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Cavalry Audio and Executive Producer OSCAR ISAAC bring you a new true crime podcast...

Join writer and narrator, EDGAR CASTILLO, a first generation Guatemalan American, as he explores the byzantine true story of the bizarre assassination of Rodrigo Rosenberg — an influential Guatemalan lawyer who was gunned down while on his Sunday morning bike ride in May of 2009. At his funeral, he posthumously released a YouTube video that declared, “If you’re seeing this video, it means that I've been murdered by President Alvaro Colom,” Guatemala's sitting President. The Rosenberg video unleashed a major political upheaval and one of the most unpredictable murder investigations in history, but that was only the beginning. You won't believe the conspiracy Edgar uncovers from interviews of those close to the case - including the person who hired the hitmen...

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The Rosenberg Case: A Tale of Murder, Corruption, and Conspiracy in Guatemala Cavalry

    • True Crime
    • 4.6 • 192 Ratings

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Cavalry Audio and Executive Producer OSCAR ISAAC bring you a new true crime podcast...

Join writer and narrator, EDGAR CASTILLO, a first generation Guatemalan American, as he explores the byzantine true story of the bizarre assassination of Rodrigo Rosenberg — an influential Guatemalan lawyer who was gunned down while on his Sunday morning bike ride in May of 2009. At his funeral, he posthumously released a YouTube video that declared, “If you’re seeing this video, it means that I've been murdered by President Alvaro Colom,” Guatemala's sitting President. The Rosenberg video unleashed a major political upheaval and one of the most unpredictable murder investigations in history, but that was only the beginning. You won't believe the conspiracy Edgar uncovers from interviews of those close to the case - including the person who hired the hitmen...

Listen to episodes a week early and ad free by subscribing to Cavalry+ on Apple Podcasts.

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    The Lawyer

    The Lawyer

    In 2009, a Guatemalan businessman named Khalil Musa and his daughter Marjorie are brutally gunned down while stopped at an intersection. Musa’s lawyer, Rodrigo Rosenberg, pursues an investigation of the crime that unravels a vast conspiracy and leads to his own murder.

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    Featuring Oscar Isaac as Rodrigo Rosenberg
    Written and Narrated by: Edgar Castillo
    Produced by: Jason Seagraves
    Executive Producer: Oscar Isaac, Dana Brunetti, Keegan Rosenberger, and Edgar Castillo
    Sound Editor, Mixer and Post Production Supervisor: Revision Sound - Josh Ewing
    Music by: Soundstripe
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    Interviews:
    Dr. Edgar Castillo-Armas, MD

    Steven Dudley - the co-founder and co-director of InSight Crime, a think tank focused on organized crime in the Americas, and a senior fellow at American University’s Center for Latin American and Latino Studies in Washington, DC. In September, Dudley published his second book, MS-13: The Making of America’s Most Notorious Gang (HarperCollins), which in 2019 won the Lukas Prize for work-in-progress.
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    • 54 min
    The Video

    The Video

    After Rodrigo Rosenberg is killed by assassins, a video is released, on YouTube, wherein Rosenberg predicts his own assassination and names the President of Guatemala as the man behind the crime. The accusation sets a national scandal in motion.

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    Featuring Oscar Isaac as Rodrigo Rosenberg
    Written and Narrated by: Edgar Castillo
    Produced by: Jason Seagraves
    Executive Producer: Oscar Isaac, Dana Brunetti, Keegan Rosenberger, and Edgar Castillo
    Sound Editor, Mixer and Post Production Supervisor: Revision Sound - Josh Ewing
    Music by: Soundstripe
    Additional recording by: Zach McNees
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    Interviews:
    Roberto Izurieta - Roberto is the Director of Latin American Projects for the Graduate School of Political Management (GSPM) at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Izurieta has written many articles and he is the author of two books. From 1998-2000, he was the Communications Director for the President of Ecuador. Since then, Izurieta has worked on several political campaigns in Latin America, and Spain, including in México, Ecuador, Perú, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic. He has advised President Alejandro Toledo of Perú, President Vicente Fox of Mexico and President Alvaro Colom of Guatemala. He is a political commentator for CNN en Espanol.

    Steven Dudley - Steven is the co-founder and co-director of InSight Crime, a think tank focused on organized crime in the Americas, and a senior fellow at American University’s Center for Latin American and Latino Studies in Washington, DC. In September, Dudley published his second book, MS-13: The Making of America’s Most Notorious Gang (HarperCollins), which in 2019 won the Lukas Prize for work-in-progress.
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    • 49 min
    The Little Office

    The Little Office

    The men behind the filming of the Rosenberg video are unmasked and Carlos Castresana, a Spanish prosecutor, is put in charge of investigating the murder of Rodrigo Rosenberg.

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    Featuring Oscar Isaac as Rodrigo Rosenberg
    Written and Narrated by: Edgar Castillo
    Produced by: Jason Seagraves
    Executive Producer: Oscar Isaac, Dana Brunetti, Keegan Rosenberger, and Edgar Castillo
    Sound Editor, Mixer and Post Production Supervisor: Revision Sound - Josh Ewing
    Music by: Soundstripe
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    Interviews:
    Roberto Izurieta - Roberto is the Director of Latin American Projects for the Graduate School of Political Management (GSPM) at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Izurieta has written many articles and he is the author of two books. From 1998-2000, he was the Communications Director for the President of Ecuador. Since then, Izurieta has worked on several political campaigns in Latin America, and Spain, including in México, Ecuador, Perú, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic. He has advised President Alejandro Toledo of Perú, President Vicente Fox of Mexico and President Alvaro Colom of Guatemala. He is a political commentator for CNN en Espanol.
    Steven Dudley - Steven is the co-founder and co-director of InSight Crime, a think tank focused on organized crime in the Americas, and a senior fellow at American University’s Center for Latin American and Latino Studies in Washington, DC. In September, Dudley published his second book, MS-13: The Making of America’s Most Notorious Gang (HarperCollins), which in 2019 won the Lukas Prize for work-in-progress.
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    • 51 min
    The One-Eyed King

    The One-Eyed King

    Carlos Castresana and his team at CICIG find and surveil the gang of contract killers hired to murder Rodrigo Rosenberg. As the investigation continues and protests swell, President Alvaro Colom, and the Guatemalan government, reach a breaking point.

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    Featuring Oscar Isaac as Rodrigo Rosenberg
    Written and Narrated by: Edgar Castillo
    Produced by: Jason Seagraves
    Executive Producer: Oscar Isaac, Dana Brunetti, Keegan Rosenberger, and Edgar Castillo
    Sound Editor, Mixer and Post Production Supervisor: Revision Sound - Josh Ewing
    Music by: Soundstripe
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    Interviews:
    Steven Dudley - Steven is the co-founder and co-director of InSight Crime, a think tank focused on organized crime in the Americas, and a senior fellow at American University’s Center for Latin American and Latino Studies in Washington, DC. In September, Dudley published his second book, MS-13: The Making of America’s Most Notorious Gang (HarperCollins), which in 2019 won the Lukas Prize for work-in-progress.

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    • 53 min
    The Affair

    The Affair

    The investigation unearths a bombshell revelation. The contract killers are captured and upon questioning reveal the identities of who hired them — two brothers with a surprising connection to Rodrigo Rosenberg.

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    Featuring Oscar Isaac as Rodrigo Rosenberg
    Written and Narrated by: Edgar Castillo
    Produced by: Jason Seagraves
    Executive Producer: Oscar Isaac, Dana Brunetti, Keegan Rosenberger, and Edgar Castillo
    Sound Editor, Mixer and Post Production Supervisor: Revision Sound - Josh Ewing
    Music by: Soundstripe
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    • 48 min
    The Truth

    The Truth

    Carlos Castresana’s team learns of the involvement of an “inside man” pulling the strings from the shadows. The identity of this inside man blows the case wide open.

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    Featuring Oscar Isaac as Rodrigo Rosenberg
    Written and Narrated by: Edgar Castillo
    Produced by: Jason Seagraves
    Executive Producer: Oscar Isaac, Dana Brunetti, Keegan Rosenberger, and Edgar Castillo
    Sound Editor, Mixer and Post Production Supervisor: Revision Sound - Josh Ewing
    Music by: Soundstripe
    -------------
    Interviews:
    Roberto Izurieta - Roberto is the Director of Latin American Projects for the Graduate School of Political Management (GSPM) at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Izurieta has written many articles and he is the author of two books. From 1998-2000, he was the Communications Director for the President of Ecuador. Since then, Izurieta has worked on several political campaigns in Latin America, and Spain, including in México, Ecuador, Perú, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic. He has advised President Alejandro Toledo of Perú, President Vicente Fox of Mexico and President Alvaro Colom of Guatemala. He is a political commentator for CNN en Espanol.
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    • 49 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
192 Ratings

192 Ratings

jsndbdd d ,

amazing find

I’ve been so bored w American true crime, its exhausting repetition and askew ethical compass.

I learned things. Thank you. A+.

Curious Lo ,

Twists and turns

This was an incredible story, quite unbelievable, except that it was true! it was also fascinating learning about the history of Guatemala through this true crime lense and I wish more shows were this substantial. My only criticism would be that there was too much recapping and reviewing, I know it’s a complicated tale, but it seemed redundant at times, to the point where I skipped ahead, which is something I rarely do with a podcast.

bridge53 ,

Insightful and informative

Really worth a listen. I thought ha why is there so many episodes but then when he really gets into what the last few episodes are about they’re really important and they really speak truth to the world we live in today. This is the first review I’ve ever written on a podcast you did really great.

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