India launches “Operation Amistad” to provide humanitarian assistance to northern Venezuela after two earthquakes. The Ministry of External Affairs says the operation involves the Indian Air Force deploying two C-17 aircraft from India on June 26 morning, carrying relief and medical support for ongoing search, rescue and emergency care efforts. A 41-member team, including experienced rescue personnel and medical professionals, is sent to work with Venezuelan authorities.
The mission includes a fully equipped medical team drawn from India’s 60 Para Field Hospital, along with medicines and humanitarian relief supplies. Reporting also describes the transport of field hospital-related equipment and two “BHISHM Cubes” developed under India’s Aarogya Maitri initiative, described as rapidly deployable modular field hospitals intended to deliver critical care. Total relief supply weight is reported at nearly 35 tonnes.
All accounts frame the deployment as a disaster-response effort aimed at supporting victims and strengthening coordination with local authorities during relief and rescue operations in the affected areas.
