The protest comes as tensions spiked following the Catalan Parliament's vote Friday to declare unilateral independence. Opposition lawmakers boycotted the independence vote in the Catalan Parliament. Moises Santos, 37, said he feared the independence bid would cause problems for the Catalan people for years to come. At Sunday's rally, 37-year-old Moises Santos, who lives near Barcelona, said he saw the Catalan Parliament's vote Friday as invalid and blamed the independence agenda for dividing people in the region. Trapero's deputy, Ferrán Lopez, has been appointed to head the Catalan force in his place, under the authority of the Spanish Interior Ministry.

Source: CNN October 29, 2017 11:26 UTC