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A cargo ship and tugboat sail through the Cocoli Locks in the Panama Canal on August 12, 2024. (Getty Images)
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Soldiers guard the prison entrance at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on April 4, 2025. (Alex Pena via Getty Images)
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