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Catalan separatist Puigdemont evades capture on chaotic return to Spain
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8/8/2024
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Spanish police set up roadblocks outside Barcelona in an effort to catch Catalonia's most wanted
00:07
man.
00:08
Earlier Thursday, Carles Puigdemont appeared at a rally in Barcelona for the first time
00:14
in seven years of self-imposed exile.
00:18
There, the Catalan separatists delivered a short speech, cheered on by thousands of supporters
00:25
calling for independence.
00:29
Despite their efforts, despite wanting to hurt us deeply, despite us having seen their
00:36
repressive face, today we've come here to remind them that we are still here.
00:45
We are still here.
00:47
And we're still here because we don't have the right to give up.
00:54
Moments later, Carles Puigdemont walked off stage and promptly disappeared, allegedly
01:00
with the help of a local police officer and under the noses of the 300-strong police force
01:06
that had gathered near the Catalan parliament to arrest him.
01:10
The former Catalan leader has spent the last few years on the run in Belgium and France
01:15
after the Spanish courts declared Catalonia's 2017 independence referendum illegal.
01:21
The Spanish parliament passed an amnesty law in May, pardoning those involved in the
01:25
failed secession bid, but the Supreme Court upheld an arrest warrant for Puigdemont for
01:30
embezzlement related to the vote.
01:34
The Catalan leader staged his comeback on the day that Catalonia's parliament is due
01:38
to swear in a new president.
01:40
After Puigdemont's party sank to its lowest position in May elections, a coalition agreement
01:46
is set to bring the socialist Salvador Illa to power, to Puigdemont's dismay.
01:51
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