Teens who fled Venezuela after deadly quakes caught in another disaster in Colombia

What the report says

Deivi Delfín, 15, and his brother Winder, 17, moved from Venezuela to Colombia after deadly earthquakes in their home country killed their mother, grandmother and younger brother, according to BBC Mundo’s report for BBC World News. The family had been living in La Guaira, one of the worst-hit areas of Venezuela after twin quakes on 24 June, before the boys joined their father in Cali, Colombia, in an attempt to begin again.

The BBC says the brothers had already taken part in searching through the rubble of their collapsed apartment building in Venezuela, where they helped rescuers look for relatives and saw the remains of their family home after it was reduced to debris. Their father, Deivid, was working in Colombia when the disaster struck. After the family buried their loved ones, the boys moved north to live with him and hoped to focus on school and work.

Their new start was disrupted this week when a powerful earthquake struck Colombia and hit Cali as well. The article describes how the brothers recognized the danger quickly and ran outside while their father searched for them. The repeated trauma underscores the vulnerability of families displaced by disaster and shows how earthquake survivors can face renewed fear even after crossing a border in search of safety.