CARACAS, Venezuela: Footage from a Venezuelan dog rescue showed an El Salvador team pulling a dog named Giselle from the rubble five days after twin earthquakes devastated La Guaira state.
The rescue took place at Residencial El Palmar in Caraballeda after crews heard barking from a dark crevice.
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said rescuers worked for 5 hours to free the dog and asked her owner to contact the teams with proof.
The video showed the dog licking a rescuer’s face after being pulled out and later being fed through a syringe.
After five days trapped beneath rubble in Caraballeda, Venezuela, a dog was rescued by a Salvadoran search-and-rescue team. Its first reaction was to lick its rescuers and wag its tail, melting hearts at the scene. pic.twitter.com/WUO7sOikGE
— Shanghai Daily (@shanghaidaily) July 1, 2026The rescue followed two earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 that struck Venezuela on June 24, with La Guaira among the worst-hit areas, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.
The New York Post reported the confirmed death toll had reached at least 1,943, with more than 10,000 injured and nearly 50,000 people missing.
#AWW | 🥹🐶 Un rayo de esperanza entre los escombros.
En medio de las intensas labores de búsqueda, Bomberos de Minas Gerais protagonizaron un conmovedor rescate al encontrar con vida a un perrito que permanecía atrapado entre los escombros.
El lomito fue puesto a salvo por los… pic.twitter.com/85I3DCfpEn
— El Heraldo de México (@heraldodemexico) July 1, 2026Rescue teams also pulled an 18-day-old baby and the child’s mother from a collapsed high-rise.
Virginia Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 1 said a mother and her 9-month-old baby were rescued with minor injuries.
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International teams were also trying to reach Hernán Gil Flores, a 44-year-old security guard trapped under a partially collapsed 10-story building in La Guaira.
