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Spanish police are still searching for Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont on Friday, a day after he managed to elude them after giving a speech in Barcelona following nearly seven years in exile. Puigdemont says he is “healthy, safe and above all free,” according to Lluis Llach, a Catalan singer-songwriter and head of the separatist civil movement ANC in a post on social media platform X. He said Puigdemont had asked him to convey this message but did not mention where he is or what he plans to do. Puigdemont’s lawyer, Gonzalo Boye, also commented on his client’s return, brief speech …

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