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As many in Chile breathe a collective sigh of relief as the country assimilates the death of ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet, the Spanish judge who fought so hard to prosecute him in life says the struggle to get him found guilty for atrocities committed during his regime must go on. Judge Baltasar Garzón, known throughout the world for his work to extradite Pinochet to Spain to face charges that he murdered Spanish citizens, as well as other high-profile cases (including his attempt to investigate Henry Kissinger in relation to Operation Condor), says justice was too slow:

Garzón lamented that the dictator died without having been judged “because of the slowness of justice,” and at the same time recommended that trials must be carried out to the end. For the judge, “the trials in Chile must continue.

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