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By Susan Montoya Bryan BERNALILLO, N.M. (AP) \u2014 Unconditional love. That\u2019s what Vangie Randall-Shorty felt the moment she first held her son. She still feels it \u2014 even though Zachariah Shorty is now gone. \u201cI carry him in my heart every day,\u201d she said, while trying to find the words to describe the wave of emotions that washed over her Monday when she learned that federal authorities had charged three people in connection with her son’s killing on the Navajo Nation in 2020. She had waited so long for answers, telling herself with each new year that she would finally see justice for her 23-year-old son. Her wait ended as the U.S. Department of Justice announced the results of the latest deployment under Operation Not Forgotten. Under the operation this… <\/p>\n

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By Susan Montoya Bryan BERNALILLO, N.M. (AP) \u2014 Unconditional love. That\u2019s what Vangie Randall-Shorty felt the moment she first held her son. She still feels it \u2014 even though Zachariah Shorty is now gone. \u201cI carry him in my heart every day,\u201d she said, while trying to find the words to describe the wave of emotions that washed over her Monday when she learned that federal authorities had charged three people in connection with her son’s killing on the Navajo Nation in 2020. She had waited so long for answers, telling herself with each new year that she would finally see justice for her 23-year-old son. Her wait ended as the U.S. Department of Justice announced the results of the latest deployment under Operation Not Forgotten. Under the operation this... <\/p>\n

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