Police in Spain are searching for Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont after he returned to Barcelona, ending seven years in exile despite a pending warrant for his arrest. Puigdemont spoke at a rally in Barcelona earlier today.

Carles Puigdemont: “Over the years, they persecuted us for listening to the voice of the people of Catalonia, years where there was a harsh repression, from prison to exile, that affected the lives of thousands of people for being pro-independence, sometimes for the mere fact of speaking Catalan, making being Catalan something suspicious.”

Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont disappeared just after he spoke in Barcelona, prompting a massive police search. Roadblocks have been set up, and the police are searching cars in the area.