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CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN

President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez waves during a visit to Santiago, Chile, March 10, 2018. (Esteban Felix/AP)
December 2, 2025, 7:22 pm
Ex-Honduras president Hernández freed from US prison after Trump pardon
Trump claims former leader set-up by Biden when he was convicted of taking bribes from drug smugglers in 2022; Hernández advanced pro-Israel policies, moved embassy to Jerusalem
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and MIKE CATALINI
Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández. (courtesy)
February 15, 2022, 8:37 am
US calls for arrest, extradition of ex-Honduras president Hernández
Former leader of central American state suspected of soliciting millions of dollars from drug trafficking for political support
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and MARLON GONZÁLEZ
A logo adorns a wall on a branch of the Israeli NSO Group company, near the southern Israeli town of Sapir, on August 24, 2021. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)
January 13, 2022, 7:46 am
Dozens of El Salvador journalists, activists said hacked with Israeli-made spyware
Watchdog says NSO Group’s Pegasus software found on phones which were then surveilled using local infrastructure; government denies involvement despite circumstantial evidence
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and Frank Bajak
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gives his daily, morning news conference at the presidential palace, Palacio Nacional, in Mexico City, December 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
January 25, 2021, 4:24 am
Mexican president tests positive for COVID-19
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has been criticized for his handling of the pandemic and who rarely wears a mask, says his symptoms are mild
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
A couple mourns a loved one at the newly constructed Valle de Chalco Municipal Cemetery, built to accommodate the rise in deaths amid the coronavirus pandemic, on the outskirts of Mexico City, May 21, 2020. (AP/Marco Ugarte)
May 23, 2020, 4:06 am
Deaths surge as new infections swamp hospitals in Latin America
Virus outbreak accelerating across region due to recalcitrant leadership, informal economies, loose borders, inadequate health care; Brazil marks 20,000 dead, 3rd highest globally
By David Biller and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
John Scott-Railton, a senior researcher at the Citizen Lab, an internet watchdog group, holds his cell phone which has its camera blocked by an adhesive sticker, as he poses for a photograph on Jan. 17, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
February 21, 2019, 8:07 am
Watchdog says Mexican government obstructing probe into use of Israeli spyware
Privacy group says attorney general blocking investigation into use of surveillance software developed by NSO Group against journalists, lawyers and activists
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
Presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, of the MORENA party, arrives at a polling station to vote during general elections in Mexico City, on July 1, 2018. (AP Photo/ Marco Ugarte)
July 1, 2018, 10:46 pm
Mexico votes in elections centered on disgust with corruption, violence
Frontrunner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador vows a social ‘transformation’, but critics worry he is promising more than the country can afford
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and Mark Stevenson
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (R) and Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray gesture during the opening ceremony of the OAS 47th General Assembly in Cancun, Mexico, on June 19, 2017. (AFP/Pedro Pardo)
June 23, 2017, 6:14 am
Mexican president denies spying on journalists with Israeli tech
Enrique Pena Nieto calls for swift probe into allegations his government used software to monitor human rights advocates
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
An Israeli woman uses her iPhone in front of the building housing the Israeli cybersecurity firm NSO Group, on August 28, 2016 in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)
June 20, 2017, 7:46 pm
Mexican journalists, activists targeted with Israeli spyware — report
Pegasus allows hackers access to phone calls, messages and cameras; is meant only to fight crime and terror
By Peter Orsi and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump unveils his 10-point plan to crack down on illegal immigration during a campaigm event inside the Phoenix Convention Center on August 31, 2016 in Phoenix, Arizona (AFP PHOTO / Digital / DAVID CRUZ)
September 1, 2016, 11:41 am
Trump vows to remove millions living in US illegally
After Mexico visit, during which he praised local people as ‘amazing,’ nominee also promises to curtail legal immigration
By Jill Colvin and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
Pope Francis stands on a platform near the US-Mexico border fence along the Rio Grande, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, as seen from in El Paso, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
February 18, 2016, 4:56 am
Pope Francis urges nations to ‘open hearts’ to migrants
At US-Mexico border, amid global fears over violence-fueled migration, Catholic leader asks for a more humane international response
By Nicole Winfield and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
This satellite image taken at 1:30 p.m. EDT on Friday, October 23, 2015, and released by NASA, shows the eastern quadrant and pinhole eye of Hurricane Patricia moving towards southwestern Mexico. (Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team/NASA via AP)
October 24, 2015, 2:30 am
Patricia slams Mexico Pacific Coast as Category 5 hurricane
Storm’s projected path will take it over mountainous terrain prone to dangerous flash floods and landslides
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
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