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The Latest: Absent Catalan ex-president reacts to jailings

By Associated Press November 2 at 3:30 PM

MADRID — The Latest on the Spain-Catalonia political crisis (all times local):

8:10 p.m.

The ousted president of Catalonia has reacted to the jailing of nine members of his former Cabinet, posting on Twitter that “the legitimate government of Catalonia has been jailed for its ideas.”

Carles Puigdemont, the leader of the separatist government that Spanish authorities removed from office last week, was in Belgium on Thursday when a judge in Madrid jailed his colleagues.

He and four regional ministers ignored a summons to appear in court for questioning in a rebellion investigation stemming from Catalonia’s declaration of independence. The nine officials who were jailed complied.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/the-latest-lawyer-says-catalan-leader-wouldnt-fight-arrest/2017/11/02/644b12fa-bff4-11e7-9294-705f80164f6e_story.html?utm_term=.5dc51fc10d82