A prize-winning Guatemalan journalist jailed on alleged money laundering charges that government critics have denounced as a pressure tactic has faced consequences for his work before.
In 2003, government agents searched Jose Ruben Zamora Marroquin's home and threatened his life after he wrote a column suggesting former dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt, then president of the congress, was running a parallel government.
It also meant that the details of the charges against Zamora remain a mystery. On Friday, government investigators also raided the offices of El Periodico, holding its employees in place for more than 15 hours. Attorney General Consuelo Porras, who was recently reappointed by Giammattei to another term as the country's top law enforcement official, has been sanctioned by the United States for pursuing investigations against prosecutors and judges who investigated corruption.
Curruchiche has said the case is focused on Zamora's work as a businessman not as a journalist, but has offered no details.
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