Spanish judge shelves landmark case of Franco-era torture victim

Julio Pacheco says he will appeal against the ‘devastating’ decision to abandon the first such investigation in SpainHopes of securing justice for people tortured under the four-decade Franco dictatorship in Spain have suffered a major setback after a judge in Madrid shelved a landmark investigation into a teenager tortured by police three months before the dictator’s death.Julio Pacheco was a 19-year-old student and anti-Franco activist when he was arrested in August 1975 on suspicion of involvement in the murder of a police officer. He was taken to the infamous headquarters of the Directorate-General for Security in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol, where secret police officers tortured him for seven days before he was imprisoned for “terrorism”. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/10/spanish-judge-shelves-landmark-case-of-franco-era-torture-victim-julio-pacheco

Author : Sam Jones in Madrid

Publish date : 2024-09-10 16:27:49

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