As Venezuela quake deaths pass 3,000, attention turns to mourning, burials
Deaths from Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes rose to at least 3,342 on July 5 as officials began to bury dozens of bodies left unidentified 11 days after the disaster.
The June 24 double shocks, one of Latin America's worst quake disasters, toppled scores of buildings in the La Guaira coastal area north of Caracas and left thousands of people missing.
As international rescue teams packed up and ended attempts to find survivors, attention shifted to mourning those lost and burying the remains that families have recovered from the ruins.
In a secluded area of La Esperanza cemetery in La Guaira, gravediggers buried more than 150 bodies still unidentified since the earthquakes, AFP journalists saw.
