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Newspaper founder and editor Jose Ruben Zamora leaves in handcuffs after a court hearing in Guatemala City, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. A tribunal has convicted Zamora and sentenced him to six years ...
One of Guatemala's most prominent journalists has been sentenced to six years in prison for money laundering, in a trial condemned by press freedom and human rights advocates. José Rubén Zamora ...
The trial of José Rubén Zamora, the founder of a newspaper who was convicted of money laundering and sentenced to up to six years, came as critics say democracy in Guatemala is crumbling.
GUATEMALA CITY — A Guatemalan tribunal sentenced newspaper founder José Rubén Zamora to six years in prison Wednesday in a money laundering case, concluding a trial that press freedom groups ...
Police escort Guatemalan journalist Jose Ruben Zamora, founder of El Periodico newspaper, to court in handcuffs for a hearing in Guatemala City, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Zamora has been jailed for ...
Prominent Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora faces 40 years in prison in his sentencing hearing Wednesday for what press freedom and human rights groups say are inflated charges of money ...
José Rubén Zamora, president of the elPeriódico newspaper and a vocal critic of Guatemala's government, was arrested Friday evening.
In the summer of 2022, a unit of armed police officers in Guatemala raided the home of José Rubén Zamora, the founder of the independent newspaper elPeriódico, and arrested him on suspicion of money ...
Zamora on Monday returned to Mariscal Zavala prison in Guatemala City on the orders of Judge Erick Garcia, whose decision came after another court revoked house arrest from the elPeriodico founder.
MARTIN: Some of the crowd shouted, you aren't alone as Zamora told the crowd his arrest is part of a conspiracy by the forces of corruption in Guatemala. JOSE RUBEN ZAMORA: (Through interpreter ...
GUATEMALA CITY — 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 ...
José Rubén Zamora has been in prison in Guatemala for 228 days. He has been charged with money laundering, blackmail and influence peddling and is awaiting trial.