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- A Guatemalan judge ordered journalist José Rubén Zamora to return to house arrest while he awaits trial.
- Zamora is the founder of El Periodico and was imprisoned in July 2022 on money laundering charges.
- Supporters say the charges target his reporting on corruption, and Zamora received house arrest in October 2024.
- His six-year prison sentence was overturned due to procedural errors, and President Bernardo Arévalo called the prosecution 'absolutely spurious'.
