Dozens of protesters blocked a highway in Girona, Sunday, following the recent detention of former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont.
Hundreds of Catalans staged a mass protest in front of the sub-delegation of government of Girona, where they installed a banner reading ‘Liberty’. Reportedly, some scuffles erupted between car drivers and the protesters, as the pro-independence activists set fires on the AP-7 highway and impeded the traffic.
Puigdemont was detained while crossing the border between Denmark and Germany on Sunday, and was moved to Neumuenster correctional facility.
Puigdemont is facing up to 25 years in prison on charges of sedition, rebellion and misuse of public funds over his role in the push for the Catalan divorce from Spain.