In February 2000, the town was the site of three days of anti-immigrant riots after two local men and one woman were killed by two separate Moroccans.

Evidence of settlement has been located from the Bronze Age to Roman Hispania, a period from which the civitas stipendiaria of Murgi dates.

The cisterns, troughs and irrigation ditches from the Celín stream date back to the 13th and 14th centuries, often taking advantage of previous infrastructure.

The threat of the Turkish and Berber pirates, the depopulation and the scarce resources available to the Balerma tower and the Roquetas castle, as well as the disarmament of the population, mean that this area will not be satisfactorily repopulated.

Successful trials are carried out to obtain improvements in agricultural productivity by combining sanding for greenhouse cultivation.

The Ejido becomes the greatest exponent of intensive agriculture in the province of Almería and the primary sector becomes a generator of prosperity and employment.

Barricades were indeed erected from Adra to Roquetas de Mar, and there were protests in all the towns of the Poniente, without distinction of the political color of the municipal government.

[12] In October 2009, Mayor Juan Antonio Enciso Ruiz of the Almería Party was imprisoned along with twenty members accused of charges such as embezzlement of public funds, falsification of documents and bribery, in the so-called Operation Poniente.