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DORAL, Fla. \u2014 A week after the 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes in Venezuela, the Global Empowerment Mission had dispatched more than $1 million in aid, according to the Doral-based nonprofit\u2019s representatives. <\/p>\n

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A team of donors, volunteers, and GEM\u2019s staff moved some 235,000 pounds of donations in a logistics-heavy operation that includes two warehouses in Doral and Valencia, operating as a distribution center.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the worst disaster that we have ever experienced,\u201d said Doral Councilman Rafael Pineyro, a GEM volunteer who was born in Caracas.<\/p>\n

GEM had the support of the U.S. State Department, the agency President Donald Trump tasked with running the U.S. response in Venezuela. The U.S. Southern Command has deployed every branch of the military. <\/p>\n

The State Department also activated the Florida Task Forces from Miami and Miami-Dade County. They joined two other highly-trained search-and-rescue teams from Fairfax, Virginia, and California. <\/p>\n

Hassel Mendoza, a Venezuelan engineer who lives in Tampa, traveled to La Guaira to search for his mother, sister, nephew, and brother-in-law in the ruins of a collapsed nine-story apartment building. <\/p>\n

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\u201cWe lost a lot of time trying to figure out new tools to use for a specific activity, like to cut steel,\u201d Mendoza told CNN, adding that the government teams and volunteers didn\u2019t have equipment such as drills or sensors. <\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Diosdado Cabello, a Venezuelan minister, announced the arrests of law enforcement personnel who were accused of looting in La Guaira. They were Maya Aguilar Reyes, Fredy Rafael Lugo Oliveros, Roger Andr\u00e9s Oma\u00f1a, and Josue Jhonatan Burgos S\u00e1nchez. <\/p>\n

\u201cI know that many Venezuelans are feeling pain and frustration; I deeply share those sentiments,\u201d said Delcy Rodr\u00edguez, Venezuela\u2019s interim president since the U.S. military captured Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. <\/p>\n

Rodr\u00edguez\u2019s brother Jorge Rodr\u00edguez, the president of the National Assembly, announced on Wednesday that the death toll had increased to 2,295. <\/p>\n

The U.S. Geological Survey estimates fatalities in the tens of thousands, and the United Nations announced the procurement of 10,000 body bags.<\/p>\n

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