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  • Enrique Marquez, a released Venezuelan prisoner, is recognized as U.S. President Donald J. Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, February 24, 2026.  Kenny Holston/Pool via REUTERS

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  • Members of the Searching Mothers of Sonora group put up flyers.
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    A group of Mexican mothers with years of experience looking for missing people joins Guthrie search
  • A soldier stands guard by a charred vehicle after it was set on fire, in Cointzio, Michoacán state, Mexico, on Sunday, following the death of the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Oseguera, known as "El Mencho."
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    How Mexico hunted ‘El Mencho’ with help from his lover’s ‘trusted man’ and US intelligence
  • A bus set on fire by organised crime groups in response to an operation in Jalisco to arrest a high-priority security target, burns at one of the main avenues in Zapopan, state of Jalisco, Mexico, on February 22, 2026.
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    The death of ‘El Mencho’ exposed the reach of Mexico’s cartel crisis. Will US tourists stay away?
  • Police officers patrol Benito Juarez International Airport following roadblocks and arson attacks after a military operation in which Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, known as "El Mencho," was killed in Jalisco state, in Mexico City, Mexico, on February 22, 2026.
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  • A US Customs and Border Patrol agent seen in Metairie, Louisiana, on December 3, 2025.
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    Pro-Trump lawmaker in Colombia faces questions after son’s detention by ICE
  • The president of Venezuela's National Assembly Jorge Rodriguez (center), first vice president Pedro Jose Infante (left) and second vice president Grecia Colmenares (right) speak with opposition deputy Nora Bracho (bottom left) and ruling party deputy Jorge Arreaza during a debate on an amnesty bill proposed by Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez at the National Assembly in Caracas on February 19.
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    Venezuela passed a law to free hundreds of political prisoners after US pressure. Here’s why some welcome it cautiously
  • Peruvian President Jose Jeri testifies before a congressional committee to address undisclosed meetings with a Chinese businessman, in Lima, Peru, on January 21, 2026.
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    Peru’s leader José Jerí ousted over ‘Chifa-gate’ scandal, as presidential ‘curse’ strikes again
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  • American surfer Kurt Van Dyke, who was found dead in Costa Rica on February 14.
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    American surfer Kurt Van Dyke found dead in apparent robbery at his home in Costa Rica
  • Logan Paul with the Pikachu Illustrator card.
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    Logan Paul’s ‘holy grail’ of Pokémon cards sells for $16.5 million, with a diamond necklace thrown in
  • Forensic specialists speak in front the site of a deadly mass shooting in the town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, on Wednesday.
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    Guns and mental health struggles: What the apparent online footprint of the Canada school shooter tells us
  • People left candles, flowers, photographs and plush toys at a makeshift memorial for the victims.
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    What we know about the victims killed in one of Canada’s worst school shootings
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    Video US energy secretary tours Venezuela oil facility with acting President Rodriguez 2:36
  • Aerial view of the middle school and high school building where the shooting took place, as well as the small town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on February 11, 2026. Canada was in mourning Wednesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney said, after a lone shooter killed at least nine people, including seven at a school, and injured dozens more in a remote western town.
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  • Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa speaks to the media after he was released from the Bolivarian National Police Mariperez detention center, in Caracas, Venezuela on Sunday.
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    Venezuelan opposition figure Guanipa placed under house arrest after armed men detained him again following prison release
  • As US squeezes Cuba’s oil supply, airlines rethink flights and Havana rations health services
  • His son died after ICE detained his wife. Why this father of four chose to self-deport
  • Exclusive: Cuba says it’s ready to talk to US, but not about regime change, as Trump ramps up pressure
  • A chemical ad oil products tanker arrives at the port of Havana, Cuba, on January 9, 2026.
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    Trump’s threatened tariffs over oil to Cuba put Mexico in a bind
  • Venezuela plans amnesty law for political prisoners and closure of notorious prison
  • Venezuela approves new law opening its oil industry as Trump threatens more tariffs on countries selling oil to Cuba
  • A separatist group is asking for Trump’s help to split from Canada. Here’s what we know
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