Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano

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Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano (born November 28, 1960 , † May 10, 2009 in Guatemala City ) was a lawyer and politician of the Gran Alianza Nacional alliance , who was shot by killers he had hired himself.

Life

Rosenberg studied at the private Rafael Landívar University , international and comparative law at the University of Cambridge and international law at Harvard University .

In 1987 Rosenberg founded the law firm Rosenberg-Marzano, Marroquín-Pemueller y Asociados, sc with María Mercedes Marroquín de Pemueller , which represents, among others, Corporación La Luz, SA in Guatemala. Rosenberg prepared a few briefs for Corporación La Luz, SA These included the extension of the contract with the Dirección General de Migración (DGM).

Rosenberg was deputy dean of the law faculty at Rafael Landívar University , member of the Guatemala Bar Association and chairman of the first private arbitration board in Guatemala, the Centro de Arbitraje y Mediación (CENAC).

In 2003 Rosenberg ran for the City Council of Guatemala City for the Movimiento Reformador part of Gran Alianza Nacional (GANA) of the mayoral candidate Jorge Briz Abularach .

Death of Rosenberg

On Sunday, May 10, 2009, Rosenberg was shot dead on the street in one of the posh suburbs of Guatemala City . Shortly before his death, Rosenberg had recorded a video message in which he said: “Good evening, my name is Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano, if you see this video I am a dead man. President Alvaro Colom and his private secretary Gustavo Alejos are responsible for that . ”One day after the publication, President Colom himself went public and said:“ Firstly, I'm not a murderer, secondly, I'm not a drug dealer - and by the way, that's all Rosenberg says , completely pointless. "

It has been speculated that the reason for Rosenberg's violent death was the previous murder of Khalil Musa and its possible exposure by Rosenberg. Musa, a client of Rosenberg's, after he was appointed to the board of directors of Guatemala's second largest bank by President Alvaro Colom, discovered that drug money had been laundered and funds from state social programs had been diverted under the supervision of the first wife. Musa intended to bring these irregularities to the public. Before this could happen, he and his 34-year-old daughter Marjorie were shot on April 14th. Rosenberg reportedly heard the exact details from Musa since he was in a relationship with his daughter.

After the murder of Rosenberg, tens of thousands demonstrated against the incumbent president every day in Guatemala City and demanded his resignation over the murder charges. Tens of thousands demonstrated for the president in other parts of the city.

On January 12, 2010, a UN- led commission of inquiry published the results of its eight-month work; accordingly Rosenberg staged his own death with the help of two cousins ​​of his ex-wife. The commission acquitted President Alvaro Colom of any suspicion of being involved in Rosenberg's death.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ezra Fieser: The Guatemalan Who Ordered His Own Murder. In: Time Magazine . January 14, 2010, accessed January 16, 2010 .
  2. ↑ a b Hildegard Stausberg: murder charges against presidents from the afterlife. In: WELT ONLINE . Axel Springer AG, May 13, 2009, accessed on October 5, 2009 .
  3. ↑ Cecibel Romero, Toni Keppeler: A dead man should overthrow president. In: the daily newspaper . May 20, 2009. Retrieved October 5, 2009 .
  4. ^ Ezra Fieser: The Guatemalan Who Ordered His Own Murder. In: Time Magazine . January 14, 2010, accessed January 16, 2010 .
personal data
SURNAME Rosenberg Marzano, Rodrigo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Guatemalan politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1960
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 2009
Place of death Guatemala City