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Catalan separatists hid and smuggled ballot boxes for independence referendum

By ​Joseph Wilson and Aritz Parra

Joseph Wilson, freelancer, and Aritz Parra, chief correspondent, Madrid, for piecing together how activists managed to hide thousands of ballot boxes from Spanish authorities and hold a referendum on secession. http://cnb.cx/2yZ8xt0

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OCT. 13, 2017

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