Headline Roundup • October 6th, 2025
Salvadoran Journalist Detained by ICE in June Deported to El Salvador
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Salvadoran journalist Mario Guevara was reportedly deported to El Salvador on Friday, after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested him while livestreaming a “No Kings” demonstration near Atlanta in June.
The Details: Guevara left El Salvador in 2004 and entered the United States legally on a tourist visa. He then applied for asylum in 2005, citing persecution for his work in his home country, but was denied in 2012. Guevara founded the Atlanta-based Spanish-language news site MG News in 2024.
Sources: The Washington Post (Lean Left bias) cited Guevara’s family as the source for his deportation. Newsweek (Center) reported a statement from Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, who said, “This illegal alien was granted voluntary departure in 2012. He refused to depart and was given a final order of removal from an immigration judge in 2012. On October 3, ICE removed him to El Salvador.”
For Context: Under President Trump, the US has previously deported both Salvadorans and third-country nationals to El Salvador. This includes 252 Venezuelans accused of committing crimes and Salvadoran Kilmar Abrego Garcia, though Abrego Garcia has since been returned to the US on the premise that he was wrongly deported.
How The Media Covered It: Guevara’s deportation was covered by many outlets from the left and center, but the only outlet from the right AllSides found coverage from was The Washington Times (Lean Right), which reported on his appeal being rejected before his deportation. Several outlets from the right covered the story earlier this year when Guevara was arrested.
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A federal appeals court shot down Mario Guevara’s appeal trying to head off what he believes to be his looming deportation, saying the illegal immigrant journalist didn’t show the immigration courts were wrong.
Mr. Guevara says he was targeted for deportation after reporting critically on Trump administration immigration policies.
But the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that issue wasn’t before them at this time. Instead, Mr. Guevara filed a specific request to stay his deportation, and the three-judge panel said its precedents preclude that ruling.
Journalist Mario Guevara was deported to El Salvador on Friday after more than 100 days in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody following his June arrest while livestreaming a "No Kings" event near Atlanta.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Newsweek in an email Saturday, "This illegal alien was granted voluntary departure in 2012. He refused to depart and was given a final order of removal from an immigration judge in 2012. On October 3, ICE removed him to El Salvador. If you come to...
Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP
Mario Guevara, an Emmy award-winning reporter, was deported on Friday to his native country of El Salvador — a nation he fled more than two decades ago after being threatened and assaulted, according to his family.
Guevara, an independent journalist and founder of an online news outlet, was arrested on June 14 in the Atlanta area while covering a protest of the Trump administration. Police charged him with failing to disperse and standing in the roadway, but those counts were quickly dropped. Despite the dismissals, he was transferred from county...
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