Three consellers of the Government of Ceuta have appeared before the judge of the Audiencia Nacional María Tardón, instructor of the case regarding the massive entry of migrants that occurred on July 30 and 31 from Morocco, to report that the authorities of the neighboring country showed an attitude of passivity both during the border crisis and in the treatment of the 90 recovered corpses.
According to legal sources explained to Europa Press, this Tuesday have testified as witnesses in the Audiencia Nacional Alberto Ramón Gaitán, conseller of Presidency and Governance; Nabila Benzina, conseller of Health and Social Services, and Alejandro Ramírez, first vice president and responsible for Environment, Urban Services and Housing.
According to these sources, the conseller of Health traveled several times to the border area on July 30 due to the situation generated and, on her last visit, already in the early morning, coincided there with the then delegate of the Government in Ceuta, Miguel Ángel Pérez Triano, who insisted that "the Moroccan authorities are collaborating."
Questioned by the magistrate about whether she interpreted that Pérez Triano was expressing himself in an ironic tone, Benzina has stated that she does not know, although she has admitted that that phrase was offensive to her.
The same sources have specified that the conseller reported that it was necessary to enable space for 90 corpses, when the city only had capacity for seven, and that Morocco has refused to take charge of the bodies, "even the identified ones."
The consellers have also reiterated that the Moroccan security forces maintained a passive attitude during the entry, to the point that some agents, according to their testimony, limited themselves to looking at their mobile phones or praying. Despite this, the witnesses have emphasized that the access of the people occurred in an organized manner, according to the consulted sources.