Jamaine Punzalan

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Agence France-Presse

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17828687515881782868749121.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"></span></span></span></div><p>A collapsed building is seen in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, some 40 km northeast of Caracas, on June 25, 2026, following twin earthquakes. The death toll from twin quakes, measured at magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, has risen to at least 188, with more than 1,520 others injured, top lawmaker Jorge Rodriguez reported, while residents continue searching for missing relatives. Federico Parra, AFP</p><div><br/></div><p>A three-year-old boy was rescued from the rubble in Caracas on Tuesday, a Jordanian rescue team said, six days after <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/6/25/two-powerful-earthquakes-strike-venezuela-destroying-buildings-0822">twin earthquakes hit Venezuela, </a>killing almost 2,000 people.</p><p>Video footage showed rescue workers cheering upon discovering the child, who had miraculously survived.</p><p>The boy received first aid and was immediately taken to hospital, the Jordanian civil defense said in a statement.</p><p>In other footage, rescue workers wiped the boy&#x27;s face with tissues and tucked him in with a blanket in an ambulance.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/6/30/venezuela-rescuers-in-final-push-to-find-survivors-as-families-mourn-2104">Venezuela rescuers in final push to find survivors as families mourn </a></div><p>Experts say the 72-hour window after an earthquake serves as the crucial window during which people trapped under debris have a chance of being rescued alive.</p><p>The infant&#x27;s vital signs were good, the Jordanian statement said, adding that local authorities had been informed of the rescue.</p><p>Last week&#x27;s 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude shocks -- one of the worst earthquake disasters in Latin America -- collapsed whole residential complexes, left tens of thousands unaccounted for and prompted frantic search-and-rescue operations for survivors trapped in the rubble.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/6/25/mothers-search-men-weep-amid-debris-of-venezuela-quakes-1132">Mothers search, men weep amid debris of Venezuela quakes</a></div><p>Entire buildings were pulverized in La Guaira, an area north of the capital Caracas, which also endured severe damage.</p><p>Venezuelan parliamentary president Jorge Rodriguez said Tuesday that 6,461 people had been rescued since the quake struck.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/6/29/looting-theft-in-venezuela-s-earthquake-zone-add-to-tragedy-0859">&#x27;They stole everything&#x27;: Looting, theft in Venezuela&#x27;s earthquake zone add to tragedy </a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/6/25/dfa-says-no-filipino-casualties-reported-in-venezuela-twin-quakes-1350">DFA says no Filipino casualties reported in Venezuela twin quakes </a><br/><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/W3hKn48lbhM?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>A three-year-old boy was rescued from the rubble in Caracas on Tuesday, a Jordanian rescue team said, six days after twin earthquakes hit Venezuela, killing almost 2,000 people.</p>

A three-year-old boy was rescued from the rubble in Caracas on Tuesday, a Jordanian rescue team said, six days after twin earthquakes hit Venezuela, killing almost 2,000 people.

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Three-year-old rescued six days after Venezuela quakes

Agence France-Presse

Published July 01, 2026 09:22 AM PHT

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