Hispanic journalist Mario Guevara deported from US

By WSB Radio News Staff

October 03, 2025 at 1:31 pm EDT

US Immigration Reporter Arrest FILE - Mario Guevara, the metro Atlanta-based Spanish-language reporter, covers a protest against immigration enforcement on Buford Highway in Georgia, on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. (Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File) (Miguel Martinez/AP)

By WSB Radio News Staff

October 03, 2025 at 1:31 pm EDT

DEKALB COUNTY, GA — Hispanic journalist Mario Guevara has left the United States.

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, Guevara was deported on a flight early Friday morning around 4 a.m.

This comes after a federal court refused to block his deportation.

Guevara’s legal team says he was in the country legally on the path to getting a green card when he was detained while reporting at a DeKalb County immigration protest in June.

BREAKING🚨 Journalist Mario Guevara has officially been deported Friday from the United States back to his native El Salvador. This is a shameful erosion of press freedom in the U.S. — the first time that CPJ has documented this type of retaliation related to reporting.… pic.twitter.com/oaA8fdIlIG
— Committee to Protect Journalists (@pressfreedom) October 3, 2025