03.07.2026.
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Trying to cover up the scale of the disaster? Bodies decomposing beyond recognition lie in the streets VIDEO
The death toll from the earthquakes that struck Venezuela last week has risen to at least 2,595, the country's interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, said today.
Doubts over the official figures have intensified after a forensic pathologist from La Guaira state, one of the hardest-hit areas, told CNN that the government's reported death toll “does not represent even one-third of the actual number of fatalities.”
Due to the lack of space, body bags are being temporarily left outdoors, where high temperatures are accelerating the decomposition of the remains.
She added that many families are recovering the bodies of their loved ones from the rubble themselves and bringing them to morgues because rescue services are unable to cope with the scale of the disaster.
Rodríguez said that “almost all officials” in La Guaira state were killed in the twin earthquakes. She added that 189 buildings had collapsed across Venezuela, while around 800 others were completely destroyed.
Preliminary estimates by the U.S. Geological Survey indicate a high probability that the twin earthquakes, measuring magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people.
Opposition leader María Corina Machado accused the authorities of concealing the scale of the disaster and restricting access to information, while the human rights organization PROVEA said that the official data raise “more questions than answers.”
Due to the lack of official information, citizens are increasingly relying on unofficial databases to report missing persons, CNN reported.
The platform “Venezuela Reporta,” which collects data through citizen submissions, estimates that tens of thousands of people are still missing, although these figures have not been independently verified.
National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez said that around 30,000 people were in the hardest-hit areas of La Guaira at the time of the earthquake, of whom approximately 20,000 were evacuated or rescued.
In addition to the rising death toll, identifying bodies has become a major challenge.
According to forensic experts, many bodies are in an advanced state of decomposition, making identification possible mainly through tattoos, dental work, or clothing, while DNA analysis is largely unavailable due to high costs.
Rodríguez emphasized that authorities are following strict procedures for the identification and handling of victims, and that no bodies will be buried in mass graves, according to the VTV portal.
Presenting a report on the consequences of the twin earthquakes, she said that a special morgue has been opened in La Guaira, where national regulations and international protocols for handling remains in natural disaster emergencies are being applied.
According to her, the identification and processing of bodies involves the National Service of Medicine and Forensic Sciences (Senamecf), the Attorney General’s Office, and Venezuela’s Civil Registry, in order to ensure “lawful and dignified treatment of victims and their families.”
She explained that body identification involves multiple forensic methods.
The process begins with fingerprinting and photographic documentation, while in cases where this is not possible, dental forensic analysis is used to determine identity.
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