Venezuela raises official death toll from June double earthquake above 5,000
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The official death toll from the double earthquake that struck northern Venezuela on June 24 rose on Friday to 5,069, after 139 new fatalities were added, according to the president of Parliament, Jorge Rodríguez.
The tally, released via Telegram, keeps the number of injured at 16,740 and of people left homeless at 17,907.
Authorities present these figures as provisional, more than three weeks after the disaster.
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