Secret agent coordinated Brahim Ghali's entry into Spain
The 'Ghali case' continues to throw up new questions since the investigation into the entry of the Polisario Front leader into Spain began in April last year. According to the medical staff who travelled in the ambulance that transferred Brahim Ghali from the military base in Zaragoza to a hospital in Logroño, an individual "dressed in a civilian suit and tie" coordinated the Saharawi's arrival in Spain.
This is what the driver of the ambulance confirmed to the National Police. He also assured that the undercover agent, despite being in civilian clothes, directed the operation that took place at the military base, an Air Force installation. The driver explained that the mystery man "gave the directives to place the ambulance on the airport runway and coordinate the transfer of the patient from the plane to the ambulance".
The presence of this individual has also been confirmed by a nurse who was part of the ambulance crew. She refers to the man as a "person who was dressed in civilian clothes and who left the scene a few minutes later".
The ambulance driver, the nurse and a doctor also confirmed that Ghali was accompanied by his son and a doctor. However, they identified themselves "verbally". "They made their identifications verbally without showing any supporting documents," they said.
This information was included in a document sent to the judge in the Ghali case, Rafael Lasala. Several Spanish media, such as La Razón, El Mundo and ABC have had access to this document.
On the other hand, the lawyer for the popular accusation, Antonio Urdiales, has already asked the magistrate Lasala to identify this person in order to find out under what orders he acted. The man, as he was not dressed as a military man, could be an intelligence agent of the CNI, an agency under the Ministry of Defence, headed by Margarita Robles. Although he could also be acting under the orders of Fernando Grande-Marlaska, Minister of the Interior, or Arancha González Laya, former Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Last Monday, José Ángel González Giménez, deputy director of operations (DAO) of the National Police, testified before Judge Lasala as a witness. González Giménez stressed that the police did not control Ghali's entry in any way and that he was unaware that the person who landed in Zaragoza was the Polisario leader.
For the moment, the magistrate has charged former minister Laya and her chief of staff, the diplomat Camilo Villarino. Both are accused of alleged crimes of prevarication, concealment and falsification of private documents. Ghali arrived at the Zaragoza base under a false identity without passing any kind of document control. Moreover, when he arrived, he had criminal proceedings open in Spain for alleged crimes of terrorism, torture and genocide. Likewise, Ghali's entry caused a serious diplomatic and migratory crisis with Morocco that, to date, has still not been fully overcome.