Connect to share and comment  Baltasar Garzon’s trial puts
spotlight on Spain’s years of war and dictatorship  BRUSSELS,
Belgium — Trial reopens wounds almost 40 years since death of
the Spanish dictator.  Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon goes on
trial  Liberal magistrate who had Chilean dictator Augusto
Pinochet arrested is now in the dock himself. Garzon
trialEnlarge Spanish prosecuting judge Baltasar Garzon puts on
his robes at the start of his trial today in Madrid (JAVIER
SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images)  To his supporters Baltasar Garzon is
a crusader for human rights, a man who truly speaks for the
dead, the man who successfully used European law to have the
British authorities arrest Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in
London.  To his detractors, the 56-year old prosecuting
magistrate is a meddlesome, liberal jurist who uses his
authority to bend the law and carry out vendettas against
political opponents.  Garzon was arrested and suspended from his
position almost two years ago on three separate charges. Toda