Opponents of the former imprisonment of Catalonia leaders blocked the highway linking Spain with France today.

A police spokesman said the tsunami movement pro-independence movement for Catalonia encouraged people to focus on the La Jonquera area and use their car or other obstacles to block. AP-7 border highway between Spain and France.

Protest groups on November 8 announced they would start marching and blocking the road from today until November 13. According to media firm Naciodigital, hundreds of people blocked the border highway in La Jonquera today.

The protests erupted after the Spanish Supreme Court sentenced nine to 13 years in prison with nine former Catalonia government members demanding secession at the end of 2017 on charges of instigating rebellion and misusing the public funds. . The former Catalonia Deputy Deputy Premier Oriol Junqueras received a maximum sentence of 13 years, while the rest were sentenced to 9-12 years.

The court also issued an arrest warrant for all of Europe with former Catalonian premier Carles Puigdemont, the leader of the separatist movement and living in exile in Belgium.

Catalonia in October 2017 solicited a referendum on Spain, which was considered unconstitutional by Madrid. After the Catalonia parliament passed a resolution declaring independence, the Spanish central government dissolved the government of the former Premier Puigdemont, suspending Catalonia's autonomy to hold regional elections.