(ANSA-AFP) - BARCELONA, SEPTEMBER 24 - The Catalan regional leader Pere Aragones has asked for the "immediate release" of his exiled predecessor Carles Puigdemont, arrested yesterday in Sardinia.
"We demand the immediate release of Carles Puigdemont," Aragones said at a press conference in Barcelona, explaining that he will travel to Sardinia to "stay close" to the former leader who led the failed attempt to secede Catalonia from Spain in October 2017. ANSA-AFP).