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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-12-10 04:15 PM
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Guatemala President Alvaro Colom cleared over murder
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Guatemala President Alvaro Colom cleared over murder

A UN investigation has cleared Guatemala's President Alvaro Colom of involvement in the murder of a prominent lawyer, Rodrigo Rosenberg.

Mr Rosenberg, who died last May, had warned in a video that he would be killed on the orders of the president.

Now UN investigator Carlos Castresana says Mr Rosenberg ordered his own assassination.

He added that the lawyer's own cousins carried it out without knowing Mr Rosenberg was the victim.

He was shot dead days after recording a video saying the president and his aides were out to kill him, and would be responsible if he were found dead.

Mr Colom has always denied any involvement in the killing.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8455537.stm
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-12-10 07:03 PM
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1. Boy, this sure sounds like bullshit. nt
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