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Spain: Catalan independence leader Carles Puigdemont arrested in Italy

2021-09-24T12:33:05.068Z

Exiled in Belgium since the 2017 secession attempt in order to escape prosecution by Spanish justice, Carles Puigdemont had not benefited from the pardon granted to the nine separatists imprisoned in Spain.

The pro-independence MEP and ex-Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, in exile in Belgium since 2017 after the attempted secession of Catalonia the same year, was arrested Thursday, September 23 in Italy, his lawyer announced.

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President Puigdemont was arrested on his arrival in Sardinia, where he was going as an MEP,

" said his lawyer Gonzalo Boye on Twitter, explaining that his arrest had taken place on the basis of an arrest warrant European dated October 14, 2019.

Source: lefigaro

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Spain: Catalan independence leader Carles Puigdemont arrested in Italy

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