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YouTube Video Sends Guatemala Into Crisis
Several have sent word that a YouTube video of recently assassinated lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg has sent Guatemala into a tailspin. The video of Rosenberg claims that if you are watching, he has been murdered by President Alvaro Colom with help from presidential secretary Gustavo Alejos. "The video spread across the Internet after family members handed it out during Rosenberg's funeral on Monday. In the 18-minute tape, a seemingly calm Rosenberg, sitting behind a desk and microphone, alleges that Colom, the First Lady and two associates were involved in murder, corruption and money laundering. The group, he says, filtered public funds through a state-owned bank for personal gain and to finance drug traffickers. Rosenberg then claims that after Khalil Musa, a prominent businessman and bank board member, had learned of the Coloms' scheme, Musa and his daughter were shot to death in front of a shopping center in April. Rosenberg says the President signed off on the killings."
its not a rickroll?
You did huh? Well good job man, kudos to you.
sigs... don't talk to me about sigs....
> A video can hit the internet within minutes of being shot.
If that pun was intentional, you get the prize for making it look unintentional....
You should start by linking to something, anything...
Goatse, for example; with a buildup like that you're bound to get a couple of hits. Too good to waste.
Ah, Coincidence, we meet again. I see you've been hanging out with Conspiracy again. I told you last time, Coincidence, nothing good will come of that. I told you that Conspiracy will only take advantage of everything you do and turn it against people. Ah well, you didn't listen last time, so I suppose my words fall on deaf ears again.
"Dad! There is a video on YouTube of you saying Mom killed you!"
"Damn, I knew I forgot something this week."
Where are all the people clambering[sic] for straw man arguments?
Why are you letting these clowns ruin our country?
Don't be silly, she lived in West London. Any cyclist would get mown down by the traffic long before a gunman could get to them.
Point is, if he was working on exposing a drugs gang, he only had to be right about one gang member to find himself on the wrong end of a bullet; he wouldn't have to be right about all of them. Even if he were right about all of it (which I agree would be bad for the president), it doesn't mean that the president approved or even knew of the killing in advance. That could be the sort of routine operation that doesn't have to go to the top -- even assuming the president really is at the top, and not just a puppet for the real boss. So sure, there's enough to cause suspicion, to merit an investigation. But there's not enough yet to prove guilt.
Quidnam Latine loqui modo coepi?