Spanish police free 74 migrants and arrest suspect in Ceuta

Spanish National Police found 74 irregular migrants living in overcrowded and precarious conditions inside a property in Ceuta on Tuesday. Euronews and El Mundo America both report that the group included 10 unaccompanied minors, who were discovered in the El Príncipe neighbourhood of the Spanish enclave. [1][2]

According to Euronews, officers arrested a local resident who is allegedly the leader of a criminal organisation. The individual was taken into custody on suspicion of labour exploitation, assault, and facilitating irregular immigration. [1]

The city of Ceuta takes its modern name from its Roman designation Ad Septem Fratres, referring to seven hills in the area. The region original served as an ancient Phoenician trading post along the Strait of Gibraltar around the seventh century BCE. [4]