A deportation flight carrying 146 Venezuelans, including 19 women and seven children, arrived in Venezuela. The United States deported the nationals. According to reports from China, India and other Western outlets, the flight originated from Miami, while social and Western outlets said it originated from Texas.

The deportees were being held in a hotel or guarded facility in La Guaira when twin powerful earthquakes struck the country. Some outlets state the earthquakes occurred hours before the flight arrived, whereas other outlets say the earthquakes struck hours after the flight’s arrival.

Western reports confirm that some of the deported Venezuelans were killed in the earthquakes and that more than 100 of the deportees are missing.

Accessnorthga.com reported that the flight arrived in Venezuela hours after the earthquakes. The BBC reported that the deportees traveled on Flight 164, which landed just before the twin earthquakes.