Rather than arresting Carles Puigdemont, members of the Mossos helped him escape.Cesar Manso/AFP via Getty Images

Catalonia’s police under pressure after humiliation of Puigdemont escape – POLITICO

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MADRID — Carles Puigdemont humiliated Catalonia’s police force — and it may never recover.

The force, the Mossos d’Esquadra, has long been a prominent symbol of the region’s identity and self-governing powers. Some within its ranks support Puigdemont, the former regional president who fled to Belgium after the failed independence referendum of 2017.

Then came the events of August 8.