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President Donald Trump points to a member of the audience after speaking near a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Alamo, Texas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Donald Trump cautions Joe Biden not to take down border wall

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Tourists stroll on the shore of Xcalacoco beach in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 202, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. Quintana Roo, the country's tourism crown jewel, home to Cancun, the Riviera Maya and Tulum, received more than 900,000 tourists spanning the end of 2020 and the start of 2021. (AP Photo/Emilio Espejel)

Mexico sees holiday bump in tourism amid pandemic surge

By EMILIO ESPEJEL and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN - Associated Press

Running gun battle in Mexico leaves 9 gunmen, 1 police dead

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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gives his regularly scheduled morning press conference known as &quot;La Mañanera&quot; at the National Palace in Mexico City, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Las Mañaneras are a platform for the president to relay information he says the media ignore or misrepresent. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Mexican president mulls ending independent watchdog agencies

By MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press

Chinese paramilitary police wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus patrol along a street in Beijing, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. COVID vaccine shots will be free in China, where more than 9 million doses have been give to date, health officials in Beijing said Saturday. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The Latest: Mexico sees record 16,105 new virus cases

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this file photo, President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after participating in a video teleconference call with members of the military on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Federal judge blocks Trump administration asylum rules

By Suman Naishadham - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the National Park Service, people watch an eruption from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on the Big Island on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. The volcano shot steam and an ash cloud into the atmosphere which lasted about an hour, an official with the National Weather Service said early Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. (Janice Wei/National Park Service via AP)

US judge blocks Trump administration’s sweeping asylum rules

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM - Associated Press

Migrants climb on to the back of a freight truck that slowed down to give them an opportunity to jump on in Rio Dulce, Guatemala, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. A new caravan of about 2,000 migrants set out from neighboring Honduras in hopes of reaching the United States. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) **FILE**

DHS warns of new migrant caravan

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Shoppers and vendors mingle amid the COVID-19 pandemic in an informal street market selling gifts for Three Kings Day in central Mexico City, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. In Mexico, it is customary for people to give gifts on the Jan. 6 religious holiday of Epiphany, celebrated as Three Kings Day, to commemorate the arrival of the Magi, or three wise men bearing gifts for the baby Jesus. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Mexico to vaccinate rural elderly, but still awaits vaccine

By MARIA VERZA - Associated Press

Mexico's coronavirus response leader Hugo López-Gatell points to a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine during its first applications into health workers at the General Hospital in Mexico City, early Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020. The first batches of vaccines produced by Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech arrived the previous day. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Mexico approves AstraZeneca vaccine for emergency use

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Mexico fentanyl seizures soar by almost 500% in 2020

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FILE - In this May 11, 2016 file photo, the Juan Sebastian de Elcano training ship for the Royal Spanish Navy arrives in Havana Bay, Cuba. The ship was named for a Basque captain who completed the 1519-1522 circumnavigation with 17 of the roughly 240 crewmembers who began it, led by Portuguese mariner Ferdinand Magellan. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

Global pandemic meets 500th anniversary of 1st global voyage

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

In this Jan. 10, 2020, photo, a man passes new border wall sections as they replace the old fencing near Yuma, Arizona. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat) **FILE**

DHS on track for 450 miles of border wall by end of year

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Woman given 22 years for inciting 2018 mob killing of 2 men

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A woman seeking asylum in the U.S and waiting in Mexico, is tested at a clinic in Matamoros, Mexico, Nov. 17, 2020. A humanitarian organization led by U.S. military veterans has treated thousands of migrants over the past year at two clinics in a Mexican town across the border from Texas. But Global Response Management is attempting to go beyond mere crisis response and build a system to make it easier to track the health of migrants along their journey from Central America. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Aid groups aim to bring health care to migrants on way to US

By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press

A health worker extracts a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the military base in Queretaro, Mexico, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020. The first batches of vaccines produced by Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech arrived to Mexico the previous day. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

Mexico might allow private firms to buy, distribute vaccines

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A young boy, part of several asylum seeking families participating in a Las Posadas event at the U.S.-Mexico border wall, peers into the U.S. from Agua Prieta, Mexico Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, seen from Douglas, Ariz. People on each side of the border celebrate Las Posadas as they have done for decades, a centuries-old tradition practiced in Mexico re-enacts Mary and Joseph's search for refuge in Bethlehem through songs, with several of the families attending stuck south of the border, their lives in limbo with U.S. proceedings suspended amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

People yearn to connect across borders amid pandemic holiday

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Health worker Maria Ramírez is the first to get vaccinated for COVID-19 at the General Hospital in Mexico City, early Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020. The first batches of vaccines produced by Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech arrived the previous day. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Mexico starts giving first shots of Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine

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Mexico’s 3 main opposition parties form unlikely alliance

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Mexico alleges Luz del Mundo, 4 other groups laundered money

By MARIA VERZA - Associated Press