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Senior US officials led by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken hold a press conference alongside Mexican authorities in Mexico City during talks on tackling drug smuggling and migrant flows, amid signs of diplomatic frictions over a US plan to extend a controversial border wall. SOUNDBITE
Thirteen members of Mexico's security services are freed after they were held hostage amid violent protests in the southern state of Guerrero, which authorities say are being driven by criminal groups. IMAGES
Mexican soldiers and police guard the scene where at least five bodies and several charred skeletal remains, including five skulls, have been found on a highway in the industrial state of Nuevo Leon, in northern Mexico. IMAGES
Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa leaves the Guayas governor's office building in the port city of Guayaquil after a meeting with officials from the State and Public Safety Council. Noboa imposed a state of emergency and nightly curfew following the escape from prison of gang boss Adolfo Macias, alias "Fito", and has vowed to wage "war" on the country's powerful criminal gangs. IMAGES
Linda Cristina Pereyra, the spouse of former Mexican Public Security Minister Genaro Garcia Luna who is on trial in New York for drug trafficking, and his defense attorney, Cesar de Castro, arrive at court ahead of closing arguments. IMAGES
An American citizen, John Clancey, working for a law firm known for taking on human rights cases, was among those arrested in Hong Kong on Wednesday under a new national security law imposed by Beijing. He was seen led away by police outside the building where his law firm is located. "Continue to work for democracy and human rights in Hong Kong," he says as he walks out of the building. IMAGES