Rubio’s Bodyguard Detained After ‘Behaving Erratically,’ Fighting With Police

A bodyguard assigned to Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s security team was arrested in Brussels after “behaving erratically” at a hotel and getting into a physical altercation with local police.

The Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) agent, described as highly experienced, was handcuffed last Monday after he became enraged when staff at the prestigious Hotel Amigo declined his request to reopen the bar after hours.

Sources said the agent grew physically aggressive when hotel staff, including the night manager, tried to persuade him to return to his room peacefully.

Police were summoned to the scene, and after a confrontation, the DSS agent was taken into custody, according to the New York Post.

Following intervention by the U.S. Embassy in Brussels, the agent was released later that same day, sources confirmed.

Rubio was staying at the same hotel later that week while attending a NATO leaders’ summit but was not present during the incident in question.

DSS agents play a crucial role in safeguarding American diplomats and diplomatic sites worldwide, in addition to investigating crimes such as passport and visa fraud.

Insiders at the State Department claim that many DSS shift supervisors, including the detained agent, are overwhelmed by the demands of the job.

“Shift supervisors [on Rubio’s detail] have an incomprehensible workload,” a source told the Washington Examiner. “They are responsible for all the agents under them, scheduling, evaluations and a preposterous amount of admin work [as well as] performing the actual shift work.”

“They work six to seven days a week. I truly believe this was the result of incomprehensible strain [the agent] was placed under and, at the very least, [the DSS] owes [them] a very fair evaluation of these circumstances in their totality,” the source added.

An internal review is underway to determine exactly what transpired at the hotel.

A State Department spokesperson told the Examiner, “The Diplomatic Security Service is aware of allegations of an incident involving an employee in Brussels, Belgium, on March 31, 2025. While we don’t discuss specific personnel matters, the allegations are being examined.”

In related news, Rubio recently made headlines for announcing that the U.S. would immediately revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders and suspend the issuance of new visas.

Rubio explained the decision was in response to “the failure of South Sudan’s transitional government to accept the return of its repatriated citizens in a timely manner,” according to a statement he posted on X.

Separately, the U.S. Department of State urged South Sudan’s transitional authorities to “stop taking advantage” of American goodwill.

“Enforcing our nation’s immigration laws is critically important to the national security and public safety of the United States,” the statement emphasized. “Every country must accept the return of its citizens in a timely manner when another country, including the United States, seeks to remove them.”

The Department said it "will be prepared to review these actions when South Sudan is in full cooperation."

Meanwhile, South Sudan continues to struggle with escalating violence, displacement, and food insecurity, with the situation teetering toward civil war, Fox News reported.

Under the Biden-Harris administration, policies that permitted millions of migrants to enter the U.S. — often without thorough screening — faced criticism, with Democrats generally opposing the Trump-era mass deportation initiatives.

Previously, on April 22, 2023, the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, suspended its operations, ceasing visa processing, passport services, and routine consular activities. The recent visa restrictions follow the Trump administration’s earlier move to rescind deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) also announced plans to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over 300,000 foreign nationals.

Since assuming office, the Trump administration has deported more than 100,000 undocumented immigrants, according to a New York Post article citing DHS sources.

“Sources said it shows that Trump is keeping his promise to boot illegal migrants, alleged gangbangers and suspected terrorists from the United States,” The Post reported. “He’s doing what he was voted in to do. Point blank!” an ICE source told The Post.

However, questions remain about how many deportees have criminal convictions, the current status of their cases, and their countries of origin, though sources suggest the majority are being sent back to Mexico.