The investigation is examining whether the handling of alerts and operational communications affected Spain’s response to the mass entry into Ceuta from Morocco on 30 and 31 July 2026. On 12 November, National Court investigating magistrate María Tardón summoned Miguel Ángel Pérez Triano, the city’s government delegate at the time, to give evidence as a suspect. He is due to appear on 18 November. The summons is an investigative measure and does not establish criminal responsibility.
The Consejo General del Poder Judicial said Tardón accepted the transfer of connected proceedings previously handled by the Civil and Investigative Section 6 court in Ceuta. Complaints were first filed in Ceuta, and the transfer was agreed on 14 September 2026. In an order dated 16 October, the National Court sought records, including minutes and emails, from government coordination meetings held on 27, 28 and 30 July. The summons followed the early-October witness examination of Gonzalo Sanz, Pérez Triano’s former chief of staff.
The inquiry also examines possible coordination from abroad and the conduct of Spanish authorities before and during the entry. Tardón has cited indications of intentional criminal conduct allegedly organised outside Spain and directed against the country’s territorial integrity. Police reports identify Moroccan authorities present in the area during the entry as possible organisers. That remains an investigative line, not an established finding.
Testimony from Sanz forms part of the evidence on Spain’s response. He told the judge that he had passed on WhatsApp messages from a Centro Nacional de Inteligencia (CNI) agent warning of online calls involving 180,000 participants. The calls urged people to enter Ceuta around Morocco’s Throne Day.
Sanz also said migration pressure had become extraordinary in the days before the crisis and that the Delegation had alerted the Ministry of the Interior. He said the response fell short of what the Delegation expected, while largely supporting Pérez Triano’s actions. Sanz suggested Pérez Triano might have said publicly that he had not received the CNI messages because he did not remember them.
Government information cited by Morocco World News put the number of adults who crossed into Ceuta on 30 and 31 July and were later returned to Morocco at nearly 16,000. The report also said no minors had been returned to Morocco since 10 August 2026. Spain’s Minister for Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres, was cited in connection with those figures.
A separate case concerning recognition as a victim of terrorism is covered in the Agulló family’s request. It is unrelated to Tardón’s investigation.
The judge has requested further material from the Policía Nacional and the Guardia Civil. She asked the Comisaría General de Información for records of operational communication anomalies between 28 July and 5 August. The Guardia Civil’s Ceuta Service Operations Centre was ordered to provide recordings of calls received from 00:01 on 30 July through 23:59 on 31 July, covering both days of the mass entry.
Those checks will inform Tardón’s response to a Fiscalía request for additional reports from the CNI and the Estado Mayor de la Defensa. The proposed work concerns possible cyberattacks or other activity affecting the communications and command capabilities of Spanish agencies deployed in Ceuta, including electromagnetic interference and electronic warfare.
Tardón has described the July entry as an organised process rather than a spontaneous event. In her assessment, migration served as a formal pretext to direct a large flow of people into Ceuta, with the aim of overwhelming border management and weakening Spain’s ability to respond. She also said most people who entered did not intend to remain in Spain.
