Fact

Sánchez defended allowing entry rather than resorting to an armed response.

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In an interview on 9 de septiembre, Pedro Sánchez retrospectively defended the response of the Spanish forces during the mass entry. Faced with the alternative of resorting to an armed response, he stated that it had been more intelligent to allow entry and subsequently manage departures, return, relocation, or possible protection, and he assured that he endorsed the action taken.

• Sánchez retrospectively described the response as a choice between an armed response and allowing entry in order to manage its consequences afterward.
• He described the response adopted as “intelligent.”
• He explicitly stated that he endorsed the action.
• The statement does not demonstrate a prior order, a pre-existing policy, or that only two options were available.