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James Wagner

Mexico City, Mexico, New York

An international correspondent for The New York Times. Covering sports, culture & more in Latin America. A Nicaraguan-American who loves music, travel & food.

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  • 2 days ago | wlrn.org | Emiliano Rodríguez Mega |James Wagner

    A group of lawyers filed a suit Thursday against Costa Rica, claiming that it has violated the rights of dozens of minors deported from the United States by detaining them for nearly two months and by holding them in conditions “that could cause irreparable harm.” This is the second high-profile legal challenge against a Central American nation that has agreed to take in hundreds of deportees expelled by U.S. authorities — the result of the Trump administration’s effort to get other countries...

  • 6 days ago | nytimes.com | Emiliano Rodríguez Mega |James Wagner

    A legal challenge filed Thursday aims to encourage Central American countries to push back against the Trump administration's immigration policies.

  • 2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | James Wagner

    Durante su conferencia de prensa matutina diaria, la presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, aplaudió el hecho de que las exportaciones de su país no se vieran afectadas por nuevos aranceles cuando el presidente Donald Trump anunció el miércoles amplios gravámenes a las importaciones de los principales socios comerciales de todo el mundo. México, dijo, tiene "un trato preferencial".

  • 1 month ago | sanjuandailystar.com | Ana Swanson |James Wagner

    By Ana Swanson and James WagnerThe Trump administration earlier this week quietly rescinded an order that had blocked a major Dominican sugar producer with political ties to President Donald Trump from shipping sugar to the United States because of allegations of forced labor at the company.

  • 1 month ago | nytimes.com | James Wagner |Sarah Kerr

    En el video aparecen migrantes venezolanos deportados recientemente de Estados Unidos, a quienes las autoridades estadounidenses acusan de ser miembros de bandas, según funcionarios salvadoreños. En el video también se ven presuntos miembros de la banda MS-13, según dijeron los funcionarios. Los vuelos de deportación aterrizaron en El Salvador a pesar de que un juez federal ordenó que los aviones dieran marcha atrás y devolvieran a los detenidos a Estados Unidos.

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James Wagner
James Wagner @ByJamesWagner
19 Mar 25

Videos of shackled detainees have history in El Salvador. The latest example came over the weekend, with the flights from the U.S. A visual breakdown with @sskerrr: https://t.co/YbEroZE64R

James Wagner
James Wagner @ByJamesWagner
19 Mar 25

In the biggest bullfighting city in the largest bullfighting country in the world, Mexico City's legislature banned traditional bullfights for violence-free options: https://t.co/S2ooZHCKep

James Wagner
James Wagner @ByJamesWagner
7 Mar 25

RT @MatinaStevis: This could help explain this moment to our readers who may believe that, because the idea of annexing Canada sounds ridic…