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Catalan separatist leader Puigdemont returns to Spain, evades capture in chaotic scene

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Catalan police have launched an operation to find and arrest Carles Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia, who returned to Spain after seven years on the run. Puigdemont fled Spain in 2017 after a failed independence bid and had a pending arrest warrant against him. He made a dramatic return to Spain on Thursday, despite the warrant, and was seen leaving a rally in a car.

  1. ES
    Alberto Nunez Feijoo
    People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
    1. It's unforgivable to damage Spain's image like this.
  2. Bernard Smith
    Bundestag
    1. While an amnesty was passed by the Supreme Court in May for the leaders behind that referendum, Puigdemont and two others were not eligible, and that's why their arrest warrant still stands.
    2. It's the first time that Puigdemont has been spotted on Spanish soil since he left in 2017 just after he declared Catalan independence.

Catalan Independence Movement

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sources

  1. 1.France 24
  2. 2.Le Monde
  3. 3.CTV News
  4. 4.The Guardian
  5. 5.CNN
  6. 6.The Times
  7. 7.BBC
  8. 8.Al Jazeera
  9. 9.Agence France-Presse
  10. 10.Associated Press
  11. 11.El Pais
  12. 12.RAC1 radio

perspectives

  1. 1.Independence Movements
  2. 2.Spain under Pedro Sanchez
  3. 3.Spanish politics
  4. 4.Referendum
  5. 5.Catalan independence movement

countries

  1. 1.BelgiumBE
  2. 2.SpainES
  3. 3.FranceFR

organizations

  1. 1.Mossos d'Esquadra
  2. 2.Socialist PartyFR
  3. 3.Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya
  4. 4.JxCat
  5. 5.Spanish Supreme Court
  6. 6.Catalan Republican Left
  7. 7.Catalan Socialist Party
  8. 8.Catalunya en Comú
  9. 9.Jusapol
  10. 10.Policía Nacional
  11. 11.Politburo Standing Committee
  12. 12.Popular Party

persons

  1. 1.Carles Puigdemont
  2. 2.Salvador IllaES
  3. 3.Pedro SánchezES
  4. 4.Jordi Turull
  5. 5.Alberto Nunez FeijooES
  6. 6.Eduard Sallent
  7. 7.Pablo Llarena
  8. 8.Aleix Sarri
  9. 9.Alfonso Guerra
  10. 10.Ignacio Garriga
  11. 11.Nuria Pujol
  12. 12.Pere Aragonès

technicals

  1. 1.Basque Country
  2. 2.Operation Jaula
  3. 3.Passatge De Sant Benet
  4. 4.Generalitat
Catalan separatist leader Puigdemont returns to Spain, evades capture in chaotic scene