Witness identifies suspects related to lawyer's murder in Guatemala
Posted 05/21/2009 10:41 PM ET
MEXICO CITY, May 21, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- A former judge has identified three suspects related to a lawyer's murder that triggered a political scandal in Guatemala, according to news reaching here on Thursday from Guatemala City.
The witness told authorities in a letter that killers-for-hire Carlos Nimatus, Gerson Nimatus and Julio Galicia gunned down lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg on May 10, three days after he had recorded a video, now widely published, alleging the nation's President Alvaro Colom would soon kill him. Colom has denied all charges and has received public backing from the Organization of American States and from the United States.
Local newspaper did not mention the judge's name, citing fears for his personal safety. It is reported that the three gunmen had escaped in one of two black-and-white cars from the crime scene and the judge had identified another three suspects.
Sergio Morales, national attorney general for human rights and one receiver of the letter, told media on Thursday that he had asked for protection for four people linked to the case, which is now being investigated by the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala, a U.N. panel set up in 2007 to clean up corruption.
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=94618738&source=Newsfeed~~~~~~~~~~~~You know, once ANYONE knew about that video's existance he could relay it to any number of Rosenberg's enemies, f'r instance the husband of the woman with whom he was having an affair, his own client, they could kill him and have his very own words nailing the President for the murder! If someone talked him into doing that video, and he just went along with it, it would have been the dumbest thing he ever did!