Rafel Ojeda Durán… the Mexican Secretary of the Navy…personally broke the news of the passing of one of Mexico’s greatest heroines: Frida the rescue dag.

The Labrador Retriever. spent her entire life with the navy, born and died in service, spending her last years in the care of Subgrupo de Control Canina. Having begun her career at 8 months, Frida is credited with finding 12 living persons and recovering 44 bodies, during her active service, on resue missions in Haiti, Ecuador, as well as in Mexico… most notably, after the 19 September 2017 earthquake in Mexico City, when she became an icon … with plush toys, murals, and later a statue erected in her honor.

Good doggie!