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@Reuters journalist in Mexico City. Agriculture/politics/environment among other things. Send tips on stories or snacks.

Mexico City, Mexico
Joined July 2011
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"If they only knew .. behind every avocado that people in the United States eat, there is a bloodstain, a dead person, a missing person." Two new lawsuits against U.S. avocado importers shine light on a problematic supply chain. My latest for @Reuters: reuters.com/investigations/a…
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What to expect as Pope Leo heads to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru next week for the first visit of a Catholic leader to South America since 2018. For @Reuters 'On Assignment' podcast with @CassLGarrison and @cwalljasper reuters.com/podcasts/popes-s…
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Replying to @lopezobrador_
@lopezobrador_ Estimado expresidente López Obrador: Reuters está preparando un reportaje sobre la respuesta al brote de gusano barrenador y nos gustaría solicitar un comentario.
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¿Es correcta esta caracterización? ¿Qué información, advertencias o planes fueron entregados al equipo entrante durante la transición? ¿Qué medidas había adoptado o tenía previstas la administración su para responder a la amenaza antes de concluir su mandato?
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Muchas gracias por su consideración. Nuestro plazo es el lunes. [email protected]
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🔊 Horses are being walked across the Rio Grande undetected, bypassing health checks. 'Any animal smuggled from Mexico to the US would be a greater risk for the screwworm outbreak.' @CassLGarrison on the Reuters World News podcast reut.rs/4ymbgdF
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Reuters correspondent Cassandra Garrison visits the Texas-Mexico border to see how smugglers are sneaking horses across undetected and why that's raising fears over the spread of New World screwworm reut.rs/467yBnm
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My colleague @CassLGarrison is on the ground in La Paz this morning after President Paz declared a state of emergency in an effort to squash roadblocks that have caused shortages of food and medicine. Follow for updates: reuters.com/world/americas/b…
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Reporting from La Paz, where the situation is more critical by the day for everyday Bolivians. Meanwhile, Evo Morales waits in wings as the crisis tests Paz’s Trump-backed government - reuters.com/world/americas/m…
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Excellent story from @CassLGarrison. To add insult to injury, we paid @VIX for its World Cup package to stream ALL the games, and last night it didn't stream the Colombia-Uzbekistan game. What a racket. reuters.com/sports/soccer/wo…
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🔊 ‘What we've seen with the evolution of the outbreak in Mexico is that it's rarely isolated.’ @CassLGarrison on the Reuters World News podcast with what to expect after the first case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite is confirmed in the US reut.rs/3Smcg1y
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🔊 Drought in recent years has shrunk the US cattle herd. @cwalljasper, @CassLGarrison and @SchlitzHeather talk to ranchers about the challenges and @leahjdouglas looks at the impact on trade. Listen to On Assignment here: reut.rs/4p6H42x
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🔊 Mexico: More than 25 candidates running for a judicial post in the upcoming election have a controversial past. Reporter @CassLGarrison joins @cwalljasper on Reuters World News podcast to talk about the vetting process. Listen now: reut.rs/3Fnro8S
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Ahead of Mexico’s judicial elections on June 1, civil organizations, judge associations and some Mexican lawmakers are raising serious concerns about a vote that critics warn could jeopardize the country's rule of law reut.rs/43aVvJS @CassLGarrison
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🔊 'Even though this country is very used to gender related violence, when it's something like this ... it really does create a whole other layer of shock and terror.' On Reuters World News @CassLGarrison talks about the murder of Valeria Marquez reut.rs/3YJuN8E
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🔊 'Elections are a very dangerous business in Mexico, the last elections in 2024 ... were some of the deadliest in Mexico's modern history.' Listen to @CassLGarrison on the dangers facing Mexico's judicial candidates reut.rs/4h5W5wh
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🔊 'Doctors Without Borders has noticed ... violence against migrants increasing.  And the specialist we spoke to attributed that to a rise in women and children migrating.' @CassLGarrison on the Reuters World News podcast about the risks women face reut.rs/3WhPS8D
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Nos reunimos con autoridades yaquis en Vícam, Sonora, y visitamos la Universidad del Pueblo Yaqui. Cumpliremos todos los compromisos del Plan de Justicia; reconocemos sus tierras, su agua, sus derechos, su cultura. Por primera vez, el próximo año recibirán presupuesto.
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