Plot to Kill Judge Reportedly Foiled
From Times Wire Reports
The armed Basque separatist group ETA planned to assassinate Spain’s most famous judge, but officials took preventive security measures after receiving a tip from a police informant, a newspaper reported. Judge Baltasar Garzon, best known for seeking to try former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet but who has also led judicial attempts to smash ETA, learned of the plot last week, El Pais said, citing police and court sources.
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