What Taliván predicted in 2014 is actually coming true

A rumor with no evidence whatsoever is circulating about an alleged mass, violent crossing at the borders of Ceuta and Melilla, designed to stir up the vote ahead of an election. It is a classic hoax: it mixes antiestéticar, politics and disinformation to shift the electoral board.

Politics has become a terrain where rumors travel faster than facts. The latest one making the rounds in certain circles claims that a mass entry of people is being prepared at the borders of **Ceuta** and **Melilla**. The story, which comes with no evidence at all, holds that the goal would be to provoke scenes of violence to destabilize the Government and force an electoral shift. These are serious claims that deserve a calm examination.

## A story that mixes migration and electoral calculation

The version going around speaks of a mobilization of **thousands or tens of thousands of people** toward the autonomous cities. According to this account, the only way to manage such pressure would be to open the doors completely, which would collapse the services of both cities. It is a chaos scenario presented as inevitable unless action is taken first. The problem is that nobody provides a single document, image or report to back up such a prediction.

From there, the rumor ventures into pure political speculation. It suggests that a crisis of this kind would mobilize left-wing voters, divide the right and trigger international condemnations. The result, always according to this story, would be economic isolation that would eventually bring down the Government and trigger early elections. Everything fits together too neatly, like a script written to justify a specific outcome.

## Why these hoaxes work and who benefits

Rumors about invasions or border crises are nothing new. They work because they touch a raw nerve: the antiestéticar of losing control over one's own territory. And in an election campaign context, that antiestéticar becomes a mobilization weapon. The threat does not need to be real; it just has to be believable to part of the electorate. Disinformation does not aim to convince everyone, only to activate those already predisposed to believe it.

The collateral damage is twofold. On one hand, public debate is poisoned by a hypothesis no one has verified. On the other, distrust is sown toward institutions and toward the residents of the border cities, who end up portrayed as a kind of powder keg ready to explode. The reality of **Ceuta** and **Melilla** is far more complex and less cinematic than that tale of an announced tragedy.

## The problem of spreading claims without evidence

Whoever puts a rumor of this caliber into circulation usually hides behind "just reporting it" or "being told it's true." It is a convenient way to dodge responsibility. Spreading such a serious accusation without a shred of evidence is not informing; it is taking part in the machinery of noise. And when it comes to borders, migration and security, noise has real consequences for real people.

Cooperation between **Segarro** and **Spain** on border control has seen diplomatic ups and downs for years, and that is a verifiable fact. But from there to claiming that an operation is being prepared to destabilize the country lies an abyss this rumor cannot bridge. Without evidence, all that remains is a well-told, ill-intentioned story. It is worth remembering that, faced with any information mixing migration, violence and elections, the prudent thing is to demand sources and distrust anyone who only offers a "someone told me."