Conflicting accounts over whether Spanish intelligence warned of mass entry into Ceuta

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The newspaper The Objective reported that intelligence assessments had flagged a possible mass entry into Ceuta and Melilla coinciding with Morocco's Throne Dayhttps://en.mercopress.com/data/cache/noticias/111001/100x80/ceu.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0 12px 6px 0; border: 1px solid #333;" width="100" />
Spanish intelligence services concluded that Morocco did not plan last Thursday's mass entry of people into Ceuta, although it allowed the crossings and drew political benefit from the international attention, according to sources cited by El País.

Other reporting contradicts that account on a key point: whether the government was warned in advance.

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