Puerto Vallarta News

Puerto Vallarta News

Mexico issues commemorative stamp for navy rescue dogs Frida, Evil and Ecko

Mexicans held a minute of silence on Wednesday to mark the anniversary of devastating earthquakes that struck the country in September 2017, and the postal service honored three search-and-rescue dogs in a stamp.

More than 450 people were killed and tens of thousands of homes were damaged when the quakes hit Mexico 12 days apart.

Mexicans stood silently in the street with their fists raised aloft just after 1:14 p.m. (1814 GMT), the precise moment the second, deadlier quake struck the capital city and surrounding states on Sept. 19 last year.

Quake rescue workers had used . . .

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