Ua loaʻa iā Ortega Smith, mai Vox, he 10 mau makahiki paʻahao ma Gibraltar no ka powa.

Ma mua o ka puka ʻana o Vox i loko o ke kūlana politika Sepania, ua hana mua ka hui o Abascal i kekahi mau poʻo. ʻO kēia ka mea i hana ʻia me ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo 'Operation Tarzan', he hana i hana ʻia, ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe, e Javier Ortega Smith, helu o kēia manawa 2 ʻO ka ʻike.

Ua hoʻolālā ʻo ia me nā lālā ʻē aʻe o ka hoʻokumu ʻana e komo i ka Pōhaku e kau i ka hae Sepania 180 mika. Ua ʻau ʻo Ortega Smith i loko a i waho. Ma kēia ʻano ua pale ʻo ia i ke kauoha ʻimi a hopu ʻia i hoʻopuka ʻia ma 2013 e ʻO ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kahi hana i loaʻa ka manaʻo o ka wehe ʻana i kekahi o nā poloka paʻa i hoʻolei ʻia e ke Aupuni Gibraltarian i loko o ka wai. 

I kēia manawa, ua alakaʻi ka nūpepa ʻo El Mundo i kahi ninaninau me Smith kahi i haʻaheo hou ai ʻo ia i kēlā hana.

Ma ka nīnauele, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ortega ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia ka mana o ka ʻimi a hopu ʻia, ʻoiai ʻaʻole maopopo ʻo ia. "Ina paha," wahi āna, "ʻaʻole ʻo ia i heʻe wāwae i ʻEnelani a me ka Pōhaku. Inā makemake au e hele i Lākana, a hiki i ka minuke hope loa, ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu .... ʻO ka mea maopopo loa, e pio ana ke ala hoʻāla ma ke kamepiula. 

"Ua helu mākou i ka manawa i ka millimeter, kahi e piʻi ai, pehea e hōʻike ai i ka hae .... I loko o ʻewalu mau minuke, pono mākou e iho i ke kuahiwi, kahi i hāʻule ai kekahi a kokoke e make. Ua kū ka mea e hoʻokele nei, akā ua hiki i ke koena o mākou ke hele i kahakai, "e noʻonoʻo ʻo ia.

Ua hōʻoia nā kumu mākaʻi Gibraltar ʻO ka palapala hopu no ka hewa o ka pōā, i hoʻopuka ʻia ma Iulai 2014 e kūʻē i ke alakaʻi o Vox, ʻaʻohe lā pau a pili wale i ka lepo Gibraltarian. Ua ʻaihue ke kanaka kālaiʻāina a me nā lālā ʻē aʻe o ka ʻaoʻao i kahi ʻāpana kaʻa mai ke kai o ke kai hana o Gibraltar, a lakou i lawe aku ai i Madrid, a mai ia manawa mai. Hōʻike ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he "puʻu kaua" ma kona keʻena nui, wahi a ka nupepa LUH.