Patrick J. McDonnell

@PmcdonnellLAT

Fronterizo: MexCity, Beirut,Libya, B'Aires, Baghdad,L.A.-Tijuana,El Paso,Paterson, N.J. ☘️Immigrants' son. Outta da' Bronx. Ex-backpacker,NYDN copy boy.❤️Syria.

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Patrick J. McDonnell@PmcdonnellLAT · May 14

Trump wants to amp up deportations and crack down on cartels. But Washington rolls out red carpet along border in San Diego to facilitate entry of #ElChapo kin toting boutique handbags and rolling suitcases. latimes.com/california/sto…

PmcdonnellLAT's tweet card. Mexican news reports suggest the U.S. recently orchestrated the secret, cross-border move of at least 17 relatives of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán to California.

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Patrick J. McDonnell@PmcdonnellLAT · Jul 21

Monument to Fidel Castro and el Che benched in Mexico City. @latimes Still a battleground of Cold War legacy. latimes.com/world-nation/s…

PmcdonnellLAT's tweet card. A controversial monument in Mexico City to the Marxist revolutionaries Fidel Castro and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara has been removed, setting off debates about their legacy and how to memorialize the past.

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Patrick J. McDonnell@PmcdonnellLAT · Jul 16

Another Mexican capo turned snitch? Nasty dustup between la presidenta, Claudia #Sheinbaum, & NY counsel for #OvidioGuzmán, an El Chapo Jr. turned apparent informer for U.S. prosecutors. His potential revelations trigger political disquiet in #Mexico. latimes.com/world-nation/s….

PmcdonnellLAT's tweet card. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum plans a defamation case against the attorney for Ovidio Guzmán López, one of El Chapo's sons.

Patrick J. McDonnell@PmcdonnellLAT · Jul 16

"Invaders?" Not quite. Many Mexican citizens detained by immigration agents in Los Angeles have deep U.S. roots. Half of those surveyed had been in the United States for a decade. Almost 1 in 3 had U.S.-born children. latimes.com/california/sto…

PmcdonnellLAT's tweet card. Almost half of Mexican immigrants detained in ICE raids in the L.A. area have been in the U.S. for more than a decade.

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Patrick J. McDonnell@PmcdonnellLAT · Jul 7

“I didn’t think I would be arrested."El Diablo and the making of a narco-state in #Nayarit #Mexico. Former top lawman Edgar Veytia took cartel payoffs while overseeing murders, torture, land grabs & disappearances. Victims now seek redress in U.S. court. latimes.com/world-nation/s…

PmcdonnellLAT's tweet card. By his own admission, Edgar Veytia ordered killings and torture and facilitated drug smuggling while he was governor of a Mexican state.

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Patrick J. McDonnell@PmcdonnellLAT · Jun 27

One of the greats, intrepid reporter, generous colleague from Baghdad to Benghazi to Beirut. Curse the fates, hasta la próxima, Rod. RIP. nytimes.com/2025/06/22/boo…

PmcdonnellLAT's tweet card. Motivated by the helplessness of his boyhood, he described the lives of vulnerable people in conflicts around the world and later his own terminal illness.

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Patrick J. McDonnell@PmcdonnellLAT · Jun 16

Mexico's #Sheinbaum to have first face-to-face meeting with Trump at #G7 in Canada as U.S. immigrant raids spur outrage in #Mexico. Sheinbaum opposes raids but denies fomenting violence in L.A. protests. latimes.com/world-nation/s…

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Patrick J. McDonnell@PmcdonnellLAT · Jun 9

In #Mexico, many outraged by immigration raids in Los Angeles. But President Claudia #Sheinbaum seeks middle ground, says neither raids, or violence, are the answer. latimes.com/world-nation/s…

PmcdonnellLAT's tweet card. Mexico's president condemned violence in L.A. but stopped short of directly criticizing Trump administration and called for calm among Mexican citizens in California.

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Patrick J. McDonnell@PmcdonnellLAT · Jun 2

Participation was only about 13%, but Mexican President @Claudiashein deems turnout "marvelous" for Sunday's judicial vote. Opposition calls vote a farce and the death-knell for checks and balances in #Mexico. latimes.com/world-nation/s…

PmcdonnellLAT's tweet card. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum called her country's judicial election 'extraordinary,' despite turnout of less than 13%. Mexico becomes the first country on Earth to elect all its judges, from...

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Patrick J. McDonnell@PmcdonnellLAT · May 31

A move towards democracy or autocracy? Mexico elects judges for the first time. Widespread confusion, voter apathy, before Sunday's divisive vote. latimes.com/world-nation/s… #Mexico #ElecciónJudicial

PmcdonnellLAT's tweet card. Mexicans go to polls Sunday

Patrick J. McDonnell@PmcdonnellLAT · May 29

The ranchera musicians posed for photos on the bridge leading across the Rio Grande from their home in Reynosa. The border group hoped to play the Texas circuit one day. Hours later, all five were kidnapped and murdered. latimes.com/world-nation/s…

PmcdonnellLAT's tweet card. Mexican authorities are blaming the Gulf cartel for the slayings of the five members of a band, El Fugitivo, in the border state of Tamaulipas.

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Patrick J. McDonnell@PmcdonnellLAT · May 4

She exposed misogynist chat groups among politicos in #Oaxaca #Mexico. Sandra Domínguez, Indigenous activist, was kidnapped and executed. Family, friends blame the state, in cahoots with organized crime. Officials deny involvement. Who was responsible? latimes.com/world-nation/s…

PmcdonnellLAT's tweet card. A lawyer who was fierce advocate for her Indigenous community and women's rights disappeared with her husband last fall. Their bodies were recently found in shallow graves in Mexico's Oaxaca state.

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Patrick J. McDonnell@PmcdonnellLAT · Apr 4

So far, Mexico has weathered the Trump tariff storm, the country’s leaders say, despite blows to the crucial automotive industry & other sectors. But uncertainty about what’s next is rampant. latimes.com/world-nation/s…

PmcdonnellLAT's tweet card. As markets plunged and world leaders expressed anger and dismay over Trump's tariffs, Mexico took a more measured and hopeful approach.