MADRID (AP) — The Spanish judge famous for pursuing human rights crimes across borders said his conscience is clear as his trial for probing right-wing atrocities during his own country's civil war came to a close Wednesday.
Judge Baltasar Garzon made his comments in his final statement to a seven-judge panel at the Supreme Court.
Garzon, 56, said he launched his 2008 investigation of right-wing killings and disappearances of more than 100,000 civilians in Spain's 1936-39 war because he felt victims had been neglected.
The conflict pitted leftist government, or Republican, forces against rebellious right-wing troops and militia led by Gen. Francisco Franco, who …
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