Overview
- Twin earthquakes struck Venezuela on June 24, with reported magnitudes near 7.2 and 7.5 that caused widespread building collapses including the Hotel Eduards in Macuto.
- Former MLB catcher Eliezer Alfonzo has said his wife, Patricia, and 16-year-old daughter, Eliana, were at the hotel and are still missing after rescue teams worked the rubble.
- Search operations have used heavy machinery, trained dogs and tests to detect life, and rescuers recovered the family’s 3-month-old dog and Patricia’s phone but have not confirmed recoveries of the two people.
- The reported death toll from the quakes has climbed into the low thousands, with at least two wives of Delfines de La Guaira players found dead in the hotel wreckage and many people still unaccounted for.
- The Los Angeles Dodgers promoted Eliezer Alfonzo Jr. to the major-league roster and scheduled his debut, a step that arrives while his family’s search continues and teammates and club staff offer support.