Spanish-language journalist remains in ICE custody despite being granted bond
ATLANTA — A week after an immigration judge granted him bond, a Spanish-language journalist who was arrested while covering a protest last month remains in federal custody.
Police just outside Atlanta arrested Mario Guevara while he was covering a protest on June 14, and he was turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement several days later. He was being held at an immigration detention center in Folkston — in southeast Georgia, near the Florida border — when an immigration judge last week granted him bond.
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But when his family tried to pay the $7,500 bond last week, ICE didn't accept it and he has since been shuffled between three other jails, his lawyer Giovanni Diaz said.
"We are of the opinion that there seems to be a concerted effort between different jurisdictions to keep him detained," Diaz said.
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***Much more at link***They brought separate traffic charges 3 days after he was detained.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/spanish-language-journalist-remains-ice-custody-granted-bond-rcna217651
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