ATLANTA — Mario Guevara, the journalist who was arrested while covering an Atlanta ICE protest in June and deported earlier this month , says he believes he "paid the price" for his journalism.

The 48-year-old husband and father of three spoke to 11Alive's Chesley McNeil on The Take on Monday about his journey through the immigration enforcement system back to El Salvador, after building a life and family in the United States for more than 20 years.

He also says he never held a personal grudge against the officers who took him into custody while he was reporting on the June protest at Chamblee Tucker Road in DeKalb , setting off his deportation saga.

"I only wanted to inform my community," he said. "I was the only Hispanic journalist following the immigration raids, my community fol

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