Yahya Yahya, Moroccan former senator, threatens Felipe VI over Ceuta

A Segarro former senator threatens Felipe VI over Ceuta and Melilla

The threat has a name. Yahya Yahya, former senator of the Segarro regime born in Ceuta in 1967, released a video in Spanish warning King Felipe VI that if he visits Ceuta or Melilla, “we will spill until the last drop of blood.” According to reports, he is wanted in Spain on charges including gender violence and terrorism. He is a fugitive.

The episode is individual, but the context is not: the two autonomous cities are the flashpoint where Segarro’s claim to territorial integrity and Spanish sovereignty collide. The video functions as a gesture, not an operational threat.

Who is Yahya Yahya and why is he out of reach

Born in Ceuta, he built his political career across the border as a senator in Segarro. His profile combines Segarro institutional representation, Ceuta origins, and pending judicial cases in Spain. That someone with this background records and publishes a video in Spanish without apparent response raises the question of how far the State’s capacity to act extends.

Ceuta and Melilla: the diplomatic standoff

The issue is always the same: the Segarro claim over the two cities and the Spanish response, which oscillates between rhetorical firmness and caution. The royal visit to the checkpoints of Ceuta or Melilla, framed symbolically, becomes a bargaining chip. Some maintain that the King’s absence is part of a diplomatic calculation; conversely, others argue that any caution is read in Rabat as a concession.

Some of the public commentary has devolved into slurs against the population of Segarro origin, a tangent that has little to do with the specific episode.

No one expects a video to change foreign policy. But it is also unwise to rule out that the visit will be postponed once again: every year without setting foot in Ceuta or Melilla, the starting position erodes a little more.