Robles indigna al resto del Gobierno al chocar con Marlaska y plantear que el CNI sí avisó de que venía un gran salto en Ceuta

Defence Minister Margarita Robles sparked discontent among the rest of the government, particularly those closest to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, after clashing with Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska. The two engaged in a clear dispute that citizens could witness in real-time during two nearly simultaneous appearances in Congress and La Moncloa.

Robles repeatedly stated during her appearances in Congress that the CNI, which has 25 agents deployed in Ceuta as previously revealed, had indeed warned of significant movement on the border with the risk of a massive influx, something that ultimately occurred for the first time in history, with 80,000 people crossing in just two days.

In stark contrast, Grande-Marlaska contradicted her claims: "There was no report indicating that on July 30, the event that took place would happen. How can anyone believe that if we had sensed something like this, following the incident in 2021 [another surge of 10,000 people] it wouldn't have been raised to the highest levels to take extraordinary measures?", he pointed out.

Grande-Marlaska's message was crystal clear: while Robles attempted to shift responsibility onto him or the government delegation for not acting despite having reports warning of the situation – which he later clarified were "verbal" – the Interior Minister was firm: no one had alerted them.