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Activists post signs Wednesday as they protest outside a migration detention center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, a day after dozens of migrants died as a result of the fire. Christian Chavez/AP hide caption

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Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen leaves a hotel in New York, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Yuki Iwamura/AP hide caption

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Taiwan's president arrives in the U.S. amid warnings from China

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Honduras Foreign Minister Eduardo Enrique Reina Garcia, left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang shake hands following the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, at a ceremony in the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing Sunday, March 26, 2023. Greg Baker/AP hide caption

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Xavier "Chabelo" Lopez sticks out his tongue during a telethon event in 2015. Lopez, a Mexican children's comic better known by his stage name "Chabelo," died at the age of 88, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wrote Saturday. Saul Lopez/AP hide caption

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Puerto Rico pitcher Edwin Díaz is helped into a wheelchair after he appeared to injure himself during a postgame celebration after Puerto Rico beat the Dominican Republic 5-2 during a World Baseball Classic game on Wednesday in Miami. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption

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The jewelry with diamonds gifted to former President Jair Bolsonaro and his wife Michelle Bolsonaro by the Saudi government, which was seized by customs officials, is seen at São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport, in Guarulhos, Brazil, on Tuesday. Amanda Perobelli/Reuters hide caption

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Gifted jewelry from Saudi Arabia entangles Brazil's ex-President Bolsonaro

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Honduras' President Xiomara Castro waves during the swearing-in ceremony for Colombia's President Gustavo Petro in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. Castro announced on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, that Honduras under her administration is opening diplomatic relations with the People´s Republic of China. Fernando Vergara/AP hide caption

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Testing on an Adderall pill from Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, came back positive in January. Pharmacies there are selling counterfeit prescription pills laced with illicit substances and passing them off as legitimate pharmaceuticals. Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption

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Some Mexican pharmacies sell pills laced with deadly fentanyl to U.S. travelers

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A small line of cars waits to cross the Cordova Bridge of the Americas at the United States-Mexico border in 2020. On March 10, Texan officials advised against spring break travel to Mexico, citing the dangers of violent crime. Paul Ratje/Agence France-Presse/AFP via Get hide caption

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Rocks retrieved from a mine in Muzo, Colombia, show some of what makes the country the biggest producer of high-value emeralds. Carlos Saavedra for NPR hide caption

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Inside the emerald mines that make Colombia a global giant of the green gem

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Photographed through a fence, an armored truck is surrounded by police tape at the Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport in Santiago, Chile, on Wednesday. An airport shootout killed a security officer and an alleged robber in what authorities say was an attempted heist of more than $32 million in cash aboard a plane from Miami. Karin Pozo/Aton Chile via AP hide caption

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Medical tourism numbers are on the rise in Mexico, after the practice was curtailed by COVID-19 restrictions. Here, foreign patients are seen at the hospital Oasis of Hope in Tijuana in, 2019, in Mexico's Baja California state. Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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A member of the Mexican security forces stands next to a white minivan with North Carolina plates and several bullet holes at the scene of the crime in Matamoros on Friday. Stringer/AP hide caption

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Matamoros, Mexico, is a stronghold for various criminal organizations, particularly the Gulf Cartel. U.S. and Mexican officials say four U.S. citizens were abducted at gunpoint in the city on Friday. Alfredo Estrella/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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