Venezuelan fashion house stitches body bags for quake victims
July 15, 2026
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Seamstresses at Venezuelan fashion label By Efrain Mogollon are used to making colourful dresses with ruffled sleeves and elegant draped skirts, but these days they face a grim task: making body bags for thousands of quake victims.
They never thought they would be making something so morbid, but like other Venezuelan operations, their workshop has shifted priorities following the 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes that struck on June 24.
With over 4,700 people killed and an estimated 50,000 missing, body bags are in short supply.
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