Case Against Chavez Sent to U.N. Court

"Washington lost" MADRID -- A Spanish judge threw out a terrorism case against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez because he has immunity from Spanish prosecution, but the case was forwarded to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

A group of Spanish citizens brought the case against Chavez, alleging terrorism and crimes against humanity based on violence during a protest in Venezuela last April in which three Spaniards were injured and one died. The case also refers to injuries suffered by two Spaniards in Venezuela on Nov. 4. The allegations against Chavez were presented by lawyers acting for some of the families of at least 19 people who were shot dead during a large anti-government march April 11 that came close to the presidential palace in Caracas, the capital.