El Salvador’s humanitarian rescue mission in Venezuela intensified its emergency operations after President Nayib Bukele announced that authorities had received numerous reports indicating that children could still be alive beneath the rubble of the Coral Beach building in La Guaira.
In a message shared during the early morning hours—around 4 a.m. in La Guaira and 2 a.m. in El Salvador—Bukele said his team had received hundreds of messages from people claiming that children remained trapped inside the collapsed structure. Although the information had not yet been fully verified, the Salvadoran president ordered rescue teams to head immediately to the site and continue search efforts.
The operation forms part of El Salvador’s broader humanitarian mission in Venezuela, which includes specialized rescuers, paramedics, heavy machinery, aircraft, and advanced search equipment designed to locate survivors in complex urban disaster environments. Salvadoran teams have already participated in multiple rescue operations following the earthquake, helping to locate and extract survivors from collapsed buildings.
Bukele’s decision to mobilize rescue personnel despite the uncertainty surrounding the reports reflects the mission’s priority of responding rapidly to any possibility of saving lives. Emergency crews are expected to conduct additional searches and assessments at the Coral Beach building as part of the ongoing humanitarian effort.
The latest development underscores El Salvador’s continued commitment to international disaster response and its determination to assist Venezuelan communities affected by the devastating earthquake.