Thursday, 17 April 2025

Member Of Marco Rubio’s Security Detail Reportedly Arrested For Incident In Belgium

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One of the agents assigned to Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s security detail reportedly was arrested by Belgian police on March 31st.

According to the Washington Examiner, a Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) shift supervisor was arrested at a Brussels hotel after arguing with hotel staff and responding police officers.

From the Washington Examiner:

The DSS veteran, whose name the Washington Examiner is withholding, was a senior agent on the DSS advance party to Belgium. That protective advance party was responsible for securing the hotel and conducting final security preparations at the various sites in Brussels for Rubio’s visit.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, two sources with direct knowledge of the situation told the Washington Examiner that the agent in question was behaving erratically and became irate when hotel staff refused to reopen the bar beyond its normal hours. When staff, including the night manager, attempted to persuade the agent to return to his room, the agent became physically aggressive. Police were then called. The agent engaged in an altercation with numerous police officers, leading to his arrest. The agent was released from police custody later that day after intervention by the U.S. Embassy.

Four sources told the Washington Examiner that Rubio’s protective detail is under severe strain and has been stretched to a near-breaking point by senior leadership. One source provided explicit examples of how resource stretches have led to vulnerabilities in protection. One State Department employee observed that “shift supervisors [on Rubio’s detail] have an incomprehensible workload. 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 6 to 7 days a week. I truly believe this [incident] was the result of incomprehensible strain [the agent] was placed under and, at the very least, [Diplomatic Security Service] owes [the agent] a very fair evaluation of these circumstances in their totality – looking deep into [DSS’s] own role [in what happened].”

“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,” a State Department spokesman told the Washington Examiner.

Per The Brussels Times:

Rubio also stayed at Hotel Amigo, while attending the NATO foreign ministers’ meeting on Thursday 3 and Friday 4 April.

DSS is responsible for protecting American diplomats and embassies around the world. The report alleges that Rubio’s DSS security detail is under severe strain, having been stretched “to a near-breaking point by senior leadership.”

The Brussels Times has contacted the Brussels Public Prosecutor’s Office and the US Embassy in Belgium for further information on the case, but has not yet received a response.


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