The Government authorizes Judge Tardón to question the head of the CNI in Ceuta who alerted the Delegation of the risk of a massive entry

The head of the delegation of the National Intelligence Center (CNI) in Ceuta will be able to testify as a witness before the judge of the National Court investigating the massive entry of immigrants from Morocco on July 30 and 31. This was authorized by the Council of Ministers last Tuesday, in accordance with the response sent to Judge María Tardón.

The decision means that the CNI member will be able to give details about the calls he had with the Chief of Staff of the Government delegate in the autonomous city the previous days and the messages that were exchanged. That was one of the requests included in the reasoned statement sent to the Government on October 27 by the judge, who considered the information that the CNI had provided in its initial report clearly insufficient.

The agreement sent to the Court is signed by the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, and by the Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Courts, Félix Bolaños, and meets the 15-day period set by the investigator of the case.

The CNI has 26 agents in Ceuta and the authorization to testify extends to the two that the judge had requested, identified only by their personal identification number (NIP). The first is the head of the delegation in the autonomous city, who will be asked about the calls that took place on July 27 at 11:20 a.m., on the 28th at 10 a.m. and on the 29th at 9:34 p.m.

In the three calls the agent spoke with Gonzalo Sanz, chief of staff of the Government delegate, who was alerted to the risk of a massive entry. This was testified by Sanz himself before the judge, adding that he conveyed the alert to the Government delegate.

The second agent belongs to the central services of the CNI. He will testify, among other points, about the call he had on July 29 at 2:41 p.m. with the chief commander of Irregular Immigration Group 3 of the Special Central Unit (UCE-3) of the Information Headquarters of the Civil Guard.

As this newspaper has learned, this is the person who at that time was in charge of everything related to the autonomous city from the capital. His testimony is relevant because during the days prior to the violation of territorial sovereignty this agent was the one who maintained contact with the Civil Guard and who ordered the head of the Ceuta delegation to extend the early warning of the mass crossing to the chief of staff of the Government delegation.

Limitations

The Council of Ministers authorizes both to testify about the information "directly linked to the events that occurred on July 30 and 31, 2026." And cancel the secrecy classification of what is necessary for them to do so. The appearance will be carried out with the maximum degree of protection so that it takes place "without loss of personal safety, protecting your identity and appearance."

The authorization has limits, which the members of the secret services will have to calibrate in their responses. "Such statements, in any case, may not give rise to risks or harm to the Security of the State, nor may they compromise the fundamental interests of the Nation in matters of National Defense, nor may they endanger the effectiveness, the sources of information, the means and the operational procedures of the CNI, nor the physical integrity of those who are or were operational sources or agents, collaborators or their families and close friends, in all of which the secret nature of said information is maintained."

The agreement also declassifies eight notes that the CNI sent to different national authorities between July 31 and September 11, with their distribution lists and acknowledgments of receipt, also claimed by the judge. However, unlike the first declassification agreed to by the Government, the documents will not be publicly accessible. He refers them to the judge, who anticipated that she would take them to the secret piece of this investigation.

Morocco

As for Morocco, the Executive removes the deletions from the note that the CNI sent on July 29 to the Moroccan intelligence services - the DGED and the DGST -, with an early warning about possible attempts to enter Ceuta during the week of the Throne Festival. Removing "the blemish on that Note completely could help the judicial investigation," the text maintains. It also declassifies four other subsequent notes sent to Rabat.

What will not reach the court are the Moroccan responses. The Government alleges that the impossibility of transmitting information from a foreign service without its consent. The DGED's own documents warn that they should not be used "for the purposes of judicial proceedings." The CNI requested that permission on October 30.

The judge also demanded the declassification of a report from the Intelligence Center of the Armed Forces (Cifas), called "Evolution of the crisis in Ceuta" and dated August 4. The Government agrees to declassify it in its entirety except for the caption of a photograph. The Government justifies the reservation in that it would reveal "operational methodologies or cyber intelligence tools."