Following the recent and extensive coverage of Sunday’s incursion incident involving Guardia Civil Vessel ‘Rio Cedena’ and a local jet ski pilot, His Excellency the Governor has insisted that it ‘was clearly an unlawful incursion and a very serious incident which has been corroborated by video footage now in the public domain.  The discharge of a firearm presents serious risks to the safety of us all.  Such reckless action could have had dire consequences and led to an escalation that we all want to avoid.’

His Excellency added, ‘It is completely unacceptable and I welcome the Minister for Europe’s statement urging Spain to take action to ensure that this will not happen again.’