The police report analyzes in detail the phase prior to the assault on the Ceuta border on July 31, the operational strategy at the time, and its subsequent consequences. In 55 pages, the officials of the National Immigration and Borders Center outline the prior planning to mobilize a massive flow; the existence of a strategic and operational direction and two objectives. The first, to collapse the border management system; and the second, to eliminate Spain’s response capacity.

Focusing on migration and the humane treatment that migrants deserve, both those who embark on a cayuco on the African coasts and risk their lives to cross the Atlantic and the Latin Americans who leave their countries and set out on the path to seek a better life, is the main reason why the Canary Islands are one of the stops of the Pope on his first visit to Spain.

The Supreme Court judge who instructed the procés case, Pablo Llarena, has yet to definitively close the matter regarding former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont. The magistrate opposed applying the Amnesty law to the post-convergent leader, understanding that he personally profited from organizing the October 1, 2017 referendum and therefore is excluded from this legal benefit. Legal sources explained yesterday, in the discussions following the opening of the Judicial Year, that the magistrate will review the application of the statute of limitations as soon as the Constitutional Court evaluates the interpretation made by the instructor. His thesis, that the leaders of the procés enriched themselves by organizing the October 1 referendum because they did so with public money and not personal funds, is the same one upheld by the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court regarding those already convicted, such as former vice president Oriol Junqueras who requested to be granted amnesty and have his disqualification penalty canceled. All of them appealed to the Constitutional Court, which on the 22nd will review the first of the appeals for protection.

A code red is technically an emergency protocol that indicates an imminent threat or an extreme risk situation. In the medical field, it is used to classify a patient who requires immediate attention without waiting time. In a fire, the code red tells us…