https://ceutafacts.org/en/ Documentary archive on the July 2026 invasion of Ceuta and its context. Facts, sources and open questions. Each entry links to its source. en Fri, 06 Nov 2026 08:54:44 GMT https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/loma-colmenar-20261030/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/loma-colmenar-20261030/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 08:54:44 GMT On 30 October El Faro de Ceuta wrote that the UPR intervened in a riot at the Loma Colmenar settlement. A guard was injured. Three people were detained: one Algerian and two Moroccans. The outlet speaks of hidden sticks and of a site with more than 1,500 people. No police note has been located. This is distinct from the dismantling next to Loma Margarita on 4 November. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/vacunas-20261030/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/vacunas-20261030/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 08:54:44 GMT On 30 October the councillor Nabila Benzina and the Ingesa territorial director, Jesús Lopera, announced that the City will buy 10,000 flu vaccines, and COVID vaccines for risk groups, for the reception spaces. Lopera gave 5,217 adults vaccinated by that Thursday, with percentages by centre, and said vaccination is voluntary. El Faro quotes Benzina: “Next week 10,000 vaccines for immigrants arrive.” https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/huce-lopera-20261030/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/huce-lopera-20261030/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 08:54:44 GMT On 30 October Jesús Lopera, Ingesa territorial director, denied that the HUCE had collapsed. He said occupancy did not exceed 50% and he ruled out a field hospital. He put reinforcement staff at 113 professionals: 87 in specialised care and 26 in primary care. It is the official version that El Faro attributes to him. It stays apart from the gatherings and complaints of health-worker groups. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/hazte-oir-20261030/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/hazte-oir-20261030/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 08:54:44 GMT El Faro de Ceuta wrote that Court of First Instance no. 6 admitted Hazte Oír’s complaint about attacks on soldiers and ordered proceedings: requests to the Police for reports and recordings. The outlet cites a 4 October order whose execution is directed by the 28 October resolution, and a ruling that gives the prosecution service two days on other requests. It is admission and proceedings, not a conviction. Hazte Oír is the complainant. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/supremo-archivo-20261104/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/supremo-archivo-20261104/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 08:54:44 GMT On 4 November the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court shelved a complaint by VOX and three complaints, from Manos Limpias and two private individuals, against Pedro Sánchez and the Council of Ministers over the mass entry. The CGPJ note records that the order does not have “elementos suficientes” to direct a proceeding now against the persons complained against and denounced. It does not declare definitive atypicality. If Judge Tardón later individualises indications, she may send a reasoned exposition. This is distinct from the ultra-urgent measures that the Supreme Court rejected on 27 October. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/principe-casa-20261104/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/principe-casa-20261104/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 08:54:44 GMT In the early hours of 4 November the Policía Nacional detained three people in a dwelling in Príncipe Alfonso. Interior’s note of 5 November sets 10 migrants located, four of them minors, transfer to the CATE, and a complaint of sexual assault under chemical submission. On 6 November El Faro wrote that the judicial authority sent the owner to pretrial prison and that the other two detainees were released. These are alleged facts. It is not a conviction. The “unos 500 euros al mes” that El Faro attributes to police estimates are not part of the Interior note. This is not the same as the Príncipe operations of 22 and 23 October. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/ong-menores-20261105/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/ong-menores-20261105/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 08:54:44 GMT On 5 November Fundación Raíces, Asociación Elín, No Name Kitchen, Mission Lifeline International and Plataforma de Infancia sent a report to the Fiscalía General del Estado and to Ceuta’s Fiscalía de Menores. They alert that more than 400 minors aged 13 to 17 have been in abandonment for more than 100 days. Between 150 and 200 are said to sleep outdoors. The rest, in houses, garages, doorways or storage rooms. They ask that a possible dereliction of duty with “relevancia penal” be assessed. It is an NGO complaint, not a fact proved by a judgment. The “más de 400” is the figure of those five organisations. The City has spoken of “400, 500”: that is another figure and it is not merged. It is not merged with the 3,600–3,650 under guardianship either. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/fiscal-tarrago-20261105/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/fiscal-tarrago-20261105/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 08:54:44 GMT On 5 November the chief prosecutor of Andalusia, Ceuta and Melilla, Ana Tárrago, described Ceuta’s situation as “tan grave” and “casi insostenible”. She said reinforcements were requested from 31 July and that three career prosecutors have already joined after an express contest of the Fiscalía General. El Faro attributes to her the “incorporación de tres fiscales a Ceuta”. It is an institutional statement attributed by that outlet. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/mandos-marroquies-20261105/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/mandos-marroquies-20261105/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 07:53:05 GMT On 5 November El Español wrote that the Comisaría General de Información sent Judge Tardón a report identifying two senior Moroccan police commanders in Fnideq-Castillejos on 30 July: Mohamed El Oualidi, police prefect of Tetuán, and Abdel Fattah El Sayed El Radi, general supervisor of M'diq-Fnideq. The text also writes Mohammed El Oualidi. One spelling is not chosen over the other. According to that piece, the report speaks of 73 videos and both appear in five of them. In one, El Oualidi appears “giving directions” and pointing the way. It is the description of a police report, according to El Español. It is not a judgment. On 6 November El Español added that Alassima Press, on 12 August, praised Mohamed El Oualidi for knowing “cuándo era mejor vigilar que intervenir”, and linked that handling to confidence from Abdellatif Hammouchi. What El Español attributes to Abdellatif Hammouchi and to Lieutenant Issou is not a judicial finding. On 6 November El Faro writes that the Police have analysed only 5 of the 73 videos and describes further recordings (HaibaPress, TanjaNews, and others). That analysed “5” is El Faro’s and is not the sentence in which El Español says both appear in five. El Faro speaks of “140 muertes” and of “más de 100.000”. “Más de 90.000”, “más de 80.000”, “más de 100.000” and those “140 muertes” are not merged with other entry or death figures in the archive. It remains a press account of a police report, not a judgment. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/returns-20261104/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/returns-20261104/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 13:16:04 GMT On 4 November Europa Press wrote that the minister Ángel Víctor Torres, after the Situation Committee, put at more than 15,000 the migrants returned to Morocco since 10 August. He spoke of about 100 minor-repatriation files. The same day El Faro de Ceuta attributes to the City, through Alberto Gaitán, that the Government gives 14,974 voluntary returns and 630 judicial expulsions, and 109 files for minors with no response from Morocco. They are figures from two parties. This archive does not reconcile them. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/loma-margarita-20261104/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/loma-margarita-20261104/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 13:16:04 GMT On 4 November El Pueblo de Ceuta wrote that the Policía Nacional dismantled a shack settlement next to Loma Margarita. The piece speaks of “the locating of ten people who remained in the compound” and of their transfer to the CATE. That is what that outlet reports. This review has no official police note. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/vivas-balance-20261103/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/vivas-balance-20261103/ Tue, 03 Nov 2026 23:31:55 GMT On 3 November El Faro de Ceuta, El Mundo and El Pueblo de Ceuta wrote that Juan Jesús Vivas, president of the City, appeared that Tuesday to give a three-month balance. El Mundo and El Pueblo place the appearance in the Throne Room of the Palace of the Assembly. El Faro writes the Throne Room of the Town Hall. Vivas said, according to El Faro, that the Government has turned the city into “a CETI with more than eleven thousand places.” El Mundo and El Pueblo write other wordings. One is not chosen. The population, up 20 percent, is written by El Faro without quotation marks and by El Mundo inside them. Crime: El Mundo quotes 60 percent, El Faro writes it without quotation marks and El Pueblo writes more than 60 percent. The 112, up 300 percent, is given by all three, with a different noun in each. The port: El Faro quotes 1,230 percent and El Mundo and El Pueblo write 1,200 percent. One is not chosen. The 80 percent, in those pieces, is for notifiable diseases. SMEs and the self-employed, one million euros a day, are in El Faro’s quotation; El Pueblo writes one million euros a day for business owners. Those are his statements, according to the president of the City in those outlets. No published official source backs them. They are not merged with the “more than 7,500” places Saiz gave on 2 November. He had already given the 60 percent on 25 October in Madrid, according to laSexta. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/presupuesto-20261102/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/presupuesto-20261102/ Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:34:58 GMT On 2 November El Faro de Ceuta wrote that councillor Kissy Chandiramani presented the draft General Budget for 2027. It is 448.48 million euros consolidated, 5.38 percent more than the previous year. It includes the “Ceuta no se rinde” fund, of 4.30 million euros, for extraordinary spending from 1 January 2027. It is a draft. It is not recorded as approved. El Español’s headline of 3 November says Ceuta “approves” these accounts. The body of the piece says she has presented them. The same outlet attributes to the City that it has not received the 45.32 million euros of state aid. That figure is not merged with the Treasury’s 45.3 million or with the 45,320,000 of the estimate of 1 November. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/alerta-20261102/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/alerta-20261102/ Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:34:58 GMT On 2 November El Faro de Ceuta wrote that the Government of Ceuta is studying an early-warning system, using artificial intelligence, to detect migratory pressure at the border. Councillor Kissy Chandiramani announced it while presenting the draft 2027 budget. The piece says it is at the study stage. There is no timetable and no technical description. It is not a system in place. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/campamentos-20261102/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/campamentos-20261102/ Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:34:58 GMT On 2 November El Faro de Ceuta wrote that minister Elma Saiz announced in Barcelona, at the World in Progress forum, that the Government is working to dismantle Ceuta’s temporary reception places “as soon as possible.” She gave no date. According to that piece, capacity went from 500 temporary reception places to more than 7,500. Saiz spoke of “about 13,000” people returned to Morocco. That figure is hers from that day. It is not merged with La Moncloa’s “more than 12,700” in the note of 20 October, nor with the 13,215 voluntary returns of 27 October. Places made available are not the people housed. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/gasto-20261101/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/gasto-20261101/ Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:21:19 GMT EFE, in El Confidencial on 1 November, writes that the Government of Ceuta estimates at 45,320,000 euros the extraordinary economic impact of the entry on 30 and 31 July. The four-page report of the Finance department, sent to the Audiencia Nacional, adds spending already incurred and forecasts through 31 December 2026. It does not include care for foreign minors, or the losses of the Port Authority, the business fabric or the local economy. It is not the €45.3 million aid in Royal Decree-Law 30/2026. The amount looks alike and the concept does not. It is not a definitive figure either. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/embarcacion-20261101/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/embarcacion-20261101/ Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:21:19 GMT On 1 November EFE wrote that the Civil Guard intercepted in the early hours a half-sunk boat with four Moroccan adults. They had left a few moments earlier from the coast of Benítez to try to reach the mainland. Armed-institute sources cited by EFE tell it. The increase in boats that the piece mentions is an assessment without a figure. El Mundo published another piece on the interception the same day. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/alquiler-20261102/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/alquiler-20261102/ Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:21:19 GMT On 2 November El Faro de Ceuta wrote rental figures for October and the third quarter. According to the outlet, Fotocasa puts the average at 14 euros per square metre, 3.5 percent down year on year, and the Centre at 17 euros, 11.6 percent up. Another barometer gives 968 euros a month, 12.3 percent more, and 35 applicants per home against 17 at the end of 2025. They are figures from private portals, not an official statistic. The outlet itself says the rise cannot be attributed only to the crisis. The primary Fotocasa and Observatorio reports are not linked. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/enfermeras-20261031/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/enfermeras-20261031/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 23:07:10 GMT On 31 October El Faro de Ceuta and El Pueblo de Ceuta published a CSIF communiqué. EFE carried it on 1 November. The union speaks of an assault on several nurses at the University Hospital while they were working, of National Police intervention and of a complaint the nurses say they will file. That the event was caused by the withdrawal of the military patrols is what CSIF states, not an established fact. This review found no note from INGESA or the Delegation. The three pieces say “several” and place the assault during work. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/testigos-mandos-20261026/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/testigos-mandos-20261026/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 23:03:07 GMT On 26 October RTVE wrote that the Civil Guard operations chief in Ceuta and a National Police chief inspector posted in the city when the events occurred testified before Judge María Tardón. What follows is what the outlet attributes to those statements, citing judicial sources. It is not a proven fact and there is no judicial assessment. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/testigos-20261028/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/testigos-20261028/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 23:03:07 GMT On 28 October EFE wrote that two National Police officers and three Moroccan citizens who had entered irregularly on 30 July were testifying that Wednesday before Judge María Tardón. Europa Press and 20minutos attributed the content of those statements to people present. On 29 October El Español published the standfirst of what a sub-inspector said about the government delegate. All of it is testimony reported by outlets. It is not a proven fact and there is no judicial ruling. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/testigo-credibilidad-20261028/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/testigo-credibilidad-20261028/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 23:03:07 GMT On 29 October El Mundo wrote that the prosecuting parties asked one of the Moroccan witnesses of 28 October whether he had worked for Moroccan intelligence services, and that he answered that he never had. On 28 October laSexta wrote that the judge cut off a questioning because the credibility of a testimony was challenged. The two outlets do not agree on why it was cut off. Neither account is a judicial assessment. This archive does not identify the witness. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/torres-visita-20261028/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/torres-visita-20261028/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 23:03:07 GMT On 28 October Teleceuta wrote that the territorial-policy minister, Ángel Víctor Torres, suspended the visit to Ceuta planned for that day and the meeting of the Specialised Situation Committee after the rail accident at Urda, in Toledo. The outlet says no new date is on record. This review found no note from La Moncloa or the ministry. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/mochila-20261028/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/mochila-20261028/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 23:03:07 GMT On 28 October EFE wrote that the Government of Ceuta suspended the Mochila festival in the hills because it could not guarantee safety. On 31 October Ceuta Actualidad wrote that councillors Ramírez and Gaitán detailed a reinforcement of more than 100 extraordinary personnel. The population figures those texts cite are kept on the balance entry and are not turned into a census here. The communiqué on ceuta.es was not located. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/vallado-colegios-20261029/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/vallado-colegios-20261029/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 23:03:07 GMT On 29 October Europa Press wrote that the official gazette published that Thursday the formalisation of an emergency contract to fence five schools in Ceuta. The award, according to the outlet, went to Tusser Ingeniería y Obras for 363,515.42 euros including tax. The specific gazette notice is not linked in this entry. The entry figure the outlet attributes to the file is not merged with others. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/abogacia-elin-20261029/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/abogacia-elin-20261029/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 23:03:07 GMT On 29 October El Faro de Ceuta reported two separate positions. The president of the General Council of Spanish Lawyers said some hundreds of minors were still unregistered and not under guardianship. The Elín association and the Coordinadora de Barrios alleged raids at the CETI on 26 October and returns. Those are statements by those bodies. They are not set here against a police communiqué and there is no judicial ruling. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/menores-20261030/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/menores-20261030/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 23:03:07 GMT On 30 October EFE wrote that the Government of Ceuta raised the number of minors in care to 3,619, with overcrowding of 12,380 percent. Another EFE piece the same day writes 3,560. On 31 October EFE attributes 3,626 and 12,400 percent to Gaitán, RTVE writes 3,636 and El Español writes 3,626. The Objective writes 3,619 and 12,380 percent. Each figure stays with its piece. They are not averaged and none is chosen as official. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/balance-20261030/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/balance-20261030/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 23:03:07 GMT On 30 October EFE wrote a three-month balance. It attributes about 80,000 entries and more than 10,000 people still housed, and to the Government of Ceuta about 100,000 entries and about 15,000 who would remain. The Chamber of Commerce and the Business Confederation speak, according to EFE, of losses above 75 million euros. Other pieces on 31 October give other figures for who remains. They are not averaged. This archive keeps the 2021 entry in May. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/asilo-policial-20261030/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/asilo-policial-20261030/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 23:03:07 GMT On 30 October El Pueblo de Ceuta wrote, citing police sources, that about 1,500 asylum applications by Moroccan citizens had been processed and that about 800 had received an unfavourable decision. On 31 October El Español repeated those figures, citing El Pueblo. They are not the figure of 704 unfavourable decisions that Europa Press attributed on 27 October. They are not merged. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/protestas-20261030/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/protestas-20261030/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 23:03:07 GMT On 30 October El Faro de Ceuta wrote that a group marched from the Paseo del Revellín to the Higher Police Headquarters. On 31 October it wrote that motorcyclists went from El Chorrillo to the plaza de los Reyes and that food was collected for Cáritas. Neither piece gives an attendance figure. The organiser’s sentence is a slogan, not a finding. The dates that piece gives for earlier gatherings are not recorded here: they do not add up. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/devoluciones-20261031/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/devoluciones-20261031/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 23:03:07 GMT On 31 October EFE wrote that councillors Alejandro Ramírez and Alberto Gaitán, of the Government of Ceuta, lamented “zero returns” by the ordinary administrative route and that the situation “has not changed one bit”. That is a statement by that political side. Gaitán repeats about 13,215 voluntary returns and 608 expulsions, the figures already recorded on 27 October. They are not a new count. On 3 November Vivas said, according to El Pueblo de Ceuta and according to EFE, that the Government has not answered seven questions from the City. That is his statement. He asks, among other things, why a decree to speed up returns was withdrawn from the Council of Ministers and why the operation of the following hours was suspended, with about 75,000 people that he attributes to the Government. The existence and the withdrawal of that decree are not recorded here: it is a question of his, not a fact. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/repatriacion-20261031/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/repatriacion-20261031/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 23:03:07 GMT On 31 October RTVE wrote that the Government of Ceuta denies that any minor has been repatriated. The same day EFE attributes to Ramírez 73 repatriation reports with no reply from Morocco. RTVE recalls the 87 files Saiz gave that week. RTVE attributes the 327 spoken of by a Melilla official to other outlets. They are not added or compared as if they measured the same thing. The Objective writes 180 relocated; EFE writes 181. Those are not averaged either. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/statute-1995/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/statute-1995/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:00:41 GMT The official gazette (BOE) publishes Organic Law 1/1995 of 13 March, the Statute of Autonomy of Ceuta, in issue 62 of 14 March 1995, in force from 15 March 1995. Article 1 of the consolidated text says that Ceuta, as an integral part of the Spanish Nation, accedes to self-government. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/tarajal-2014/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/tarajal-2014/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:00:41 GMT The Tarajal case chronology published by CEAR states that on 6 February 2014 at least 14 people drowned while trying to swim across at Tarajal beach, and that 23 were returned to the Moroccan authorities from the same beach without access to a formal procedure. The same page later refers to 15 deaths. This archive does not hold an independent official count here. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/yearbook-2021/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/yearbook-2021/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:00:41 GMT Chapter 1 of the 2021 Statistical Yearbook of the Autonomous City of Ceuta, «Basic data», lists an area of 19.48 km², land limits of 8 km and a maritime-terrestrial public domain of 22.8 km. Those three figures come from that table and are not presented here as the length of the fence or as a measurement from another source. The entry is anchored to the 2021 edition, not to a single day. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/interior-20210517/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/interior-20210517/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:00:41 GMT A decision of the Civil Guard Directorate-General, signed on 1 December 2023, answers a request about entries into Ceuta on 17 May 2021. It says it was not possible to count those who entered irregularly along the border perimeter and estimates that the figure ranges between 8,000 and 10,000 people. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/marlaska-20210518/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/marlaska-20210518/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:00:41 GMT At the press conference after the Council of Ministers on 18 May 2021, Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said he could not then give a precise, individualized figure. He put at «a little over 6,000» the people who had entered illegally and at 2,700 those already returned by that moment. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/sanchez-20210518/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/sanchez-20210518/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:00:41 GMT In his institutional statement of 18 May 2021, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said that the previous afternoon «several thousand» people had crossed from Morocco into Ceuta and described that arrival as «a serious crisis for Spain and also for Europe». The transcript published by La Moncloa was edited by the State Secretariat for Communication. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/hijaouy-20250202/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/hijaouy-20250202/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:00:41 GMT According to El Confidencial, Mehdi Hijaouy held for several years the post of “number two” of Morocco’s foreign intelligence service and for a time even acted as its top official. The same outlet says that, as soon as he arrived in Madrid, Rabat requested his extradition from the Spanish courts on three charges recorded in file 61/2024 — membership of a criminal organisation, fraud and encouraging “illegal emigration” — that in his only appearance he denied those accusations, and that after he stopped appearing the judge ordered his search, arrest and imprisonment. On 2 February 2025, El Confidencial described him as wanted. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/814-2026/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/814-2026/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:00:41 GMT The Supreme Court note on judgment 814/2026 of 29 June 2026 explains that the border rejection provided for Ceuta and Melilla does not apply to someone intercepted at sea while trying to enter by swimming, but to someone trying to overcome physical containment elements, such as the fences. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/population-20260701/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/population-20260701/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:00:41 GMT In INE table 59591, «Resident population by date, sex, age group and nationality (Spanish/foreign)», the cell for Ceuta (code 51), all ages and total, for 1 July 2026, shows 84,435 people. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/001-006/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/001-006/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:00:41 GMT According to documentation cited by ABC, on July 28 a National Police unit assessed the risk that, by the end of that month, there could be a mass attempt to scale the Ceuta border fence or attempts to enter by swimming. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/001-007/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/001-007/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:00:41 GMT On 29 July, the CNI informed the Government Delegation in Ceuta and the Civil Guard that it had detected calls on social media to attempt to enter Ceuta by sea and via the fence on 30 July. That same day, it sent an early warning to the Moroccan intelligence services, the DGST and DGED. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/001-009/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/001-009/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:00:41 GMT The update to the internal note TIFA-3133, dated 29 de julio and attributed to CENIF, documented internal communications regarding possible entries by land and by swimming and recommended strengthening surveillance. The document was publicly released by La Moncloa on 9 de septiembre; this record does not indicate that it was sent to ministers or to the Presidency before 30 de julio. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/012-s1/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/012-s1/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:00:41 GMT The Spanish Ministry of the Interior stated on 30 de julio that the Moroccan Government was working continuously and in good faith with Spain and that it maintained close cooperation to address the situation in Ceuta. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/016-b/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/016-b/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:00:41 GMT A CENIF report submitted to the National Court set out attributed conclusions concerning a permissive attitude on the part of Moroccan security forces and possible “active guidance” of people toward Ceuta during the days 30 and 31 de julio. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/cenif-tarajal/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/cenif-tarajal/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:00:41 GMT The CENIF report reproduced by La Región on 3 September says: “Almost all of the irregular entries into Ceuta over 30 and 31 July take place at the south-eastern end of the border, in the area of the El Tarajal breakwater.” The same report describes the crossing from Castillejos beach, in Morocco, going around the breakwater by swimming or along the top of the riprap, without entering the water. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/decision-chain/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/decision-chain/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:00:41 GMT The public documentation examined records four warnings before 30 de julio, with named senders and addressees, but does not independently establish receipt or reading. It also records three assessments and places the relevant formal competences within the Interior Ministry, the State Security Secretariat, the National Police and the Civil Guard, without identifying the person who made each decision.No documentation was found of a prior change to the deployment or a deliberate decision to leave it unchanged; that absence does not prove that no decision or action occurred. On 27 October 2026, according to RTVE, Judge María Tardón gave the Government 15 days to declassify CNI notes and reports circulated from 30 July, and in particular the list of authorities who received the already declassified notes of 27 and 30 July, with the date and time of sending and proof of receipt. Moncloa sources told RTVE they would comply and had already declassified everything they had. The Judiciary has published the note of that request. It says “in any event, within 15 calendar days.” On 28 October 20minutos wrote that, in the decision issued on the 27th, the judge called the CNI’s reply “scant” and considered it essential to identify and take statements from the two CNI officers who warned the Civil Guard and the Delegation. The same text attributes to that decision a request to declassify the notes sent to Moroccan intelligence and the replies. On 1 November El Independiente wrote that the judge has requested the communications between the CNI and the Moroccan services; this archive does not determine whether that is the same step. In that piece, anonymous police sources say “They decide whether they accept their own or not.” That is an opinion of those sources, not a proven fact. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/vallado-20260731/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/vallado-20260731/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:00:41 GMT A Civil Guard report dated 31 July 2026, published by La Moncloa on 9 September, says: “As regards the fence, at about 00:30 a group of some 200 sub-Saharan people was detected who were apparently trying to breach it, although they were successfully turned back.” The report mentions no damage or injuries. https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/018-s1/ https://ceutafacts.org/en/fichas/018-s1/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:00:41 GMT Pedro Sánchez traveled to Ceuta on 31 de julio, accompanied by the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska. He visited the Tarajal border and subsequently chaired a coordination meeting with local authorities, the Government Delegation, the National Police, the Civil Guard, CETI, and the Red Cross.