Spanish official resigns as questions grow over intelligence warnings ahead of Ceuta migrant influx
Gonzalo Sanz's resignation comes just two days after the government made public 40 declassified reports containing communications involving the National Intelligence Centre, the Government Delegation in Ceuta and the Civil Guard.
On 29 July, Chief of Staff to the Spanish government's delegate in Ceuta, Gonzalo Sanz, received a warning from the National Intelligence Centre (CNI) about potential threats on social media. This came one day before the mass influx of migrants into Ceuta from Morocco. Sanz reported this information to the government's delegate, Miguel Ángel Pérez Triano, on the same day.
However, Triano claims he was not aware of the warning until the government declassified the reports on the crisis. Despite this, Sanz resigned, stating that his decision was not motivated by bitterness towards Triano. He praised the Government Delegation's effort in obtaining responses from the central government in a timely manner.
Declassified reports revealed CNI had warned about calls on social networks for a potential assault on Ceuta on 30 July, coinciding with Throne Day celebrations. The CNI officer also mentioned the possibility of a sea and land assault on the city. Sanz confirmed he received this warning after an 11-minute phone call with the CNI agent.
Triano, however, maintains he had no knowledge of this conversation and described it as an exchange of informational documents. He also insisted the authorities were only alerted to a "serious and complex migration situation" and not the scale of the impending influx.
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