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Guatemalan journalist and publisher imprisoned by authorities for more than 8 months

Published April 10, 2023 at 6:45 AM PDT
Award-winning journalist Jose Ruben Zamora stands inside a cell after a court hearing, in Guatemala City, Saturday, July 30, 2022. (Moises Castillo/AP)
Award-winning journalist Jose Ruben Zamora stands inside a cell after a court hearing, in Guatemala City, Saturday, July 30, 2022. (Moises Castillo/AP)

Guatemalan authorities have imprisoned José Rubén Zamora for more than eight months. He’s a journalist and publisher of El Periódico, a newspaper investigating corruption in the country.

Here & Now‘s Deepa Fernandes speaks with José Rubén Zamora’s son, José Carlos Zamora, about his case.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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