The trial against two Ceuta police officers, accused of having beaten three Moroccan women with their batons on December 10 after Morocco’s victory over Portugal, opened on Tuesday before the investigating court of the city. The prosecution requested a fine of eight euros per day for three months against one of them.
National police agents in Ceuta arrested on Monday three young people (including a minor and a woman), accused of the murder of Mohamed Ali Lamsseyeh, 17, which occurred in the García Aldave neighborhood a year ago.
The Civil Guard of Ceuta found on Tuesday the lifeless body of a young Moroccan migrant on the Ribera beach, not far from the city center, where it had drifted after being swept away by the strong current of the sea recorded in recent days.
The Ceuta police questioned 50 people and viewed all the surveillance cameras in the Loma Colmenar neighborhood where little Mohamed, 8 years old, was found dead on December 19 , before arresting his alleged murderer and sexual assailant a month later.
On the eve of the High-Level Meeting between Spain and Morocco scheduled for February 1 and 2 in Rabat, the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, reiterated the "Spanishness" of Ceuta and Melilla.
Spain has tightened border controls in Ceuta and Melilla for Moroccans, significantly reducing the number of travelers from the kingdom to the autonomous cities.
The president of Vox Ceuta, Juan Sergio Redondo, says he expects nothing positive from the high-level meeting between Spain and Morocco scheduled for February 1 and 2 in Rabat. According to him, Morocco has no intention of renouncing its policy of blockade against Ceuta and Melilla.
Former Spanish minister María Antonia Trujillo reiterated her remarks on Ceuta and Melilla which, according to her, should be annexed to Morocco.
The Civil Guard of Ceuta has arrested three individuals, two French and one Moroccan residing in Spain, for attempting to smuggle three high-end vehicles stolen in Morocco into Morocco.
The residents of the Loma Colmenar neighborhood in Ceuta are outraged and angry after the tragic death of Mohamed Abdeselam, an 8-year-old boy whose lifeless body was recently found.
After several years of closure, the customs offices of Ceuta and Melilla will reopen on January 23 next , a week before the holding of the high-level Morocco-Spain meeting, scheduled for February 1 and 2 in Rabat.
The opening of the commercial customs of Ceuta and Melilla, the delimitation of territorial waters or the control of the airspace of the Sahara are among the major points of friction between Spain and Morocco that will certainly be the subject of discussions during the High-Level Meeting scheduled in Rabat on February 1 and 2 .