At least five Cuban citizens are missing following the earthquakes with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5 that shook northern Venezuela on June 24, according to>span> reports circulated by family members, journalists, and citizen search platforms.
Among those whose whereabouts remain unknown are Olivia Hernández Pérez, Ady Zaldívar, Silvio René Garzón Molina, and the siblings Vanessa Martínez and Dayan Martínez, two minors originally from Mayabeque, according to reports of Cubanet, an independent Cuban site.
The case of Olivia Hernández Pérez was reported by journalist Yesmani Gómez, whospan> informed on Facebook that the young woman had recently arrived in Venezuela and that her family lost contact with her shortly before the earthquakes.
"Her family in Cuba is desperate, the last time they heard from her was just before the earthquake," the communicator wrote.
According to search notices posted on social media, Hernández Pérez, 28, was last seen in Coral Park, Caraballeda, La Guaira state, one of the areas hardest hit by the earthquakes. So far, it has not been confirmed whether she was in any of the buildings that collapsed during the emergency.
Another missing person is Cuban Ady Zaldívar, whose case disclosed by journalist Darcy Borrero via Instagram.
Also still unaccounted for are siblings Vanessa Martínez and Dayan Martínez, two Cuban minors living in Venezuela with their father, a Cuban doctor who decided to remain in the country after completing an official mission. According tospan> journalist Daniel Benítez, their mother resides in the Cuban province of Mayabeque.
Citizen notices place the minors in the Coral Beach building, located in the Los Corales sector of La Guaira, one of the areas where numerous collapses were recorded.
Additionally, the citizen platform "Desaparecidos Terremoto Venezuela," created to assist in locating individuals after the tragedy, reported the disappearance of 27-year-old Cuban Silvio René Garzón Molina. The young man was last seen in the Los Corales area in Caraballeda.
So far, Cuban regime authorities have not officially reported on any missing citizens from the Island due to the earthquakes.
Only on Thursday did the official newspaper Granma assert that the Cuban Medical Mission in Venezuela established contact withspan> collaborators deployed in the 24 states of the country and claimed they were out of danger, with many of them joining relief efforts for the affected from the very beginning.span>
Over 900 dead after the tragedy
The two earthquakes, which occurred barely seconds apart, caused the collapse of dozens of buildings and severe damage in the states of La Guaira and Caracas, considered among the most affected areas by the disaster.
According to the official tally updated this Friday, the death toll has risen to at least >920 people, while 3,360 were injured, as rescue operations continue among the rubble and hundreds of people remain missing.
Additionally, there are reportedly 2,227 affected families and 250 structures “damaged or lost.”
The interim president of the country, Delcy Rodríguez, stated that more than 200 people trapped have been located. The government has not released a figure for the missing, but civil society organizations estimate it in the thousands.
Emergency teams from several countries have joined the search and humanitarian assistance operations.
