Secretary of State Rubio mentioned he spoke with Venezuela’s performing president, Delcy Rodriguez, and he mentioned the U.S. is sending search and rescue groups.
“We’re possibly already deploying search and rescue groups from Fairfax County, Virginia, and Los Angeles. There will be some others we’ll add,” Rubio mentioned.
Individuals stand earlier than broken residence buildings following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, some 30km north-west of Caracas, June 25, 2026.
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“That’s their most speedy want proper now, is search and rescue efforts. They’ve a bunch of collapsed buildings, and they also’ll want a number of assist when it comes to digging by way of that,” he mentioned.
“The airport there’s badly broken, so we’ll must depend on the Division of Struggle to deploy property there, after which we’re additionally serving to them with some overhead imagery, particularly in coastal areas the place they do not have full visibility over what the harm has been and what the influence has been,” Rubio mentioned.
A lady walks previous a constructing broken throughout an earthquake in La Guaira, Venezuela, June 25, 2026.
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He mentioned the administration would have “a greater evaluation” of Venezuela’s longer-term wants “after we’re on the bottom.”
Rubio declined to place a greenback quantity on the help the U.S. would decide to Venezuela, saying it was too quickly.
He mentioned Qatar, El Salvador, Chile and different international locations have additionally provided to assist.
-ABC Information’ Shannon Kingston
