Spain’s top court upholds arrest warrants for Catalan separatists despite amnesty

Spain’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld arrest warrants for Catalonia’s former leader and others charged with embezzlement over the region’s failed secession bid, as it ruled that a recent amnesty law does not apply to them.

The decision, which can be appealed, could scupper the fragile Socialist-led coalition ruling Spain and have personal implications for ex-Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, who is living in France in self-imposed exile.