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Rodríguez and her boyfriend, José Castro, were found dead after being reported missing for several days following the devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24.
An 18-day-old baby and his mother were miraculously rescued alive after being trapped beneath rubble in Venezuela's deadly earthquakes.
Trejo was attending a training camp with his club in Caracas when the two powerful earthquakes struck.
The earthquakes, measuring magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, struck shortly after 6pm local time, making them among the strongest seismic events to hit Venezuela in more than a century.
Venezuelan police fired tear gas on Thursday to disperse around 2,000 protesters who marched towards the presidential palace to demand salary and pension increases.
"I announce the designation of the renewed Military High Command," said Rodriguez, who served as vice president under Nicholas Maduro, who as toppled by American special forces on January 3.
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