Over 100 Venezuelans deported from US hours before quakes missing in hotel collapse

Published June 29, 2026 7:02pm ET | Updated June 29, 2026 7:02pm ET



Over 100 Venezuelan immigrants are missing after the hotel they were staying at collapsed in back-to-back earthquakes hours after being deported to their home country from the United States.

A deportation flight flying out of Miami landed in Venezuela on Wednesday, dropping off 146 Venezuelans, according to a deportation flight tracker. They were sent to a hotel in La Guaira to stay temporarily, a hotel among those that bore the brunt of the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that leveled buildings across the country.

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