Hooded individuals opened fire several times on a mosque in the city of Ceuta, before fleeing on a motorcycle. The religious motive (Islamophobia) is ruled out. The incident occurred very early on Monday, June 24, 2019.
Erected with barbed wire and deployed over 8.2km, following agreements negotiated with the European Union, providing for the granting of 140 million euros to the Kingdom, the new border barrier aims to ensure tighter control at the borders between Spain and Morocco.
A clash between an illegal immigrant and a Guardia Civil took place at the Farhana border crossing in Melilla. The latter wanted to intercept the former who wanted to cross the border. The agent was injured, but slightly.
The Spanish National Police has just announced the arrest of two teenagers around 15 years old. They are accused of the murder of a Moroccan. His body had been found last week in Lorca. They have been placed in custody, without the possibility of bail.
Despite some internal lobbies in the Spanish Government, which are trying to seize the EU, the operations of selling electricity to the Spanish electricity grid, carried out by the National Office of Electricity (ONEE), continue.
According to a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), 49 migrants of sub-Saharan origin left the Moroccan coast by boat, bound for Spain. Missing since Tuesday, the boat was spotted in the Alboran Sea by the Spanish maritime rescue services on Wednesday, June 19, 2019.
He thought he could fool the customs officers but his hiding place was discovered. A man has just been arrested with 14 kilos of drugs at the Bab-Ceuta border post, in northern Morocco.
The Spanish Ministry of the Interior expressed its satisfaction with the "high level of efficiency and coordination in the implementation of the "Marhaba" Operation", which is reflected, in particular, in a reduction in waiting times in ports and better services for travelers. Good organization that is explained by Morocco’s great experience in conducting this Operation.
The death of a 70-year-old man, on Tuesday morning, at the border post of the city of Ceuta, has moved more than one. The septuagenarian, a smuggler of goods, died of a heart attack while waiting in line.
Customs elements intercepted, on Monday, June 17, 2019, two Syrian women, at the border with Melilla. They had a large sum of money in foreign currency in their possession. They wanted to smuggle it into Nador.
The Spanish police have provided additional information, following the discovery, during the night of Thursday, May 13 to Friday, May 14, 2019, of a body. It would be that of a Moroccan.
The Spanish authorities have decided to act firmly and, above all, very quickly. 24 hours after the clashes that took place at the Port of Ceuta between Moroccan migrants and the security forces, Spain has just announced the immediate expulsion of the troublemakers.