Puigdemont returns to Catalonia after seven years and re-vanishes
- Carles Puigdemont has returned from exile to Catalonia after seven years. Before attending the inaugural session of Salvador Illa, he gave a brief address to thousands of people at the Arc de Triomphe in Barcelona. The police have an arrest warrant against Puigdemont, but it has not, according to the same source. The investiture session began without him, with the loss of the Puigdemont track and the search for his successor by the Mossos.
After seven years, Carles Puigdemont has come from exile to Catalonia to participate in the investiture of Salvador Illa as president of the Generalitat. Before going to the Parlament, he appeared at the Arc de Triomphe in Barcelona by thousands of people and gave a public speech. Puigdemont has criticized the "non-application" of the amnesty law in Catalonia.
The former president has disappeared after concluding his speech and addressing Parliament. The Mossos have ordered the closure of the exits of Barcelona for their search and capture, according to police sources. The inaugural session began at 10:00 hours, without the presence of Puigdemont.
Meanwhile, the Mossos have launched tear gas against the protesters concentrated at the entrance of the Ciutadella Park, in Barcelona, in Barcelona.
The Mossos have organized a large detention facility for the former president with police controls on all the entrances and exits of the city. This has led to heavy withholding in the city. The device has been suspended at noon, without Puigdemont being intercepted by the Catalan police.
According to several media reports, a mosso has been arrested for helping Puigdemont flee the police.
Walk from a train station, two friends and a hug. This hug will be frozen until the next meeting. I'll come home, he'll stay there. There, too, will be free the painful feeling that injustice wants us to catch. Jesús Rodríguez (Santa Coloma de Gramenet, 1974) is a journalist,... [+]
