President Álvaro Colom of Guatemala has been accused of murder. And the accusation has come -- not from a ranting man in the street -- but from an esteemed Guatemalan lawyer, who has now been killed, too.
Not only that, but the lawyer, Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano, makes the accusation in a posthumously released video, in which Mr. Marzano gives the chilling proclamation normally seen only on fictional television dramas: "If you are watching this message, it is because I was assassinated by President Álvaro Colom, with the help of Gustavo Alejos."
The video has now been widely viewed in Guatemala and has led to protests against government corruption. Indeed, if the accusations against President Colom are true, it would be corruption of the highest and most unforgivable kind. The story has also hit American news, but it's not getting the kind of coverage one might expect from this type of scandal. Perhaps that will come when (and if) the accusations are either confirmed or rejected.
Here is the first part of the video:
Of course, these are all just accusations now. Hopefully, time will bring the truth to light. If these accusations are true, however, they will surely lend more instability to an already-struggling, post-civil-war Guatemala. The Guatemalan people clearly need -- and deserve -- a government they can rely on, not a government they must fear.
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