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Government declassifies reports on Ceuta and denies CNI alert
Documents from the CNI, police, and Civil Guard regarding the migration crisis in Ceuta will be declassified, but reports of a massive assault warning are denied.
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The Spanish government will declassify 40 documents related to the situation in Ceuta between July 1 and August 1 on Tuesday. These reports, which include data from the National Intelligence Centre (CNI), the police, and the Civil Guard, will not be available until Wednesday, following a similar procedure used for the declassification of documents concerning the 23-F events.
According to various sources, the documents will reveal internal communications regarding the migration crisis that occurred in Ceuta at the end of July, as well as the analysis conducted by intelligence services. However, officials from La Moncloa have stated that there is no evidence that the CNI warned of the massive arrival of migrants to the city, contradicting assertions made in certain previous reports.
It will also be revealed that the CNI had notified Moroccan authorities and other organizations about mass convocations on social media for an assault on the border, but the government insists that no alert regarding an imminent attack was issued. This contradiction has sparked a debate about the effectiveness of communications between the security agencies involved.
On the other hand, recent reports indicate that the Civil Guard had diagnosed a possible collusion of Moroccan authorities during the event, noting that they took no action to stop the flow of migrants approaching Ceuta. Specifically, there was mention of a warning that reinforcements at the border, which had been assured, never materialized.
The CNI also communicated alerts about attempts to swim across and assaults on the fence, with messages documenting a monitoring of social media. These messages were sent in the days leading up to the massive assault that occurred on July 30 and 31, raising questions about the response to the situation.
According to the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, the declassification of these documents aims to allow the Spanish population to better understand the events that occurred in Ceuta during the migration crisis.