Many Spanish judges and investigators say countries should be free to pursue suspects beyond their borders.

In 2008, a Spanish judge opened an investigation into Lorca's death.

No Spanish judge has ever faced three simultaneous supreme court cases before.

But after the commission came up with its evidence, senior Government officials lobbied hard against any congressional transfer of documents to the Spanish judge.

The party plans to appeal a three-year ban imposed this week by a Spanish judge.

And so a Spanish judge is dragging Google into court to explain themselves.

A number of countries around the world have reason to be grateful for the unstinting efforts of a Spanish judge who finds himself on trial.

Today, through the action of Spanish and British judges, this long impunity may be contested.

Hundreds of documents were seized, and a Spanish judge froze bank accounts holding $900,000 while an investigation continues.