Outstanding reporting here by @meganjanetsky.bsky.social and Teresa de Miguel on the mercury mines in central Mexico for @apnews.com ... 📸 by Fernando Llano apnews.com/article/mexi...

Candidates are officially nonpartisan. But as @meganjanetsky.bsky.social‬ reports for AP, “A number of former Morena government officials and allies…have posted lists on social media of which ones to elect.” apnews.com/article/mexi...

Mexican musician Vivir Quintana spent 10 years visiting women's prisons in Mexico, Argentina & Chile for her new album, where she sings about women incarcerated for defending themselves & killing their abusers. By the greats Fernanda Pesce & @meganjanetsky.bsky.social apnews.com/article/mexi...

“Before, we lived off of the migration,” 63-year-old Olea said. “But now that’s all gone.” This... by @meganjanetsky.bsky.social & Matías Delacroix apnews.com/article/migr...

Powerful work by @apnews.com @meganjanetsky.bsky.social examined hundreds of videos by TikTok smugglers and interviewed two. Peter Hamlin created stunning illustrations to capture the flavor of TikToks. Recreating imagery bypasses issues of consent and ethical questions around linking to baddies.

"At a time when legal pathways to the U.S. have been slashed and criminal groups are raking in money from migrant smuggling, social media apps like TikTok have become an essential tool for smugglers and migrants alike." By the great @meganjanetsky.bsky.social apnews.com/article/tikt...

In a legally dubious move, the Trump administration has shut down all US asylum access. As a result, "migrants trying to apply for asylum in #Mexico in January more than tripled compared to the monthly average from the previous year," @meganjanetsky.bsky.social reports.

Amid Trump's crackdown, we're following asylum seekers in Mexico who hoped to reach the US legally -Many continue north through more dangerous means -Others seek asylum in Mexico -Some gave up, & may return to Venezuela via trek through the Darien Gap For @apnews.com: apnews.com/article/immi...

Shoutout to the Los Angeles Times reporters who are doing essential journalism under very difficult circumstances. They’ve dropped their paywall, but their ongoing coverage is a good reminder of why local newsrooms need support — and what we lose when those outlets are hollowed out.

Full @apnews.com story here: Mexico’s President Sheinbaum offers sarcastic response to Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ comment apnews.com/article/mexi...

The exchange has started to answer a larger question lingering over the bilateral relationship between the two regional powers: How would newly elected Sheinbaum handle Trump. For @apnews.com apnews.com/article/mexi...

Mexican Pres. Claudia Sheinbaum fires back at Trump's comments about the Gulf of Mexico this morning, dryly proposing that North America be renamed "América Mexicana", or "Mexican America" as it was once called that in 1607 on world maps. "That would be pretty, no?" she adds sarcastically.

Authorities in Mexico are offering state protection to famed “corridos” singer Natanael Cano & other artists after drug cartel in northern Mexico publicly threatened them. Cano is just the latest artist singing about narcos to receive threats. For @apnews.com: apnews.com/article/nata...

The outgoing U.S. ambassador to Mexico said Monday he anticipated “major changes” in the diplomatic relationship between the U.S. and Mexico during the incoming Trump administration. First story of 2025 for @apnews.com: apnews.com/article/mexi...

6 bullets in the chest, 1 in the head snuffed the life out of environmentalist Juan López For @apnews.com we investigate a murder in Honduras–among the most dangerous places to defend the environment–a tangle of corruption, & a call for justice rippling across the world. apnews.com/article/hond...

“The brink of a new humanitarian crisis." Honduras, Guatemala & El Salvador are likely to be the first & most drastically affected by Trump's promise of mass deportations. This is the cycle of violence and economic precarity awaiting deportees back home. For @apnews.com apnews.com/article/hond...

“The brink of a new humanitarian crisis." Honduras, Guatemala & El Salvador are likely to be the first & most drastically affected by Trump's promise of mass deportations. This is the cycle of violence and economic precarity awaiting deportees back home. For @apnews.com apnews.com/article/hond...

ah yes! the great @meganjanetsky.bsky.social wrote about this for the AP! apnews.com/article/volk...

“Statelessness is torture. You just legally cease to exist." Nicaragua stripped 450+ former prisoners & critics of citizenship over the past 2 years. They're now scattered across the world, stuck in a precarious limbo. For @asssociatedpress.bsky.social apnews.com/article/nica...

He bought a bunch of new outfits and hired consultants and everything.

Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega on Wednesday proposed a constitutional reform that would officially make him and his wife, current Vice President Rosario Murillo, “copresidents” of the Central American nation. For @asssociatedpress.bsky.social apnews.com/article/nica...

Hey there, this thing on? 👋 I'm Megan Janetsky, a Mexico and Central America correspondent for the AP, formerly a roving freelancer based in Colombia. Drop me a line at [email protected], and check out more of my work here: www.meganjanetsky.com