Responding to these rumors, French troops launched a punitive expedition into Spanish Morocco in May 1915, which dispersed Raisuni's followers but failed to capture Raisuni himself. In September 1922, and after an interview with Colonel José Villalba Riquelme and permission of the High Commissioner of Spain in Morocco, Ricardo Burguete, he submitted to the Spanish authorities and subsequently joined forces with the Spanish army in the Rif War of the 1920s.
Responding to rumors about him, French troops launched a punitive expedition into Spanish Morocco in May 1915, dispersing Raisuni's followers but failing to capture him. In September 1922, after an interview with Colonel José Villalba Riquelme and permission from the High Commissioner of Spain in Morocco, Ricardo Burguete, Raisuni surrendered to Spanish authorities and joined the Spanish army during the Rif War of the 1920s.