Between Graves and Uncertainty: The Management of the Dead After Venezuela's Earthquake
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Caracas ChroniclesBetween Graves and Uncertainty: The Management of the Dead After Venezuela's Earthquake
Bellingcat has geolocated footage circulating on social media that appears to show coffins placed in newly dug trenches following the recent deadly earthquakes in Venezuela. The site identified extends over two hectares beside an existing cemetery in La Esperanza, a town near La Guaira on the country’s northern coast. It was visited by a representative of our Latin American reporting partners who captured pictures of work ongoing at the site. Th…
On a remote slope of the La Esperanza cemetery, an hour by road from La Guaira, the area most devastated by the earthquakes of June 24, a handful of backhoes and trucks have been opening trenches in the bare land for more than ten days. Thousands of bodies rescued from the rubble, the poorest, most of them still nameless, will rest there.
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