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Catalonia ex-leader Puigdemont returns to Spain despite arrest warrant

Carles Puigdemont returns to Spain after seven years of self-imposed exile despite a pending warrant for his arrest [Nacho Doce/Reuters]

Catalan secessionist leader Carles Puigdemont has returned to Spain after seven years of self-imposed exile and despite a pending warrant for his arrest.

He appeared before a throng of supporters in Barcelona on Thursday, pumping his fist as he climbed onto a stage surrounded by officials of his hardline party, Junts, at the Arc de Triomf monument located near the Catalan Parliament.

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