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George Chidi in Atlanta

Journalist Mario Guevara deported to El Salvador after 100 days in Ice custody

a man with two phones sits in car
Mario Guevara checks his mobile phones for tips on deportation raids by Ice officers in Norcross, Georgia, on 29 April. Photograph: Erik S Lesser/EPA

Journalist Mario Guevara’s imprisonment by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (Ice) ended with deportation to El Salvador on Friday, his family announced on social media.

Guevara has been a media mainstay in the Atlanta area for about 20 years, after fleeing El Salvador to escape leftwing militias in 2004. Though he has a work permit and two of his children are American citizens, he has operated under the “administrative closure” of deportation orders for much of that time.

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