A Guatemalan court has ordered the release of journalist José Rubén Zamora, jailed for nearly two years on money laundering charges.
A Guatemalan court ordered the release Wednesday of journalist José Rubén Zamora, jailed for nearly two years on money laundering charges. Zamora, the 67-year-old founder of El Periodico newspaper, was sentenced to six years in prison last June on money laundering allegations. But that conviction and sentence were overturned by another court and a new trial ordered. For nearly two years, he has been kept in jail.
Cristina Gómez, his defense attorney, said that his detention was arbitrary. Guatemala's former human rights ombudsman Jorge Duque agreed to guarantee Zamora's appearance at future hearings. “It is the least I can do,” Duque said. “I know him and I know that he will continue facing the process against him.” Press freedom groups had decried Zamora's prosecution as politically motivated.
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