They found the bodies of three relatives of Paraguay’s first lady after the collapse in Miami

The Paraguayan government confirmed this Thursday the recovery of the “bodies of three nationals”, of the six Paraguayans who were buried in the rubble of the collapsed building on June 24 in Miami-Dade (United States), including that of the sister of the country’s first lady.

Although the Foreign Ministry’s statement does not include the names of the three people who died, Foreign Minister Euclides Acevedo pointed out hours earlier, in statements to local media, that They were Sophía López-Moreira, sister of the first lady, Silvana López-Moreira, her husband Luis Pettengill and one of their children..

The Foreign Ministry regretted the news “with deep sorrow” and expressed “its regrets and sincere condolences to the Pettengill and López Moreira families”.

In the Champlain South Tours building, where the deceased had an apartment, were also two other daughters from the wedding that night and Lady Luna Villalba, a 23-year-old girl who was traveling as the family’s nanny, whose the bodies have not yet been found.

“The National Chancellery will continue to provide support to the Luna Villalba, López Moreira and Pettengill families in these difficult circumstances, in the process of recovering their loved ones”, added the statement.

Last Thursday, June 24, after hearing the news of the collapse, the President of Paraguay, Mario Abdo Benítez, suspended his schedule and remained at the presidential residence of Mburuvicha Roga for the remainder of the week.

For her part, the first lady traveled with other family members to Miami to follow rescue duties from there, as did the Pettengills.

Last weekend, Lady Luna Villalba’s mother and cousin also flew to Miami, as the Foreign Ministry reported on that date.

The death toll in the collapsed Miami-Dade apartment building in southeast Florida stands at 64, 15 days after the collapse, official figures show.

In an evening press conference this Thursday, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava reported that to date 76 people are missing due to the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South building. , in the town of Surfside, while the localized residents are 200.

On Thursday, authorities in Miami-Dade County (Florida) announced the “difficult decision” to move from the search and rescue phase to the “body recovery” phase.

(With information from EFE)

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