Catalan separatist leader Puigdemont set for Spain return after arrest warrant lifted

South China Morning Post Tuesday 06 October 2026, 13:02 UTC By Agence France-Presse 1 min read

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A Spanish judge on Tuesday lifted an arrest warrant for exiled former Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, paving the way for his return to Spain ahead of a general election in November. Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena made the move after Spain’s Constitutional Court backed extending a 2024 amnesty law to include the crime of embezzlement. The law was aimed at easing tensions in the wealthy northeastern region following its failed 2017 independence bid, Spain’s worst political...

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