Venezuelan rescue group was decorated by the president of Türkiye

This Friday the news was released that the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, paid tribute to the group of Venezuelan rescuers who helped in the search efforts in that nation after the earthquake suffered last February.

the Turkish leader, delivered the “Presidential Order” to the Remarkable Humanitarian Service of the Simón Bolívar Humanitarian Task Force”This was stated by the chancellor of the Nicolás Maduro administration, Yván Gil, through his social networks.

The group of Venezuelans was made up of about 50 specialists, distributed among seismic technicians, rescue and first aid specialists, firefighters, members of Civil Protection (PC), personnel from the National Forensic Science Service (Senamecf), the Venezuelan Foundation for Seismological Research (Funvisis ) and K9 Canine Brigade.

You have to remember that andhe strong earthquake left more than 50,000 fatalities, after having demolished or having left some 298,000 buildings in serious condition, which translates into 876,000 homes or offices affected.

Government organizations maintain that the economic damage left by the earthquake is calculated at about 104 billion dollars, which translates into two trillion liras or 100,000 million euros, data disclosed by the State.