Brussels prosecutors say that ousted Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and four former ministers have been taken into custody to start the process of their possible extradition to Spain. A spokesman for the Brussels prosecutor's office, Gilles Dejemeppe, says the five presented themselves to federal police and have been in custody since 9 a.m. (12 a.m. EST). He said that they have not been arrested and that Puigdemont and the four ex-ministers will be heard by an investigative judge Sunday afternoon. The judge will have to decide what the next steps are within 24 hours. Federal prosecutors in Belgium had said on Saturday that they were studying the warrants and that they had shared them with city counterparts in Brussels.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 05, 2017 13:41 UTC