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Guatemalan-born journalist Mario Guevara, held over 100 days after charges were dropped, remains detained by ICE despite a judge's release order and claims of wrongful detention.
Mario Guevara, a Guatemalan-born journalist and U.S. resident with a 13-year-old asylum claim, has been detained by ICE for over 100 days after being arrested while covering a protest in June 2024.
Despite all criminal charges being dropped and an immigration judge ordering his release on bond, ICE continues to hold him, citing a 2012 removal order that his legal team says was closed by a settlement allowing him to stay and work.
His son, Oscar Guevara, a 21-year-old U.S. citizen who underwent brain tumor surgery and a stroke in 2021, pleaded for his father’s release, calling him his primary caregiver and emotional support.
Guevara, an Emmy-winning digital journalist, runs an online news site that has seen reduced output since his arrest, with recordings disappearing after his devices were seized.
Civil rights and press freedom advocates, including the ACLU, say his detention is a threat to journalism and may be retaliation for his reporting on law enforcement.
A habeas corpus petition is pending in federal court, with a decision expected soon.
El periodista de origen guatemalteco Mario Guevara, detenido más de 100 días después de que se retiraran los cargos, sigue detenido por ICE a pesar de la orden de liberación de un juez y las afirmaciones de detención injusta.