Guatemalan judge orders 8 to stand trial in slaying of lawyer whose video set off uproar
By APFriday, January 29, 2010
8 to stand trial in Guatemalan lawyer’s death
GUATEMALA CITY — A Guatemalan judge has ordered eight suspects to stand trial in the killing of a prominent lawyer who accused the country’s president of his murder in a video made before his death.
Judge Veronica Galicia said Friday she ordered the eight suspects to stand trial after hearing recorded telephone calls tying them to the killing of attorney Rodrigo Rosenberg.
Earlier this month, U.N. investigators said Rosenberg arranged his own death by contracting the hitmen who killed him. Investigators said Rosenberg may have been motivated by personal problems.
Rosenberg’s killing and his video sparked protests against President Alvaro Colom.
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