Puigdemont goes into hiding in Barcelona • Table.Briefings

Puigdemont has led the Catalan police around by the nose. After returning from almost seven years in exile, he gives a speech in the center of Barcelona and then disappears without a trace.

The Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has disappeared after returning to Spain from exile for the inauguration of Salvador Illa as regional president of Catalonia. However, the election took place without him.

After seven years abroad, Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has returned to Barcelona. Despite a large police presence, he was not arrested during a public speech in front of thousands of supporters in Barcelona on Thursday and has since gone into hiding. The 61-year-old announced that he wanted to revive efforts to achieve Catalonia’s independence from Spain.

Puigdemont goes into hiding in Barcelona – Illa elected regional president

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