José Ruben Zamora, founder and founder of the daily El Periodico, has been detained since July 2022. Zamora rejects accusations of money laundering and blackmail and denounces a "trial" His newspaper ceased all activity on 15 May, citing "criminal persecution and economic pressure" against him.
Washington has denounced attempts to "criminalize" the work of journalists in Guatemala. The prosecutor is expected to set a date for the verdict. The journalist assures that the sum of money he is accused of having extorted comes from the sale of a work of art in an attempt to bail out his newspaper.