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The repatriations include the ancestral remains of three individuals to the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation.
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Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 31 July 2024
On Monday, the Cultural Institute of Mexico in D.C. held a ceremony to mark the repatriation, with Mexico’s Ambassador to the U.S. Esteban Moctezuma Barragá in attendance.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 21 June 2024
Two of the players, apparently broke, returned to Paraguay on a government repatriation flight, accompanied by migrant deportees.
—Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
Maduro’s agreement to a free and fair election came only after the US partially lifted oil sanctions, and only after repatriation flights for undocumented migrants back to Caracas resumed in October.
—Stefano Pozzebon, CNN, 14 July 2024
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Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 31 July 2024
On Monday, the Cultural Institute of Mexico in D.C. held a ceremony to mark the repatriation, with Mexico’s Ambassador to the U.S. Esteban Moctezuma Barragá in attendance.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 21 June 2024
Two of the players, apparently broke, returned to Paraguay on a government repatriation flight, accompanied by migrant deportees.
—Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
Maduro’s agreement to a free and fair election came only after the US partially lifted oil sanctions, and only after repatriation flights for undocumented migrants back to Caracas resumed in October.
—Stefano Pozzebon, CNN, 14 July 2024
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