The magistrate of the National Court who is instructing the investigation into the entry of thousands of immigrants in Ceuta last July, María Tardón, has formally requested the court of the autonomous city to send her the case opened against the Government delegate in the North African plaza, Miguel Ángel Pérez.
In a ruling that Europa Press has accessed, the judge requires that the complaint filed against Pérez be sent to her in order to analyze whether it is appropriate to accumulate it to the procedure already being followed in the National Court.
Tardón refers to the judicial body in Ceuta the order in which she assumed the investigation into the massive entry of migrants so that, "in its view, it assesses the relevance of refraining from its actions in favor of this court, if it concerns conduct included in the procedure being followed here."
The associations Manos Limpias and Hazte Oír filed complaints against the Government delegate in Ceuta for his alleged actions in response to the information and prior warnings that would have been received before the massive arrival of migrants.
Manos Limpias argues that Pérez may have incurred criminal responsibilities for not having adopted, in their opinion, the necessary measures despite the warnings that, according to the organization, already existed.
Judge Tardón assumed jurisdiction over the case by understanding that "criminal conduct may have occurred that has not only had as a direct and immediate victim the city of Ceuta and its inhabitants, in their freedom, the exercise of their rights and the integrity of their persons and their property, but also the Kingdom of Spain itself."
In a previous order, the instructor classified what happened in the autonomous city as "a criminal conduct allegedly committed abroad that has severely attacked the territorial integrity of Spain," through irregular migratory flows that "have severely affected the life and rights of the citizens of Ceuta."
Furthermore, she pointed to a "permissiveness" and "clear and undeniable management favoring the process from the territory of the Kingdom of Morocco" which, she emphasized, "is evidenced by the confirmed and graphically contrasted behavior of the Security Forces" of the neighboring country.
In this procedure, the State has appeared as a private prosecution and aggrieved party, just like the city of Ceuta, while PP, Vox, Hazte Oír, and Iustitia Europa act as popular accusations.