from the two earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 last Wednesday is currently 1,719. Emergency services from Venezuela and numerous other countries continue to search for people buried under collapsed buildings. According to a model calculation by the US earthquake monitoring station USGS, the number of deaths could be in the tens of thousands. (sda/dpa)