MEXICO CITY: Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto signed a committment Wednesday to increase efforts to save the vaquita marina porpoise, burying the hatchet in a Twitter feud over the endangered species.

In May, DiCaprio asked his millions of Twitter and Instagram followers to sign a petition calling on Pena Nieto to do more to protect the world's smallest porpoise, which is on the verge of extinction.

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