Thir­ty-sev­en Trinidad and To­ba­go na­tion­als, in­clud­ing mem­bers of the na­tion­al ta­ble ten­nis team, re­turned home safe­ly yes­ter­day, fol­low­ing the dev­as­tat­ing dou­ble earth­quakes that struck neigh­bour­ing Venezuela last Wednes­day.

Their re­turn was co­or­di­nat­ed through the Min­istry of For­eign and Cari­com Af­fairs, af­ter the June 24 dou­ble seis­mic event left wide­spread de­struc­tion across parts of the South Amer­i­can na­tion and made it im­pos­si­ble to re­turn home on their own ac­cord.

In a me­dia re­lease is­sued yes­ter­day, the min­istry said the group’s re­turn was fa­cil­i­tat­ed through the in­ter­ven­tion of Min­is­ter Sean Sobers and co­or­di­nat­ed by the T&T Em­bassy in Cara­cas.