The family of a Guatemalan journalist has celebrated his transfer to house arrest following his jailing for over two years amid his newspaper’s anti-corruption investigations. José Rubén Zamora is the founder of newspaper El Periódico. The daily specialized in anti-corruption reporting before closing a year ago.
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There is still a long road ahead, but this marks a victory for my father, our family, and freedom of the press in Guatemala.” International organizations had been calling for Friday’s hearing to take place so the journalist could be freed from imprisonment. Many of them said that Zamora had been jailed because of his investigations into those in power.The Guatemalan journalist told reporters after his release that he’s both happy and calm after the decision, but that he would go to a hospital to regain his health.
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