Between Graves and Uncertainty: The Management of the Dead After Venezuela’s Earthquake

According to Bellingcat, investigators have geolocated footage circulating on social media that appears to show coffins placed in freshly dug trenches following recent deadly earthquakes in Venezuela. The site, which extends across roughly two hectares beside an existing cemetery, was identified in La Esperanza, a town near La Guaira on the country's northern coast. Bellingcat reports the location was visited by a representative, part of its wider effort to document how the dead are being managed in the quake's aftermath.

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