Mother of jailed Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' Guzman dies -local media

FILE PHOTO: Consuelo Loera, mother of the Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, leaves from the U.S. embassy after requesting a humanitarian visa so she can visit her imprisoned son, in Mexico City, Mexico June 1, 2019. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido/FILE PHOTO

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The elderly mother of convicted Mexican crime boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has died after spending the last couple weeks in a private clinic, local media reported on Sunday.

El Sol de Sinaloa, a major newspaper in the family's home state of Sinaloa, located in northwest Mexico, reported that Consuelo Loera was 94 years old.