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Hotel Holding 146 Venezuelan Deportees Collapses in La Guaira, Many Trapped as US Sends $300M Aid

A hotel processing 146 Venezuelans deported from Miami collapses in La Guaira during two earthquakes, leaving many trapped and prompting US search-and-rescue teams and $300M in aid.The deportees arrived hours earlier under the repatriation program Mision Vuelta a la Patria after the end of Temporary Protected Status, part of a surge of flights this month that returned hundreds of Venezuelans.Survivors including Lisbeth Portillo and Anderson Salcedo are hospitalized, families such as Amanda Donizete’s press for information about missing relatives, and officials open probes as the national toll tops 1,700 with thousands injured.
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