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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Spanish-language journalist arrested while covering protest near Atlanta deported to El Salvador

US Immigration Reporter Arrest - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

A Spanish-language journalist who had been in immigration detention in Georgia since June was deported Friday to El Salvador.

Mario Guevara, 48, was covering a protest just outside Atlanta on June 14 when local police arrested him and then turned him over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement several days later. His lawyers had been fighting parallel battles in the immigration court and federal court systems trying to get him released.

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