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In this Jan. 8, 2016, image released by Mexico's federal government, Mexico's most wanted drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, stands for his prison mug shot with the inmate number 3870 at the Altiplano maximum security federal prison in Almoloya, Mexico. (Mexico's federal government via AP) ** FILE **

Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, recaptured drug lord in Mexico, moved from cell to cell

By Katherine Corcoran and E. Eduardo Castillo - Associated Press

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was recaptured Friday in the city of Los Mochis in his home state of Sinaloa after a shootout that killed five of his associates and wounded one marine. (Associated Press)

Mexico formally launches process to extradite Guzman to US

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO - Associated Press

A city employee removes wooden crosses that were placed in a plaza by organizations protesting against government inaction over the alarming murder rate in San Salvador, El Salvador, on Sept. 1, 2015. (Associated Press)

El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala violence surges, threatening new refugee flood

By Guy Taylor and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted by soldiers and marines to a waiting helicopter at a federal hangar in Mexico City on Jan. 8, 2016. (Associated Press)

‘El Chapo’ Joaquin Guzman told Mexico is beginning extradition proceedings to U.S.

By E. Eduardo Castillo - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2010 file photo, the bodies of three men lie in the back of a funeral home's pick-up truck after they were killed by unidentified gunmen in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, Mexico. A new study published on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016 in the American journal Health Affairs suggests that Mexico's drug violence was so bad at its peak, from 2005-2010, that it apparently caused the nation's male life expectancy to drop by several months. (AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez, File)

Study: Mexico violence caused drop in male life expectancy

By MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press

Mexico violence caused drop in male life expectancy: Study

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Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the head of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, escaped from a supermax prison. (Associated Press)

El Chapo Joaquin Guzman recaptured, Mexican president says

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Texas Department of Safety Troopers patrol on the Rio Grand along the U.S.-Mexico border in Mission, Texas, on July 24, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Agents nab Pakistanis with terrorist connections crossing U.S. border

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this December 2013 image taken from a video by KDFW-FOX 4, Ethan Couch is seen during his court hearing in Fort Worth, Texas. Authorities are investigating whether Couch, who killed four people in a 2013 drunken-driving wreck, and claimed as part of his defense that he suffered from "affluenza", has fled with his mother to avoid a potential violation of his probation. (AP Photo/KDFW-FOX 4, File)

Ethan Couch, ‘affluenza’ teen, reportedly in custody

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

US-Mexico expand air travel opportunities

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This NOAA satellite image taken Monday, Oct. 26, 2015, at 01:00 AM EDT shows weakening Hurricane Olaf well east of Hawaii. (NOAA/Weather Underground via AP) ** FILE **

Hurricane Sandra strengthens to a Category 4 storm

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Ford recalls 450K midsize cars for possible fuel leak

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FILE - This July 18, 2014, file photo shows protestors in Philadelphia demonstrating near the Consulate of Mexico in support of immigrants recently entering the United States via Mexico. For Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania the influx of Central American children who have crossed illegally into the United States has propelled immigration to a top concern for voters in his heavily rural district far from the Mexican border, eclipsing the new health care law and the federal deficit. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

More Mexicans leaving the U.S. than coming: Study

By Elliot Spagat - Associated Press

Rosa Peralta smashes a bottle of champagne to christen the USS Raphael Peralta, the 35th Arleigh Burke Class Missile Destroyer to be built by Bath Iron Works, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015, in Bath, Maine. The warship is named for Rosa Peralta's son, Sgt. Raphael Peralta, who was killed in action on Nov. 15, 2004, while clearing houses in the city of Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation Al Fajr. Frederick J. Harris, president of General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, at left, and Rosa Peralta's daughter, Icela Peralta Donald, center, and son, Ricardo Peralta, join her on the platform.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Warship honoring Marine christened at Maine shipyard

By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press

This satellite image taken at 10:45 a.m. EDT on Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, and released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Patricia moving over Mexico's Pacific Coast. Hurricane Patricia headed toward southwestern Mexico Friday as a monster Category 5 storm, the strongest ever in the Western Hemisphere that forecasters said could make a "potentially catastrophic landfall" later in the day. (NOAA via AP)

Hurricane Patricia: questions and answers

By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, head of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, is escorted to a helicopter in Mexico City following his capture overnight in the beach resort town of Mazatlan, in this Feb. 22, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Joaquin Guzman, ‘El Chapo,’ Mexican drug lord, injured in recent evasion of capture

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