Raul Sandoval, soap opera actor like If They Leave Us, which you can watch exclusively on ViXhe was horrified when almost got arrested at Mazatlán Airport, Mexico.
The 44-year-old actor revealed on his official Instagram account that it all happened when he made a joke minutes before boarding a plane to Mexico City on October 25.
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Sandoval shared several videos detailing what happened, saying he couldn’t believe it was happening to him.
“It’s a serious matter, I was laughing when I posted it, I couldn’t believe it, it seemed like I was dreaming, I thought it was a joke“, shown.
Host Fran Merich’s husband showed that when he arrived at the Mazatlan airport and went to the counter everything changed, because it became easy for him to make a bad joke.
“I arrived, everything was fine. (They asked me) ‘Don’t you have any weapons or explosives in your suitcase?'” (he said) “Yes, I’m bringing a bomb, it’s a joke”I said to the counter… (She told me) ‘I need to activate the security protocol’, I told her ‘if you need to check my suitcase, I’ll open it and we’ll check it’, she said ‘there’s no need for the National Guard to come and check,” he said.
Raul Sandoval never imagined that the prank would escalate and that he could even be arrested.
“I said ‘well, check me, nothing’s wrong’, but I never imagined or knew how far it could go. They realize it only when managers and important heads of Mexico City start to get involved. . . . They didn’t arrest me, they could“, shown.
He pointed out that the whole situation seemed unreal to him, like a movie, and he didn’t even know why this was happening to him.
“I laughed, I apologize if I offended anyone, I’m laughing now but out of nerves, it seemed like a fantasy movie, I thought “this can’t be happening to me”. I had an engagement at the Bandamax Awards, that became a test,” he commented.
Raul Santoval was in danger of rationing
After a few hours, authorities realized it was a misunderstanding and Raul Sandoval was able to return to Mexico City.
However, the artist accepted that he could be arrested and confessed what the airline managers had warned him about.
“When the same authorities found out and started to identify me, the airline had the opportunity to say ‘lock him up’ and pick me up and lock me up. They used their discretion and said ‘it’s a joke, I’m not going to lose the my flight, the authorities realized it was a mistake, I apologized, I said “that was stupid of me”managers came and told me ‘don’t do that again,’” he said.
The singer revealed that one of the risks he was in was being banned for life, preventing him from traveling by plane.
“The protocol is tough, not only do they not let you get on the flight, it’s a huge search, they can also leave you with a ticket so you can never fly out of any airport in Mexico in your life. because they consider you a dangerous person for the nation,” he declared.