Main focus of 19/11/2008

Garzón gives up

Spanish magistrate Baltasar Garzón has dropped his investigation into crimes committed during the Spanish Civil War and under the Franco dictatorship, passing it on to the regional courts. In so doing Garzón has forestalled the highest criminal court in Spain, which was to decide whether the case fell under his jurisdiction. The European press asks why.

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