A Spanish judge on Tuesday withdrew international arrest warrants for ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and four members of his former Cabinet who have been fighting extradition from Belgium. But Puigdemont's Belgian lawyer, Paul Bekaert, said that the Catalan separatist leader wasn't planning an immediate return. "The restrictions that were set up by the Brussels investigating judge are no longer in effect. The Belgian judge could have chosen to rule against the Spanish request or agreed to send the five back as requested, or reduced the number of crimes that Spain could try them for. That possibility was mentioned by the Supreme Court judge in a nine-page document issued on Tuesday to withdraw the warrants.

Source: ABC News December 05, 2017 10:29 UTC