Guatemalan journalist released from prison fears for the future and being targeted for his work

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Guatemalan journalist released from prison fears for the future and being targeted for his work
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When Guatemalan journalist Jose Ruben Zamora returned to his home after more than two years in prison without a conviction, he found it empty. He said it smelled of abandonment after his family fled the country, fearing they would face his same fate.

Guatemalan journalist Jose Ruben Zamora, founder of El Periodico newspaper, jailed for more than two years on money laundering charges, speaks to reporters as he leaves a jail after a judge granted him house arrest, in Guatemala City, Oct. 19, 2024.

It's a dangerous topic to investigate in a country like Guatemala, where the Attorney General's Office raided electoral facilities, seized and opened ballot boxes and targeted the Seed Movement party of now-President Bernardo Arevalo in an effort to keep him from taking office. He was later accused of falsifying documents and faced a second trial for allegedly lying in the first case against him.

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