Periodista guatemalteco vivirá su tercera Navidad en prisión "secuestrado" por la Fiscalía
El periodista guatemalteco José Rubén Zamora pasará su tercera Navidad consecutiva en prisión preventiva, sin sentencia ni juicio, en lo que su familia y organizaciones de derechos humanos califican como una persecución política orquestada por el Ministerio Público
TL;DR
- Journalist José Rubén Zamora will spend his third holiday season in pre-trial detention in Guatemala.
- His son, José Carlos Zamora, characterizes the detention as a politically motivated "kidnapping" by the Public Prosecutor's Office.
- Zamora, 69, was arrested in July 2022 after criticizing the then-president for corruption and remains in detention without a final sentence.
- He is known for denouncing corruption during the governments of Alejandro Giammattei, Jimmy Morales, and Otto Pérez Molina through his newspaper, El Periódico.
- Zamora faces charges including money laundering, obstruction of justice, and falsification of documents, which are considered fabricated by his defense and human rights organizations.
- His son highlights that family members had to flee the country due to threats.
- The article notes that other Guatemalans, including indigenous leaders and a former anti-corruption prosecutor, are also allegedly facing malicious litigation from the Public Prosecutor's Office.
- The head of the Public Prosecutor's Office, Consuelo Porras, has been sanctioned for corruption by the United States and the European Union.