Mary Beth Sheridan

@marybsheridan

Mexico/Central America correspondent for The Washington Post. Email me at [email protected]

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Joined November 2010

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Louisa Loveluck@leloveluck · Jul 24

After 4 months of a near-total Israeli siege, Gaza’s hospitals now have wards for the malnourished children whose tiny bodies are just the width of their bones. Aid groups had warned of this for more than a year. Now a worst case scenario is upon us. washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/…

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Mary Beth Sheridan@marybsheridan · Jul 19

'Their dilemma was global. Their dilemma was domestic.' Beautiful story by @DPAQreport on the struggles of a Haitian immigrant family with legal status -- for now . wapo.st/4kXkeak

marybsheridan's tweet card. For a Haitian family in Springfield, Ohio, the house on Chestnut Avenue represented their future in this country. They’re now wondering what can be salvaged.

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Mary Beth Sheridan@marybsheridan · Jul 17

Its U.S. funding cut, rights group flees Bukele’s El Salvador wapo.st/46lV5Cx

marybsheridan's tweet card. Cristosal, wary of newly restrictive laws and the arrest of one of its staffers, follows dozens of journalists, lawyers and rights advocates into exile.

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Mary Beth Sheridan@marybsheridan · Jul 17

This is an amazing story. Under a rain of bullets, Haitian police rescue thousands of artworks. @a_coletta @widlore wapo.st/3Gx3JDI

marybsheridan's tweet card. The Centre d’Art in Port-au-Prince has nurtured generations of Haitian artists and exhibited the country’s most important works of art. Then came the gangs.

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Mary Beth Sheridan@marybsheridan · Jul 7

Before Trump took office, Mexico built huge shelters on the border to receive 25,000 people under his 'mass deportation' program. They're nearly empty. wapo.st/44fUQr6

marybsheridan's tweet card. Trump has largely shut down the southwest border by ending asylum programs and deploying troops. But those moves have shrunk the pool of easy-to-deport migrants.

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Mary Beth Sheridan@marybsheridan · Jul 6

Wild story by @schmidtsam7 and Arturo Torres on how agents found the notorious drug lord Fito. Turns out he had a 3-year-old daughter. wapo.st/46rKQwb

marybsheridan's tweet card. Video, images and transcripts show the Ecuadorian operation to recapture escaped drug lord José Adolfo Macías Villamar, the Los Choneros leader known as Fito.

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Mary Beth Sheridan@marybsheridan · Jul 5

Mexico braced for Trump’s mass deportations. They haven’t happened. wapo.st/3IbPLrg

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Mary Beth Sheridan@marybsheridan · Jul 3

Julio César Chávez Jr., former world champion boxer, detained by ICE wapo.st/4kjJYNy

marybsheridan's tweet card. Chávez, formerly the world middleweight champion, was detained by immigration officials in California. He is wanted on organized crime charges in Mexico, DHS said.

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Mary Beth Sheridan@marybsheridan · Jun 29

Really important story by @khoureld and Hafiz Haroun: In Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatal wapo.st/3GjK8qn

marybsheridan's tweet card. The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials.

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Mary Beth Sheridan@marybsheridan · Jun 26

U.S. ties 3 Mexican financial institutions to fentanyl trafficking wapo.st/4nikpiE

marybsheridan's tweet card. The U.S. Treasury accused the firms of supporting money laundering and cartel imports of chemicals. Mexico said the transfers didn’t prove wrongdoing.

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Committee to Protect Journalists@pressfreedom · Jun 19

Ten @_elfaro_ reporters left El Salvador as a precaution days after publishing a series of interviews with gang members alleging long-standing ties between Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and criminal groups. While they’re not formally exiled yet, the El Faro reporters are…

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Mary Beth Sheridan@marybsheridan · Jun 15

As in Nicaragua and Venezuela, govt critics are fleeing El Salvador. But this time, the U.S. isn’t condemning the repression — it’s deepening ties with its author. @schmidtsam7 wapo.st/4e0FYjr

marybsheridan's tweet card. While the Trump administration deepens ties with El Salvador, its millennial president is cracking down on dissenting lawyers, activists and journalists.

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Mary Beth Sheridan@marybsheridan · Jun 14

Such a thoughtful, excellent story by @GregJaffe, who understands the military so profoundly. Army Celebrates With Parade as It Faces an Uncertain Future nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/…

marybsheridan's tweet card. The service is experiencing an identity crisis after 20 years of war, and as the president warns of threats to America from within.

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Peter Baker@peterbakernyt · Jun 7

Appeals court rules that the president can punish a news outlet based on the content of its coverage by denying it access that it has had for generations. If the decision stands, it represents a major blow to press freedom. @ZJMontague @minhokimdh nytimes.com/2025/06/06/us/…

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Mary Beth Sheridan@marybsheridan · Jun 3

Mexico’s ruling party expands its power in massive judicial election wapo.st/4jxBtOC

marybsheridan's tweet card. The Morena party controls most of Mexico’s government. Its sway over the Supreme Court is set to increase after a judicial election that raised fears about democracy.

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