{"id":2427,"date":"2026-06-29T23:02:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T23:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2427"},"modified":"2026-06-29T23:02:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T23:02:41","slug":"mother-searches-for-missing-son-the-u-s-deported-to-venezuela-shortly-before-earthquakes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2427","title":{"rendered":"Mother searches for missing son the U.S. deported to Venezuela shortly before earthquakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>For five days Oswadeliz N\u00fa\u00f1ez Ram\u00edrez has been frantically searching for her son across hospitals in La Guaira and Caracas. He was among 146 migrants deported from the United States who arrived in Venezuela on the very day two powerful earthquakes struck the country.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2426\">Grand jury charges Florida Keys man with murder in beating death of his wife<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>A member of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service who identified himself only as \u201cJonathan\u201d told N\u00fa\u00f1ez Ram\u00edrez that he had personally pulled her 28-year-old son, Daniel Alejandro N\u00fa\u00f1ez Ram\u00edrez, from the rubble of the Hotel Santuario La Llanada, which collapsed during the tremors.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Yet, five days later, her son\u2019s whereabouts remain a mystery. Skeptical of the official account, his mother has searched every hospital, clinic, and sector of La Guaira and Caracas without success.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s nowhere to be found,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the Miami Herald from the Caracas morgue\u2014one of many stops in her desperate hunt for her son \u2014 N\u00fa\u00f1ez Ram\u00edrez wept as she described her ordeal. \u201cI am here trying to see if my son is here, because I don\u2019t know where he is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>F\u00e1tima Gabriela N\u00fa\u00f1ez, Daniel\u2019s cousin, noted that the area surrounding the hotel is currently under intelligence service guard, preventing families from entering to assist in search efforts or get information.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>She lashed out at the Venezuelan government, saying, \u201cAs in so many other instances, they are mocking the public.\u201d She described the treatment of the families of those aboard the flight from Texas as inhumane.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey reported that rescue teams were working in the zone, and they even told my aunt that my cousin had been rescued and to look for him in the hospitals. That information was completely false,\u201d she said. She added that her family has scoured every hospital and morgue in Caracas and La Guaira, but her cousin remains missing. \u201cIt was false information that only increased our anguish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>A final call<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The last time N\u00fa\u00f1ez Ram\u00edrez spoke with her son was on June 24, just 50 minutes before the twin earthquakes\u2014which, according to figures released Monday by National Assembly President Jorge Rodr\u00edguez, have left at least 1,719 dead, 5,034 injured, and 15,866 displaced from their homes.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>That same day, Daniel Alejandro N\u00fa\u00f1ez Ram\u00edrez arrived in Venezuela on a flight with 146 migrants deported from the U.S. through the government program<i> Vuelta a la Patria<\/i> (Return to the Homeland). The plane landed at 12:30 p.m. at Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar International Airport in Maiquet\u00eda near Caracas.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Flight Monitor, a project by Human Rights First, confirmed to the Herald that the flight was operated by ICE Air and chartered by Global X. It departed from Phoenix, Arizona, with stops in El Paso, Texas, and Miami before arriving in Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The Venezuelan government announced the group\u2019s arrival via the <i>Vuelta a la Patria<\/i> Instagram account. The official message noted that 146 passengers had arrived \u2014including 120 men, 19 women, 5 boys, and 2 girls\u2014and claimed they were welcomed with \u201cdignity\u201d and had followed \u201call necessary protocols to ensure a happy reunion in our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2425\">Did ChatGPT aid a Florida mass shooting? Student sues tech firm for negligence<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>N\u00fa\u00f1ez Ram\u00edrez said she learned of her son\u2019s arrival, who had been living in Jacksonville, at 5:25 p.m. that same day.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI only found out because an official gave him a phone, and he was able to notify me. Otherwise, I would never have spoken to my son again,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Daniel did not get a chance to tell her exactly where he was located. Shortly after, the earthquakes struck.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>Eight-hour drive<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>It was only later that she learned several of the deportees had been transferred to the Hotel Santuario after landing. She set out the day after the earthquakes from El Tigre, in Anzo\u00e1tegui state, northeastern Venezuela\u2014about an eight-hour drive from La Guaira.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I arrived, the first thing I did was go to the hospitals. Then I went to the Hotel Santuario,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The hotel had almost completely collapsed, she said. She claims the few survivors, around a dozen people, managed to save themselves because some were able to pull themselves out from under the rubble on their own.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if my son is buried there, if my son is alive,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>N\u00fa\u00f1ez Ram\u00edrez, a lawyer by profession, said she plans to sue the governments of the United States and Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>She argued that in the U.S., her son and the other migrants were \u201ctreated like dogs there, and here in Venezuela too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>She said that as soon as she finds out what happened to her son, she will gather the families of the other migrants from that flight to file a class-action lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security told the Herald: \u201cThis flight safely reached Venezuela and all illegal aliens on board were returned home. When an individual is no longer in ICE custody, ICE is no longer responsible for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2424\">Mother searches for missing son the U.S. deported to Venezuela shortly before earthquakes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oswadeliz N\u00fa\u00f1ez Ram\u00edrez searches for her son Daniel, one of 146 deportees from the United States, who is missing after the earthquakes in Venezuela.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-venezuela"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mother searches for missing son the U.S. deported to Venezuela shortly before earthquakes - 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