Alianza Americas: Ending the Criminalization of Journalism is the First Step Toward Guaranteeing Press Freedom in Guatemala
May 17, 2024
May 17, 2024
LA CHICAGO, Illinois, May 17 -- Alianza Americas issued the following news release:
Justice is slowly being served in the criminal prosecution against journalist Jose Ruben Zamora, founder and editor of the newspaper elPeriodico, who has been held for 655 days in military barracks as part of criminal proceedings for money laundering, influence peddling racketeering, and forging documents. The Ninth Criminal Sentencing Court of Guatemala recently ordered that he be granted conditiona . . .
Justice is slowly being served in the criminal prosecution against journalist Jose Ruben Zamora, founder and editor of the newspaper elPeriodico, who has been held for 655 days in military barracks as part of criminal proceedings for money laundering, influence peddling racketeering, and forging documents. The Ninth Criminal Sentencing Court of Guatemala recently ordered that he be granted conditiona . . .