After the House of Lords ruling, Spanish magistrate Baltasar Garzon added a total of 60 cases of torture occurring after December 8, 1988. Given the Lords' elimination of the vast majority of individual acts of torture, the conspiracy charge assumes a central role in the prosecution. As a whole, the picture which is presented is of a conspiracy to commit widespread and systematic torture and murder in order to obtain control of the government and, having done so, to maintain control of government by those means for as long as might be necessary. In addition, the CPS must present authenticated copies of the relevant Spanish warrants and decrees and their translations as well as information establishing General Pinochet's identity. The CPS needs only to establish that the formalities of extradition have been complied with.
European countries have a special arrangement, however.
Under the European Convention on Extradition there is no evidentiary burden - only the formalities must be presented. The opportunities for General Pinochet at this stage are very narrow, given the rules of the European Convention on Extradition. His lawyers may argue that the allegations do not amount to extraditable offences under Spanish law or under English law. They may argue that because the post-1988 cases do not involve Spanish victims, Spain has no jurisdiction. They might assert that the CPS cannot now add new acts of torture to the charges.