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The Government downplays the CNI's WhatsApp alert: "There was no report and it was not raised as an alert to superiors"

Fuentes de La Moncloa señalan que el mensaje que hablaba de 180.000 personas organizándose para cruzar a Ceuta ni siquiera fue trasladado al delegado del Gobierno

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The Government downplays the CNI's WhatsApp alert: "There was no report and it was not raised as an alert to superiors"

The Spanish Government has downplayed a WhatsApp message from a CNI agent to the chief of staff of the Government delegate in Ceuta, warning of several Facebook groups with 180,000 people organizing a possible border crossing. According to sources from La Moncloa, the message was not passed on to the Government delegate as it was not considered urgent, and the CNI agent did not formally escalate the issue to his superiors or produce a report. This suggests that the agent did not consider the matter to be of great importance.

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