Prosecutors dropped the charges against Mario Guevara, an Atlanta-area journalist detained while livestreaming a protest. He faces deportation and extortion in a Georgia detention center. Guevara is noted as the only reporter in U.S. prison for journalism. His work documented the plight of undocumented immigrants during a time marked by extreme measures from the Trump administration. His attorney reflected on experiencing the consequences of absolute power impacting individuals in profound ways, connecting Guevara's situation to larger injustices faced by immigrants.
Donald Trump's administration has been extreme in unprecedented ways to undocumented immigrants. Guevara's treatment is a special case, shuttled between five jail cells in Georgia since his arrest while covering the No Kings Day protests.
Today, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, he’s the only reporter in the United States sleeping in a prison cell for doing his job.
For the first time in my life, I'm seeing what absolute power can do, said Guevara's attorney, Giovanni Diaz. Power that doesn't care about optics.
Around Atlanta, Guevara has been the person that immigrants call when they see an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid going down in their neighborhood.
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