Georgia-based journalist Mario Guevara was deported to El Salvador on Friday 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, 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, 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.

In a statement, Oscar Guevara, the journalist's s

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