{"id":368461,"date":"2017-11-05T13:09:06","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T13:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=368461"},"modified":"2017-11-05T13:09:06","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T13:09:06","slug":"ex-catalan-leader-hands-himself-in-to-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/ex-catalan-leader-hands-himself-in-to-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Catalan leader hands himself in to police"},"content":{"rendered":"
Catalonia’s deposed leader Carles Puigdemont and several former advisers have turned themselves in to Belgian police, say reports.<\/p>\n
A Spanish judge issued an EU warrant for his arrest on Friday. Mr Puigdemont has said he will not return to Spain unless he is guaranteed a fair trial.<\/p>\n
Belgian prosecutors are due to hold a news conference on the case shortly.<\/p>\n
Mr Puigdemont fled to Belgium after Madrid imposed direct rule on Catalonia following an independence referendum.<\/p>\n
He and four associates are wanted on charges of rebellion, sedition, misuse of public funds, disobedience and breach of trust.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Catalonia’s deposed leader Carles Puigdemont and several former advisers have turned themselves in to Belgian police, say reports. A Spanish judge issued an EU warrant for his arrest on Friday. Mr Puigdemont has said he will not return to Spain unless he is guaranteed a fair trial. Belgian prosecutors are due to hold a news […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[2111,2112],"yoast_head":"\n