Guatemalan newspaper boss jailed in ‘political persecution’

Newspaper founder and editor Jose Ruben Zamora has been jailed (Santiago Billy/AP)

A Guatemalan tribunal has sentenced newspaper founder Jose Ruben Zamora to six years in prison in a money laundering case, concluding a trial that press freedom groups decried as a political persecution aimed at silencing a critical voice.

The three-judge panel convicted and sentenced the well-known journalist on a charge of money laundering that affected the national economy and stability of the financial system.