{"id":2621199,"date":"2026-06-29T19:33:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T23:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-100-venezuelans-deported-from-us-missing-in-collapsed-hotel\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T19:34:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T23:34:46","slug":"over-100-venezuelans-deported-from-us-missing-in-collapsed-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-100-venezuelans-deported-from-us-missing-in-collapsed-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 100 Venezuelans deported from US missing in collapsed hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fover-100-venezuelans-deported-from-us-missing-in-collapsed-hotel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2621199&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Over 100 Venezuelan immigrants are missing following the collapse of a hotel thay were staying in, which was severely affected by recent earthquakes in Venezuela. These individuals had been deported from the United States to Venezuela, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/united-airlines-boeing-737-goes-off-runway-in-houston\/\" title=\"United Airlines Boeing 737 skids off Houston runway\">flight landing<\/a> in Miami and dropping off 146 venezuelans. Many of the deportees, including Lisbeth Portillo who escaped from the rubble, were staying temporarily in a hotel in la Guaira, an area impacted by the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-drone-firefighters-in-ukraine\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show \u2018Drone Firefighters\u2019 In Ukraine?\">caused widespread destruction<\/a> and over 1,700 deaths. Most of the deportees remain unaccounted for, and some, like Portillo, managed to escape and contact relatives, describing feelings of trauma and hope. The earthquakes struck just as Venezuela was facing economic turmoil and political instability under Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. The country has received aid from neighbors and the U.S. to assist with rescue efforts amidst ongoing crises, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >significant refugee exodus<\/a> from Venezuela over recent years.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over 100 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/venezuela\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"910\">Venezuelan<\/a> immigrants are missing after the hotel they were staying at collapsed in back-to-back <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4629112\/venezuela-earthquake-rescue-stories\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4629112\">earthquakes<\/a> hours after being deported to their home country from the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A deportation flight flying out of Miami landed in Venezuela on Wednesday, dropping off 146 Venezuelans, according to a deportation flight tracker. They were sent to a hotel in La Guaira to stay temporarily, a hotel among those that bore the brunt of the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that leveled buildings across the country.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4627971\/iran-us-ceasefire-hormuz-ship-strikes\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Iran threatens \u2018complete halt\u2019 to US peace talks after day of tit-for-tat strikes<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4626576\/evangelicals-israel-faith-freedom-coalition\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Evangelicals stand by Israel despite slip in polls<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4621639\/marco-rubio-iran-strait-of-hormuz-tolls\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Rubio says Iran will never be able to charge tolls through Strait of Hormuz<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lisbeth Portillo told the <em>Associated Press<\/em> that she escaped the collapsed hotel with about 20 other deportees. Most of the others on the flight were trapped beneath the rubble.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI was born again; God gave me a second chance,\u201d she told the outlet. \u201cI am traumatized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-disabled-man-caregivers-zip-tied-amid-l-a-home-invasion\/\" title=\"Police: Disabled Man, Caregivers Zip-Tied amid L.A. Home Invasion\">group fled<\/a> to a nearby National Guard building, where they were able to contact relatives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deportees are among the thousands still missing five days after the devastating earthquakes. Caracas has put the death toll at over 1,700 as of Monday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4629112\/venezuela-earthquake-rescue-stories\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4629112\">FIVE UPLIFTING VENEZUELA EARTHQUAKE RESCUE STORIES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The earthquake hit Venezuela at one of the worst times as it seeks to chart a new course following decades of economic dysfunction and misrule. The country\u2019s neighbors have sent aid and rescue help, including Caracas\u2019s new ally, the U.S.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Venezuela has been a major target of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-has-deported-hundreds-of-illegal-immigrants-after-judge-blocked-moratorium\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Has Deported Hundreds Of Illegal Immigrants After Judge Blocked Moratorium\">deportation flights<\/a>, as a high proportion of illegal entries into the U.S. over the past decade have been Venezuelan. The country saw the Western Hemisphere\u2019s largest peacetime refugee crisis beginning in the mid-2010s, as Venezuelans fled economic collapse, rising crime, and the dysfunctional rule of former dictator <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nicolas-maduro\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2252\">Nicolas Maduro<\/a>, who was captured by the U.S. in a January military operation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 100 Venezuelans missing after hotel collapse post-deportation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2621200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26175859797047.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6184,81933,33705,49350,50813],"class_list":["post-2621199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-deportation","tag-hotel-collapse","tag-missing-persons","tag-us-immigration","tag-venezuela-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26175859797047.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2621199"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2621203,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621199\/revisions\/2621203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2621200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2621199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2621199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2621199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}