A Spanish judge on Thursday jailed Catalonia's top lawmaker, Carme Forcadell, setting her bail at 150,000 euros ($175,000) and ordering her passport to be confiscated as a rebellion investigation continues, The Associated Press reports.
Forcadell is the speaker of the regional parliament where separatist lawmakers passed a declaration to proclaim a new Catalan republic on October 27, disregarding Constitutional Court warnings that such a move was illegal.
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