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Baltasar Garzón
Spanish judge
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- Baltasar Garzón Real
- Born:
- October 26, 1955, Torres, Spain (age 69)
Baltasar Garzón (born October 26, 1955, Torres, Spain) is a Spanish judge famous for his high-profile investigations into crimes against humanity. Garzón, the second of five children in a middle-class family, grew up in Andalusia in southern Spain. Raised a Roman Catholic, he attended a seminary for several years before abandoning religious studies and turning his focus toward law. After earning a law degree from the University of Sevilla in 1979, he began his judicial career at a local court in Huelva provincia (province) in 1981. In 1983 he became a magistrate. He served on a court in Almería provincia ...(100 of 599 words)