Megan Janetsky
@meganjanetsky.bsky.social
Mexico & Central America correspondent for AP l Formerly a roving freelancer based in Colombia | Chisme to mjanetsky@ap.org
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“We had reached the end of our journey … and our hopes were completely shattered.” This wonderful story by the one & only @meganjanetsky.bsky.social for @apnews.com 💯 apnews.com/projects/afg...
One family fled Afghanistan. U.S. deportations separated them.
What it means to seek refuge in the U.S. has been transformed, casting aside an ethos of helping the persecuted nearly as old as the country itself.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“We had reached the end of our journey … and our hopes were completely shattered.” This wonderful story by the one & only @meganjanetsky.bsky.social for @apnews.com 💯 apnews.com/projects/afg...
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Outstanding reporting here by @meganjanetsky.bsky.social and Teresa de Miguel on the mercury mines in central Mexico for @apnews.com ... 📸 by Fernando Llano apnews.com/article/mexi...
Illegal gold mining is fueling a 'mercury boom' in Mexico, poisoning people and the environment
The soaring price of gold is fueling a "mercury boom" in central Mexico. A surge in the demand for the toxic metal, which is key in illegal gold mining, is benefiting Mexican miners but also exposing ...
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September 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Outstanding reporting here by @meganjanetsky.bsky.social and Teresa de Miguel on the mercury mines in central Mexico for @apnews.com ... 📸 by Fernando Llano apnews.com/article/mexi...
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Candidates are officially nonpartisan. But as @meganjanetsky.bsky.social reports for AP, “A number of former Morena government officials and allies…have posted lists on social media of which ones to elect.” apnews.com/article/mexi...
Will Mexico's judicial elections hurt democracy or make the courts accountable?
Mexicans will vote in the country’s first judicial elections Sunday. The fiercely debated question is whether electing judges will deepen democratic decay or purge courts of rampant corruption and imp...
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May 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Candidates are officially nonpartisan. But as @meganjanetsky.bsky.social reports for AP, “A number of former Morena government officials and allies…have posted lists on social media of which ones to elect.” apnews.com/article/mexi...
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Mexican musician Vivir Quintana spent 10 years visiting women's prisons in Mexico, Argentina & Chile for her new album, where she sings about women incarcerated for defending themselves & killing their abusers. By the greats Fernanda Pesce & @meganjanetsky.bsky.social apnews.com/article/mexi...
A Mexican musician uses a contentious genre to sing of women imprisoned for killing their abusers
A Mexican music icon is using a typically male genre to sing of women imprisoned for killing their abusers while defending themselves and to highlight the more complicated aspects of gender-based viol...
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April 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Mexican musician Vivir Quintana spent 10 years visiting women's prisons in Mexico, Argentina & Chile for her new album, where she sings about women incarcerated for defending themselves & killing their abusers. By the greats Fernanda Pesce & @meganjanetsky.bsky.social apnews.com/article/mexi...
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“Before, we lived off of the migration,” 63-year-old Olea said. “But now that’s all gone.”
This... by @meganjanetsky.bsky.social & Matías Delacroix apnews.com/article/migr...
This... by @meganjanetsky.bsky.social & Matías Delacroix apnews.com/article/migr...
A jungle route once carried hundreds of thousands of migrants. Now the local economy has crashed
The Trump administration's crackdown on migration has ended the massive flow of people heading north through a treacherous jungle on the Colombia-Panama border called the Darien Gap.
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April 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“Before, we lived off of the migration,” 63-year-old Olea said. “But now that’s all gone.”
This... by @meganjanetsky.bsky.social & Matías Delacroix apnews.com/article/migr...
This... by @meganjanetsky.bsky.social & Matías Delacroix apnews.com/article/migr...
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Powerful work by @apnews.com @meganjanetsky.bsky.social examined hundreds of videos by TikTok smugglers and interviewed two.
Peter Hamlin created stunning illustrations to capture the flavor of TikToks. Recreating imagery bypasses issues of consent and ethical questions around linking to baddies.
Peter Hamlin created stunning illustrations to capture the flavor of TikToks. Recreating imagery bypasses issues of consent and ethical questions around linking to baddies.
"At a time when legal pathways to the U.S. have been slashed and criminal groups are raking in money from migrant smuggling, social media apps like TikTok have become an essential tool for smugglers and migrants alike." By the great @meganjanetsky.bsky.social apnews.com/article/tikt...
TikTok becomes a tool of choice in cat-and-mouse game between migrant smugglers and authorities
Videos posted by smugglers offer a rare look inside a long elusive industry and the narratives used by trafficking networks to fuel migration north.
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March 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Powerful work by @apnews.com @meganjanetsky.bsky.social examined hundreds of videos by TikTok smugglers and interviewed two.
Peter Hamlin created stunning illustrations to capture the flavor of TikToks. Recreating imagery bypasses issues of consent and ethical questions around linking to baddies.
Peter Hamlin created stunning illustrations to capture the flavor of TikToks. Recreating imagery bypasses issues of consent and ethical questions around linking to baddies.
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"At a time when legal pathways to the U.S. have been slashed and criminal groups are raking in money from migrant smuggling, social media apps like TikTok have become an essential tool for smugglers and migrants alike." By the great @meganjanetsky.bsky.social apnews.com/article/tikt...
TikTok becomes a tool of choice in cat-and-mouse game between migrant smugglers and authorities
Videos posted by smugglers offer a rare look inside a long elusive industry and the narratives used by trafficking networks to fuel migration north.
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March 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"At a time when legal pathways to the U.S. have been slashed and criminal groups are raking in money from migrant smuggling, social media apps like TikTok have become an essential tool for smugglers and migrants alike." By the great @meganjanetsky.bsky.social apnews.com/article/tikt...
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In a legally dubious move, the Trump administration has shut down all US asylum access. As a result, "migrants trying to apply for asylum in #Mexico in January more than tripled compared to the monthly average from the previous year," @meganjanetsky.bsky.social reports.
With doors closed to the US, asylum-seekers turn to their Plan B: A new life in Mexico
After President Donald Trump effectively slammed the door on asylum-seekers crossing the U.S. southern border when he took office in January, many are recalibrating their plans.
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February 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
In a legally dubious move, the Trump administration has shut down all US asylum access. As a result, "migrants trying to apply for asylum in #Mexico in January more than tripled compared to the monthly average from the previous year," @meganjanetsky.bsky.social reports.
Amid Trump's crackdown, we're following asylum seekers in Mexico who hoped to reach the US legally
-Many continue north through more dangerous means
-Others seek asylum in Mexico
-Some gave up, & may return to Venezuela via trek through the Darien Gap
For @apnews.com:
apnews.com/article/immi...
-Many continue north through more dangerous means
-Others seek asylum in Mexico
-Some gave up, & may return to Venezuela via trek through the Darien Gap
For @apnews.com:
apnews.com/article/immi...
Asylum-seekers pushed to new extremes in Mexico after Trump's border crackdown begins
Migrants in Mexico who were hoping to come to the U.S. are adjusting to a new and uncertain reality after President Donald Trump began cracking down on border security.
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January 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Amid Trump's crackdown, we're following asylum seekers in Mexico who hoped to reach the US legally
-Many continue north through more dangerous means
-Others seek asylum in Mexico
-Some gave up, & may return to Venezuela via trek through the Darien Gap
For @apnews.com:
apnews.com/article/immi...
-Many continue north through more dangerous means
-Others seek asylum in Mexico
-Some gave up, & may return to Venezuela via trek through the Darien Gap
For @apnews.com:
apnews.com/article/immi...
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Shoutout to the Los Angeles Times reporters who are doing essential journalism under very difficult circumstances.
They’ve dropped their paywall, but their ongoing coverage is a good reminder of why local newsrooms need support — and what we lose when those outlets are hollowed out.
They’ve dropped their paywall, but their ongoing coverage is a good reminder of why local newsrooms need support — and what we lose when those outlets are hollowed out.
5 dead, more than 2,000 structures burned as new fire hits Hollywood Hills
More than 2,000 structures have burned and at least five people are dead in wildfires burning across L.A. County. Red flag warnings remained in effect for Los Angeles County and much of Ventura County...
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January 9, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Shoutout to the Los Angeles Times reporters who are doing essential journalism under very difficult circumstances.
They’ve dropped their paywall, but their ongoing coverage is a good reminder of why local newsrooms need support — and what we lose when those outlets are hollowed out.
They’ve dropped their paywall, but their ongoing coverage is a good reminder of why local newsrooms need support — and what we lose when those outlets are hollowed out.
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Mexico’s President Sheinbaum offers sarcastic response to Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ comment
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Mexico’s President Sheinbaum offers sarcastic response to Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ comment
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Mexico's President Sheinbaum offers sarcastic response to Trump's 'Gulf of America' comment
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has responded sarcastically to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
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January 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Mexico’s President Sheinbaum offers sarcastic response to Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ comment
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Mexico’s President Sheinbaum offers sarcastic response to Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ comment
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The exchange has started to answer a larger question lingering over the bilateral relationship between the two regional powers: How would newly elected Sheinbaum handle Trump.
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January 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The exchange has started to answer a larger question lingering over the bilateral relationship between the two regional powers: How would newly elected Sheinbaum handle Trump.
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Mexican Pres. Claudia Sheinbaum fires back at Trump's comments about the Gulf of Mexico this morning, dryly proposing that North America be renamed "América Mexicana", or "Mexican America" as it was once called that in 1607 on world maps.
"That would be pretty, no?" she adds sarcastically.
"That would be pretty, no?" she adds sarcastically.
🇲🇽 "¿Por qué no le llamamos América mexicana?": Sheinbaum responde a Trump sobre el golfo de México
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January 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Mexican Pres. Claudia Sheinbaum fires back at Trump's comments about the Gulf of Mexico this morning, dryly proposing that North America be renamed "América Mexicana", or "Mexican America" as it was once called that in 1607 on world maps.
"That would be pretty, no?" she adds sarcastically.
"That would be pretty, no?" she adds sarcastically.
Authorities in Mexico are offering state protection to famed “corridos” singer Natanael Cano & other artists after drug cartel in northern Mexico publicly threatened them.
Cano is just the latest artist singing about narcos to receive threats. For @apnews.com: apnews.com/article/nata...
Cano is just the latest artist singing about narcos to receive threats. For @apnews.com: apnews.com/article/nata...
Mexico offers protection to famed corridos singer after drug cartel death threats
Authorities in Mexico are offering famed corridos singer Natanael Cano and other artists state protection after a drug cartel in northern Mexico publicly threatened them, prosecutors say.
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January 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Authorities in Mexico are offering state protection to famed “corridos” singer Natanael Cano & other artists after drug cartel in northern Mexico publicly threatened them.
Cano is just the latest artist singing about narcos to receive threats. For @apnews.com: apnews.com/article/nata...
Cano is just the latest artist singing about narcos to receive threats. For @apnews.com: apnews.com/article/nata...
The outgoing U.S. ambassador to Mexico said Monday he anticipated “major changes” in the diplomatic relationship between the U.S. and Mexico during the incoming Trump administration.
First story of 2025 for @apnews.com: apnews.com/article/mexi...
First story of 2025 for @apnews.com: apnews.com/article/mexi...
Departing U.S. ambassador to Mexico sees "major changes" under Trump in diplomatic relationship
The outgoing U.S. ambassador to Mexico says he anticipates “major changes” in the diplomatic relationship between the U.S. and Mexico during the incoming Trump administration.
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January 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The outgoing U.S. ambassador to Mexico said Monday he anticipated “major changes” in the diplomatic relationship between the U.S. and Mexico during the incoming Trump administration.
First story of 2025 for @apnews.com: apnews.com/article/mexi...
First story of 2025 for @apnews.com: apnews.com/article/mexi...
6 bullets in the chest, 1 in the head snuffed the life out of environmentalist Juan López
For @apnews.com we investigate a murder in Honduras–among the most dangerous places to defend the environment–a tangle of corruption, & a call for justice rippling across the world.
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For @apnews.com we investigate a murder in Honduras–among the most dangerous places to defend the environment–a tangle of corruption, & a call for justice rippling across the world.
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December 20, 2024 at 3:41 PM
6 bullets in the chest, 1 in the head snuffed the life out of environmentalist Juan López
For @apnews.com we investigate a murder in Honduras–among the most dangerous places to defend the environment–a tangle of corruption, & a call for justice rippling across the world.
apnews.com/article/hond...
For @apnews.com we investigate a murder in Honduras–among the most dangerous places to defend the environment–a tangle of corruption, & a call for justice rippling across the world.
apnews.com/article/hond...
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“The brink of a new humanitarian crisis."
Honduras, Guatemala & El Salvador are likely to be the first & most drastically affected by Trump's promise of mass deportations.
This is the cycle of violence and economic precarity awaiting deportees back home. For @apnews.com apnews.com/article/hond...
Honduras, Guatemala & El Salvador are likely to be the first & most drastically affected by Trump's promise of mass deportations.
This is the cycle of violence and economic precarity awaiting deportees back home. For @apnews.com apnews.com/article/hond...
As Trump threatens mass deportations, Central America braces for an influx of vulnerable migrants
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office in January with a promise of carrying out mass deportations.
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December 16, 2024 at 9:50 PM
“The brink of a new humanitarian crisis."
Honduras, Guatemala & El Salvador are likely to be the first & most drastically affected by Trump's promise of mass deportations.
This is the cycle of violence and economic precarity awaiting deportees back home. For @apnews.com apnews.com/article/hond...
Honduras, Guatemala & El Salvador are likely to be the first & most drastically affected by Trump's promise of mass deportations.
This is the cycle of violence and economic precarity awaiting deportees back home. For @apnews.com apnews.com/article/hond...
“The brink of a new humanitarian crisis."
Honduras, Guatemala & El Salvador are likely to be the first & most drastically affected by Trump's promise of mass deportations.
This is the cycle of violence and economic precarity awaiting deportees back home. For @apnews.com apnews.com/article/hond...
Honduras, Guatemala & El Salvador are likely to be the first & most drastically affected by Trump's promise of mass deportations.
This is the cycle of violence and economic precarity awaiting deportees back home. For @apnews.com apnews.com/article/hond...
As Trump threatens mass deportations, Central America braces for an influx of vulnerable migrants
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office in January with a promise of carrying out mass deportations.
apnews.com
December 16, 2024 at 9:50 PM
“The brink of a new humanitarian crisis."
Honduras, Guatemala & El Salvador are likely to be the first & most drastically affected by Trump's promise of mass deportations.
This is the cycle of violence and economic precarity awaiting deportees back home. For @apnews.com apnews.com/article/hond...
Honduras, Guatemala & El Salvador are likely to be the first & most drastically affected by Trump's promise of mass deportations.
This is the cycle of violence and economic precarity awaiting deportees back home. For @apnews.com apnews.com/article/hond...
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ah yes! the great @meganjanetsky.bsky.social wrote about this for the AP! apnews.com/article/volk...
A Mexico City neighborhood keeps the iconic Volkswagen Beetle alive
The Volkswagen Beetle may have been born in Germany, but the “Bug” is king in a neighborhood on the fringes of Mexico City.
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December 7, 2024 at 2:59 PM
ah yes! the great @meganjanetsky.bsky.social wrote about this for the AP! apnews.com/article/volk...
“Statelessness is torture. You just legally cease to exist."
Nicaragua stripped 450+ former prisoners & critics of citizenship over the past 2 years. They're now scattered across the world, stuck in a precarious limbo. For @asssociatedpress.bsky.social
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Nicaragua stripped 450+ former prisoners & critics of citizenship over the past 2 years. They're now scattered across the world, stuck in a precarious limbo. For @asssociatedpress.bsky.social
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Stripped of citizenship, these Nicaraguans live in limbo scattered across the world
Hundreds of Nicaraguan religious leaders, students, activists, dissidents and journalists are ‘stateless.’
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November 29, 2024 at 2:36 PM
“Statelessness is torture. You just legally cease to exist."
Nicaragua stripped 450+ former prisoners & critics of citizenship over the past 2 years. They're now scattered across the world, stuck in a precarious limbo. For @asssociatedpress.bsky.social
apnews.com/article/nica...
Nicaragua stripped 450+ former prisoners & critics of citizenship over the past 2 years. They're now scattered across the world, stuck in a precarious limbo. For @asssociatedpress.bsky.social
apnews.com/article/nica...
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He bought a bunch of new outfits and hired consultants and everything.
November 27, 2024 at 12:56 AM
He bought a bunch of new outfits and hired consultants and everything.
Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega on Wednesday proposed a constitutional reform that would officially make him and his wife, current Vice President Rosario Murillo, “copresidents” of the Central American nation.
For @asssociatedpress.bsky.social apnews.com/article/nica...
For @asssociatedpress.bsky.social apnews.com/article/nica...
Nicaragua's Ortega proposes reform to make him and his wife 'copresidents'
Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega is proposing a constitutional reform that would officially make him and his wife, current Vice President Rosario Murillo, “copresidents” of the Central American nat...
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November 21, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega on Wednesday proposed a constitutional reform that would officially make him and his wife, current Vice President Rosario Murillo, “copresidents” of the Central American nation.
For @asssociatedpress.bsky.social apnews.com/article/nica...
For @asssociatedpress.bsky.social apnews.com/article/nica...
Hey there, this thing on? 👋
I'm Megan Janetsky, a Mexico and Central America correspondent for the AP, formerly a roving freelancer based in Colombia.
Drop me a line at mjanetsky@ap.org, and check out more of my work here: www.meganjanetsky.com
I'm Megan Janetsky, a Mexico and Central America correspondent for the AP, formerly a roving freelancer based in Colombia.
Drop me a line at mjanetsky@ap.org, and check out more of my work here: www.meganjanetsky.com
Megan Janetsky – Journalist Covering Latin America - Megan Janetsky
Megan Janetsky is a multimedia journalist covering human rights, migration, politics and more in Latin America for AP, based in Mexico City. She has written for The New York Times, NatGeo and The Wash...
www.meganjanetsky.com
November 21, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Hey there, this thing on? 👋
I'm Megan Janetsky, a Mexico and Central America correspondent for the AP, formerly a roving freelancer based in Colombia.
Drop me a line at mjanetsky@ap.org, and check out more of my work here: www.meganjanetsky.com
I'm Megan Janetsky, a Mexico and Central America correspondent for the AP, formerly a roving freelancer based in Colombia.
Drop me a line at mjanetsky@ap.org, and check out more of my work here: www.meganjanetsky.com