Spain s Attorney General dies in Buenos Aires

Madrid Nov 19 (IANS) Spain s Attorney General Jose Manuel Maza Martin died at a clinic in Buenos Aires where he was being treated for a kidney infection Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy confirmed.

"The Director of Public Prosecutions Jose Manuel Maza Martin has died. My recognition and thanks for a life of work in the service of the state. My deepest condolences to his family friends and colleagues. Rest in Peace. MR " Rajoy tweeted confirming his death.

The 66-year-old died of a suspected kidney infection in a clinic where he had been taken after feeling ill during the Assembly of Iberian-American Public Ministers in the Argentinean capital Xinhua news agency reported.

Maza who suffered from diabetes is the first Public Prosecutor to die in office.

--IANS
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