Lawyer hires hitman to kill him... then blames president in YouTube video made before his death

The body of Rodrigo Rosenberg lies next to a Guatemala City road after he was shot by a hitman last year. A video recorded before his death accused the country's President Alvaro Colom of his murder

No conspiracy: A UN commission this week cleared Mr Colom of any involvement in Rosenberg's death, concluding that he hired his own assassin

A Guatemalan lawyer hired a hitman to kill him then accused the country's president of his murder in a video made before his death and later posted on the internet.

Rodrigo Rosenberg, 47, orchestrated his own demise amid severe personal problems - but only after first recording an 18-minute video in which he claimed President Alvaro Colom was planning to kill him.

Looking into the camera while seated behind a desk, the lawyer said: 'Unfortunately, if you are watching this message it means that I, Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano, have been assassinated by President Alvaro Colom.'
He went on to accuse the president of a corruption scandal linked to a government bank and said that his murder would be an attempt to cover that up.

Rosenberg was shot dead as he rode a bicycle in Guatemala City on May 10 last year.

His accusations were distributed to reporters on DVDs at his May 11 funeral. They immediately set the already polarised Central American country into a frenzy of protests, allegations of corruption and calls for President Colom's resignation.

He denied any involvement in the killing and arranged for a United Nations commission to investigate.

The commission this week concluded that Rosenberg had hired his own assassin after persuading two distant cousins that he needed to find a hitman to kill people who were extorting him.

In an elaborate scheme he then bought two mobile phones. One was to communicate with the hitmen and the other to deliver threatening messages to himself.
UN investigators also found that Rosenberg was driven by personal problems, including the recent death of this mother and losing custody of his children, and believed that the government was behind the murder of two close friends.

The cousins implicated in the investigation, Francisco and Estuardo Valdes Paiz, are considered fugitives from justice. Investigators allege they contacted the head of security at their pharmaceutical company to help them find someone to carry out the killing for $40,000.

His posthumous accusations of corruption became a rallying cry for members of Guatemala's dominant elite, many of whom are angry over Colom's attempts to eliminate tax loopholes for corporations and criticise his inability to reduce high rates of violent crime.

Colom is overwhelmingly backed by Guatemala's mostly Mayan Indian poor for his efforts to tax the rich and build schools and clinics for disadvantaged communities.

The president has suggested that criminal or political interests were behind the video and expressed relief on Tuesday.

He said: 'The day has arrived that I have waited for in silence and patience, where this crime finally been clarified.'

The commission's investigation has led to 11 arrests with three of those people working with investigators as protected witnesses.

Watch footage of Rodrigo Rosenberg accusing President Alvaro Colom of his murder

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Taiwan Says 500 Feared Dead in Typhoon Mudslides ,Taiwan military rescues some 300 typhoon victims

Taiwanese rescuers assist landslide survivors after they were evacuated by military helicopter Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009, in Chishan, Kaohsiung county, southern Taiwan. Taiwan's military rescued about 260 typhoon victims Tuesday from the area around a village consumed by a massive mudslide, local TV stations reported, but there is still no word on the fate of hundreds of others caught in the disaster


A young Taiwanese landslide survivor is held by a family member after they were evacuated by military helicopter following Typhoon Morakot, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009, in Chishan, Kaohsiung county, southern Taiwan. Taiwan's military rescued about 260 typhoon victims Tuesday from the area around a village consumed by a massive mudslide, local TV stations reported, but there is still no word on the fate of hundreds of others caught in the disaster.


Armored Personnel Carriers bring rescue workers through a flooded street of Pingtung county, southern Taiwan, Monday, Aug. 10, 2009. An estimated 400 Taiwanese are unaccounted for after the landslide spawned by Typhoon Morakot struck their isolated mountain village of Shiao Lin, a police official said Monday, and a newspaper quoted a resident as saying as many as 600 were buried.


A young woman pauses as she cleans furniture in a flooded street of Pingtung county, southern Taiwan, Monday, Aug. 10, 2009. An estimated 400 Taiwanese are unaccounted for after the landslide spawned by Typhoon Morakot struck their isolated mountain village of Shiao Lin, a police official said Monday, and a newspaper quoted a resident as saying as many as 600 were buried.


In this image taken on Monday, Aug. 10, 2009, and released by the Taiwan Military News Agency on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009, an aerial view of the flooded village of Shao Lin inflicted by Typhoon Morakot is seen in southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung county. A mudslide touched off by the deadly typhoon buried a remote mountain village in Taiwan, leaving at least 400 people unaccounted for, while officially there are 38 dead and 62 missing.


A massive landslide is seen across a mountain road in Pingtung county, southern Taiwan, Monday, Aug. 10, 2009. An estimated 400 Taiwanese are unaccounted for after the landslide spawned by Typhoon Morakot struck their isolated mountain village of Shiao Lin, a police official said Monday, and a newspaper quoted a resident as saying as many as 600 were buried.


In this image taken on Monday, Aug. 10, 2009, and released by the Taiwan Military News Agency on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009, an aerial view of the flooded village of Shao Lin inflicted by Typhoon Morakot is seen in southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung county. A mudslide touched off by the deadly typhoon buried a remote mountain village in Taiwan, leaving at least 400 people unaccounted for, while officially there are 38 dead and 62 missing.


An elderly man is carried after being rescued by military helicopter from a village covered in a landslide from Typhoon Morakot in Kaohsiung county, southern Taiwan, Monday, Aug. 10, 2009. An estimated 400 Taiwanese are unaccounted for after the landslide spawned by Typhoon Morakot struck their isolated mountain village of Shiao Lin, a police official said Monday, and a newspaper quoted a resident as saying as many as 600 were buried


-In this image taken on Monday, Aug. 10, 2009, and released by the Taiwan Military News Agency on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009, a soldier sifts through debris from Typhoon Morakot in southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung county. A mudslide touched off by the deadly typhoon buried a remote mountain village in Taiwan, leaving at least 400 people unaccounted for, while officially there are 38 dead and 62 missing. (AP Photo/Taiwan Military News Agency)-


Taiwan said as many as 500 people may have been killed by landslides in the country’s south after Typhoon Morakot unleashed the worst floods in 50 years.

Morakot, a storm more than 1,600 kilometers (994 miles) wide according to satellite images, destroyed as many as 150 houses in the village of Shiao Lin, Taiwan’s National Fire Agency said.

“There’s about 500 people who were buried by the mud, but we don’t have the exact number,” Leng Chia-yu, a section chief with the agency, said by telephone today.

The typhoon dumped a record 3,063 millimeters (120 inches) of rain in Alishan after it started buffeting the island on Aug. 6. Floods wrecked at least 11 bridges in southern Chishan and 136 roads across the country were closed because of rock falls and high waters, according to the Transport Ministry.

About 200 people were trapped in Namashia with the military dropping 200 kilograms of supplies and evacuating 10 people for medical treatment, the NFA said. Helicopter flights into Shiao Lin and Namashia were suspended later because of fog, it said.

The NFA has flown 21 helicopter missions into Shiao Lin and 13 into Namashia in the past two days, Leng said today.

A group of 300 people slept in cemeteries in Namahsia village where schools and libraries were destroyed, local television TVBS reported today. A young man carried his sick father on his back and rode a helicopter to safety, the news channel said.

Officials said more than 300 people were brought out Tuesday on up to 120 flights from a large mountainous area in Kaohsiung to an improvised landing zone at Cishan Junior High School. The people saved came from Shiao Lin and surrounding villages, officials said.

Those rescued Tuesday escaped the mudslide by running to higher ground, from where they were plucked by the helicopters. But those saved from other villages — which are miles (kilometers) away from Shiao Lin — had enough time to run to open ground.

Taiwan's population registry lists Shiao Lin as having 1,300 inhabitants, though many are believed to live elsewhere.

The village's almost total isolation complicated reporting about its fate. Shiao Lin was cut off after floodwaters destroyed a bridge about eight miles (12 kilometers) away. A back road wending its way northward toward the mountain community of Alishan was also believed to be cut off, and with rain still falling in the area, prospects for an early resumption of overland travel were poor.

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Taiwan Mudslide May Have Buried 600 Villagers-Up to 400 people missing in Taiwan as Typhoon Morakot hits Asia

Two villagers battle through a flooded village in Cangnan county in east China's Zhejiang province

Emergency evacuation: A rescuer pulls a crying baby out of floodwater

An aerial picture shows the floods after Typhoon Morakot hit Pingtung county, southern Taiwan

Path of destruction: This map shows the region of China, Taiwan and the Philippines where Typhoon Morakot hit

A resident makes his way across a flooded street on a couch after typhoon Morakot hit Cangnan county of Wenzhou, Zhejiang province

A woman cries after being rescued from the southern village of Hsiaolin and airlifted to a high school in Chishan, in Taiwan's Kaohsiung county

A man and woman watch as thousands of pieces of wood washinto the Fu Kang fish harbor in Taitung, in southeast Taiwan

Splash down: The building of Hotel Chin Shuai lies collapsed in floodwater

Leaning tower: In extraordinary scenes, a hotel building is about to topple over after Typhoon Morakot hit Taitung county in Taiwan


-In a spectacular explosion of water and mud the hotel collapses into the flooded river-

A resident pulls a makeshift raft to transport two girls across a flooded street

-Residents near the coast are evacuated to Ningde City, southeast China's Fujian Province, on Aug. 7, 2009. Authorities in Fujian Province have ordered all schools and scenic spots to close before 4 p.m. Friday, as typhoon Morakot nears. The provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said Friday that about 34,000 vessels had been recalled to port and 21,190 people in the cities of Ningde, Putian, Fuzhou and Quanzhou had been relocated to safe areas.-








-Soldiers help fishermen go to safe zone in the rain in Taizhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 6, 2009. It is predicted that the typhoon Morakot will land off the seashore in east China's Zhejiang Province and southeast China's Fujian Province from Saturday noon to Sunday morning. -


A mudslide triggered by torrential rains from a typhoon may have buried up to 600 villagers in mountainous southern Taiwan, disaster officials said on Monday.More than 50 people have died in tropical storms striking the Phillipines, Taiwan, China and Japan.

The death toll so far in Taiwan stood at 15, with 55 missing and 32 hurt, since Typhoon Morakot struck the island on Friday and remained in the area through the weekend before battering China's populous east coast.

Rescue squads aboard helicopters had saved only 45 people from Hsiao Lin, a village of 1,000 in southern Taiwan. Rains washed out roads and bridges in Kaohsiung County, severing all land vehicle traffic.

"No small number of single-storey houses have been covered in mudslides," said Richard Hu, an army major-general. "We don't know how many people are there, but homes have definitely been buried."

Local officials said they had lost contact with up to 600 villagers, with inclement weather reducing even helicopter access. The storm caused floods in Taiwan's densely-populated south and farm-related losses on the island were estimated at T$4.2 billion ($128 million).

Morakot killed 22 people in the Philippines. In China, it damaged more than 1,800 houses in the province of Zhejiang and killed at least one child, the official Xinhua news agency said.

One million people were evacuated in China before the storm made landfall and losses were estimated at 2.2 billion yuan ($322 million).

Witnesses Account

Lin Chien-chung, a rescued villager, told the United Evening News Paper that his home and neighbourhood were buried and up to 600 people could have suffered the same fate. However, rescuers said that the figure was an overestimate. “The mudslide covered a large part of the village, including a primary school and many homes. A part of the mountain above us just fell on the village.”

Another man could not hold back tears. “The mountain buried everyone in the middle of the night. There was no escape.”

One local government official in Sayo was found drowned in his car and the body of a woman was recovered from a gutter. In Okayama, a 68-year-old woman was killed by a landslide as earth loosened by the intense rain bore down upon her house. Cars were upended and wooden houses were half toppled by the waters. The lower floors of even stronger buildings were inundated with mud and debris.

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Taiwan has closed offices and schools and grounded flights as the strongest typhoon of the year closes in on the island.

Heavy rains and strong winds caused by Typhoon Morakot have already triggered floods and mudslides across the region.

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Image above show rescuer pulling up corpses from Hudson River.Believed upto 9 may have dead from the mid air collisions.






Rescue looking for debris , survivors and corpses.





Fox show the footing of the occurs.The plane hit the back of the helicopter.








Map above show the location of the midair accidents.

Police and emergency crews continued their search for wreckage and bodies in the Hudson River a day after a small plane collided with a sightseeing helicopter carrying a group of Italian tourists, apparently killing nine people.

Fox News Channel

A plane and helicopter crashed above the Hudson River today, sending debris into the river and onto the Hoboken, N.J., waterfront.

Based on preliminary eyewitness reports of the low-altitude crash, which occurred in good weather, officials said the single-engine propeller plane apparently smashed into the rear of the helicopter as the two aircraft were flying in the same direction, scattering debris in the river and on the New Jersey waterfront. The accident took place in a narrow corridor over the river reserved for general aviation and other aircraft operating under visual flight rules -- and no requirement to communicate with air-traffic controllers.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg described the crash as "not survivable.'' Three bodies and helicopter wreckage were recovered before search efforts were halted for the night Saturday. Three hours after the crash, which took place around noon, the National Transportation Safety Board was on scene to direct the investigation. Investigators resumed their search at daybreak Sunday, the Associated Press reported.

Six people were on board the helicopter which plummeted into the river. Three people were believed to have been travelling in the plane

Cause of Accident

Mayor Bloomberg emphasized during a news conference that both aircraft were flying under so-called "see and avoid" rules that don't require monitoring by controllers despite the surrounding busy airspace and several major airports in the vicinity. "This could have happened over a cornfield as well as the Hudson River," he said.

Commercial and private jets are restricted from flying at such low altitudes. They follow takeoff and approach routes to metropolitan airports that take them well above the visual-flight corridor over the Hudson.

Hudson River corridor is a popular shortcut for northbound and southbound flights to and from New England. "It's scenic too," which helps make the fly zone a busy area. Complicating matters, while airplanes must fly along the river, helicopters, which aren't bound by the same rules, might cross it.

Helicopter pilots and others who frequently fly the Hudson sightseeing route—which keeps them under 1,000 feet--rely on special procedures, including broadcasting on and monitoring a dedicated radio frequency designed to make pilots aware of nearby traffic. Such transmissions are recommended but aren't required. It isn't clear whether the small plane's pilot was using the special frequency.

Witness Accounts

Witnesses to the crash described how debris from the two aircraft disappeared within seconds beneath the water's surface, and rescue workers soon determined that there were no survivors, officials said.

According to eye-witness reports, it appeared that the helicopter had just taken off from a mid-town helipad and turned south down the river when the plane smashed into it, shearing off a rotor. Both aircraft shed debris as they plummeted into the water.

There were unconfirmed reports that the plane may have lost part of a wing just before the smash. It had taken off from Teterboro, a private airport in New Jersey, a few minutes earlier

"It would appear that the airplane ran into the backside of the helicopter," Bloomberg(New York Mayor) said, saying the precise cause of the collision may not be known for days or weeks, pending an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.

The helicopter belonged to Liberty Harbour Sightseeing Tours which runs popular aerial tours of major New York landmarks such as the Statue of Liberty. The weather conditions were clear and calm at the time of the crash just before midday.

The Hoboken all-stars girls soccer team was in the middle of practice on Saturday when the goalie looked up and saw two aircraft flying into each other in the clear skies overhead.\

-Youth soccer coach Leo Pellegrini, orange shirt, is surrounded by reporters as he recounts his views the horrifying crash.-

"There was a big cracking sound and the propeller from the helicopter flew off and the plane's wing broke off," 12-year-old Marina Wardell said.

"The plane was swirling and landed a little bit aways. The helicopter went head first and plunged into the water.

"Then, like five seconds later, it sunk. It was like it was from a movie! It was shocking to see it actually happening."

For a moment, the dozen girls scattered across Sinatra Soccer Field cowered, fearing they were going to be hit by debris.

Then, when it was clear they were safe, they ran over to the fence along the river and pressed up against it, craning to see if anyone survived.

"I just saw the pieces floating around. It happened really fast. I didn't see anyone," Marina said.
On the other side of the sparkling, crowded river, Jahangir Alam was selling empanadas and sodas at a Hudson River Park refreshment stand.

"The plane and the helicopter were flying at each other and they turned away not to crash. But the plane hit the back of the helicopter," said Alam, 49, a Bangladeshi immigrant who lives in Queens.

"My first thought was, 'someone save the people.'"

At a cafe on Little W. 12th St., Alanna Duffy, 29, saw huge chunks of mangled aircraft falling across the sky.

"I just saw the propeller twisting through the air," she said. "The body was doing a nosedive. It went right in the water."

Retired machinist Gabriel Stise, 78, was eating lunch on a shady riverside bench in Hoboken when the plane went over his head.

"It didn't sound right. It was loud. It was very low," he said.

"It came down and just sank. I didn't see anyone in the water. They must have gone down with it. There's so much room up there. How could this happen?"

Nearby, Hilda Igartua, 53, sat in her wheelchair talking on the phone as her husband, Angel Vacqez, 50, fished happily.

"I saw the plane hit the helicopter," she said.

"The helicopter went spinning down, breaking into pieces. I saw debris falling everywhere. My husband got scared and pushed me back. He was screaming."

"It sounded like putting a fork in a blender, but louder, like fireworks," said Grendaly Torres, who was helping her mother sell jewelry in the park.

Past Accidents

In October 2006, a private plane that took off from Teterboro ended up flying into a high-rise apartment building along Manhattan's East River. New York Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor were killed in the crash and it seriously injured one person on the ground. In the wake of that accident, authorities restricted private planes from flying certain routes over the East River.

Seven months ago, the same river was the scene of a spectacular aircraft accident that resulted in no loss of life. In January, a US Airways flight taking off from LaGuardia Airport slammed into a flock of birds and lost power in both engines. The plane crash-landed in the Hudson River, roughly half a mile from Saturday's crash, and all 155 people on board were pulled to safety.

Two years ago, a Liberty helicopter fell 500 feet from the sky into the same river during a sightseeing trip. The pilot was credited with safely landing the chopper on the water and helping evacuate her seven passengers.

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--NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Statement On Helicopter & Small Plane [Piper PA-32] Crash Over New York City's Hudson River --

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