India, June 30 -- The wife of Venezuelan footballer Hector Bello died while protecting their one-year-old daughter during the powerful twin earthquakes that devastated Venezuela last week.

Andrea Bello was the wife of Hector Bello, a defender for Venezuela's professional soccer team Maritimo de La Guaira. She died after using her body to shield their one-year-old daughter, Alana, as the building they lived in collapsed during the earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24, according to NBC.

Alana survived and was rescued from the rubble.

Local Venezuelan soccer organization Cumana de Campeones confirmed that Andrea was "found dead in the rubble" of the collapsed building where the family lived. The organization added, "The entire sta...