Overview
- In a package released by Moncloa on September 9, the government published about 40 declassified documents from the Police, Guardia Civil, military intelligence and the CNI that cover activity between July 1 and August 1.
- The papers confirm a CNI note from July 29 that reported two Facebook groups with roughly 180,000 followers calling for irregular entries to Ceuta and that this information was passed to the Delegation in Ceuta and a Guardia Civil unit by message and a brief call.
- Internal Guardia Civil reports offered several hypotheses for why Moroccan forces did not stop the influx on July 30–31, including operational surprise, reduced border staffing for the Fiesta del Trono, and an explicit mention of possible 'connivencia' by Moroccan authorities.
- President Pedro Sánchez described the event as a 'hybrid attack', said the warnings did not unambiguously predict the scale of the July 30–31 influx, and ordered border reinforcements and steps to improve digital-era intelligence capacity.
- The release has escalated domestic tensions with the PP and Vox calling the documents proof of a 'state lie' and demanding political and judicial consequences, while EU agencies and Frontex say they did not foresee the mass crossing, raising questions about interagency warning chains and public trust in institutions.