Genevieve Glatsky

Topos Azteca, a Mexican volunteer rescue group that works worldwide and helped after the Sept. 11 attacks, arrived in Colombia after searching for survivors in Venezuela.

“We heard them screaming,” said one rescuer in Cali, where rescuers face a race against time to find the living.

Rescue crews and regular people searched for survivors, and the death toll was likely to rise. More than 1,500 homes were damaged, the president said.

A plane with 147 Venezuelans landed on Monday in the South American country amid criticism over the deaths of deportees housed in a collapsed building during June’s quakes.

Volunteers are reuniting pets with families, offering Venezuelans comfort amid loss and devastation.

The 44-year-old security guard was pulled alive from a pancaked basement, offering a fleeting moment of hope amid a soaring death toll.

As the death toll mounts, thousands of bodies have overwhelmed Venezuela’s forensic system, turning a seaport into a temporary morgue.

Residents appealed for excavators, generators and specialized rescue tools as civilians have stepped in to supply crews working through the rubble.

Keiko Fujimori, a daughter of the former strongman Alberto Fujimori, returns her family’s movement to power, but with a narrow victory in a divided country.

The outpouring of volunteer aid after Venezuela’s earthquakes clogged the only road into the disaster zone, delaying rescue crews.

Firefighters are using cellphone lights because of a flashlight shortage, and an overwhelmed hospital in the disaster zone is operating without running water, one doctor said.

The candidate forced a runoff on Sunday in what could herald another gain for the right-wing wave sweeping Latin America.

The presidential election pits Keiko Fujimori, a conservative, against Roberto Sánchez, a leftist, after a crisis marked by delays and protests.