José Rubén Zamora Marroquín

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Nelton Rivera

Guatemalan journalist Nelton Rivera targeted by smear, threat campaign

Mexico City, April 8, 2025—Guatemalan authorities must investigate and stop the coordinated online smear campaign against journalist Nelton Rivera and ensure that he and his colleagues at Prensa Comunitaria and Ruda can report freely and safely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. Since February, social media accounts known in Guatemala as “net centers” have…

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10 international organizations submit amicus brief in case of imprisoned Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín

March 28, 2025 – A group of 10 international organizations submitted an amicus curiae brief to Guatemala’s Supreme Court in the case of journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín. The brief, filed on March 26, argues that Zamora’s return to preventive detention constitutes a violation of his fundamental rights under Guatemalan and international law, and urges…

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CPJ, partners call for Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora’s release

The Committee to Protect Journalists and eight other international organizations call for the immediate and unconditional release of Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora and urgent guarantees of due process. Judge Erick García ordered Zamora’s return to prison on March 10, executing a appeals court order that revoked the journalist’s house arrest. At the hearing, García reported threats…

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CPJ calls for release of José Rubén Zamora after Guatemala judge orders the journalist back to jail

The Committee to Protect Journalists denounces Monday’s court ruling to revoke the house arrest of Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora and send him back to prison. “The decision to return journalist José Rubén Zamora to prison is a blatant act of judicial persecution. This case represents a dangerous escalation in the repression of independent journalism,”…

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José Rubén Zamora

José Rubén Zamora could be sent back to jail on January 13

São Paulo, January 10, 2025—Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora could go back to jail this Monday if the country’s Supreme Court doesn’t agree to hear an appeal made by his defense, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Friday. Zamora, 67, spent 813 days in prison, accused of money laundering, until he was granted house…

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Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora, founder of elPeriódico newspaper, was freed, talks with reporters on October 18, 2024, in Guatemala City before leaving jail for house arrest. A court later ruled that he return to prison. (Photo: AP/Moises Castillo)

‘I will always keep fighting,’ José Rubén Zamora tells CPJ before court orders him back to jail

Less than a month after being moved to house arrest, a Guatemalan appeals court ordered journalist José Rubén Zamora back to jail on November 15, 2024. Zamora remains in house arrest while his lawyers and the Attorney General’s Office have appealed the motion, his son told CPJ. The decision is a new blow to press freedom in Guatemala. Zamora,…

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Guatemala's José Rubén Zamora, founder of El Periodico newspaper, waits in handcuffs ahead of a court hearing in Guatemala City on August 26.

CPJ, partners demand a fair hearing for Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora

The Committee to Protect Journalist and 18 other civil society organizations called on Guatemalan authorities to respect the independence of the judiciary at an October 18 hearing over the release of Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora from pre-trial detention. The statement highlights a “deeply troubling trend” of criminalizing and intimidating human rights defenders, including Judge Rodolfo…

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CPJ, partners call for journalist José Rubén Zamora’s release after 800 days of arbitrary detention

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined eight other press freedom organizations in calling for the release of Guatemalan journalist José Ruben Zamora, who has spent 800 days in detention since his July 29, 2022 arrest on charges of money laundering charges—which international organizations describe as arbitrary and politically motivated. The statement urged the Guatemalan government, especially President…

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José Rubén Zamora

Two years behind bars: CPJ calls for José Rubén Zamora’s immediate release

São Paulo, July 29, 2024—Marking the second anniversary of Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora’s detention, the Committee to Protect Journalists renews its calls for President Bernardo Arévalo’s administration to free Zamora without further delay. “For two years now, José Rubén Zamora has been behind bars in horrific conditions, despite a court order for a retrial,”…

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A handcuffed man in a suit walks carrying folders.

Urgent appeal to UN says journalist José Rubén Zamora was tortured, should be freed

Mexico City, July 18, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists supports the urgent appeal filed to U.N. officials by an international legal team on behalf of Guatemalan investigative journalist José Rubén Zamora, who the appeal says has been wrongfully imprisoned since 2022 and held in conditions “that amount to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading…

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