\n More than 1,400 people died and thousands more are missing in Venezuela, authorities said Sunday.\n <\/p>\n
\n Trejo, 38, was at a team training camp in Caracas when the two earthquakes struck, CNN Espa\u00f1ol reported. He immediately rushed to his home in La Guaira, 18 miles north of the capital.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cWhat he found was a horrific scene, Ardiles said. \u201cHe found absolutely nothing of what the building itself had been. Our hope is that they weren\u2019t in there.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
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Hope and heartbreak mark Venezuela earthquake search and rescue operations\n <\/p>\n
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\n Trejo sifted through debris and looked for clues in the area, appealing for help that required heavy machinery, according to CNN Espa\u00f1ol.\n <\/p>\n
\n Friends and teammates had also made a video pleading for more machinery.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cRight now we only have one machine, but it\u2019s not enough,\u201d said Robert Garc\u00e9s, who plays for Venezuela\u2019s Metropolitanos F.C.\n <\/p>\n
\n The search, however, came to a heartbreaking end.\n <\/p>\n
\n On Sunday, Club Sport Mar\u00edtimo La Guaira said it \u201cdeeply mourns the irreparable loss\u201d of Trejo\u2019s family in a social media post, sharing a photo of the four together \u2013\u2013 Trejo with one hand resting on his daughter\u2019s shoulder and the other around his wife.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cLucas, you are not alone. Your family at Maritime La Guaira is with you,\u201d it said.\n <\/p>\n
\n The disaster last week, which the US Geological Survey said was a rare \u201cdoublet,\u201d<\/a> with two major earthquakes striking just 39 seconds apart, has also killed and impacted several soccer players in the country.\n <\/p>\n \n Yimvert Berroteran, a promising young talent, was among the hundreds of people who died, the Venezuelan national team and the Venezuelan Football Federation (FVF) said Friday.\n <\/p>\n \n The 18-year-old played at the U-17 World Cup in Doha a few months ago and recently for the U-20 national team.\n <\/p>\n \n The quake also claimed the lives of young players V\u00edctor Palacios and Razan Sijaa, according to FVF and their respective clubs.\n <\/p>\n \n The partner of another player, H\u00e9ctor Bello, died while protecting their toddler, Bello said Saturday on social media.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cI\u2019ll make sure to remind our baby girl how wonderful you were and how much you loved her,\u201d Bello wrote in a post<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n \n Tourists and foreign residents are also among the dead, including eight Chinese nationals, Chinese state media said Sunday.\n <\/p>\n \n Spain\u2019s foreign ministry said at least nine Spanish nationals have died and over 100 are missing.\n <\/p>\n \n The search has now surpassed the first 72 hours \u2013\u2013 the most critical window for finding survivors.\n <\/p>\n \n Historically, after that period, the chances of survival without a water source diminish rapidly. Some studies<\/a> say the majority of live rescues happen within the first five or six days.\n <\/p>\n