El magistrado del Tribunal Supremo que investiga los hechos relacionados con el procés, Pablo Llarena, ha dictado orden de detención internacional para la secretaria general de ERC, Marta Rovira, después de que esta no haya acudido a la citación judicial de este viernes y ha reactivado las órdenes de detención para el resto de huidos, entre los que se encuentra el ex presidente catalán Carles Puigdemont, han informado a Europa Press fuentes jurídicas.

El juez que instruye la causa del procés adopta esta medida tras haberlo solicitado la Fiscalía y la acusación popular que ejerce el partido Vox en la vistilla celebrada esta mañana.

La número dos de ERC estaba citada a las 10.30 horas junto con el ex candidato a la Presidencia de Cataluña Jordi Turull, la expresidenta del Parlamento catalán Carme Forcadell, y los tres ex consejeros Josep Rull, Raül Romeva y Dolors Bassa, para quienes el juez ha acordado su ingreso en prisión por riesgo de fuga y reiteración delictiva. No obstante, la dirigente independentista ha comunicado por carta su intención de no acudir y partir al "exilio".

Adopta esta medida igualmente para la exportavoz de la CUP en el Parlamento catalán, Anna Gabriel, quien no acudió a su citación judicial del pasado 21 de febrero huyendo a Suiza, país donde se encuentra en la actualidad y en el que no rigen las euroórdenes.

Por otro lado, el juez reactiva las euroórdenes y las órdenes de detención internacional que había dictado la Audiencia Nacional contra Puigdemont y sus exconsejeros Clara Ponsatí, Lluís Puig, Toni Comín y Meritxell Serret, que huyeron a Bélgica a finales del pasado mes de octubre.

Llarena las había desactivado poco después de asumir la causa por rebelión, sedición y malversación de caudales públicos, al considerar que existía riesgo de que fueran extraditados por delitos mucho menores.</s>Thirteen Catalan separatist politicians, including fugitive president Carles Puigdemont, have been charged with rebellion for their attempt to declare independence from Spain.

Supreme Court Judge Pablo Llarena issued the indictment on Friday, wrapping up a four-month long investigation into the events last autumn.

Rebellion charges are punishable with up to 30 years in prison under Spanish laws.

Also charged with rebellion are Catalan vice president Oriol Junqueras, former Catalan parliament speaker Carme Forcadell, separatist activists Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Cuixart and ERC party leader Marta Rovira, who on Friday announced that she was fleeing Spain.</s>Catalan's former leader, Carles Puigdemont, has been charged with rebellion for his attempt to declare independence from Spain.

Thirteen separatist politicians from the region have also been charged with the same and could face up to 30 years in prison under Spanish laws.

Supreme Court Judge Pablo Llarena issued the indictment on Friday, wrapping up a four-month long investigation into the events last autumn.

Catalan could face another regional election in two months after the separatist majority in its parliament failed to elect a president.

Puigdemont is currently living in self-imposed exile in Belgium and says the Spanish government has violated his rights to political freedom.

He faces arrest if he re-enters Spain.

Also charged with rebellion are Catalan vice president Oriol Junqueras, former Catalan parliament speaker Carme Forcadell, separatist activists Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Cuixart and ERC party leader Marta Rovira, who on Friday announced that she was fleeing Spain.</s>Apart from Puigdemont, the judge requested to order European arrest warrants for four former regional ministers Toni Comin, Meritxell Serret, Lluis Puig and Clara Ponsati, according to El Pais newspaper.

Earlier, Puigdemont said that he was ready for talks with the central government, and believed that his return would be evidence of the normalization of politics and democracy in Spain.</s>Finnish police said Saturday they were seeking to arrest Catalonia’s former president Carles Puigdemont under a European arrest warrant issued by Spain, but did not know his whereabouts.

Puigdemont, who lives in self-imposed exile in Belgium, has been visiting Finland since Thursday for talks with lawmakers and had been due to leave on Saturday afternoon.

It was not known if he was still in the Nordic country.

“Finland has received a European arrest warrant for a Spanish citizen visiting Finland. The person concerned will be handled in a normal extradition procedure,” Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said in a statement.

“The person’s whereabouts are not currently known to authorities,” the statement said.

Puigdemont is wanted by Spain on charges of “rebellion” and “sedition”.

Finnish police had earlier told AFP they were awaiting further information from Spanish authorities on the arrest warrant before acting on it.

“Spain provided the requested information to the National Bureau of Investigation,” the NBI said in its statement.

The Finnish MP who organised Puigdemont’s visit, Mikko Karna, told media he had not been in touch with him since Friday.

Puigdemont’s lawyer Jaume Alonso Cuevillas meanwhile told Catalunya Radio his client would not try to escape arrest.

“When the European arrest warrant was issued (a first time), he made himself available to the Belgian justice and police, and he would do the same thing now. I have not spoken to him yet but that is clear, yes.”

In Barcelona, the Catalan parliament suspended its debates on Saturday after regional presidential candidate Jordi Turull, who had been due to seek a second-round vote in the parliament, was placed in custody over the region’s breakaway bid.
Judge Llarena reactivates the European Arrest Warrants against Carles Puigdemont, Marta Rovira, and four fugitive ex-members of dismissed regional government.