Royer Perez-Jimenez is the second person to die in ICE custody this week.
Mexico
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Greetings from Mexico City’s iconic boulevard, where a dog on a bike steals the show
Every week, more than 100,000 people ride bikes, skates and rollerblades past some of the most best-known parts of Mexico’s capital. And sometimes their dogs join them too.
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Mexican president says her country has paused oil shipments to Cuba
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said the pause was part of general fluctuations in oil supplies and that it was a “sovereign decision” not made under pressure from the United States.
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Sheinbaum reassures Mexico after US military movements spark concern
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum quelled concerns on Monday about two recent movements of the U.S. military in the vicinity of Mexico that have the country on edge since the attack on Venezuela.
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A new Miss Universe is crowned, weeks after she left a pageant event in protest
This year’s Miss Universe competition, held in Bangkok, was marred by a series of dramatic incidents, from a contestant’s livestreamed walkout to a now former judge’s allegations of rigging.
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Mexico: The cumbia DJs of the streets
One of the most listened-to genres in the Americas, photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United States.
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The endangered cactus behind Mexico’s sweet secret
In Mexico, September means chiles en nogada season. But one key ingredient, a candied barrel cactus called biznaga, is now illegal because it’s vanishing in the wild.
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The U.S. is designating Ecuador’s largest gangs as terrorists
The U.S. is designating Ecuador’s two largest gangs — Los Choneros and Los Lobos — as foreign terrorist organizations.
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Long-elusive Mexican drug lord Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada pleads guilty in U.S.
Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty Monday to U.S. drug trafficking charges.
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Mexican ranchers struggle to adapt as a parasite ravages cattle exports to the U.S.
U.S. agriculture officials halted live cattle crossing the border in July due to concerns about the flesh-eating maggot which has been found in southern Mexico and is creeping north.
