It’s a video making waves across social media.

Spanish national police on Sunday intercepted a boat carrying migrants attempting to illegally reach Spanish territory in North Africa, actually severing the migrant vessel in a collision, the U.K. Telegraph reported Wednesday.

And while there were, unbelievably, no serious injuries, the images have caused a storm in cyberspace.

Watch: Migrant dinghy crushed by Spanish police boat

The Guardia Civil can be seen chasing the speedboat and trying to block the path when it severs it in half

Read more https://t.co/5Pi2OAXQEv pic.twitter.com/DbFgnp4Wp1

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) August 28, 2024

According to The Telegraph, the Spanish boat was part of the country’s Guardia Civil, patrolling the coast off Melilla, a small Spanish enclave bordering Morocco in North Africa.

It was chasing a boat carrying four passengers and attempting to stop it from reaching ground when the collision occurred.

According to The Telegraph, those on board the migrant vessel were rescued immediately. Only one required brief hospitalization.

A spokesman for a party in Spain’s left-wing coalition government called the incident an “intolerable human disaster.”

Reactions to the video ranged from congratulating the authorities for the undeniably harsh measure to criticizing the extremity of the move.

“That’s how you stop illegal immigrants from illegally crossing into your country,” declared a social media post published by Turning Point UK, a British offshoot of the conservative American group Turning Point USA.

Spanish boat police take out a migrant dinghy.

That’s how you stop illegal migrants from illegally crossing into your country. pic.twitter.com/cICaO6WWRf

— Turning Point UK (@TPointUK) August 28, 2024

“Everyone has had enough,” wrote Tommy Robinson, a British conservative political activist.

Spanish police boat chases down and runs over migrant dinghy sending occupants flying.

Everyone has had enough. pic.twitter.com/CSPsZbby7b

— Tommy Robinson (@TRobinsonNewEra) August 29, 2024

The migrants’ boat appeared to have originated in Morocco.

According to the left-wing British publication The Guardian, the Moroccan Association for Human Rights “violent and dangerous.”

And Kenneth Roth, a former executive director of the group Human Rights Watch, used a social media post to call the police action “dangerously aggressive.”

A video “appeared to show a Spanish police boat briefly mounting a small dinghy carrying people towards the coast of Spain” — a dangerously aggressive move to stop migrants. https://t.co/UXGtxhlJN0

— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) August 27, 2024

Moroccan authorities have said they are investigating the encounter, according to The Telegraph.

Spain has apparently decided there is no need to, the publication reported.

“Spain’s two enclaves on Morocco’s Mediterranean coast, Ceuta and Melilla, share the only land borders of the European Union with Africa,” The Telegraph noted. “The enclaves sporadically experience waves of attempted crossings by migrants trying to reach Europe.”

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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Guest Post by Miriam Judith

A Royal Caribbean cruise ship employee has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for spying on unsuspecting guests — including innocent young children.

Arvin Joseph Mirasol, a 34-year-old citizen of the Philippines, planted hidden cameras in the rooms of unsuspecting families. He had even resorted to hiding under beds in order to record young children getting out of the shower, according to the reports.

On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Melissa Damian sentenced Mirasol to 30 years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to producing child pornographic materials involving multiple children, some barely out of infancy.

Mirasol’s vile actions came to light in February when a young girl stumbled upon one of his cameras hidden under a sink in her room. Mirasol was detained until the cruise ship returned to Port Everglades in March, where he was finally arrested, for his revolting crimes.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s office:

”Mirasol, a stateroom attendant who serviced passenger cabins, was detained until the cruise ship docked at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Once the ship docked, on March 3, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel boarded the ship and began their investigation. Mirasol’s electronics were seized and searched. Law enforcement discovered that Mirasol’s electronics contained numerous videos of children in various stages of undress.  The focus of the videos was on the children’s genital areas. One video showed Mirasol himself installing a camera in a guest’s bathroom. HSI agents were able to identify children depicted in the videos, ranging from 2 to 17 years of age.”

Investigators revealed that Mirasol shamelessly confessed to spying on young girls since the very beginning of his employment with the company. The investigators said that Marisol also admitted to hiding cameras in guest bedrooms and hiding under beds in order to secretly record young children.

Unfortunately, the harm that was done by Marisol cannot be taken back, and his victims will be left with permanent scars inflicted by the predator. However, Mirasol will finally be behind bars where he can no longer harm anyone else.

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