According to Jupol, the largest union in the Spanish National Police, at least a dozen jihadists have crossed the Spanish border, reaching Ceuta and Melilla during last week’s invasion. Laura Garcia, spokesperson for the union, told EsRadio that “it is possible that there are currently a dozen jihadists who have entered the country.” Furthermore, according to Garcia, these are terrorists “who were already convicted in Spain and deported to Morocco, and who have returned.”

And again: “We have intelligence services, both within the National Police and the Civil Guard, elite units that do their job very well, and they have just detected these invaders on our soil”, she affirmed.

Manuel Gaviria Florentino, leading figure for the right-wing party Vox in the Andalusia region, attacked Spanish PM’s policies on immigration on his Instagram account: “Jihadists among the Ceuta invaders. The mafias transporting them to the Andalusian coast. And Pedro Sánchez on vacation. His concessions to Morocco and his suicidal immigration policies have turned our borders into a sieve. We have to throw him out”.

Intelligence agencies have historically warned that terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and ISIS have attempted to exploit clandestine human trafficking pipelines to insert operatives into Europe via Spain. Moreover, with a significant flow like that from........

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