northeastern region had" changed a lot". Its secretary general, Jordi Turull, listed as factors influencing

Turull, rector at Sagrada Familia and the Barcelona archdiocese’s director for tourism, pilgrimage and

left) Oriol Junqueras, Raul Romeva, Joaquim Forn, Jordi Sanchez, Jordi Turull, Josep Rull, Jordi

Police were two metres( 6-1/ 2 feet) away when the car sped off, he said." It was an operation that failed in its objective of arresting Puigdemont, which can be defined as a mistake, but we weren't made to look like fools.... The Mossos did what they were asked to do," he said. Sallent earlier cast doubt on accounts that Puigdemont had left Spain and said the hunt for the Catalan leader continued." I do not rule out that this man is still in Barcelona," Sallent said.... " I have no objective

Puidgemont’s lawyer also told the radio station that he was no longer in Spain. The 61-year-old’s return to Spain represented a direct challenge to the country’s authorities and threatens to renew tensions.... He campaigned from France for the most recent regional election, in May.... But pro-independence parties lost their governing majority. Salvador Illa, a Socialist, got the nod as the next regional president as a result of a deal brokered with the more moderate of the pro-independence par