A senior official of the Ministry of Equality, the advisor José Andrés del Reino Cárdenas, a level 29 of the department of which Minister Irene Montero is headed, spent Monday night in prison accused of attack against the authority, for becoming violent with some stewardesses of the airline Ryanair and assaulting the police who tried to identify him and who had been called by the employees. According to the sources consulted, the senior official refused to identify himself to the cry of "you do not know who I am". "You are homophobes and fascists."


The incident took place yesterday at the airport of Lavacolla, in Santiago de Compostela, at 22 hours, when the hostesses who attended at the counter of the airline let Del Reino, Area coordinator in the Ministry of Equality, know that the luggage he was carrying exceeded the allowed weight. The adviser showed his disappointment, started an argument with the hostesses and, according to police sources, began to show an aggressive attitude towards them. The employees called the police force at the airport and two agents appeared and asked José Andrés del Reino to identify himself. He refused to give them the ID and began to hurl insults. "You are fascists", "you are homophobes", "you do not know who you are talking to". The Equality advisor tried to leave by closing the door behind him and did not stop pressuring her despite the fact that he verified that one of the agents had his hand trapped. The two policemen ended up arresting Del Reino, who was brought to justice for attacking authority.

José Andrés del Reino was accompanied at that time by his partner who did not stop taking pictures of what was happening. At one point in the discussion, one of the policemen dropped his mobile phone on the ground and the adviser's companion appropriated the police phone. He denied taking it until a call from headquarters revealed the location of the device. The agents demanded his return and, although they could have filed a complaint for theft against Del Reino's companion, they did not include this episode in the report. The adviser to the Minister for Equality spent the night in the dungeon and was released on Tuesday morning.

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