Guatemalan authorities detain renowned journalist on money laundering, blackmail allegations

Jose Ruben Zamora Marroquin, founder and president of El Periodico newspaper, who was detained on accusations of money laundering and blackmail by Guatemalan authorities, walks out of a hearing in a judicial building in Guatemala City, Guatemala July 30, 2022. Zamora said he was beginning a hunger strike in a show of rejection to his persecution. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria