Guillermo Draper

Guillermo Draper is an investigative journalist based in Uruguay and managing editor at Búsqueda. Guillermo was born in Montevideo in 1982 and began working at Búsqueda in 2005, first as a reporter, then as editor and investigative reporter. In 2015, he joined the Uruguayan team working on the international investigation known as the Panama Papers, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting in 2017. In 2018, he became the first Uruguayan member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. His investigation into the misuse of corporate cards led to the resignation of Vice President Raúl Sendic, an unprecedented event in the history of Uruguay, which received an honorable mention in the 2017 Latin American Congress of Investigative Journalism. This investigation also received the National Press Prize of Uruguay 2017. His investigations received special mentions in National Press Prize of Uruguay in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Guillermo served as a jury member for the FOPEA (Foro de Periodismo Argentino) Investigative Journalism Awards in both 2024 and 2025. He co-authored the book Marihuana Oficial: Crónica de un experimento uruguayo. The book was awarded the Bartolomé Hidalgo prize in 2018 in the category Testimonials, Memoirs and Biographies. He has a degree in Social Communication from the Catholic University of Uruguay, where he teaches journalism.