Catalan police are working with the license plates of two vehicles that could have allowed the former president to escape. One of them could be the white car linked to the Mosso d’Esquadra they arrested for helping to facilitate the departure of the Junts leader.
The operation ‘cage’ to search for the former president of the Generalitat, Carles Puigdemont, has been disabled again by the Mossos d’Esquadra. It was activated on level 3 to find the former president of the Generalitat after his whereabouts were unknown, after repairs in Barcelona.
However, as reported by police sources, shortly before 2pm, the Mossos lifted the controls they had been carrying out since around 10am at various points on the Catalan road network, which had caused traffic delays, without being able to locate and arrest Puigdemont. After a while, and normality had been restored on the roads, the operation was reactivated, but around 6pm it was deactivated again.
However, the Mossos They will continue to carry out “sporadic checks”especially in the border area.
Catalan police are working with the license plates of two vehicles that could have allowed the former president to escape. One of them could be the white car linked to the Mosso d’Esquadra they arrested for helping to facilitate the departure of the Junts leader. Apparently, he fled, hiding in a car that was waiting for him behind the podium.
Despite the fact that both the Mossos d’Esquadra and the Ministry of the Interior do so deny any prior agreement With Puigdemont set for a discreet arrest, sources familiar with the police operation have indicated that they were working with the idea of arresting the former president after the event at the Arc de Triomphe once he was in Ciutadella Park, already away from the crowd and, therefore, not posing a security risk.
An arrest warrant still weighs on Puigdemont accused of embezzlement andIn the case of the ‘procés’ and the Mossos d’Esquadra, they have orders to arrest him.
In a short emergency response, JxCat has denounced “illegal detentions.” “Accompanying a deputy is not a crime,” said Junts per Catalunya spokesperson in parliament, Mónica Sales, who did not respond to questions about Puigdemont’s whereabouts.
Source: EITB
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