This story was updated on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, at 4:19 p.m.
Mario Guevara, the Atlanta-based Spanish-language journalist who was arrested covering an anti-Trump protest, has been deported to El Salvador Friday morning at 4 a.m., according to Katherine Jacobsen with the Committee to Protect Journalists.
This came after the U.S. Court of Appeals rejected Mario Guevara’s ask to remain in the U.S. as his attorneys said he fears retribution in El Salvador for his media coverage.
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