The US deported them to Venezuela - hours later earthquakes struck

The US deported them to Venezuela - hours later earthquakes struckTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Watch: Drone footage shows search for survivors in collapsed apartmentsByNicole Kolster Luces, BBC News Mundo, Reporting fromLa Guaira and Sheila FlynnPublished7 hours agoVenezuela native Abelardo Rincón built a life for six years in the US state of Georgia - working in a car dealership, marrying and looking forward to the upcoming birth of his daughter - before US authorities detained him amid President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.The 23-year-old's bereft parents and pregnant wife waited for any and all news while he was held by American authorities, before he was put on a deportation flight to his homeland last month alongside more than 140 other Venezuelans.He landed on 24 June and while still in custody, called his family back in Atlanta. He and other deportees were being housed in a hotel near the coast. Just hours later, twin earthquakes hit the country - killing at least 2,200 people, injuring more than 10,000 and, according to UN figures, leaving 50,000 missing.Rincón, along with a number of fellow deportees from Flight 164, was among those missing. And their devastated families were left to desperately search for any word about their loved ones - all after struggling to process the quick succession of arrest, detention, deportation, repatriation and, then, natural disaster.Image caption, Jose RincónImage caption, Abelardo Rincón's family is desperately searching for him The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees US immigration enforcement agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), shared a statement, but offered no details on the case when asked by the BBC. "This flight safely reached Venezuela and all illegal aliens on board were returned home," a DHS spokesperson told BBC on Tuesday. "When an individual is no longer in ICE...