Incidents in Barcelona: fires near the seat of the government and reaction of the police

Protesters of Catalan Independence they clashed with the police on Tuesday for the second consecutive day. He is in the midst of protests denouncing the condemnation of several of his leaders to heavy prison sentences handed down by the Spanish Supreme Court. At nightfall, the separatist associations called to walk with candles in front of the Spanish government delegations in the main Catalan cities which, Barcelona, have collected 40,000 peopleaccording to the municipal police.

Troops loaded against a few hundred people, including many young people with a covered face thrown bottles, firecrackers, flares and even campfires in front of the security cordon mounted near the building.

On local television, they also showed police repression during the protest that took place in Tarragona, 100 km to the southwest. They had previously interrupted railways and numerous itineraries, among them the AP-7 motorway that connects Spain to France and the A-2 motorway between Barcelona and Madrid.

"The mobilization is unstoppableJavier Martínez, a 60-year-old bank employee who was attending the demonstration in Barcelona, ​​said: "It will continue," he added. a referendum but for that we must be in the street, so that it can happen, "said Gemma Gelpí, another protester.

On Monday, the mysterious association "Democratic Tsunami" had called paralyze the airport of Barcelona. Wanting to emulate the Democrat demonstrators in Hong Kong, about 10,000 people, according to the Spanish government, were approached by car, on public transport or on foot to block access to the terminal late at night.

For hours, they faced police guarding the airport, which charged and rubber bullets and foam drawn. More than 100 flights have been canceled. Many travelers could not arrive and hundreds were stranded in the terminal all night, according to the airport manager. The effects lasted until Tuesday, with 45 other flights suspended.

115 people were treated with injuries at the airport, including a protester who lost an eye because of a "compatible" injury with a rubber bullet. "The condemnations of what they do open a new political cycle," regional parliament speaker Roger Torrent, a pro-independence activist, told reporters. AFP.

After four months of trial and four other deliberations, Supreme Court justices have decreed prison terms between 9 and 13 years for nine people involved in the secession attempt of October 2017. The worst was taken by the former number two separatist government, Oriol Junqueras, sentenced to 13 years in prison for sedition and embezzlement.

Three former councilors (regional ministers) received 12 years; two other former councilors, 10 and a half years; the former president of the regional parliament, 11 years and a half, and two leaders of separatist activism, nine years old. In addition, after the conviction, the prosecution issued a new arrest warrant for sedition and embezzlement based on the same crimes against former regional president Carles Puigdemont, who had fled to Belgium.

The Supreme Court ruled that the illegal referendum of 1 October 2017 and subsequent declaration of independence they assumed an uprising prevent the enforcement of judicial decisions and the law. In anticipation of the legislative elections of November 10, the socialist government of Pedro Sánchez has shown firmness to the separatists.

The sentences will be fully enforced, said Sanchez, while his home secretary, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, ruled out "forgiveness".