Lucas Trejo, an Argentine footballer playing in Argentina, lost his wife and two children in the magnitude-7.2 earthquake that hit Venezuela on 28 June 2026. News reports such as CNN, The Guardian and the Los Angeles Times confirm reports of his family’s deaths. Trejo was in Venezuela when that tremor struck. His club has said it is offering help.
The quakes also caused injuries and fatalities among the relatives of other footballers, showing how widely that tremors affected that sport.