The Spanish Government today disqualified 40 documents related to the illegal entry of at least 72,000 people in Ceuta at the end of July, ensuring that it trusts in justice and is “the first interested in clarifying the facts”.
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08/09/2026
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Lusa
“ We are first interested in clarifying the facts”, the government spokeswoman Elma Saiz said at the weekly press conference after the Council of Ministers in Madrid.
The minister ensured “maximum respect for the judiciary”, as well as trust in justice and “maximum collaboration” with the government’s judicial investigation.
Elma Saiz responded in this way when questioned about the statements of the Minister of Transport, Oscar Puente, who on Monday, in an interview with Cadena Ser radio, questioned the independence of the judge who is investigating what happened on July 30 and 31 in Ceuta.
As promised last week by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, the Spanish Council of Ministers today disqualified about 40 confidential documents on Ceuta.
This set of documents, which will be published on Wednesday, includes all the reports that reached the government related to Ceuta, guaranteed today Elma Saiz, who stressed the objective of “total transparency” and to fight against misinformation in this case.
Sánchez announced the publication of the documents in a parliamentary debate where he denied evidence of Morocco's involvement in the entry of tens of thousands of people illegally into Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in North Africa.
The Prime Minister also denied that the government was alerted in advance by security forces or intelligence services to a mass entry into Ceuta of the size it had.
According to the Government of Spain will be released on Wednesday about 40 documents with dates from 1 July to 1 August, between reports and other communications, the National Information Center, security forces and information services of the Armed Forces.
“ We have nothing to hide, we act with transparency ", said the government spokeswoman.
The president of the Popular Party (PP, right) and leader of the Spanish opposition, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, said today not to expect anything from the documents that will be released because “the reports will be truncated”.
Feijóo recalled that, on the other hand, there are documents that the Council of Ministers cannot disqualify because they relate to national security and its disclosure depends on other bodies.