“I have nothing to do with Plus Ultra,” assured former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero last March 2 in the Senate. But this morning the judge of the National Court José Luis Calama has summoned him as a suspect for an alleged crime of influence peddling and other related offenses within the framework of the Plus Ultra case. Zapatero will have to appear before the magistrate next June 2. In parallel, the judicial police are raiding the former president’s offices today. The secrecy of the investigation was lifted this morning, but some details of the Plus Ultra case are already known.

Ceuta is a pressure cooker. The atmosphere that permeated this Wednesday’s massive mobilization against the crisis management suggests it could explode. Thousands of Ceutans, with the Spanish flag as a common denominator, gathered late in the afternoon in front of the Government Delegation – where the sole commander, Minister Ángel Víctor Torres, was located – to clamor for their city, “which is not for sale, but defended.” Weariness is giving way to anger. Concern to exasperation. “Invaders [referring to the immigrants who entered in an avalanche], expulsion,” chanted the majority. “Go get them,” shouted the minority, while running after some North Africans who are still wandering the streets.

Thousands of Ceutíes took to the streets this Sunday in a massive demonstration that filled the Plaza de la Constitución to demand a response to the serious situation the city is facing after the massive entry of migrants on July 30 and to send a message that has echoed throughout the afternoon: “Enough already. Ceuta does not surrender.”