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James Wagner

Mexico City, Mexico, New York

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

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  • 2 weeks ago | myheraldreview.com | James Wagner

    MEXICO CITY — An abandoned ranch in western Mexico that groups searching for missing relatives had claimed was an “extermination camp” — because of discarded personal items and burned remains found there — was a training hub for a major cartel, Mexico’s attorney general announced Tuesday. But, he said “there is not a single piece of evidence to prove” that the ranch was the site of human cremations.

  • 2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | James Wagner

    El fiscal general Alejandro Gertz dijo que estaba "totalmente probado" que el rancho Izaguirre fue usado como centro de reclutamiento, entrenamiento y operaciones por el Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación.

  • 2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | James Wagner

    Mexico's top prosecutor said the ranch, which some groups searching for missing relatives had called an "extermination camp," had been used by a cartel for training and recruiting. An abandoned ranch in western Mexico that groups searching for missing relatives had claimed was an "extermination camp" - because of discarded personal items and burned remains found there - was a training hub for a major cartel, Mexico's attorney general announced on Tuesday.

  • 2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Chris Cameron |James Wagner

    Mexico has agreed to send water to the United States and temporarily channel more water to the country from their shared rivers, a concession that appeared to defuse a diplomatic crisis sparked by yearslong shortages that left Mexico behind on its treaty-bound contribution of water from the borderlands.

  • 2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | James Wagner

    MEXICO CITY — Luis R. Conriquez took the stage at a popular fair in Texcoco, Mexico, as one of the headlining acts. Once called the “Corridos King” by Billboard magazine, the Mexican musician is renowned for his specialty of so-called narcocorridos, a version of the traditional Mexican ballads that celebrate drug cartels. But hours before performing this month, Conriquez announced on social media that he wasn’t going to perform several of his signature songs.

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James Wagner
James Wagner @ByJamesWagner
23 Apr 25

Odes to Mexican drug lords, known as narcocorridos, became big hits. But the law is turning against them: https://t.co/pWXgfWh257

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