The man is now receiving medical attention. /SCREENGRAB
A 21-year-old man has been rescued in La Guaira state by rescue teams from Venezuela, Mexico, and El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele from El Salvador says.
Aaron Levi Cantillo Vargas was found alive beneath rubble in the town of Caraballeda, but between the rescuers and Aaron lay the body of a deceased person, President Bukele posted earlier – complicating the rescue.
The 21-year-old is now receiving specialised medical attention, Bukele says, adding that the rescuers will "continue working with the hope of being able to save more lives".
Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, says the rescue operation took 43 hours after Aaron was trapped for 106 hours.
At least 1,450 people have died following the two earthquakes that hit Venezuela on Wednesday, according to the latest update from officials. On Sunday evening, top lawmaker Jorge Rodríguez announced that a further 3,150 have been injured, saying rescuers were now in the "critical hours" to save lives.
He added that 774 buildings have been collapsed or been impacted by the quakes and that a total of 12,721 people have been displaced.
Speaking to foreign rescuers on Sunday evening, interim President Delcy Rodriguez said 33 people had been rescued over the weekend. Earlier on Sunday,
Unicef estimated that 1.8 million people were in need of humanitarian aid following the incident, including 680,000 children.
The United Nations Development programme also estimated the cost of the "direct physical damage" at $6.7bn (£5.1bn), or about 6% of the country's GDP.
Among those rescued at the weekend were two 11-year-old boys, who were separately rescued from collapsed buildings within hours of each other on Sunday.
Colombia's National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD) pulled 11-year-old boy Moises from under about 3m (9.8ft) of debris.
Reuters reported that a rescuer was overheard on a walkie-talkie saying the young boy was found near his sister and mother, who had both died.
Hours later, interim President Delcy Rodríguez posted a video on X, purportedly showing the rescue of a second 11-year-old boy in the town of Caraballeda.
American and French rescue teams also pulled a man and his teenage son from the rubble in La Guaira.
A French rescuer says they are "extremely weak" and that teams are doing "everything we can to rehydrate them".
