19 Nov, 2017 @ 18:13
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Spain’s attorney general in charge of prosecuting Catalan leaders dies suddenly

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SPAIN’S attorney general leading the prosecution of the separatist Catalan leaders has died.

Jose Manuel Maza, 66, died in a Buenos Aires hospital, shortly after saying he felt unwell.

His death has been confirmed by justice minister Rafael Catalá and has been attributed to a kidney infection.

The country has now lost its top prosecutor just as Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is working to get Spain’s judiciary to prosecute secessionist leaders for illegally declaring the region’s independence.

Maza began the prosecution of 20 Catalan politicians in October, including the region’s former leader, Carles Puigdemont.

Maza argued that they should stand trial for rebellion and sedition, as well as the misuse of public funds to organise an independence referendum.

If found guilty of rebellion, the separatist leaders could face up to 30 years in prison.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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