FILE PHOTO: Dismissed Catalan politicians Toni Comin (L), Lluis Puig (C) and Meritxell Serret (R) attend a protest in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, February 12, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Two Catalan leaders sought by Spain for their involvement in a failed independence bid have been formally arrested in Belgium but then released pending an extradition hearing, Belgian federal prosecutors said in a statement on Friday.
Spain has reactivated European warrants for Lluis Puig and Toni Comin since nine other separatist leaders were given long prison sentences in Madrid last month for their role in an illegal referendum and declaration of independence for Catalonia in 2017.
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