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Judge orders the release of Salvadoran journalist Mario Guevara on bail |
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By Brian Stelter and Gustavo Valdes, CNN |
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3:52 PM EDT, Tue July 1, 2025 |
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Source: CNN |
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An immigration judge in Georgia has ordered the release of the |
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Spanish-language journalist and live-streamer Mario Guevara on bail |
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while his immigration process continues, a relative of Guevara |
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confirmed to CNN. |
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Guevara, who came to the US from El Salvador in 2004, has been in |
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody for the better part of two |
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weeks. He was recently identified by the US Press Freedom Tracker as |
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the only journalist in custody in the United States. |
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while covering a “No Kings” protest near Atlanta and charged with |
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improperly entering a pedestrian roadway, obstruction of law |
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enforcement officers and unlawful assembly. Video of the episode showed |
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that he was wearing a vest and press credentials at the time. |
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While the charges were later dismissed, ICE authorities had requested |
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that he remain detained due to his immigration status. |
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CNN has reached out to ICE for comment. |
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According to Guevara’s legal team, the journalist has authorization |
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to work in the United States, although he does not have a permanent |
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resident card. |
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Guevara built up a high profile in Georgia, and hundreds of thousands |
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of followers on social media, for his one-man-band approach to covering |
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immigration enforcement. He often streamed videos of arrests and the |
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aftermath — until his own arrest last month. |
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), which had expressed support |
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for Guevara and sent a representative to Tuesday’s hearing, said the |
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judge’s order means he can “return to his work and family while his |
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case proceeds.” |
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In an interview with the publication NotiVisión Georgia, Guevara’s |
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wife, Miriam Sáenz de Guevara, said she was happy about the order and |
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thanked his legal team, which is working on details for the journalist |
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to return home, she said. |
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Katherine Jacobsen, who attended the hearing for CPJ, said Guevara’s |
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release on bond was heartening, “though we remain concerned about the |
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arguments the prosecution made that Guevara’s work as a reporter |
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presented a danger to the community.” |
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“The fact that Guevara was arrested while exercising his First |
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Amendment rights as a journalist and was subsequently held for over two |
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weeks by various law enforcement bodies sends an alarming message to |
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the media and has effectively silenced Guevara’s coverage of his |
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community,” Jacobsen added. |
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