Spain's Garzon cleared by Supreme Court

http://www.euronews.net/ The campaigning Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon has been cleared of illegally ordering an  investigation into mass murder by forces loyal to the former fascist dictator General Franco.

Spain's Supreme Court judges acquitted him in a six-to-one vote.

Garzon is internationally known for ordering the arrest of Chile's General Pinochet in 1998.

In a separate case earlier this month he was disbarred for 11 years for illegally recording defence lawyers' conversations with clients.

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