"The Maldonado Departmental Prosecutor's Office, 5th Division, dismissed the defamation complaint against El País newspaper journalist Sebastián Cabrera. The complaint had been filed by Richard Tesore, head of a civil society organization dedicated to marine wildlife conservation, according to the Prosecutor's Office.
The dismissal was based on the lack of evidence indicating that the crime of defamation had been committed, as the facts did not demonstrate the required malicious intent.
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On Dec. 29, at two different times, three police officers arrived at the newspaper's offices asking about Cabrera and saying that he needed to come in for questioning. He eventually went with a lawyer and was questioned about elements of [an] article. According to what they were told, there was no court order for the interrogation; the inquiry originated with the police themselves."
