A 6.2 magnitude aftershock has ripped through western Venezuela, leaving at least 47 dead and over 1,200 injured. But the real death toll may never be known.
The state response has collapsed. Hospitals without power. Roads blocked by landslides with no clearance crews.
The government has issued no official statement in 14 hours. Sources on the ground tell me the military has been ordered to stay in barracks. This is not incompetence.
This is state abandonment. I have obtained leaked internal documents from PDVSA, the state oil company, showing that emergency fuel reserves were diverted to private refineries in Curacao three days before the quake. The Maduro regime is prioritising exports over its own people.
Meanwhile, neighbourhood watch groups in Merida are digging bodies out of rubble with their bare hands. The Red Cross has been denied access to the affected zones. This is a crime.
Follow the money. Watch for offshore accounts. I will update as the bodies pile up.
