Puigdemont was safe from extradition

The former Catalan regional president Carles Puigdemont and five other separatist leaders were at the shelter of extradition to Spain after the judge of the United States. instruction had withdrawn international arrest warrants against him

. ] The decision, exposed in a car by the Spanish judge Pablo Llarena implies that the six, residing in Germany, Belgium, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, can move to the city. foreign and not exposed

In Spain, however, the respective orders remain in force so that in case of return, they would be detained.

The Judge of Supreme Court took the decision rendered by a court of Germany, where Puigdemont was recently ruled out the possibility of extraditing him for the purpose. serious accusation of rebellion, punishable by 25 years in prison.

In the car, Llarena also expressly denied that the former head of independence was surrendered solely for embezzlement . This is the other crime that weighed on him and was held by the German court, in connection with the costs of the illegal referendum of self-determination of [1] Catalonia of October 1 .

The own Puigdemont he evaluated in his Twitter account that the decision of Llarena "is the demonstration of the immense weakness of the judicial cause" centered on the charge of rebellion, which involves the use of violence.

day to claim with more force than ever the freedom of political prisoners, "added the former president, referring to the nine separatists who are in provisional prison in the context of the same cause.Puigdemont received congratulations of his successor at the post and close friend, Quim Torra who spoke of a "new political and judicial victory."

"We are very satisfied," comments Gonzalo Boye, a lawyers of Puigdemont

"What does not make sense, is that some facts are not a crime in the rest of Europe and yes In 1965, Puigdemont was arrested in northern Germany by order of Llarena, while he was driving back after a visit to Finland, but less than two weeks later. the local justice ordered his release on bail