🇪🇸🇲🇦⚡️- Spanish media, The Objective, reports that Spanish intelligence had warned the government of the Moroccan invasion of Ceuta well in advance, including reporting what Spanish intelligence believed were rehearsals, and were ignored.

"Intelligence reports warned the government of a possible migrant surge in the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla around the time of Morocco’s Throne Day [Public holiday in Morocco].

According to various military and civilian intelligence sources speaking to THE OBJECTIVE, the government systematically ignored the warnings. This was the case even days before the mass influx, when warnings were issued about the unusual arrival of a large number of coaches in the Moroccan town of Castillejos – the closest to the Ceuta border – where thousands of people had gathered. Shortly afterwards, they crossed en masse into Ceuta, as predicted.

These same sources explain that, coinciding with the monarchy’s celebrations, the intelligence services warned of the ‘likelihood’ of a ‘gesture of magnanimity’ on the part of King Mohammed VI. These initial warnings, however, were soon followed by all the crossings on foot that had previously been taking place from Castillejos and the mass arrival of coaches from various parts of the neighbouring country. Within ten days, around 1,000 migrants had managed to reach the autonomous city after crossing the sea. Intelligence services interpreted these flows as ‘test runs’ by Morocco and once again alerted the government." - The Objective.