Guatemala Remands Suspects
Accused Of Murdering Lawyer
GUATEMALA - Guatemalan authorities have
remanded two suspects on charges of killing
a lawyer that caused a political upheaval in
the nation in 2009, according to news
reaching here on Tuesday.
Estuardo and Francisco Valdez Paiz, who were
accused of paying nine hitmen to kill
Rodrigo Rosenberg, turned themselves in on
Monday. The two brothers are currently held
in a military jail in the Matamoros Barracks
in Guatemala City.
They will remain in jail until preliminary
hearings on the case begin next week.
Rosenberg was killed in May last year, just
three days after he claimed that he would
soon be killed by Guatemalan President
Alvaro Colom.
The lawyer had been helping clients who
refused to cooperate in the government
corruption and money-laundering scheme at
the development bank Banrural.
Colom pleaded innocent to the charges and
was widely supported by the international
community. Even so, the case triggered
protests in Guatemala by supporters of both
the opposition and the president. |
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