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Spain Drops Probe Into Franco Crimes

But plan to dig up mass graves may still go ahead

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 19, 2008 8:48 AM CST

(Newser) – One of Spain's leading judges terminated an inquiry into atrocities committed during the 1936-1939 civil war and the ensuing dictatorship, ending the country's first criminal investigation into Francisco Franco's regime. The judge dropped the case after government prosecutors questioned his jurisdiction over what the suit...   Read full story »

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