Journalist Arrested While Covering Anti-trump Protest Granted Bail Amid Deportation Battle

A Georgia migration judge granted enslaved for a Spanish-language journalist who was arrested past period while covering a objection successful DeKalb County, though his challenges are not complete arsenic nan national authorities is seeking to deport him.

The Associated Press reported that 47-year-old Mario Guevara, a autochthonal of El Salvador, was arrested by section constabulary connected June 14 while covering a protestation successful DeKalb County, conscionable extracurricular Atlanta.

Several days aft his arrest, section constabulary turned Guevara complete to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which has kept him successful an migration detention halfway successful Folkston ever since.

Guevara started nan integer news outlet MG News astir a twelvemonth ago, and connected Tuesday, nan outlet shared connected societal media that a judge granted him bond.

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Police show Spanish-language newsman Mario Guevara to move backmost during a protestation against ICE raids and deportation arrests connected Chamblee Tucker Road successful Atlanta connected Saturday, June 14, 2025.  (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

"The migration judge has granted bail to Mario Guevara," a station connected nan outlet’s Facebook provender read. "The migration process continues but free and successful Atlanta."

The station besides acknowledgment Guevara’s attorneys for assisting pinch nan ineligible process and getting bail for Guevara.

In different post, MG News stated Guevara was capable to salary $7,500 bail aft his apprehension while covering nan "No Kings" protestation connected June 14.

Guevara near El Salvador 20 years agone and has since built a pursuing covering migration successful Atlanta arsenic a journalist.

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Mario Guevara pinch MGNews is detained by DeKalb County Sheriff’s deputies successful Dekalb County, during a "No Kings" protestation adjacent Atlanta, connected Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Mike Stewart/AP Photo)

At nan clip of his arrest, Guevara was livestreaming connected societal media from a DeKalb County "No Kings" rally against President Donald Trump and his administration, erstwhile constabulary arrested him.

In video captured by Guevara, nan Spanish-speaking journalist is seen wearing a helmet, reddish garment and a vest that publication "PRESS." Guevara captured video clips of riot constabulary moving successful formation, while he besides described nan segment successful Spanish.

Then, constabulary tin beryllium seen connected nan video approaching Guevara, erstwhile he said, "Officer. Officer. I’m a personnel of nan media, officer."

Guevara’s telephone past goes blurry until he asks nan serviceman to prime up his telephone because he needs it for work.

DeKalb constabulary charged Guevara pinch obstruction of police, unlawful assembly and being a pedestrian connected nan roadway.

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Mario Guevara, nan metro Atlanta-based Spanish-language reporter, covers a protestation against migration enforcement connected Buford Highway, Georgia, connected Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.  (Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

County Solicitor-General Donna Coleman-Stribling dismissed nan charges past week, noting that location was not capable grounds to support a prosecution, though location was probable origin to support Guevara’s arrest.

"At nan clip of his arrest, nan video grounds shows Mr. Guevara mostly successful compliance and does not show nan intent to disregard rule enforcement directives," Coleman-Stribling’s agency said successful a property release.

At that point, though, Guevara was already successful ICE custody.

Guevara had warrants issued for his apprehension successful relationship pinch charges of distracted driving, failing to obey a postulation power instrumentality and reckless driving, which were secured by nan Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office connected June 20.

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Mario Guevara is fighting deportation. (Getty Images)

The charges stemmed from a May 20 incident that was reported connected June 17, nan AP reported.

Guevara’s attorney, Giovanni Diaz, has said his customer is not a ineligible resident though he has authorization to activity successful nan U.S. Guevara besides has a pending greenish paper application, which was sponsored by his U.S. national son, nan AP reported.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said connected its tract that it welcomed nan court’s bid to merchandise Guevara, adding that nan statement is concerned by nan prosecution’s statement that livestreaming nan protestation "presented a threat to nan nationalist by compromising nan integrity and information of rule enforcement activities."

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"We are heartened to spot that Mario Guevara was ordered to beryllium released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody astatine his enslaved hearing, though we stay concerned astir nan arguments nan prosecution made that Guevara’s activity arsenic a newsman presented a threat to nan community," CPJ U.S., Canada, and Caribbean Program Coordinator Katherine Jacobsen said. "The truth that Guevara was arrested while exercising his First Amendment authorities arsenic a journalist and was subsequently held for complete 2 weeks by various rule enforcement bodies sends an alarming connection to nan media and has efficaciously silenced Guevara’s sum of his community. We impulse rule enforcement to thoroughly analyse why Guevara was arrested successful nan first place."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.