Policía Foral detained a 26-year-old and a 16-year-old. The 16-year-old is accused of public disorder, and the 26-year-old of attacking an agent of the authorities. Both were released overnight.
National Police charged protesters after stones and bottles were thrown, deployed tear gas near Avenida de Barañáin, and overturned containers blocked traffic.
Quiles arrived at 18:40 for an event scheduled at 18:00, stayed about ten minutes with roughly a hundred supporters, then left in a van.
The Army opened an investigation into legionnaires who cheered Quiles on a bus ride from Madrid to Almería after the 12 October parade.
Vito Quiles, an activist, had called an event in Pamplona on the afternoon of 15 October 2026 as part of a tour of Spain under the slogan "Mafia o patria". The event was first planned for Plaza del Castillo, but it was moved to Plaza de Yamaguchi on the recommendation of the Government Delegation, so that it would not coincide with a counter-demonstration. Hundreds of people, called by unions, collectives and pensioners' and youth movements, gathered at Plaza del Castillo to reject his visit. That gathering passed without incidents or moments of tension.
Around a hundred of Quiles's supporters arrived with banners reading "Fascista el que te silencia" and "Libertad de expresión". Opposing protesters held a banner reading "Faxista. Alde hemendik", and two of them entered the square shouting insults. Tension rose until people from both gatherings faced each other, and National Police officers charged the group protesting against the event. Protesters answered by throwing stones and bottles at the officers. Police made several charges and deployed tear gas near the roundabout on Avenida de Barañáin, where a group overturned rubbish containers and blocked traffic. Officers also charged in Yamaguchi park, next to the square.
Quiles reached the square at 18:40, against a scheduled start of 18:00, and was greeted by his supporters. He said "Navarra es más española que nunca" in a brief speech, while the crowd shouted an insult at Pedro Sánchez. He said that at the general election on 29 November the current government would be sent "to the dustbin of history". He left after about ten minutes in a van.
“Navarra is more Spanish than ever.”
Government Delegation sources in Navarra first told EFE that one person had been detained during the incidents. Policía Foral later reported that two young people had been detained, a 26-year-old and a 16-year-old. The 16-year-old is accused of public disorder, and the 26-year-old is accused of attacking an agent of the authorities. Both were released during the night and are waiting to appear before the juvenile prosecutor or a judge, respectively. Police did not name the detainees, and the 16-year-old is a minor.
El País reports that on 12 October, after the military parade, a bus collected members of the Legion Brigade in Madrid's Plaza de Colón and took them back to their base at Viator in Almería. Quiles boarded the bus, and the soldiers chanted his name as he called out against 'the reds'. He filmed the scene and posted it online. The Army has opened an investigation into the legionnaires who cheered him and joined in his chants.
“The event this afternoon is safe, and we will hold it regardless of who objects.”
Quiles had posted that message on X before the event, urging calm.
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Police charged protesters and used tear gas near Plaza de Yamaguchi as Vito Quiles spoke for about ten minutes. Officers detained a 16-year-old and a 26-year-old, who were released overnight pending court steps.
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