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| Lawyer accuses Guatemala leader | Lawyer accuses Guatemala leader |
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| The Guatemalan government has dismissed allegations which link President Alvaro Colom to the death of a lawyer. | The Guatemalan government has dismissed allegations which link President Alvaro Colom to the death of a lawyer. |
| A videotape recorded by the lawyer, Rodrigo Rosenberg, prior to his death claims that Mr Colom would be responsible for his murder. | A videotape recorded by the lawyer, Rodrigo Rosenberg, prior to his death claims that Mr Colom would be responsible for his murder. |
| Mr Rosenberg alleges that he would have been killed because of his links to a client, a prominent businessman, who was killed in March with his daughter. | Mr Rosenberg alleges that he would have been killed because of his links to a client, a prominent businessman, who was killed in March with his daughter. |
| The 47-year-old lawyer was shot dead on Sunday in Guatemala City. | |
| In the video distributed to Guatemala's media, Mr Rosenberg is seen seated at a desk and speaking into a microphone. | |
| Mr Rosenberg says: "If you war watching this message, it is because I was assassinated by President Alvaro Colom with help from Gustavo Alejos." | |
| The government spokesman, Fernando Barillas, said the serious allegations against Mr Colom were a conspiracy to destabilise the country. | |
| "This reveals the intention of creating a political crisis around a case that should be investigated and processed by the courts," Mr Barillas said. |