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The mother of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzmán has died in Mexico, official confirms

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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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