MIAMI — A catastrophic double earthquake that devastated central coastal Venezuela left dozens of recently deported Venezuelan migrants caught in a deadly disaster, after they were held in a collapsed hotel just hours after their deportation flight landed from the United States, surviving deportees have confirmed. The tragedy unfolded Wednesday, when two major earthquakes measuring magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 hit the coast, with the La Guaira region emerging as one of the hardest-hit areas. The official death toll from the Venezuelan government now tops 1,700.
More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
