Eight members of a family , five of them children aged between two and seven , drowned when their small boat sank on Lake Maracaibo in western Venezuela early on Monday , authorities said .
<response> Eight members of a family , five of them children aged between two and seven , drowned when their small boat sank on <location>Lake Maracaibo</location> in western <location>Venezuela</location> early on Monday , authorities said . </response>