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

Earlier DU thread: Court denies journalist Mario Guevara's bid to block deportation

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Source: The Guardian

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

George Chidi in Atlanta
Fri 3 Oct 2025 15.33 BST
Last modified on Fri 3 Oct 2025 15.52 BST

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.

Immigration officials put him on a plane at 4am on Friday morning, family members said.

Immigration officials reopened the deportation case after his arrest on petty charges that were almost immediately dismissed while livestreaming “No Kings Day” protests in June. His imprisonment is among the longest for any reporter arrested in connection with their work as a journalist in United States history.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/03/journalist-mario-guevara-ice-deportation