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Spanish intelligence did not warn of the Ceuta crisis, according to the government

Spokesman Elma Sainz denied there was a CNI report.

FOTODELDÍA - CEUTA, 31/07/2026.- Un gran número de inmigrantes regresan a pie a su país de origen (Marruecos), este viernes. El número de cadáveres encontrados en las últimas horas en la costa de la ciudad española de Ceuta tras la entrada masiva de personas procedentes de Marruecos asciende ya a 43, informaron a EFE fuentes policiales. Las fuerzas de seguridad y los servicios de emergencia siguen localizando algunos cuerpos de las miles de personas, sobre todo marroquíes y argelinos, que se lanzaron al mar desde las costas marroquíes de Castillejos para intentar alcanzar la costa ceutí a nado en los últimos días; y no se descarta que la cifra continúe aumentando. EFE/Reduan Dris

The Spanish Government has said that there have been no reports from the National Intelligence Centre (CNI) warning of the magnitude of the crisis in Ceuta. More than 60,000 people crossed the border from Morocco in a short time.

In the face of the severity of the crisis, PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo has questioned whether the Spanish intelligence services did not have any information. "I do not believe that a mass of 60,000 or 70,000 people went unnoticed," he said.

In this regard, government spokeswoman Elma Saiz denied in an interview at TVE that the CNI had issued a report.

On the other hand, the Minister of Defence, Margarita Robles, has not responded directly to questions from the media during an official visit to the Zaragoza air base, where she stressed that CNI professionals, the Armed Forces Intelligence Centre (CIFAS) and the intelligence services of the National Police and the Civil Guard are doing "extraordinary work", so she did not wish to enter into the debate on her actions.

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