Wife and children of Argentine soccer player Lucas Trejo killed in Venezuela earthquakes

VenezuelaWife and children of Argentine soccer player Lucas Trejo killed in Venezuela earthquakesTrejo said his family’s home in La Guaira, the hardest hit area, collapsed in the quake as he described his desperate attempts to dig through the rubble.Listen to this article with a free profile00:0000:00Lucas Trejo and family.lucastrejo_lt via InstagramShareAdd NBC News to GoogleJune 29, 2026, 1:08 PM EDTBy Minyvonne BurkeAn Argentine soccer player for a Venezuelan team lost his wife and two young children in the powerful twin earthquakes that struck the country last week. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscriptionGet exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading.Before their deaths were confirmed, Lucas Trejo described to Noticias Telemundo how he was “going through the rubble with my hands” searching for his wife, Yanina, and their young son and daughter. Noticias Telemundo confirmed the deaths with Trejo’s soccer club, Club Sport Marítimo de La Guaira, which mourned the tragic loss of their player’s family.“For the eternal rest of Yanina de Trejo (wife), Aarón Trejo (son) and Ainhoa Trejo (daughter) of our player Lucas Trejo. The great family of Club Sport Marítimo de La Guaira offers their words of condolence for the death of his family members,” the team wrote on Instagram.Trejo had been searching for his family since Wednesday, when a 7.2 earthquake struck near the town of San Felipe shortly after 6 p.m., followed by a more powerful 7.5 quake 39 seconds later near Yumare.More than 1,400 people were killed, and some 3,150 were injured in the earthquakes. Trejo told Noticias Telemundo “Ahora” that the family’s home in La Guaira, the hardest hit area, collapsed in the quake. “I was playing at a game far from my home, I ran back to see if my family was good,” he said, getting emotional. “The building was destroyed.” He told Noticias Telemundo that he was digging with his hands through the rubble because there was no digging equipment, and, even after on...