It seems some European tourists still haven't received the memo that Brazil’s federal police do not play around when it comes to behavior at their airports. In the latest episode of "play stupid games, win stupid prizes," a Spanish citizen was arrested at Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo after trying to act tough with the baggage handlers.

The drama started on a Latam Airlines flight coming in from São Luis. For some reason, this Spanish traveler decided to direct some choice words at the ground crew unloading the plane. The flight crew immediately nixed the behavior, called the feds, and had officers waiting at the gate to arrest her the second she stepped off the jet bridge.

Latam Airlines issued a corporate statement basically saying they have zero tolerance for passengers who abuse their employees. They made it clear there is absolutely no excuse for acting wild toward the people working to get your bags to the carousel.

Brazil’s legal system has some of the absolute tightest restrictions on speech in Latin America. If you insult someone based on their race, you aren't just getting kicked out of the airport—you’re looking at a mandatory two to five years in prison, plus a hefty fine.

This isn't an isolated case of tourists losing their minds. Back in January, an Argentinian girl named Agostina Páez went viral for all the wrong reasons after she was filmed making monkey gestures at a nightclub waiter in Rio. She got stuck in Brazil for months under a travel ban.

Páez eventually slipped back to Argentina in April, where she immediately did a photo-op with Senator Patricia Bullrich, a major ally of President Javier Milei. While they celebrated her return like she just won a gold medal, the Brazilian courts aren't letting it go, and her legal case is still very much active.

Then we have Eduardo Ignacio Murias, another Argentinian who decided to take unauthorized photos of a kid in Minas Gerais, pairing them with racist messages in Spanish. He got locked up in May, officially indicted on June 17, and is currently sitting in pre-trial detention realizing that the Brazilian legal system is indeed very real.

But the award for the absolute wildest airport behavior goes to the Chilean passenger in May who tried to literally open the emergency door of an airplane mid-flight to Frankfurt. When the flight crew tackled him to stop a complete disaster, he started shouting racial and homophobic slurs at them. He was arrested immediately.