Spain’s spy agency warned of plans to storm Ceuta before mass migrant crossing, documents show | CNN

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Spanish intelligence services warned their Moroccan counterparts and Madrid of plans to storm Ceuta a day before more than 70,000 migrants crossed into Spain’s North African enclave, according to documents released by the government on Wednesday.

In a July 29 note from Spain’s spy agency, the National Intelligence Centre (CNI), to the Moroccan intelligence agencies DGST and DGED, it warned of plans on social media platforms for migrants to enter Ceuta by scaling the border fence or swimming round it, taking advantage of Morocco’s national Throne Day celebrations.

On the same day, the CNI also warned the Spanish government’s representative in Ceuta of the plans, according to declassified WhatsApp messages.

“There are two different groups with a total of 180,000 followers. Just to give you an idea of the scale,” the CNI wrote in reference to the size of the social media groups.