Guatemalan court overturns order that freed journalist José Rubén Zamora, orders his return to jail
Posted Nov 15, 2024 02:14:03 PM.
Last Updated Nov 15, 2024 02:15:35 PM.
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A Guatemalan appeals court on Friday overturned the order freeing journalist José Rubén Zamora and ordered his return to jail.
Zamora, founder of El Periódico newspaper, had spent more than two years in jail awaiting trial before a judge granted him house arreast in October.
Prosecutors appealed the order and on Friday another court ordered the 68-year-old journalist continue waiting in jail.
Zamora had been imprisoned since July 2022, when he was charged with money laundering, amounting to around $38,000, and in June 2023 he was sentenced to six years in prison. The sentence was overturned by an appeals court because of errors in the process, but he’s waiting to see if he will be granted a retrial.
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Sonia Pérez D., The Associated Press
