US EditionICE defies court, says journalist Mario Guevara 'not releasable' - Committee to Protect Journalists
FLOYD COUNTY, GEORGIA, JUL 8 – Mario Guevara remains detained after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement rejected a $7,500 bond granted by a judge despite his 20 years of legal residency, press groups say.
- Salvadoran journalist Mario Guevara was arrested on June 14 while covering a protest near Atlanta and remains in federal custody in the Atlanta area.
- Authorities charged Guevara with three misdemeanors related to a May 20 incident, but local officials later dropped these charges due to insufficient evidence, amid claims of political persecution.
- An immigration judge granted Guevara a $7,500 bond last week, but despite repeated attempts by his family to pay, ICE refused the bond and continues to detain him, citing him as a threat.
- Guevara, who holds valid work authorization and has a green card application pending, expressed that he is being targeted due to his reporting on street-level law enforcement activities and has appealed to Salvadoran President Bukele for assistance.
- The Committee to Protect Journalists criticized ICE for ignoring the court order to release Guevara and called for respect of legal rulings to avoid unnecessary detention and jurisdictional transfers.
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Media freedom group pressures ICE to comply with court order to release detained reporter
On Monday, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to immediately release journalist Mario Guevara, a Salvadoran national and Spanish-language reporter arrested last month. The statement follows a federal immigration judge’s ruling on July 1 granting Guevara $7,500 bail and ordering his release from ICE custody. Guevara remains detained at the Folkston ICE Processing Center in Georgia des…
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Journalist Mario Guevara published a letter on his website MG this Monday asking El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele to intercede on his behalf with the United States authorities. Guevara remains in custody…
By Verónica Calderón, CNN en Español Journalist Mario Guevara posted a letter on his MG website this Monday asking El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, to intercede for him with the U.S. authorities. Guevara has been in the custody of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) since he was arrested three weeks ago when he was covering the “No Kings” demonstration in Atlanta, Georgia. “I’m about to serve a month in jail and I need to…
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