BREAKING: Spain’s National Court jails former Catalan ministers as crackdown continues

Oriol Junqueras and Ministers Turull, Rull, Romeva, Forn, Mundó, Bassa, Borràs.

A European arrest warrant for ousted President Carles Puigdemont has also been issued, according to Catalan newspaper La Vanguardia.

A Spanish judge said she had ordered eight Catalan leaders, including former rice-president Oriol Junqueras, to be remanded in custody pending an investigation into Catalonia’s independence push and a potential trial.

Another, Santi Vila, who stepped down from the Catalan cabinet before a unilateral declaration of independence last Friday and has since then been pushing for a negotiated solution with the government, was granted bail of €50,000.

More to follow…


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