The bodies of 140 victims of the Ceuta incident are being buried in the Sidi Embarek Muslim cemetery because Morocco has not authorised their repatriation.
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The total death toll is described by El Faro de Ceuta as 'more than 140 deaths' between Ceuta and Morocco, so the stated figure of 140 slightly understates the full toll.
The number of victims actually buried at Sidi Embarek is smaller than 140: El País reports 76 unidentified bodies being buried, and Diario de Sevilla reports 90 bodies buried in a single week, only nine of which were identified. The figure of 140 refers to the total death toll, not to the number of bodies interred in the Sidi Embarek cemetery.
ABC reports that Morocco specifically rejected the repatriation of six identified Moroccan nationals, alongside the 76 still-unidentified bodies, so the blockage concerns a subset of the total victims rather than all 140.
No primary/official source (Spanish Interior Ministry, Ceuta authorities, Moroccan government) was located; all evidence comes from Spanish news media (secondary sources).
One search result pointing to the figure of 140 was a social-network post (Threads/RTVA), which is excluded as a source.
Sources
SecondaryEl Faro de CeutaSe produjeron, entre Ceuta y Marruecos, más de 140 muertes. (The article covers the burial of the first victims at the Sidi Embarek Muslim cemetery after the El Tarajal tragedy.)
SecondaryEl PaísLos 76 fallecidos sin identificar comenzarán a recibir sepultura por tandas esta semana y se situarán en una zona delimitada del cementerio... (refers to the victims of the massive arrival at El Tarajal being buried in Ceuta).
SecondaryABCMarruecos rechaza la repatriación de los seis cadáveres marroquíes identificados... 76 cuerpos siguen sin identificar en el antiguo hospital militar de la ciudad.
SecondaryCadena SERMarruecos 'abandona' a sus muertos: Younes será enterrado en Ceuta porque Rabat impide a su familia repatriar su cadáver.
SecondaryDiario de SevillaNoventa cuerpos fueron enterrados en apenas una semana tras la entrada masiva del 30 y 31 de julio; solo nueve pudieron ser identificados.