# Catalan separatist leader Puigdemont set to return after arrest warrant lifted

https://mins.news/en/item/88536

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-06 18:58 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/6/catalan-separatist-leader-puigdemont-to-return-home-after-warrant-lifted?traffic_source=rss

> Spain’s Constitutional Court ruled that an amnesty law for Catalan separatists covers embezzlement charges against Carles Puigdemont. A Supreme Court judge then lifted his arrest warrant, clearing the way for his return from Belgium after he fled Spain following the 2017 independence referendum.

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