Venezuelan police officers arrested over alleged looting after earthquakes

<p>Anger at authorities and government grows as local people, volunteers and rescue teams continue search for survivors </p><p>Four Venezuelan police officers have been arrested and are facing dismissal after being accused of looting cash from the rubble of a building that collapsed during <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/26/hunt-survivors-brutal-venezuela-earthquake">last week’s devastating twin earthquakes</a>.</p><p>Local people and national and international rescue teams continue to search for survivors in the aftermath of the back-to-back quakes, which have killed almost 2,000 people, injured more than 10,000, and left tens of thousands missing.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/01/venezuela-police-officers-arrested-alleged-looting-after-earthquakes">Continue reading...</a>