Judge Tardón gives the Government 15 days to declassify CNI documents on the massive entry into Ceuta

The judge of the National Court María Tardón has agreed to submit a reasoned statement to the Council of Ministers in which she requests the declassification of documents and reports related to the massive irregular entry into Ceuta from Morocco.

Among other documents, the judge requests the notes and reports made by the CNI and disseminated to authorities as of July 30 related to the investigations into the events that occurred on July 30 and 31. In particular, all classified notes and reports relating to the actions of the Moroccan authorities to date.

In addition, the specific list of authorities that received the already declassified notes of July 27 and 30, 2026 (C/10266/07-27-2026 and C/10481/07-30-2026), as well as "any others sent after July 30, with indication of the date and time of sending", which must be accompanied by certification of their effective receipt by said authorities.

The judge emphasizes that the information requested is relevant to the investigation and does not affect the security of the State, since it has been violated precisely in the context of the facts that are the subject of the procedure and the authorship of this attack on the security of the State is what the ongoing investigation aims to determine.

She adds that, in the present case, the interested information is essential for clarifying the facts and will allow us to determine which authorities were aware, and from what moment, of the call for mass entry scheduled for July 30, 2026. "It will also allow us to know what decisions were or were not taken in view of that information and what the actions of the authorities of the Kingdom of Morocco were," says the judge.

The judge states that the declassification must be carried out urgently and, in any case, within a period of 15 calendar days and indicates that all the material that is declassified will be incorporated into the separate piece that is declared secret.

All this documentation, according to Tardón, is essential for the clarification of the facts under investigation and essential for the investigation of the material truth and the effective exercise of the jurisdictional power attributed to judges and courts.

"The eventual classification of the requested information as secret or reserved matter does not constitute an absolute legal obstacle that prevents this judicial body from promoting its declassification when it is necessary for the investigation of allegedly criminal acts," indicates the judge.