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Mexico closes US owned plant for refusal to sell ventilators

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A woman wearing a scarf over her face walks up the nearly empty boulevard leading to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which was closed to the public to prevent the spread of coronavirus, in Mexico City, on Good Friday, April 10, 2020. Instead of celebrating with the usual packed churches and elaborate processions attended by thousands, this year, Mexico's Catholic faithful were told to stay home, with closed-door Masses and a private performance of the Stations of the Cross broadcast on television.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Young infected doctors at Mexico public hospital demand help

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, March 14, 2019, file photo, a Border Patrol agent talks with a group suspected of having entered the U.S. illegally near McAllen, Texas. The Trump administration has quietly shut down the nation's asylum system for the first time in decades amid coronavirus concerns, largely because holding people in custody is considered too dangerous. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

US expels thousands to Mexico after largely halting asylum

By MARIA VERZA and BEN FOX - Associated Press

Workers pull dollies loaded with boxes of produce past a decontamination tent at the Centro de Abastos, the main food distribution center in Mexico City, Tuesday, April 7, 2020. The tent was set up a measure to help slow down the spread of the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Mexico loses almost 350,000 jobs because of coronavirus

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A doctor gathers information from a driver arriving to get tested for COVID-19 at private laboratory Biomedica de Referencia, in the Lomas Virreyes neighborhood of Mexico City, Thursday, March 26, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Mexico urges end to harassment of health workers in pandemic

By CARLOS RODRÍGUEZ - Associated Press

In this Feb. 26, 2019 photo, migrants rest in the chapel of the San Juan Bosco migrant shelter, in Nogales, Mexico. For years, Catholic-led, U-S.-based nonprofits have been at the forefront of efforts to support migrants and asylum seekers along the Mexican border. Tough new border policies, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, have drastically changed their work, much of which now takes place in Mexico. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Pandemic, border crackdown hamper Catholics’ aid to migrants

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks at the National Palace in Mexico City, Sunday, April 5, 2020. López Obrador speaks to the nation about his economic recovery plan. The President, however, has labeled the situation a &quot;transitory crisis&quot; and says things will be good again soon. Mexico's government has broadened its shutdown of &quot;non essential activities,&quot; and prohibited gatherings of more than 50 people as a way to help slow down the spread of COVID-19. The one-month emergency measures will be in effect from March 30 to April 30. (AP Photo / Eduardo Verdugo)

Mexico: More social spending, no business bailout for virus

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN - Associated Press

Mexican economy may contract by 4 to 8% in 2020

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Migrant dies in Mexico detention center riot over virus fear

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens as President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Israel’s health minister has new coronavirus

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Commuters wear masks as they ride a bus, to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Mexico City, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Mexico's government has broadened its shutdown of &quot;non essential activities,&quot; and prohibited gatherings of more than 50 people as a way to help slow down the spread of COVID-19. The one-month emergency measures will be in effect from March 30 to April 30. (AP Photo / Eduardo Verdugo)

Too little too late? Experts decry Mexico virus policy delay

By MARÍA VERZA and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN - Associated Press

In this photo released Tuesday, March 31, 2020, by the San Diego Tunnel Task Force, Department of Homeland Security, a large haul of drugs that were seized in a cross-border tunnel running from warehouses in Tijuana, Mexico to San Diego are displayed in San Diego. (San Diego Tunnel Task Force/Department of Homeland Security via AP)

US finds major cross-border tunnel used to smuggle drugs

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

A woman serves tacos at a street restaurant at San Andres Mixquic, just outside Mexico City, Monday, March 30, 2020, amid the worldwide spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Mexico broadens one-month shutdown as virus cases top 1,094

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Protesters demand stricter virus screenings at Mexico border

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Lourdes Sanvicente, 45, left, and a coworker wear protective face masks at the direction of the stand's owner, as they sell tamales, sandwiches, and pastries at a street stand in Mexico City, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Sanvicente, who doubts the existence of the new coronavirus, says both she and her husband work as street food sellers, together earning 320 pesos (around $13.50) per day to support themselves and their five children. &quot;There is no other option,&quot; she says, &quot;I have to provide for my kids.&quot; (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Coronavirus could hit Mexico’s high obesity, diabetes rates

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Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador arrives for his daily news conference at the presidential palace in Mexico City, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Lopez Obrador's government is reluctant to implement some of the extreme measures and lockdowns seen in Europe or the United States to help stop the worldwide spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador puts Mexico at risk by failing to take pandemic seriously

By Ana Quintana

In this Feb. 12, 2020 photo, police stand guard behind a parapet of sandbags, at the entrance to Santa Rosa de Lima, birthplace of a local cartel that goes by the same name, in Guanajuato state, Mexico. Mexico's fastest-rising cartel, the Jalisco New Generation gang, has a reputation for ruthlessness and violence unlike any since the fall of the old Zetas cartel. In places like Guanajuato state it is fighting medieval-style battles for control of the state. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

In Mexico, a cartel is taking over: Jalisco New Generation

By MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press

A man wears a mask and a hat with an Irish symbol of shamrock designs as he walks in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP)

US, Canada are closing shared border to nonessential travel

By ROB GILLIES and ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

Alaska governor creating economic team amid virus response

By BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump tours a section of the southern border wall, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Otay Mesa, Calif. President Trump is asking a federal judge to block an effort by New York prosecutors to obtain his tax returns. Trump’s attorneys filed a lawsuit Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, in U.S. District Court in New York.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump eyes shutting border to illegal immigration amid coronavirus outbreak

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times