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Consuelo Loera, mother of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, sits in a car as she waits to be driven away from the U.S. embassy in Mexico City, Mexico, June 1, 2019. Loera was granted a visa so she can visit her son in prison. The mother of the former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel who is serving a life sentence for drug trafficking in the United States, died on Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, according to local media and confirmed by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme, File)

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The mother of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzmán has died in Mexico, official confirms
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Mon,12/11/23-12:18PM , 241 Reads
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The mother of convicted drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has died in the northern state of Sinaloa, a federal official confirmed Monday.

The official was not authorized to speak on the record, but President Andrés Manuel López Obrador acknowledged her death and offered his “respect” to the family.
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Ukrainian soldiers hold their national flag over the coffin of comrade Dmytro Kyrychenko, during his funeral in Bucha, outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. The 33-year-old soldier died during a combat mission in the Donetsk region. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

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Ukraine president back in Kyiv, Russia keeps up attacks
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Fri,12/23/22-4:37AM , 135 Reads
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sounded another defiant note on his return to his nation’s capital Friday following his wartime vis
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Children traumatized by the war pose for photo with an American Pit Bull Terrier "Bice" in the Center for Social and Psychological Rehabilitation in Boyarka close Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. Bice is an American pit bull terrier with an important and sensitive job in Ukraine — comforting children traumatized by the war. The Center for Social and Psychological Rehabilitation is a state-operated community center where a group of people are trying to help those who have experienced a trauma after the Feb. 24 Russian invasion, and now they are using dogs like Bice to give comfort. (AP Photo/Vasilisa Stepanenko)

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Dog therapy for kids facing the trauma of the war in Ukraine
By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO - Associated Press
Mon,12/12/22-1:29AM , 226 Reads
BOYARKA, Ukraine (AP) — Bice is an American pit bull terrier with an important and sensitive job in Ukraine — comforting children traumatized by Russia's war.

The playful 8-year-old gray dog arrived on time this week to a rehabilitation center on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital, ready to start his duties.
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