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Argentine center back Lucas Trejo, 38, lost his wife Yanina Maranella and their two children, Aaron and Ainhoa, when twin earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 struck Venezuela's northern coast on Wednesday, collapsing the apartment building where his family lived in Playa Grande, La Guaira.
A 74-hour search by firefighters, military personnel, and volunteers ended this weekend with the recovery of all three bodies from the debris.
The disaster has put a human face on a catastrophe that has left nearly 50,000 people missing across the affected region.
A Race Through the Rubble Trejo was with his club, Sport Maritimo de La Guaira, in Caracas when the two earthquakes hit.
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