Carles Puigdemont, the former Catalan President, made a surpise appearance at a rally in front of the region’s parliament in Barcelona on Thursday.
The separatist leader has an arrest warrant in his name and has been living outside Spain since the illegal independence referendum of 2017.
He told his ecstatic supporters not to give up on their dreams of an independent Catalonia before disappearing into the crowds.
Police have launched a massive manhunt in an attempt to capture the political fugitive.
Check points have been set up on roads leading to the French border, where it is believed he is heading.
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