Guatemala returns newspaper founder to jail in a case decried by advocates

Posted Tuesday, March 11, 2025 10:37 am

Staff | The Associated Press

Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora was returned to jail Monday after an appellate court sided with prosecutors and withdrew his house arrest.

Zamora, the founder of El Periódico newspaper, had spent more than two years behind bars awaiting trial before a judge granted him house arrest in October. Prosecutors immediately appealed and won rulings in November and again on Monday.

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Guatemala returns newspaper founder to jail in a case decried by advocates

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