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| Spanish justice minister resigns | Spanish justice minister resigns |
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| Spain's justice minister has announced his resignation after being criticised for going on a hunting trip with a prominent investigative judge. | Spain's justice minister has announced his resignation after being criticised for going on a hunting trip with a prominent investigative judge. |
| Mariano Fernandez Bermejo was accused of interfering in a probe by Judge Baltasar Garzon into alleged corruption in the opposition Popular Party. | Mariano Fernandez Bermejo was accused of interfering in a probe by Judge Baltasar Garzon into alleged corruption in the opposition Popular Party. |
| Mr Fernandez Bermejo has admitted it was "untimely" to go hunting with the judge during the investigation. | Mr Fernandez Bermejo has admitted it was "untimely" to go hunting with the judge during the investigation. |
| On Friday, Mr Garzon was taken to hospital following an anxiety attack. | On Friday, Mr Garzon was taken to hospital following an anxiety attack. |
| He is one of six investigating judges for Spain's National Court which, like many other European countries, operates an inquisitorial system, as opposed to the adversarial system used by the US and UK. | |
| Mr Garzon came to prominence in the late 1990s, when he campaigned for the extradition of former Chilean military ruler Augusto Pinochet, from London to Spain for human rights abuses. |