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Something was definitely up on this particular day, because units from both the Guàrdia Urbana and the Mossos d'Esquadra (the regional Catalonian Police) were patrolling the heart of the city. As daylight began to fade it seemed there was a patrol on every block. A helo was up and I kept bumping into four dark and ominous looking high security vans with steel bars in front of the windows. At one point I got eye contact with one of the drivers, and I got a clear hint that it was not a good idea to point my camera at him.

This particular Renault Clio of the Barcelona Guàrdia Urbana was parked in a corner of Plaza Catalunya, just opposite to where the famous La Rambla street begins.