NYT National Correspondent. Previous postings: Rio de Janeiro, Caracas, Houston, São Paulo, Brasília. New Mexico born & raised
Nov 5, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Pro-Trump rally starting at Arizona Capitol in Phoenix. At least one guy wielding military-style rifle. Some chanting “Shame on Fox”
Rally goers numbering about 150 now heading over to Maricopa County Recorder’s building. Dissipated pretty quickly at the Capitol
Apr 20, 2019 • 20 tweets • 4 min read
I was based in Latin America for over a decade before moving back to the U.S. in 2017. During that time I wrote about human rights violations by paramilitary groups – called militias, in some places – in countries including Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela
This week I covered a militia calling itself the United Constitutional Patriots, operating in my own state, New Mexico: nytimes.com/2019/04/18/us/…
Apr 19, 2019 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
While covering the armed militia pursuing migrant families in southern New Mexico, I wondered what people who support such actions think. Turns out their views abound on the Facebook pages supporting the United Constitutional Patriots nytimes.com/2019/04/18/us/… via @nytimes
Some examples follow including this statement: “We need to start putting land mines all over the place so they have to take a huge chance to come here”
