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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Baltasar Garzón
Real (born 26 October 1955) was a Spanish judge seated on Spain's
Central Criminal Court, the Audiencia Nacional. He was the examining
magistrate of the Juzgado Central de Instrucción No. 5, which
investigates the most important criminal cases in Spain, including
terrorism, organised crime and money laundering. In 1993/4 he was
briefly a minister in the socialist government. Garzón came to
international attention on 10 October 1998 when he issued an
international warrant for the arrest of former Chilean president,
general Augusto Pinochet for the alleged deaths and torture of Spanish
citizens. Garzón was indicted in April 2010 for exceeding his authority
when investigating crimes committed by the Franco regime that were
included in an amnesty, and suspended on 14 May 2010, pending trial. He
has been given permission to work at the International Criminal Court in
The Hague for 7 months from May 2010.
