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energy blockade.

The White House in January said it would put tariffs on any country that sends oil to Cuba.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum told reporters Mexico is looking for ways to provide Cuba with fuel without impacting her country.

Mexico was one of Cuba's major oil suppliers before the U.S.

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We always defend self-determination.

It's the Cuban people who must decide how to govern themselves without foreign intervention, Sheinbaum said.

Mexico's Navy delivered more than 800 tons of humanitarian supplies to Cuba last month.

For NPR News, I'm Nina Kravinsky in Hermosillo, Mexico.

This is NPR News in Washington.

Vancouver-based Vizsla Silver is suspending some of its operations at its mine in Concordia, Sinaloa.

Mexican Security Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch said the abduction of 10 individuals there took place on January 24th.

and that federal and state authorities are searching for victims.

Garcia Harfuch said a cell of the Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa cartel operates in the area where the mine is located.

He says authorities have identified and are searching for a local leader of the group.

Canada's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement they're actively monitoring the incident and are not aware of any Canadian citizens among those abducted.

For NPR News, I'm Nina Kravinsky in Hermosillo, Mexico.

Preliminary statistics from the Mexican government show an average of 34 fewer homicides every day since the start of President Claudia Sheinbaum's term.

Sheinbaum and her administration attribute the decline to her government's security strategy.

But violent crime remains common in some parts of Mexico.