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  • 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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    Live Updates US citizens urged to ‘shelter in place’ after Mexico drug lord’s killing sparks wave of violence
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    Who was ‘El Mencho,’ the feared cartel leader killed in a military operation?
  • Passengers leave Guadalajara International Airport in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco State, Mexico, on February 22, 2026.
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    Video Travelers panic at Guadalajara airport following killing of Mexico’s most-wanted drug leader 0:31
  • A soldier stands guard by a charred vehicle after it was set on fire, in Cointzio, Michoacán state, Mexico, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, following the death of the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Oseguera, known as "El Mencho." (AP Photo/Armando Solis)
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    Mexico’s most-wanted drug leader killed in military operation as clashes erupt and US tourists told to shelter in place
  • 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
  • Edmundo Gonzalez, Venezuela's opposition candidate, during an interview at his home in Caracas, Venezuela, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024.
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    Venezuela’s quiet opposition leader: Why Edmundo González is on the sidelines of a power struggle
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  • 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
  • Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and U.S. Charge d'Affaires for Venezuela Laura Dogu visit oil production facilities at the joint venture between Chevron and state oil company PDVSA in the Orinoco Oil Belt, following an agreement to pursue long-term energy cooperation after recent sanction relief and legal reforms that opened Venezuela's oil sector to greater foreign investment, in Maturin, Monagas state, Venezuela February 12, 2026.
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    US energy secretary and Venezuela’s acting president tour oil facility in warming ties just weeks after Maduro ouster
  • 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
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  • People walk past a mural painted in the colours of the Venezuelan flag in Caracas, Venezuela, on February 2.
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    The US says Venezuela is changing. But one month since Maduro’s capture, its people aren’t so sure
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  • Gustavo Petro and Donald Trump
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    From clash to dialogue: Petro arrives in Washington for key encounter with Trump after year of tensions
  • Right-wing populist Laura Fernández claims victory in Costa Rica’s elections. Here’s what to know.
  • 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
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    This former Venezuelan opposition mayor fears the US will deport him to the country he fled
  • No survivors found after Colombian plane crashes with 15 people on board, including lawmaker
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