Urgent: Spanish judge issues European arrest warrant for former Catalan leader

MADRID, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Spanish High Court Judge, Carmen Lamela, on Friday evening issued a European Arrest warrant for the sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and four former members of his cabinet who are currently in Belgium after failing to appear in court in Madrid on Thursday.

Lamela, who on Thursday sent nine former members of Puigdemont's government to prison on charges of rebellion, sedition and misuse of funds, added "disobedience" and "prevarication", to those charges for Puigdemont and other four members remaining in Brussels. Enditem