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A poster with former Mexican presidents lays on the ground outside the Supreme Court during a demonstration by supporters of Mexico's current President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in Mexico City, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. The court is scheduled to decide whether the president's proposal to hold a popular vote on whether or not to pursue former presidents on corruption charges stands up to scrutiny. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Mexico Supreme Court OKs vote on prosecuting ex-presidents

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Migrants walk with a Honduran flag, along a highway in hopes of reaching the distant United States, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. Hundreds of migrants have begun walking from this northern Honduras city toward the Guatemala border testing a well-trod migration route now in times of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo)

Hundreds of Honduran migrants set out for US amid pandemic

By SONIA PÉREZ D. and CLAUDIO ESCALON - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 11, 2020 file photo, lounge chairs fill an empty beach in Cancun, Mexico. In a bill approved unanimously Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2020, Mexico’s Senate has voted to levy fines of up to $47,000 against hotels, restaurants or other property owners who restrict access to the country’s beaches. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz, File)

Mexican congress votes to fine people who block beach access

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Cemetery workers dig fresh graves in a section of the Valle de Chalco Municipal Cemetery which opened early in the coronavirus pandemic to accommodate the surge in deaths, in Valle de Chalco on the outskirts of Mexico City, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Mexico official: definitive COVID-19 toll will take 2 years

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Police end Mexico toll booth takeovers after 8 months

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11 killed in bar shooting in Mexico’s most violent state

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Mexico sending 101 firefighters to help in California

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A sanitation technician, disinfects tents set up on Mexico City's Juarez Avenue to demand the resignation of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, commonly known by his initials AMLO, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. The protesters organized by the National Front against AMLO or National Front Against AMLO are camping on the street, completely blocking the Avenue. (AP Photo / Marco Ugarte)

Mexican leader: Protesters welcome to camp near his office

By MARIA VERZA - Associated Press

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador rings the bell as he gives the annual independence shout from the balcony of the National Palace to kick off subdued Independence Day celebrations amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, at the Zocalo in Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. Instead of the throngs of supporters who pack the Zocalo in a typical year, this Independence Day the president faced an empty plaza as he gave the traditional &quot;Grito de Dolores,&quot; which commemorates the 1810 call to arms by priest Miguel Hidalgo that began the struggle for independence from Spain. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Mexican intellectuals claim freedom of expression threatened

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FILE - This undated photo provided on Jan. 24, 2020 by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows some of over 165 pounds (75 kilograms) of suspected methamphetamine seized after smugglers tried to float it across the border from Nogales, Mexico, by roping together dozens of packages and sending them through an underground drainage tunnel into Arizona, according to federal officials. The Mexican Defense Department announced on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, that seizures of the synthetic opioid fentanyl so far this year are 465% higher than in 2019, but progress against another big Mexican export to the U.S. market _ methamphetamines _ is slower. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP, File)

Mexico sees fentanyl seizures up 465%, denies making drug

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In this April 5, 2020, file photo, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks at the National Palace in Mexico City. For his first foreign trip as president, López Obrador travels to Washington Tuesday, July 7, 2020, to meet with President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador thanks Donald Trump, vows to pay Mexico water debt to U.S.

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Farmers stand at La Boquilla Dam, where they wrested control on Tuesday from National Guard troops in order to close the valves and reduce the flow of water toward the United States, in Chihuahua State, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Tuesday's clash between hundreds of farmers and National Guard troops was the latest flashpoint in a months-long conflict over the Mexican government's attempts to pay off its water debt with the United States over objections of local farmers. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

Mexican president vows to pay US water debt, thanks Trump

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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador rings the bell as he gives the annual independence shout from the balcony of the National Palace to kick off subdued Independence Day celebrations amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, at the Zocalo in Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. Instead of the throngs of supporters who pack the Zocalo in a typical year, this Independence Day the president faced an empty plaza as he gave the traditional &quot;Grito de Dolores,&quot; which commemorates the 1810 call to arms by priest Miguel Hidalgo that began the struggle for independence from Spain. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Mexico skirts U.S. criticism of anti-drug enforcement

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In this Feb. 2, 2019, photo, provided by the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, is the Eli Jackson Methodist Church and cemetery in San Juan, Texas. It is located on a ranch once operated by Nathaniel and Matilda Jackson, a biracial couple believed to have been &quot;conductors&quot; of the Underground Railroad to Mexico. Across Texas and parts of Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas, scholars and preservation advocates are working to piece together a puzzle of a largely forgotten piece of American history: a network that helped thousands of Black slaves escape to Mexico. (David Pike/University of Texas Rio Grande Valley via AP)

Story of the Underground Railroad to Mexico gains attention

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

People repair a &quot;pirate&quot; ambulance light outside the General Hospital in Mexico City, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. The poorly equipped, often broken-down rattletraps ply Mexico City streets listening to emergency radio dispatch frequencies and race to beat legitimate ambulance services to medical emergencies. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Mexico’s pirate ambulances profiteering in the pandemic

By MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press

Mexico has a quieter independence celebration amid pandemic

By MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press

A police officer stands guard near a statue of independence heroine Leona Vicaria on Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City, Sunday, September 13, 2020. Mexico will celebrate its day of Independence from Spain on September 16. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Mexico honors a defiant woman on independence anniversary

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

National Guard troops equipped with riot gear stand guard at Las Pilas dam, two days after withdrawing from the nearby Boquilla dam after clashing with hundreds of farmers, in Camargo, Chihuahua State, Mexico, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday he regretted the killing of a woman and the wounding of her husband following a Tuesday clash between National Guard troops and farmers over water. (AP Photo Christian Chavez)

Farmers hold out at seized Mexican dam as tensions build

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A hot air balloon flies tourists near the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. After closing for five months due to the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, &quot;The city of the gods&quot; opens its doors to visitors once again on Thursday, but at a reduced capacity of 30%. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Mexican archaeological ruins reopen with masks, distancing

By DIEGO DELGADO - Associated Press

The remains of burnt structures are seen at La Boquilla Dam, a day after farmers wrested control from National Guard troops in order to close the dam's valves and reduce the flow of water toward the United States, in Chihuahua State, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Tuesday's clash between hundreds of farmers and National Guard troops was the latest flashpoint in a months-long conflict over the Mexican government's attempts to pay off its water debt with the United States over objections of local farmers. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

Farmers, troops skirmish over water in northern Mexico

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