Judge orders testimony from Ceuta mayor and former government aide in invasion probe
Judge María Tardón has summoned Ceuta’s president Juan Jesús Vivas and former government chief of staff Gonzalo Sanz to testify in the investigation of the July invasion.
María Tardón, the judge handling the July invasion of Ceuta, has issued subpoenas for Juan Jesús Vivas, the autonomous city’s president, and Gonzalo Sanz, the former head of the Government Delegation’s cabinet, to appear before the court. The same hearing will include the chief of Ceuta’s Local Police. Tardón has also demanded that police and armed forces provide all alerts and risk assessments issued about the incident, specifying recipients, communication methods, and timestamps.
At the prosecutor’s request, she has commissioned a biometric and facial-recognition analysis of persons flagged as possible Moroccan guides in civilian clothing. The judge further ordered the National Center for Immigration and Borders to supply a full list of phone numbers, social-media identifiers, geolocation data and other technical details linked to the migration march, and plans to issue European investigative requests to major technology firms such as Meta, TikTok, Google and Apple to obtain relevant user data.
Why it matters
The testimony and digital probes could reveal how the migration surge was coordinated and whether authorities received prior warnings.
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