Two siblings are facing assault charges after they attacked two cops inside an Avianca airplane in Colombia.
The suspects, whose names have been withheld by the Colombian National Police as part of the investigation, assaulted officer Carlos Quiñones after they were asked to step out the Avianca aircraft due to their unruly behavior last Thursday night at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá.
In the viral video, one of the men can be seen arguing with Quiñones and tells him, ‘We are not going to leave’ and refers addresses by the color of skin.
His brother places his hand on Quiñones's chest and tell him, ‘Don’t mistreat him,’ before the alleged drunk siblings took things to another level.
The man then steps forward and slaps Quiñones in the face before his partner steps forward and restrains the attacker and escorts him out of the plane.
Two Colombian siblings (second from left and second from right) were arrested at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá last Thursday after they assaulted two police officers, who were called to escort them off an Avianca aircraft due to their unruly behavior. Both passengers were allegedly drunk
Colombia National Police agent Carlos Quiñones was slapped by an alleged drunk passenger after he and his partner were called in to remove the attacker and his brother from an Avianca airplane
However, the slapper’s sibling attempts to stop the cop, who was assaulted, from following his partner and puts up a struggle with the agent.
He then abandons his seat and fast walks down the aisle and reaches for the cop before he too is forced out of the airplane.
“The Police reject this type of event in which two police officers are physically and verbally attacked inside an aircraft at the El Dorado airport,” said lieutenant colonel Wilson Torres, who oversees the airport police station.
“The National Police calls for passengers to disembark from the aircraft, as established by Colombian aeronautical regulations,” Torres added. “They become aggressive towards the Police, attacking them physically and verbally, which is why the police proceed to prosecute them for the crime of violence against a public servant.”
Both men were apprehended on charges of assaulting a public servant, but they were granted their release by a judge, who charged them with intentional personal injury.
The charge of assaulting a public servant carries a sentence of four to eight years in prison.
DailyMail.com reached out to Avianca for comment.
A passenger intervenes and tries to stop officer Carlos Quiñones from removing his brother off an Avianca flight for slapping in law enforcement agent in the face
The passenger (pictured) and his sibling were released from jail after a judge charged them with intentional personal injury
The incident follows the December 2023 incident involving a Polish man who was removed from a Spirit Airlines flight at Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport in Barranquilla that was bound for Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Police footage showed the passenger, who was allegedly drunk, in an argument words with fellow customers and shouting, 'F**k you, b****h,' at another passenger as he was being escorted by a flight attendant and two cops.
He let out another F-bomb and stopped in the middle of the plane to berate another passenger, telling them, 'You wish you would be in the United States.'
One of the cops subsequently pushed him forward before he hit the cop and repeatedly told him, 'I hate you.'
