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Justicia de Bélgica suspende orden de España contra líder catalán Carles Puigdemont

Juez argumenta que el dirigente independentista cuenta con inmunidad al ser miembro del Parlamento Europeo

(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 29, 2019 former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont (C) walks with his legal team as he arrives at The Justice Palais in Brussels, ahead of a hearing on a new European arrest warrant. - A Belgian judge on January 2, 2020 suspended consideration of a Spanish warrant seeking the return of two Catalan separatist leaders to face trial, their lawyer said. Exiled former Catalan regional president Carles Puigdemont and his health minister Toni Comin were elected members of the European Parliament in May last year. As MEPs, European Court of Justice ruled last month, they enjoy immunity from prosecution. The Belgian magistrate charged with executing Spain's warrant now agrees. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP)
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 29, 2019 former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont (C) walks with his legal team as he arrives at The Justice Palais in Brussels, ahead of a hearing on a new European arrest warrant. - A Belgian judge on January 2, 2020 suspended consideration of a Spanish warrant seeking the return of two Catalan separatist leaders to face trial, their lawyer said. Exiled former Catalan regional president Carles Puigdemont and his health minister Toni Comin were elected members of the European Parliament in May last year. As MEPs, European Court of Justice ruled last month, they enjoy immunity from prosecution. The Belgian magistrate charged with executing Spain's warrant now agrees. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP) JOHN THYS
El expresidente catalán Carles Puigdemont llega al Palacio de Justicia de Bruselas, antes de una audiencia sobre una nueva orden de arresto europea. Foto: AFP (JOHN THYS/AFP)

Bruselas. Un juez belga decidió suspender la orden de detención europea contra el líder independentista catalán Carles Puigdemont emitida por la Justicia española al considerar que tiene inmunidad parlamentaria, anunció este jueves su abogado.

El letrado Simon Bekaert explicó que la medida también beneficia a Toni Comín, otro independentista que huyó a Bélgica en el 2017 tras el intento fallido de secesión de Cataluña y elegido también eurodiputado en mayo pasado.

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