{"id":85442,"date":"2025-07-23T08:19:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T08:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/85442\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T08:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T08:19:15","slug":"new-york-realtor-emmanuel-hernandez-banned-from-colombia-for-10-years-after-airport-tirade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/85442\/","title":{"rendered":"New York realtor Emmanuel Hernandez banned from Colombia for 10 years after airport tirade"},"content":{"rendered":"

A New York realtor has been banned from traveling to Colombia for a decade after his violent airport tirade in the South American country was caught on video \u2014 but claims he is the victim, not the agitator.<\/p>\n

Emmanuel Hernandez was waiting in line at an immigration checkpoint when he removed his shirt and launched his physical and verbal attack on agents inside Rafael N\u00fa\u00f1ez International Airport on July 16, Colombia\u2019s ministry of external relations alleged. <\/a><\/p>\n

Hernandez, a New York native living in Tampa, Florida, had traveled to Colombia for his father\u2019s 84th birthday when he became disruptive inside the airport.<\/p>\n

Emmanuel Hernandez speaks out after his viral meltdown at a Colombian airport on July 16, 2025. Impacto News<\/p>\n

The shirtless traveler directed expletives at officials, tearing apart one of the security booths, knocking off several panels and punching the plexiglass dividers, according to video posted to social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cF\u2013k you. You think you can f\u2013k around with the wrong motherf\u2013ker,\u201d Hernandez can be heard shouting.<\/p>\n

Hernandez claims he became ill after traveling for two days, staying overnight in hotels, traveling to Peru for two hours and then landing at the Cartagena airport.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had just returned from a long trip from Orlando. The trip was postponed for two days and from one day to the next I had to stay in the hotel,\u201d he told Colombia-based outlet Impacto News.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cUpon arriving in Cartagena there was a very long line, I felt bad and it was very hot. I took off my shirt,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

A shirtless Hernandez causing damage to an immigration booth at the Rafael N\u00fa\u00f1ez International Airport in Cartagena, Colombia on July 16, 2025. X<\/p>\n

Hernandez claims airport officials began recording him instead of offering assistance, aggravating him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I took off my shirt, there was an immigration officer or people at the airport who started to record me and I told them to please stop, that \u2018this was part of my privacy and that they shouldn\u2019t record me,’\u201d he told the outlet.<\/a><\/p>\n

Hernandez said he began laughing at one official because he wasn\u2019t providing assistance despite the agent working for the Colombian government.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of helping me and asking me how I was, they started recording me and that was my reaction because it was my privacy and it broke my heart,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Hernandez shouts at an airport law enforcement officer before his arrest. X<\/p>\n

Hernandez slams an item down during his outburst. X<\/p>\n

Several law enforcement officers took down Hernandez and detained him.<\/p>\n

Hernandez allegedly assaulted officers and damaged an immigration control module during his public eruption, Colombia\u2019s ministry of external relations stated.<\/p>\n

He was charged with property damage and eventually expelled from the country for his outburst.<\/p>\n

Hernandez, who identifies as Colombian having lived in the country between the ages of 9 and 14, says it will hurt not being allowed to return to the country for a decade.<\/p>\n

Hernandez was charged with property damage and eventually expelled from the country for his outburst. X<\/p>\n

\u201cNot being able to return to Colombia to hug your parents or perhaps receive forgiveness for your aggressive behavior. What hurts me the most is not seeing my parents in Colombia for 10 years. That really hurts me,\u201d Hernandez said.<\/p>\n

The realtor revealed he won\u2019t be able to travel back to Colombia for 10 years because of his July 16 arrest.<\/p>\n

Hernandez maintained his actions inside the airport was a natural human response and shouldn\u2019t be penalized for it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese things happpen and they were out of my control as a human being,\u201d he said. \u201cWe make mistakes, I am very ashamed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI made a mistake and I paid for it with all my soul. Colombia is here,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Hernandez apologized to the authorities and vowed to pay for the damages he caused.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A New York realtor has been banned from traveling to Colombia for a decade after his violent airport…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":85443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[17390,5229,12575,57753,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,107],"class_list":{"0":"post-85442","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-airports","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-colombia","11":"tag-meltdowns","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa","24":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114901573016967465","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}