"Georgia-based journalist Mario Guevara was deported to El Salvador on Friday [Oct. 3] morning days after the Court of Appeals denied his last-minute request to stay in the United States.
Guevara, who has been in custody for over 100 days after he was arrested while covering a DeKalb County protest in June, has was moved to a facility in Louisiana before his deportation. The Committee to Protect journalists has confirmed with CBS News Atlanta that he was deported on a 4 a.m. flight.
On Wednesday [Oct. 1], the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Guevara's deportation could go forward, finding that, while the journalist did have the First Amendment right to report on the protest, he had not filed the proper paperwork to apply for permanent residency."
