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Mexico's former Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard speaks at the press conference announcing incoming President Claudia Sheinbaum's Cabinet members, in Mexico City, June 20, 2024. Sheinbaum, right, chose Ebrard as her administration's economy secretary. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Mexico takes the U.S. side in potential trade battles with China and seeks to boost local content

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Then Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Executive Secretary Alicia Barcena speaks during an opening ceremony at Los Pinos presidential residence in Mexico City, May 24, 2016. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, that he has appointed Barcena as the new foreign relations secretary, replacing Marcelo Ebrard, who resigned to run for the ruling party's presidential candidacy. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Mexican president picks veteran diplomat to be next foreign minister

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FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2016 file photo, Defense Secretary Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos, left, and Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto, salute during the annual Independence Day military parade in Mexico City's main square. U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, formally dropped a drug trafficking and money laundering case against Gen. Cienfuegos, a decision that came after Mexico threatened to cut off cooperation with U.S. authorities unless the general was sent home. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Mexico says it wants its ex-officials tried in Mexico

By MARIA VERZA and MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press

Dulce Garcia, right, carries a cup of coffee as she crosses the border from Mexicali, Mexico, to Calexico, Calif., Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Like many in Mexicali, Garcia lives in Mexico but works in Calexico. &quot;Everybody's scared of the pandemic but we have to cross,&quot; Garcia said. &quot;We have to survive.&quot; (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Mexico to keep US border closed to non-essential travel

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Mexico reaffirms rejection of US labor inspectors

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A broken portrait of former Bolivia's President Evo Morales is on the floor of his private home in Cochabamba, Bolivia, after hooded opponents broke into the residence on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. Morales resigned Sunday under mounting pressure from the military and the public after his re-election victory triggered weeks of fraud allegations and deadly protests. (AP Photo)

The Latest: Morales says he’s leaving Bolivia for Mexico

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FILE - In this June 24, 2019 file photo, a military police officer wearing the insignia of Mexico's new National Guard detains Guatemalan migrants to keep them from crossing from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico to El Paso, Texas. Under pressure from the U.S. government, Mexico’s immigration policy has moved from promising to help migrants, to one characterized by militarized enforcement under the growing influence of the country’s Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez, File)

Under US pressure Mexico shifts immigration policy

By MARÍA VERZA - Associated Press

In this Aug. 5, 2019 file photo, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard gives a news conference, on the mass shooting at a shopping complex in El Paso, Texas. Ebrard is to give a final report on Mexican government efforts Friday, Sept. 5, three months after threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on Mexico unless it cracked down on hundreds of thousands of mainly Central American migrants arriving at the U.S. border. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Mexico: Supreme Court asylum ruling ‘astonishing’

By Christopher Sherman - Associated Press

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard speaks during a news conference at the Embassy of Mexico in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Mexico says it disagrees with US Supreme Court order

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 5, 2019 file photo, Mexican authorities stop a migrant caravan that had earlier crossed the Mexico - Guatemala border, near Metapa, Chiapas state, Mexico. Mexico said in Friday, Sept. 5, that it has complied with a 90-day deadline from the U.S. to reduce the flow of migrants through its territory, but activists say Mexico’s crackdown has only forced migrants into greater desperation and more illicit, dangerous routes. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Mexico declares success in slowing migrant flow

By MARIA VERZA and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN - Associated Press

Migrants sit after being detained during an immigration raid on the cargo train known as "La Bestia" in San Mateo, Chiapas state, Mexico, late Wednesday, June 26, 2019. Under increasing U.S. pressure to reduce the flow of hundreds of thousands of Central Americans through Mexican territory, Mexico’s government has stepped up enforcement. (AP Photo)

Mexico: Migrants headed for U.S. border down 39% since May

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Mexico says number of migrants down 39% since May

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Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard gives a press conference about new U.S. restrictions on asylum seekers in Mexico City, Monday, July 15, 2019. Ebrard said his country "does not agree with any measure that limits access to asylum," a reference to measures announced Monday by the U.S. government to end asylum protections for most migrants who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)

Mexico ‘does not agree’ with Trump asylum rule

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A Mexican Army soldier walks on the highway, near an immigration checkpoint in Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, Saturday June 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Mexico denies Trump’s claim of secret concessions in deal

By JILL COLVIN and COLLEEN LONG and MARIA VERZA - Associated Press

Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard arrives for a news conference at the Mexican Embassy in Washington, Tuesday, June 4, 2019, as part of a Mexican delegation in Washington for talks following trade tariff threats from the Trump Administration. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mexico seeks to neutralize Trump’s tariff threat

By LUIS ALONSO LUGO - Associated Press

A stock monitor shows exchange rates on a storefront in Mexico City, Mexico, Friday, May 31, 2019, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose a 5% tariff — that could increase incrementally to 25% — on all Mexican imports. The economic impact for Mexico was swift. The peso dropped more than 3% against the U.S. dollar by Friday morning. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

Mexico sends foreign minister to head off Trump tariffs

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 9, 2019 file photo, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gives a press conference in Mexico City. Lopez Obrador said Thursday, Feb. 28, that wages should rise but we shouldn't create an atmosphere of labor instability. He is now trying to close the Pandora's box of wage demands he helped unleash when he doubled the minimum wage in border areas. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Mexico proposes U.S. pay $10 billion for Central America development

By Luis Alonso Lugo - Associated Press

Mexico expresses concern about US border slowdowns

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Mexico's Foreign Affairs minister Marcelo Ebrard wrote on Twitter: "Mexico doesn't act based on threats." He also said the Spanish-speaking country is "the best neighbor" the U.S. could have, saying about 1.5 million U.S. citizens live in Mexico. (Associated Press)

Mexico shrugs off Donald Trump border threat

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FILE - In this Friday, March 8, 2019 file photo, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador answers questions from journalists at his daily 7 a.m. press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City. Lopez Obrador said he sent a letter to Spain and the Vatican on March 1, asking them to apologize for the conquest of the Americas five centuries ago. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Mexico says it won’t react to Trump threats over border

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