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Performers in costume attend a Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. The parade on Sunday marks the fourth consecutive year that the city has borrowed props from the opening scene of the James Bond film, “Spectre,” in which Daniel Craig’s title character dons a skull mask as he makes his way through a crowd of revelers. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

Mexico marks Day of Dead on 500th anniversary of Conquest

By MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press

4 killed in Mexico City shooting; 3 women, 1 child injured

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FILE - In this March 8, 2019 file photo, Consuelo Salas holds up a pink cross marked with the name of her daughter Vitoria Pamela Salas, who was killed in 2017 at age 23, as she calls for justice, in the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, following a march. Hundreds plan to take to the streets of Mexico City again Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, to demand justice for women who have been killed, kidnapped and sexually assaulted. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

AP Explains: Why Mexican Women March Against Gender Violence

By AMY GUTHRIE - Associated Press

Passengers are helped to step between trajineras, colorful passenger boats typically rented by tourists, families, and groups of young people, as they board a boat in Xochimilco, Mexico City, Friday, Sept. 6, 2019. The usually festive Nativitas pier was subdued and largely empty Friday afternoon, with some boat operators and vendors estimating that business was down by 80% on the first weekend following the drowning death of a youth that was captured on cellphone video and seen widely in Mexico. Borough officials stood on the pier to inform visitors of new regulations that went into effect Friday limiting the consumption of alcohol, prohibiting the use of speakers and instructing visitors to remain seated.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

After drowning, new rules, Mexico City canals see drop-off

By PETER ORSI - Associated Press

Two women assault a commuter, one spraying him in the face with paint another kicking him, at a bus station, during a protest sparked by a string of alleged sexual attacks by police officers, in Mexico City, Friday, Aug. 16, 2019. On Friday, hundreds of women demonstrated largely peacefully in downtown Mexico City with pink spray paint and smoke. But some protesters trashed the nearby bus station. This week, an auxiliary policeman was held for trial on charges he raped a young female employee at a city museum. (AP Photo/Emilio Espejel)

Mexico City assesses monument damage after anti-rape march

By AMY GUTHRIE - Associated Press

People gather in Juarez, Mexico, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, in a vigil for the three Mexican nationals who were killed in an El Paso shopping-complex shooting. Twenty people were killed and more than two dozen injured in a shooting Saturday in a busy shopping area in the Texas border town of El Paso, the state’s governor said. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

Mexico: Texas shooting ‘act of terrorism’ against Mexicans

By Amy Guthrie - Associated Press

Uniformed federal police block the highway between Mexico City and Pachuca in both directions, in Ecatepec, Mexico, Wednesday, July 3, 2019. Hundreds of Mexican federal police were in open revolt Wednesday against plans to absorb them into the newly formed National Guard.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Mexican officials blame federal police strike on opposition

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN - Associated Press

Mexico court rules minors can’t be held at migrant center

Associated Press

A woman waves a Mexican flag prior to the speech by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at a rally in Tijuana, Mexico, Saturday, June 8, 2019. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will hold the rally in Tijuana even as President Trump has put on hold his plan to begin imposing tariffs on Mexico on Monday, saying the U.S. ally will take &quot;strong measures&quot; to reduce the flow of Central American migrants into the United States. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Mexico-US tariff deal: Questions, concerns for migration

By PETER ORSI and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN - Associated Press

Chef Jesus Saldivar feeds ground corn through the tortilla making machine at El Pujol Mill in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City, Tuesday, April 9, 2019. The shop is part of a new tortilla movement launched by a handful of chefs, restaurants and organizations to restore and popularize authentic tortillas, made of only corn, water and lime or calcium carbonate. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

‘Tortilla movement’ seeks to restore Mexico’s iconic food

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ - Associated Press

A man wearing a face mask crosses a street backdropped by the National Palace shrouded by haze, in the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, Thursday, May 16, 2019. A siege of air pollution blanketing the capital has led to school closures and the cancellation of professional sporting events. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Mexico City closes schools, restricts traffic due to smoke

Associated Press

In this April 29, 2019, file photo, Mexican President Andr&#233;s Manuel L&#243;pez Obrador attends a ceremony at the Military Airbase Number 1 in Santa Lucia, on the outskirts of Mexico City. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Andres Lopez Obrador, Mexico president, relents on Trump rhetoric

By Frederic Puglie — Special To The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2015 file photo, Mexican musician Armando Vega Gil, left, and author Beatriz Rivas pose for a portrait during the Guadalajara International Book Fair in Guadalajara, Mexico. The Mexican rock band Botellita de Jerez announced on Monday, April 1, 2019 the death of its founder Armando Vega Gil. The musician and writer had posted a message announcing his suicide. (AP Photo/Berenice Bautista, File)

Mexican musician appears to kill himself after MeToo claim

By MARK STEVENSON and MARIA VERZA - Associated Press

In this Dec. 5, 2015, file photo, Mexican musician Armando Vega Gil, left, and author Beatriz Rivas pose for a portrait during the Guadalajara International Book Fair in Guadalajara, Mexico. The Mexican rock band Botellita de Jerez announced on Monday, April 1, 2019, the death of its founder Armando Vega Gil. The musician and writer had posted a message announcing his suicide. (AP Photo/Berenice Bautista, File)

Armando Vega-Gil, Botellita de Jerez bass player, apparently dead by suicide after #MeToo claim

By Mark Stevenson and Maria Verza - Associated Press

Central American migrants, part of the caravan hoping to reach the U.S. border, move on a road in Tapachula, Chiapas State, Mexico, Thursday, March 28, 2019. A caravan of about 2,500 Central Americans and Cubans is currently making its way through Mexico's southern state of Chiapas. (AP Photo/Isabel Mateos)

Mexico braces for ‘mother of all caravans’

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo answers a question during a news conference on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at the Department of State in Washington. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

US expands ban on foreign aid to overseas abortion providers

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

In this Aug. 29, 2018, file photo, Jared Kushner, White House adviser and President Trump's son-in-law, waves as he arrives at the Office of the United States Trade Representative in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Mexican president talks U.S. investment with Jared Kushner

By Christopher Sherman - Associated Press

Southwest Airlines in late March ending Mexico City flights

Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2018, file photo, a homeless man walks next to the fence that divides Mexico and the U.S, in Tijuana, Mexico. The Trump administration expects to launch a policy as early as Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, that forces people seeking asylum to wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. courts, an official said, marking one of the most significant changes to the immigration system of Donald Trump's presidency. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

Official: Asylum seekers to wait in Mexico starting Friday

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

Staff of Pemex, Petroleos Mexicanos, works the area of a oil pipeline explosion in Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo state, Mexico, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. A massive fireball that engulfed people scooping up fuel spilling from a pipeline ruptured by thieves in central Mexico killed several people and badly burned others. (AP Photo/Claudio Cruz)

Mexican pipeline explosion kills 73, leaves nightmare of ash

By MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press