Drunk airline passenger assaults officer during removal at Bogotá airport
Colombian police officer Carlos Quiñones was struck by a drunk airline passenger. The officer was called to remove the attacker and his brother from an Avianca plane in Colombia.
The two brothers assaulted the police officers aboard the Avianca plane in Colombia. According to the “Daily Mail” website, the incident occurred when the suspects were asked to leave the plane at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá. Their inappropriate behaviour prompted this request. The National Colombian Police have withheld the suspects' names as part of an ongoing investigation.
In the video, one of the men is seen arguing with Officer Carlos Quiñones, declaring that he “does not intend to leave this place” and using offensive language directed at people with dark skin.
The attacker’s brother initially placed his hand on Quiñones’s chest and said to him: “Do not treat him badly.” Then, one of the men stepped forward and struck Officer Quiñones in the face. His police partner quickly intervened, arresting the attacker and escorting him off the plane.
Attack on police officers on the plane
The attacker’s brother attempted to prevent the assaulted officer from leaving the plane, causing the conflict to escalate. A scuffle ensued.
The police strongly condemn such incidents where two officers were physically and verbally attacked on board a plane at El Dorado Airport – said Lieutenant Colonel Wilson Torres, who heads the police station at this airport.
He also added that the police can call on passengers to leave the plane under Colombian aviation regulations. “When they become aggressive towards the police, attacking them physically and verbally, the police initiate criminal proceedings for violence against a public official,” Wilson Torres emphasised.
Both men were arrested on charges of assaulting a public official. According to the “Daily Mail,” a judge allowed them to be released on bail, charging them with intentionally causing bodily injury. Assaulting a public official carries a penalty of four to eight years in prison.
