National Police and Civil Guard commanders have stated before the judge of the National Court that, the night before the massive entry of people from Morocco to Ceuta, they observed Moroccan vessels and that, the next day, they saw how agents from the neighboring country directed migrants towards the autonomous city.
These statements have been made as witnesses before the magistrate of the National Court who is instructing the case regarding said massive entry, María Tardón. According to legal sources indicated to Europa Press, a chief inspector of the Police explained that there was a very large queue of people in view of the Moroccan Gendarmerie and that he saw people directing the migrants, some of them in uniform.
On the other hand, a lieutenant colonel of the Civil Guard indicated that, on the night prior to the massive entry, between July 30 and 31, he spotted six Moroccan vessels: two patrol boats, two interceptors, and two others of smaller size.
This high-ranking officer of the Civil Guard emphasized that he was surprised that, precisely on a foggy day, there were six ships of the Moroccan Navy and assured that there were Moroccan authorities giving orders, while he described that the military from the neighboring country remained with their arms crossed.
Furthermore, the lieutenant colonel of the Civil Guard has maintained that the gate located in the border fence is always kept open and reiterated that, if it had been closed, as the Police demanded, a bottleneck could have been generated with the risk of crushing.
In addition, the chief inspector of the National Police pointed out that he saw vessels of the Moroccan Navy, although he could not specify, due to the distance, whether they were in Spanish waters.