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Spain court orders arrest of self-exiled Catalan separatist

By AFP
February 22, 2018

MADRID: A Spanish court on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant valid only in Spain for a former Catalan MP who is in self-imposed exile in Switzerland to avoid jail while she is investigated over her role in the region’s secession drive. The Supreme Court “ordered the arrest” of Anna Gabriel, who failed to turn up on Wednesday before a judge for questioning, it said in its ruling. The arrest warrant applies only “nationally”, a court spokesman told AFP. Public prosecutors had asked the court to issue an arrest warrant for Gabriel and ask Swiss authorities to extradite her.