Jonathan Palma

Jonathan Palma has fifteen years of journalistic experience and is part of the investigative team at Diario Expreso in Guayaquil, Ecuador, where he specializes in data reporting. He is also a member of CONNECTAS Hub. Previously, he was part of the investigative unit at El Universo newspaper. Jonathan's work focuses on investigating irregularities in public procurement, public administration, citizen security, and the prison system, as well as environmental issues. His reports have been published by Mongabay Latam, Diálogo Chino, El Espectador, and El Nuevo Herald, among others. One of his most notable environmental investigative projects focused on turtle trafficking in the Galapagos Islands, revealing in 2019 the operations of a trafficking network led by a Chinese citizen of Peruvian origin. In 2023, one of the network's Ecuadorian operators was sentenced to prison.