Judge orders investigation of Guatemalan journalists
A Guatemalan judge has ordered the investigation of nine journalists from a newspaper whose president, a prominent government critic, has already been jailed on various charges since last year
Sonia Prez D.
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A Guatemalan judge ordered the investigation Tuesday of nine journalists from a newspaper whose president, a prominent government critic, has already been jailed on various charges since last year.
Judge Jimi Bremer said that to find out whether the journalists from El Periodico newspaper were maliciously pursuing prosecutors, judges and other members of Guatemala’s justice system, thereby opening themselves up to criminal charges, they should be investigated.
Top prosecutor Cinthia Monterroso had argued that El Periodico published stories about complaints, disciplinary processes and questioned decisions by justice officials, including herself. She said who ordered such stories and the sources of their financing must be investigated.
It was the government’s latest move against the newspaper known for hard-hitting investigations of public officials and government wrongdoing led by José Rubén Zamora.
More:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ap-guatemala-city-nicaragua-b2291609.html
