Guatemala City, Jun 14 (EFE).- After a trial plagued by irregularities, an award-winning journalist who exposed corruption in the administration of Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei was sentenced here Wednesday to six years in prison for money laundering. Jose Ruben Zamora Marroquin, the founder and editor of El Periodico newspaper, was acquitted on charges of blackmail …
Guatemala City, May 2 (EFE).- One of Guatemala’s most respected journalists went on trial here Tuesday nine months after his arrest on charges of blackmail, money laundering and influence-peddling. “They are going to convict me in this trial,” Jose Ruben Zamora Marroquin told reporters as he entered the courthouse in Guatemala City, noting that the …