{"id":356982,"date":"2026-06-27T02:45:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T21:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=356982"},"modified":"2026-06-27T02:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T21:15:17","slug":"footballer-pays-tribute-after-wife-dies-heroically-shielding-daughter-1-in-venezuela-earthquakes-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/27\/footballer-pays-tribute-after-wife-dies-heroically-shielding-daughter-1-in-venezuela-earthquakes-news-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Footballer pays tribute after wife dies heroically shielding daughter, 1, in Venezuela earthquakes | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Andrea Bello has died protecting her daughter from the earthquakes (Picture: H\u00e9ctor Bello\/Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The body of brave mum Andrea Bello was discovered protecting her one-year-old daughter after the earthquakes broke out in Venezuela.<\/p>\n

Her husband, Mar\u00edtimo de La Guaira player H\u00e9ctor Bello, penned an emotional tribute to her, asking for \u2018strength\u2019.<\/p>\n

Miraculously, their toddler, Alana, survived because of her mum\u2019s sacrifice and was discovered under the rubble in time by search and rescue.<\/p>\n

Nearly 50,000 persons are missing and no less than 589 people have died following magnitude 7.2 and seven.5 earthquakes in and across the capital Caracas on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The rare double strike, which were 39 seconds apart, was the strongest since 1900, in accordance with the\u00a0US\u00a0Geological Survey.<\/p>\n

The organisation has also predicted greater than 10,000 deaths.<\/p>\n

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Footballer H\u00e9ctor Bello penned an emotional tribute to his wife (Picture: H\u00e9ctor Bello\/Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On social media, the Venezuelan defender said she had \u2018left them alone within the fight\u2019, leaving him \u2018on their own\u2019 with their little girl.<\/p>\n

\u2018How do I tell that to my daughter?\u2019 H\u00e9ctor wrote. \u2018Andrea, how do I explain to your daughter that you just lost your life to avoid wasting hers and I wasn\u2019t there in that moment to do anything?<\/p>\n

\u2018How do I explain? Give me strength now because I can\u2019t take any more.\u2019<\/p>\n

In one other message today, he added: \u2018You\u2019ll at all times be our favourite hero, Mummy. I\u2019m going to be sure that our baby remembers how wonderful you were, how much you liked her.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019ll tell her the story of the way you saved her, the way you gave your individual life for our daughter, the way you were a brave woman who, even along with your last breath, never abandoned her.\u2019<\/p>\n

Remembering his wife, H\u00e9ctor \u2013 also often called Kike \u2013 shared how her cheeks would \u2018turn red\u2019 when she laughed \u2018all in love\u2019. <\/p>\n

\u2018Oh Andrea, Mummy, I can\u2019t handle this, my love, I actually can\u2019t.\u2019<\/p>\n

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One-year-old Alana is recovering in hospital but is doing well (Picture: H\u00e9ctor Bello\/Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The heartbroken dad shared a snap of Alana after the earthquake, sporting an enormous black eye and cuts round her eyebrow.<\/p>\n

\u2018You won\u2019t see your daddy looking strong or smiling like at all times, but I promise I\u2019ll heal and make you the happiest girl on the planet,\u2019 he penned.<\/p>\n

Alana remains to be within the hospital along together with her aunt, after the pair were saved from their home, which had collapsed within the earthquakes.<\/p>\n

In one other post, he said: \u2018My daughter and her aunt are doing well, they won\u2019t be discharged today \u2013 they\u2019re staying on the hospital. Thanks a lot for supporting me through this immense pain.\u2019<\/p>\n

He continued to share information in regards to the Venezuelan relief efforts, in addition to more tributes to his wife and updates on his daughter.<\/p>\n

The country\u2019s football federation also confirmed the death of Yordelis Pereira, a player for Academia Puerto Cabello.<\/p>\n

The earthquakes have left 1000’s homeless, particularly across the coast and La Guaira State, where H\u00e9ctor and Andrea lived.<\/p>\n

Buildings were reduced to rubble while videos showed people fleeing violently shaking areas.<\/p>\n

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Andrea Bello has died protecting her daughter from the earthquakes (Picture: H\u00e9ctor Bello\/Instagram) The body of brave mum Andrea Bello was discovered protecting her one-year-old daughter after the earthquakes broke out in Venezuela. Her husband, Mar\u00edtimo de La Guaira player H\u00e9ctor Bello, penned an emotional tribute to her, asking for \u2018strength\u2019. Miraculously, their toddler, Alana, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":356983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20691],"tags":[1330,5319,9762,25961,53242,395,7037,27194,7038,20474,1665,813],"class_list":["post-356982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-daughter","tag-dies","tag-earthquakes","tag-footballer","tag-heroically","tag-news","tag-pays","tag-shielding","tag-tribute","tag-venezuela","tag-wife","tag-world"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t