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(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Copy article link Victoria Jasso, 2, swings at a piñata during a Cinco de Mayo celebration at the Yorktown Spanish School in Dallas, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Copy article link Vincent Ramirez’s shirt expresses his thoughts as he watches a Cinco de Mayo parade in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Copy article link Children pick up candy during a Cinco de Mayo celebration at the Yorktown Spanish School in Dallas, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Copy article link Eleven-year-olds Kataleah Mendez, right, and Angelica Juarez pose for a photo with the low rider car that appeared in the movie Selena parked for display during a Cinco de Mayo celebration in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Copy article link Saul Garcia, 3, wears a sombrero during a Cinco de Mayo celebration at the Yorktown Spanish School in Dallas, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Copy article link Guests eat at The Mexicano where Michelin-starred Chef Mario Hernández Alonso of El Califa de León taqueria in Mexico City, offered tacos at a Cinco de Mayo pop-up event, Monday, May 5, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York) Copy article link One-year-old Maximo Amezquita dances as the band Estudiantina de la Universidad de Guanajuato rehearses before a Cinco de Mayo celebration at Mariachi Plaza in Los Angeles, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Copy article link Participants laugh as they dance to the music of Estudiantina de la Universidad de Guanajuato during a Cinco de Mayo celebration at Mariachi Plaza in Los Angeles, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Copy article link Girls in traditional dress perform during a Cinco de Mayo celebration at Mariachi Plaza in Los Angeles, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. 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