US network with embedded team in Caracas; first to carry the SOUTHCOM deployment update alongside the updated toll figure

Live blog confirmed 100 Air Force airmen from the Contingency Response Element arrived Sunday at Simón Bolívar International Airport, with 130 Marines expected at La Guaira within 24 hours. Updated death toll to 1,450 confirmed dead with over 68,900 unaccounted for.

“A Contingency Response Element that includes 100 US Air Force airmen arrived in Venezuela on Sunday and will help make repairs at Simon Bolivar International Airport to make it operational, according to SOUTHCOM.”