Galo Arellano

Galo Mauricio Arellano Armijos (born January 19, 1979) is an Ecuadorian journalist based in the United States. He has worked on several programs for the television networks Univision and Telemundo, including Primer Impacto and Al rojo vivo. In September 2022, he received an Emmy in the News and Documentary Emmy Awards as part of the Noticiero Univision team.

Biography Galo Mauricio Arellano Armijos completed his secondary education at the Colegio Spellman, where he was the president of the Journalism Club. He later enrolled at the Politecnica Salesiana University. His first experience with the media was at the age of 15 with Radio Latina FM 88. He later worked in radio stations such as Radio Majestad and HOT 106.

Galo Arellano worked as a reporter for the television network Ecuavisa on the program Dentro y Fuera, which introduced him to people at the American television network Univision. The show later moved to the public television network Ecuador TV. In 2010, he returned to Univision and began working on the program Noticiero Univision.

Personal life In June 2021, Galo Arellano was the subject of a series of homophobic insults after a post on social media that included a photo of his husband, the Mexican architect Arturo Ochoa, with whom he had been married for four years. Following the attacks, Galo Arellano received support from the Andean Foundation for Media Observation and Study (Fundamedios).