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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador surveys National Guard soldiers as the new force is presented during a ceremony at a military field in Mexico City, Sunday, June 30, 2019. Lopez Obrador told hundreds of National Guard members assembled at the ceremonial military field that they are the “soul” of the newly formed institution. And he added, “I have faith in you.” (AP Photo/Christian Palma)

Mexico deploys new National Guard to stem violent crime

By AMY GUTHRIE - Associated Press

In this June 5, 2017 photo, activists unveil an &quot;anti-monument&quot; in homage to the 49 children who died in a fire at the ABC government run daycare center, in Mexico City. Recently a collection of impromptu, semi-permanent structures like the ABC sculpture has sprung up on and around the boulevard to remind passers-by, and public officials, of painful incidents of violence, repression, ineptitude and, most of all, impunity. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Mexico ‘anti-monuments’ recall dark moments, demand justice

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First East Pacific hurricane fades to a low off Mexico

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The Latest: Arizona Republicans urge passage of trade pact

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In this June 25, 2019 photo, 19-year-old Honduran Saily Yasmín Andino runs to climb aboard a freight train, near Salto de Agua, Mexico. Hours later the train stopped near the Tabasco state town of Tacotalpa and Andino hopped off to buy some cheese-stuffed rolls. When the train crowded with migrants began to move again, she hustled to clamber back aboard. But the train suddenly stopped and rolled back. She lost her grip and fell beneath its wheels. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Migrant woman killed in fall from train in Mexico

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN - Associated Press

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gestures during an event with El Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele, not in picture, at a military nature reserve near the border town of Tapachula, Mexico, Thursday, June 20, 2019. At right is Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard. Lopez Obrador met with El Salvador's president to discuss a development plan that aims to slow a surge of mostly Central American migrants toward the U.S. border. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)

Mexico says ‘maquila’ plants to offer migrants 40,000 jobs

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Arizona, Sonora governors to meet at border conference

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Migrants catch a ride on a freight train on their way north, in Salto del Agua, Chiapas state, Mexico, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. The group’s next stop will be Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz state. Mexico has deployed 6,500 National Guard members in the southern part of the country, plus another 15,000 soldiers along its northern border in a bid to reduce the number of migrants traveling through its territory to reach the U.S. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Mexico detains dozens of migrants in raid on freight train

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In this Jan. 25, 2019, file photo, a migrant sits with his children as they wait to hear if their number is called to apply for asylum in the United States, at the border in Tijuana, Mexico. Migrants who are being forced to wait in Mexico while they try to win asylum in the U.S. complain they are being subjected to violence in border cities. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

Migrants face violence as US makes them wait in Mexico

By CEDAR ATTANASIO - Associated Press

Rosa Ramirez sobs as she shows journalists toys that belonged to her nearly 2-year-old granddaughter Valeria in her home in San Martin, El Salvador, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. The drowned bodies of Ramirez's son, 25-year-old Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez, and his daughter were located Monday morning on the banks of the Rio Grande, a day after the pair were swept away by the current when the young family tried to cross the river to Brownsville, Texas. Her daughter-in-law Tania Vanessa Avalos, 21, survived. (AP Photo/Antonio Valladares)

Migrant: Young family ignored advice against border swim

By Christopher Sherman and Marcos Aleman - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 8, 2019 file photo, sargassum seaweed fills the shore where fishermen push their boat to sea in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Mexico has spent $17 million to remove over a half-million tons of sargassum seaweed from its Caribbean beaches, and the problem doesn’t seem likely to end any time soon. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz, FIle )

Mexico struggles to understand, solve, seaweed invasion

By MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press

Pope Francis blesses a child during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope expresses sadness over image of drowned father, child

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President Donald Trump listens to a question as he speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, June 26, 2019, in Washington. Trump is en route to Japan for the G-20 summit. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump, Dems clash over who is to blame for migrant deaths

By JILL COLVIN and DEB RIECHMANN and WILL WEISSERT - Associated Press

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - The bodies of Salvadoran migrant Oscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his nearly 2-year-old daughter Valeria lie on the bank of the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico, Monday, June 24, 2019, after they drowned trying to cross the river to Brownsville, Texas. Martinez' wife, Tania told Mexican authorities she watched her husband and child disappear in the strong current. (AP Photo/Julia Le Duc)

Photos of migrant father and daughter spark global anguish

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The bodies of Salvadoran migrant Oscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his nearly 2-year-old daughter Valeria lie on the bank of the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico, Monday, June 24, 2019, after they drowned trying to cross the river to Brownsville, Texas. Martinez' wife, Tania told Mexican authorities she watched her husband and child disappear in the strong current. This photograph was first published in the Mexican newspaper La Jornada. (AP Photo/Julia Le Duc)

‘They died in each other’s arms,’ migrant’s mother says

By MARCOS ALEMÁN and PETER ORSI - Associated Press

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - The bodies of Salvadoran migrant Oscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his nearly 2-year-old daughter Valeria lie on the bank of the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico, Monday, June 24, 2019, after they drowned trying to cross the river to Brownsville, Texas. Martinez' wife, Tania told Mexican authorities she watched her husband and child disappear in the strong current. (AP Photo/Julia Le Duc)

A grim border drowning underlines peril facing many migrants

By PETER ORSI and AMY GUTHRIE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, March 8, 2019 file photo, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador answers questions from journalists at his daily 7 a.m. press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City. Lopez Obrador said he sent a letter to Spain and the Vatican on March 1, asking them to apologize for the conquest of the Americas five centuries ago. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexico president, defends immigration crackdown

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In this June 21, 2019, photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington. Pelosi says President Donald Trump’s threat to begin deporting migrants if Congress doesn’t quickly pass immigration legislation is ‘outside the circle of civilized human behavior.’ (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House passes emergency funding bill for migrant care crisis

By ANDREW TAYLOR and ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Protesters gather to demand the defunding of government agencies for border protection and customs enforcement, Tuesday, June 25, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

The Latest: House approves $4.5 billion bill to aid migrants

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Military police wearing the insignia of the new National Guard run to detain Guatemalan migrants to keep them from crossing the Rio Grande from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to El Paso, Texas, Monday, June 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

Mexico says immigration efforts focused on southern border

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