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Judge Garzon: one crusade too far?

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He’s the man who had Pinochet arrested. But now, Spain’s most famous judge is the one who’s in the dock. If the far-right has its way, Baltasar Garzon will be banned from the profession for 20 years. His crime? Trying to open files on the victims of the Franco era.

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