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Crusading Spanish Judge Is Indicted for Franco Probe

By Dana KennedyApr 8th 2010 – 3:47PM
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(April 8) -- Spain's most famous judge, who ordered the arrest and extradition of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet for crimes against humanity, may go on trial himself because of an investigation he began into a dictator closer to home: Francisco Franco. Baltasar Garzon, 54, faces the end of his judicial career after a...

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  • 05/18/12 European judges association ask for a pardon for... Source: TypicallySpanish.com The ex National Court judge has been given an 11 year ban from office for ordering recordings in prison in the Gürtel case.
  • 05/09/12 Spain judge Garzon appeals wiretap conviction Source: Expatica Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon appealed Wednesday against being banned from the judiciary for ordering wiretaps in a political corruption case, his lawyers said.
  • 05/09/12 Baltasar Garzón confirms his appeal to the... Source: TypicallySpanish.com It follows his conviction in the Supreme Court for recording the conversations of Gürtel suspects with their lawyers in jail.
  • 05/01/12 Bodyguards as Butlers Source: TypicallySpanish.com Police unions have criticized that ex National Court Judge, Baltasar Garzón, for using is bodyguard 'as a butler'.

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