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The Jordanian civil defence team located and extracted the child from under a collapsed house, with footage released by the rescuers showing personnel carefully removing debris before pulling him free amid cheers from those at the scene. Klieber Morán was given immediate medical attention on site prior to his transfer to the capital for further treatment. Venezuelan Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez stated that the rescue showed there was still hope of continuing to find people alive. According to officials the boy’s condition was stable upon arrival at the medical facility.
Interim President Delcy Rodríguez described the child’s rescue as a moment of hope for a country facing widespread destruction from the disaster. Shelters have been established across La Guaira and adjacent states to house those left without homes. Multiple international search teams have joined Venezuelan efforts with personnel from the United States and Mexico deploying dogs and heavy equipment at various sites.
The earthquakes registering 7.2 and 7.5 in magnitude struck northern Venezuela last week centered on the La Guaira region near Caracas. Reuters reported that at least 138 aftershocks followed the main quakes further hindering access to affected zones. Initial government assessments indicated extensive structural failures across residential and commercial buildings in the hardest-hit areas.
AP News reported the death toll has climbed above 1,700 with more than 10,000 people injured and thousands remaining unaccounted for as recovery work proceeds. Earlier statements from the National Assembly placed confirmed fatalities at 188 and injuries above 1,500 but those counts rose steadily with additional discoveries in the rubble. CNN figures from the initial days following the quakes showed lower tallies before expanded searches updated the scale of the losses.
NASA satellite data reviewed in multiple reports placed the number of damaged or destroyed buildings at more than 58,000 in the impacted zones. The quakes created pockets within collapsed structures that in some cases allowed survivors to endure for days without access to food or water. Similar rescues have occurred in recent days including the extraction of an 11-year-old boy by a Colombian team three days after the event according to NBC News coverage.
The United Nations has issued an appeal for $15 million in emergency funding to address immediate needs for food shelter and medical care in the disaster zone. The World Health Organization has highlighted pressure on local health services with elevated risks of outbreaks in overcrowded temporary facilities. Aid convoys have started reaching La Guaira but logistical constraints continue to slow full distribution to all affected communities.
