Overview
- On Nov. 4, substitute judge Lucas Alfredo Taboada ordered CCC and its journalistic staff to stop publishing content that allegedly injures or discredits judicial officials for six months.
- Provincial chief prosecutor Edmundo “Pirincho” Jiménez requested the injunction, and fiscal Daniel Sosa Piñero processed the complaint and opened a related case.
- The ban applies to television, radio, digital platforms and social networks, with ENACOM instructed to supervise compliance under threat of judicial-disobedience penalties.
- CCC owner Gustavo Olarte was named in a parallel criminal investigation on allegations including institutional coercion and incitement to discredit.
- FOPEA and ADEPA issued formal repudiations calling the ruling prior censorship contrary to constitutional and Inter-American standards, as the outlet prepares appeals that could reach higher courts.