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Spanish-language journalist Mario Guevara was deported to El Salvador Friday after being held in immigration detention since his June arrest covering an Atlanta protest.

All criminal charges were dismissed, but the 48-year-old reporter was turned over to ICE despite wearing press credentials and standing with other journalists.

Press freedom groups condemned the deportation as retaliation for his journalism work, calling it a troubling sign of deteriorating press freedom.

ATLANTA — A Spanish-language journalist who had been in immigration detention in Georgia since June was deported Friday to El Salvador.

Mario Guevara, 48, was covering a protest just outside Atlanta on June 14

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