Last of Mexico’s WWII veterans dies aged 98 | app

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The last veteran of Mexico’s relatively small contingent of World War II veterans has died, Mexico’s Defense Ministry announced Thursday.

The department said former Sgt. Horacio Castilleja Albarrán was 98 when he died on Wednesday. A cause of death was not provided.

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