The Catalan Labyrinth

... the referendum. Fourteen high-ranking Catalan officials were detained. Spain’s Attorney General sent an order to supervisory agencies in major Catalan cities to prosecute mayors who supported the referendum (out of 948 mayors, over 700 favored the referendum, but they governed no more than 40% of Catalonia’s territory). Similar measures were applied to 19 leaders of the Catalan autonomy, in particular, to Carles Puigdemont, head of the Generalitat . The elections committee was dissolved and several voting stations were closed and sealed up. Offices of the Generalitat , enterprises and private houses were searched; ballot boxes and propaganda materials were confiscated. Courts, the Attorney General, ...