CPJ Calls on a Georgia Solicitor-General to Investigate Charges Against Journalist Mario Guevara  - Committee to Protect Journalists

ICE Detains a Respected Immigrant Journalist

Graciela Mochkofsky on the journalist Mario Guevara, who was detained by ICE agents and became the target of immigration agencies he covered.

CPJ calls on a Georgia solicitor-general to investigate charges against journalist Mario Guevara  - Committee to Protect Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists sent a letter on Friday, June 27, to Gwinnett County Solicitor-General Lisamarie N. Bristol in Georgia to express concerns about three misdemeanor charges levied against journalist Mario Guevara. In the letter, CPJ asked Bristol to open an investigation as to why these charges — distracted driving, failure to obey traffic control devices, and reckless driving — were only brought against Guevara approximately …

Charges that led to ICE detainment of Georgia Spanish-language journalist are dropped • Georgia Recorder

Journalist Mario Guevara was live-streaming the June 14 anti-ICE protest on Chamblee Tucker Road when he was detained. Photo credit: Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon with the Atlanta Civic Circle Charges against a Spanish-language journalist who was arrested while covering a protest in metro Atlanta earlier this month have been dropped, though he continues to face potential deportation. Mario Guevara, who is originally from El Salvador, was arrested a…