Ex-Washington Post Editor Among Group Visiting Jailed Guatemalan Journalist

Guatemala City. A group of writers led by Nicaraguan Sergio Ramírez visited Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora in prison this Friday, reported the event Central America Account and El País de España.Zamora, 68, spends more than 1,000 days under arrest for a controversial investigation into money laundering and another case opened by the questioned Prosecutor's Office that international press organizations consider as an attempt to silence h…

A group of prominent journalists and writers led by the Cervantes Sergio Ramírez Prize visited journalist José Rubén Zamora in the Mariscal Zavala prison in Guatemala City on Friday morning. The former editor of the newspaper was locked up for what the international community and various humanitarian agencies consider to be a political reprisal for his efforts to denounce acts of corruption and the impunity that prevails in his country. The visi…

Ex-Washington Post editor among group visiting jailed Guatemalan journalist

A group of journalists, including former Washington Post editor Marty Baron, visited Guatemalan corruption critic Jose Ruben Zamora in prison, according to one of his sons and the Spanish newspaper El Pais. Zamora, 68, was arrested in July 2022 after his now-shuttered newspaper reported on graft allegations involving the government of former right-wing president Alejandro Giammattei. In June 2023, he was convicted and sentenced to six years in p…

On Friday, journalist Jose Rubén Zamora received a special visit to Mariscal Zavala’s prison, where he remains in detention. A high-profile international entourage arrived at the prison to express its support and demand respect for freedom of the press in Guatemala. The visit was led by the Cervantes Sergio Ramírez Prize, the director of the Spanish newspaper El País, Pepa Bueno, and the former director of The Washington Post, Martin Baron. Mexi…

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