A group of writers Headed by Nicaraguan Sergio Ramírez visited this Friday, May 23 in prison to the journalist Jose Rubén Zamoraone of his children and the Spanish newspaper reported The country.
Zamora68, turns more than a thousand days under arrest for a controversial investigation for money laundering and another cause open by the questioned Prosecutor’s Office that international press organizations consider as an attempt to silence it for corruption publications in the previous government.
“My dad, Journalist #Joserubénzamora, is not alone. Today, key figures of journalism and literature (…) They visited him in jail to demand his release,” he said in X José Zamoraone of the journalist’s children.
In addition to Ramírez, Cervantes 2017 Award, among the group that entered the Mariscal Zavala jail From the capital were Mexican journalist Carmen Aristegui, the director of the confidential Nicaraguan media, Carlos Fernando Chamorro, and The former Washington Post, Martin Baron, said the country.
Pepa Bueno, director of the Spanish newspaper who disclosed the visit also attended. All are in Guatemala participating in the Central America literary festival account.
“His visit is more than an act of solidarity: it is a cry of justice,” added the son of the journalist.
Photographs published by El País showed Zamora Standing in a talk with the group, in an open space near his small prison cell located in a military base.
Zamora He had left the jail under house arrest in October, but in March he was imprisoned again by order of a judicial court that revoked the measure.
A court condemned journalist In 2023 to six years in prison for money laundering, but the sentence was annulled and the trial must be repeated.
Within the framework of #CAC25🇬🇹, a group of international writers and journalists visited José Rubén Zamora in the Mariscal Zavala prison, as a sample of solidarity to claim their freedom. pic.twitter.com/ovwxeoagng
– Central America counts (@cacuenta) May 23, 2025