Mary Beth Sheridan
@marybsheridan
Mexico/Central America correspondent for The Washington Post. Email me at [email protected]
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/…
'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
Its U.S. funding cut, rights group flees Bukele’s El Salvador wapo.st/46lV5Cx
This is an amazing story. Under a rain of bullets, Haitian police rescue thousands of artworks. @a_coletta @widlore wapo.st/3Gx3JDI
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
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
Mexico braced for Trump’s mass deportations. They haven’t happened. wapo.st/3IbPLrg
Julio César Chávez Jr., former world champion boxer, detained by ICE wapo.st/4kjJYNy
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
U.S. ties 3 Mexican financial institutions to fentanyl trafficking wapo.st/4nikpiE
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…
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
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/…
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/…
Mexico’s ruling party expands its power in massive judicial election wapo.st/4jxBtOC