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Catalan independence leader and former President Carles Puigdemont addresses supporters after his arrival near the Catalan parliament to attend the investiture debate in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday Aug. 8, 2024. Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who left Spain after organizing an independence referendum in the Spanish northeastern region seven years ago, announced that he plans to return home on Thursday despite the likelihood of being arrested on his return. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)

Ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont, a fugitive since 2017, returns to Spain. But then he vanishes again

By Renata Brito and Barry Hatton - Associated Press

FILE - Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont speaks at a press conference in Alghero, Italy, Oct. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Gloria Calvi, File)

Fugitive ex-Catalan leader plans return to Spain despite threat of arrest over failed secession bid

By Renata Brito and Barry Hatton - Associated Press

FILE - Demonstrators protest against Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and a potential amnesty law outside the European Parliament, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023 in Strasbourg, eastern France. Spain's lower house of Parliament is Tuesday to debate and likely approve an enormously controversial amnesty law that aims to sweep away the legal troubles of hundreds of people, involved in Catalonia's unsuccessful 2017 independence bid. A key question is whether a Catalan separatist party manages to include clauses that cover terrorism that will guarantee protection for fugitive leader Carles Puigdemont. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)

Spain’s lawmakers are to vote on a hugely divisive amnesty law for Catalan separatists

By Ciarán Giles - Associated Press

Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont speaks at a press conference in Alghero, Sardinia, on Oct. 4, 2021. Spain's Socialist Party has struck a deal with a fringe Catalan separatist party to grant an amnesty for potentially thousands of people involved in the region's failed secession bid in exchange for its key backing of acting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to form a new government. Socialist lawmaker and party official Santos Cerdán announced the deal on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, in Brussels. (AP Photo/Gloria Calvi, File)

Spain’s Socialists to grant amnesty to Catalan separatists in exchange for support of new government

By Ciarán Giles and Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

FILE - Demonstrators hold a poster of former Catalan regional president Carles Puigdemont outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on July 2, 2019. Nearly six years ago, the leader of Catalonia's failed secession bid slipped secretly across the Spanish border to escape arrest and start a life of a self-styled political exile. Now, Carles Puigdemont, after eluding repeated extradition attempts by Spanish justice, has the future of Spain’s government in his hands. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)

A fugitive Catalan separatist may hold the key to Spain’s government after an inconclusive election

By Joseph Wilson and David Brunat - Associated Press

In this Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, file photo, Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont reacts during a press conference at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)

EU lawmakers to vote on fate of former Catalan president

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Catalonia's former regional president Carles Puigdemont, center, shows his accreditation badge as he stands next to former Catalan regional minister Antoni Comin outside the European Parliament in Brussels, Friday, Dec. 20, 2019. In a potentially stinging reversal for Spanish justice authorities, the European Union's top court ruled that a former Catalan official serving a prison sentence for his role in a banned independence referendum two years ago had the right to parliamentary immunity when he was on trial. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Belgian judge suspends warrant for Catalonia’s Puigdemont

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Catalonia's former regional president Carles Puigdemont, left, and former Catalan regional minister Antoni Comin take a selfie overlooking the plenary chamber at the European Parliament in Brussels, Friday, Dec. 20, 2019. In a potentially stinging reversal for Spanish justice authorities, the European Union's top court ruled that a former Catalan official serving a prison sentence for his role in a banned independence referendum two years ago had the right to parliamentary immunity when he was on trial. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Spanish prosecutor seeks to maintain warrant for Puigdemont

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Fugitive Catalan politicians surrender to Belgian police

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Supreme Court judge Manuel Marchena, centre, arrives at the court in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. Spain's Supreme Court is set to rule on a rebellion and sedition trial against a dozen Catalan politicians and activists who were key protagonists in Catalonia's Oct. 1, 2017, independence referendum. (AP Photo/Paul White)

The Latest: 37 injured, 108 flights canceled in Barcelona

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People react at the Esquerra Republicana of Catalonia party headquarters in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, May 26, 2019. Former Catalan regional president Carles Puigdemont, his ex-No. 2 Oriol Junqueras and former Catalan Cabinet member Toni Comín all won seats for separatist parties in Sunday's EU vote. That's according to provisional results released by Spain's Interior Ministry with 85% of the votes counted.(AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Future uncertain for Catalan separatists elected in Europe

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, former regional Catalan President Carles Puigdemont speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at Puigdemont's resident in Waterloo, near Brussels, after he fled from Spain to avoid arrest following Catalonia’s failed secession bid in 2017. Puigdemont says that Spain will be seeking “vengeance” instead of justice when 12 of his separatist allies stand trial next week. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

AP Interview: Puigdemont says Catalan trial ‘vengeance’

By RENATA BRITO and JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 18, 2018 file photo, former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont attends a meeting with lawmakers of his party, Junts per Catalunya (Together for Catalonia), in Berlin, Germany. A Spanish Supreme Court judge has dropped his extradition requests for six Catalan separatist politicians wanted on rebellion charges. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn,file)

Ex-Catalan chief Puigdemont returns to Belgium from Germany

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Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, center, waits for the beginning of a news conference in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, July 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Catalan separatist Puigdemont to return to Belgium Saturday

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 15, 2018 file photo former Catalan leader, Carles Puigdemont, addresses the media during a news conference in Berlin, Germany. A Spanish Supreme Court judge has dropped his extradition requests for six Catalan separatist politicians wanted on rebellion charges. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

Germany formally closes Puigdemont extradition case

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In this March 18, 2018, file photo Catalan's fugitive ex-president Carles Puigdemont, takes part in a panel titled "Self-Determination," at the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights, in Geneva, Switzerland.(Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, file)

Carles Puigdemont, Catalonia’s former president, to be brought before judge in Germany

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Spanish prosecutors eye Swiss arrest of Catalan fugitive

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

The Latest: Prosecutors seek Swiss arrest of Puigdemont

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Ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, left, arrives in Copenhagen on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. The fugitive former leader of Catalonia has arrived in Denmark, despite threats from Spain to seek his immediate arrest there. Puigdemont is being investigated by Spain over a unilateral declaration of independence by Catalonia's parliament on Oct. 27. (Tariq Mikkel Khan/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Carles Puigdemont, fugitive, in Denmark; Spain seeks arrest warrant

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont fled to Belgium in November to escape arrest when Spain imposed direct rule on Catalonia in response to a declaration of independence by its regional government. (Associated Press/File)

Carles Puigdemont, Spain separatist leader, wants to rule Catalonia by Skype

By Martin Arostegui - Special to The Washington Times