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| Fugitive former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont has been arrested in Germany. | |
| The exiled politician was detained on a European Arrest Warrant by German police on Sunday while attempting to cross the border into Denmark. | |
| His solicitor, Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas said on Twitter Mr Puigdemont had been intending to travel back to Belgium, where he had been staying since fleeing Spain in October. | |
| "President Carles Puigdemont was held in Germany when he crossed the border from Denmark, on his way to Belgium from Finland," the lawyer said. | |
| "The treatment has been correct at all times. By now he is at a police station and his legal defence is already activated. | |
| "The president was going to Belgium to put himself, as always, at the disposal of Belgian justice." | |
| The politician has been living in exile following a failed bid by his regional Catalan government to declare independence from Spain. | |
| A Spanish Supreme Court judge reactivated an international arrest warrant for Mr Puigdemont on Friday when he was visiting Finland. | |
| He had evaded capture and slipped out of the country after it became clear Finnish authorities intended to act on the warrant and launch an extradition process to Spain. | |
| Mr Puigdemont could face up to 25 years in prison if he returns to Spain on charges of rebellion and sedition for organising the illegal referendum in Catalonia that led to the region's unilateral declaration of independence in October. | |
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