# Claim 425

CPJ said the conviction sent a message that reporting on corruption could be treated as a crime.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: CPJ said the conviction sent a message that reporting on corruption could be treated as a crime.
- Field: effect_on_reporting
- Value: CPJ calls the conviction a chilling message
- About: [incident 2023-guatemala-convicts-zamora-money-laundering](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2023-guatemala-convicts-zamora-money-laundering)
- Source: Guatemalan court convicts prominent journalist Jose Ruben Zamora. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/14/guatemalan-court-convicts-prominent-journalist-jose-ruben-zamora
- Publisher: Al Jazeera
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2023-06-14

## Quotation from the source

> [This is] sending a very chilling message to journalists – that basically reporting on corruption is a crime.

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