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Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano | |
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| Born | November 28, 1960 |
| Died | May 10, 2009 (aged 48) |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wounds to torso and head. |
| Alma mater | Rafael Landívar University |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Children | Four |
Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano (November 28, 1960 – May 10, 2009) was a Guatemalan attorney. Before his death, Rosenberg recorded a video message saying if he were murdered, Álvaro Colom Caballeros, President of Guatemala, Gustavo Alejos, Sandra Torres de Colom, and Gregorio Valdés would have been directly responsible.[1] His subsequent killing caused a national uproar.[2] After an investigation by a United Nations commission, officials declared that Rosenberg had arranged his own death and had contacted cousins of his former wife, Francisco José Ramón Valdés Paiz and José Estuardo Valdés Paiz, to hire a hitman.[3][4]
Carlos Castresana, the head of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), who headed the investigation at that time, emphasized that this was a provisional hypothesis.[5] The cousins accused were sent to jail for complicity in a hearing behind closed doors,[6] where they remained without a trial for more than two years.[7]
Further investigation by the same commission has turned up links between the men who shot Rosenberg and those who killed Marjorie and Khalil Musa.[8]
Two of the killers who took part in both killings and had originally changed their testimony to accuse the Valdés Paiz brothers have accused the Public Ministry of Guatemala and the United Nations Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala of pressuring them to accuse the Valdés Paiz brothers.[9][10][11]
- ^ Video on YouTube
- ^ "Rodrigo Rosenberg acusa al Presidente de Guatemala de su asesinato [Parte I]". El País. 12 May 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ Guatemalan leader cleared of murder CSMonitor
- ^ Carroll, Rory (2010-01-13). "Lawyer in YouTube murder plot video hired his own assassins – UN". London: Guardian UK.
- ^ Video on YouTube
- ^ "Hermanos Valdés Paiz: Homicidio en grado de complicidad | Noticias de Guatemala". noticiasguate.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Hermanos Valdés Paiz piden ir a juicio - Emisoras Unidas". Archived from the original on 2014-10-25. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ "País debe actualizar ley contra el lavado". Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ "País debe actualizar ley contra el lavado". Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ "Paz Mejía cambia declaración en caso Rosenberg". Archived from the original on 2013-07-18. Retrieved 2013-07-18.
- ^ Video on YouTube