Catalan Separatist Leader Heads For Belgium After Evading Arrest in Spain

Carles Puigdemont was on his way back to Waterloo, where he has lived in self-imposed exile since a failed bid for independence seven years ago. Catalonian separatist leader Carles Puigdemont was bound for Belgium on Friday, having evaded Spanish police after speaking at a rally in Barcelona despite a warrant out for his arrest. Jordi Turull, general secretary of the pro-Catalan independence party Junts per Catalunya (Junts), which means “Together for Catalonia,” told RAC1 radio that he didn’t know whether Puigdemont had yet reached Waterloo, where he has lived in...