Venezuelans dig to find their loved ones

Two earthquakes of rare magnitude struck Venezuela on June 24, seconds apart. The state of La Guaira on the Caribbean coast was by far the hardest hit, with entire buildings collapsing there in seconds. Tens of thousands of people are still missing but help still has not arrived.

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Issued on: Two earthquakes of rare magnitude struck Venezuela on June 24, seconds apart. The state of La Guaira on the Caribbean coast was by far the hardest hit, with entire buildings collapsing there in seconds. Tens of thousands of people are still missing but help still has not arrived.

In the absence of an effective response, residents are now digging through the rubble with their bare hands to find their loved ones. They call themselves "the moles". FRANCE 24’s Pascale Mariani, Maxime Pluvinet, Juan Orozco, Dali Vargas report.