Jose Rubén Zamora turns a thousand days detained and his family qualifies him as an “attack” to journalism

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April 24, 2025April 24, 2025By Mario Vásquez
Jose Rubén Zamora turns a thousand days detained and his family qualifies him as an “attack” to journalism

“My father’s arrest It is a blunt attack against journalists in this country But his imprisonment has exposed the corrupt structures of the country”Jose Carlos Zamora, eldest son of the journalist, told Efe.

Zamora Marroquín, 67, Busy a thousand days from that July 29, 2022 When he was arrested at home for An alleged money laundering case, A week after he issued strong criticism against the government of the then president, Alejandro Giammattei.

“It is urgent that the president, Bernardo Árevalo, the judicial agency and the Congress do their work and dismantle the criminal structure of the Public Ministry Located in the justice apparatus, ”said José Carlos Zamora.

Prison, house by jail and, again, prison

The journalist has spent more than 850 days In Mariscal Zavala prisonlocated within a military barracks in the Guatemalan capital, and during the process international organizations such as United Nations and the Inter -American Press Society (SIP) They have pointed out the Anomalies and violations of the rights to which Zamora Marroquín has been submitted.

In October 2024, Zamora Marroquín was benefited with house arrest and returned home until last Marchwhen the criminal judge Erick García denounced threats against him and decided to order that the journalist should return to prison one more time.

Zamora Marroquín received Efe in his home in November 2024 to return home and assured that the Prosecutor’s Office I would look for all your return to prison and It happened three months after this interview.

In the midst of this panorama, José Carlos Zamora added that there is hope in “the unity and solidarity of journalists (…) The truth cannot be imprisoned”

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