Ceuta Delegate Resigns Amid Conflicting Accounts on Migrant Warning

Miguel Ángel Pérez Triano resigned as Spain's government delegate in Ceuta on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. He also left his roles as PSOE secretary general in Ceuta and candidate for City Presidency, exiting politics. He submitted the written resignation that morning, citing family pressure after insults, threats and a funeral wreath left outside his office. "My family doesn't deserve that I should stay on any longer," he said. "That is also violence." The resignation follows the July 30–31, 2026 mass influx from Morocco. Reuters reported more than 72,000 migrants reached Ceuta; Caliber.Az put the figure above 80,000. Minister Ángel Víctor Torres estimated up to 3,500 remain outside reception facilities. Pérez Triano said he had "limited competencies" and could not "decide whether a border is opened or the Army is deployed," and that "weeks before we had already warned" the central government. The Madrid government says it received alerts of possible crossings but nothing indicated a rush of that scale. His former chief of staff, who resigned after disputing Pérez Triano's account and saying he had passed the intelligence on, is due to testify before Spain's High Court this week. Reports say the government is preparing to replace him with former El Puerto de Santa María mayor David de la Encina.