The police ordered the arrest Jordiego Turullawho served as a member of the Catalan parliament for many years. The politician, who has himself been accused of subversive activities, is to testify in the case the sudden return of Carles Puigdemont.
Turull, who is the Secretary General Junts per Catalunya (Together for Catalonia) coalition along with a Catalan police officer and a firefighter, he was supposed to help Puigdemont escape again after returning to Barcelona.
Spain. He escaped seven years ago. Suddenly he appeared in the capital
Carles Puigdemont, who for years was the leader of the separatist movement in Spainin 2017, after a failed attempt to gain independence, he was charged. Before he was arrested fled abroad. Recently he lived in Belgium.
He returned to Spain unexpectedly on Thursday morning. He came to Barcelona, although the charges have not been dropped and he still faces arrest.
Puigdemont arrived at the seat of the Catalan parliament, where they gathered supporters of the separation of Catalonia from the rest of the country.
– Long live free Catalonia. The right to self-determination belongs to the people, it is a collective right. Let's not be fooled, organizing a referendum is not and will never be a crime. Seven years ago, more than two million citizens voted – Puigdemont said.
Many expected him to appear in the building later parliamentbut he walked into the crowd and disappeared into thin air.
Mossos d'Esquadra, or the Catalan police, set up roadblocks departures from Barcelona. Officers are combing the entire city for the separatist and checking all suspicious cars.
Separatists seek independent Spain
It's known that Puigdemont was assisted by two Catalan policemen and a firefighter, who have already been detained. One of them was the owner of the car that drove to the parliament and took the separatist leader away.
Carles Puigdemont believes that Catalonia should be a separate state and has been fighting for this for years. In 2017, together with other separatists, he organized a referendum that the Spanish Constitutional Court considered illegal. The politician didn't mind and soon declared independence.
The separatist was finally put on trial charges, and then fled the country. There are reports in the media that she helped him with this. Russia.
According to the Madrid daily “El Debate” Moscow she was supposed to give him $10 million for “all expenses” after she fled the country. Additionally, in 2017 – just before the referendum – The Kremlin offered as much as USD 500 billion in guarantees in the event of the region's separation from Spain.
Source: BBC, Reuters, El País, AFP
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