Direct to... Madrid and What the CNI Did Warn the Government About the Ceuta Crisis
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For weeks, the government claimed that no one had warned of what was going to happen in Ceuta. It can no longer sustain it. Documents declassified by the executive, CNI messages, police reports and statements known over the last few days show that prior to July 30 there were warnings about the increase in immigration pressure and, finally, about concrete appeals to attempt coordinated entrances by sea and by the fence.Read more
On the crochet blanket that the government has been crafting in these more than 40 days of crisis in Ceuta to tuck in front of criticism for its inaction or delay in acting,...
The declassified documents reveal the concern of the intelligence services at the increase in swimming entries in Ceuta and Melilla.
The information services of the Spanish National Police and the Spanish Civil Guard have detected an increase in messages on social networks calling for a new mass entry in Ceuta on 20 September.
The agency maintains that intelligence messages only alerted to social media movements and did not estimate how many people could mobilize or if the call would materialize.
Reports declassified by the Government of Spain indicate that the National Intelligence Center (CNI) warned on July 29 that there were Facebook groups with more than 180,000 followers talking about a massive crossing of migrants from Morocco to Ceuta the next day. However, the institution did not foresee the real magnitude and nature of the massive influx that occurred on July 30 and 31. Report by our correspondent, Marina Colorado.
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