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Just like a video game—Poof! And the Venezuelan drug ship is gone.

It might be a rather typical Venezuelan obituary about a man who lived and died in the place he loved: Marco Hernando Valiente. Born December 22, 1972 in San Juan de Unare, Venezuela. Died September 2, 2025 in the southern Carribean Sea.

It might be a rather typical Venezuelan obituary about a man who lived and died in the place he loved: Marco Hernando Valiente. Born December 22, 1972 in San Juan de Unare, Venezuela. Died September 2, 2025 in the southern Carribean Sea. Born and raised on the lovely shores of Venezuela's San Juan de Unare, Marco Hernando Valiente was drawn to the sea not just by its beauty, but by its ability to connect his small village with the islands of the Caribbean.

Marco served as a seaman on the Pura Vida, a small cargo boat that served as a medical lifeline to the villages and settlements that had no…

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