CNN —Disgraced former Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) President Luis Rubiales was detained and released after questioning upon arriving in Madrid from an international flight, according to Spain’s Civil Guard.
A Civil Guard spokesperson confirmed to CNN that Rubiales was detained this morning after landing at the Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport on a commercial flight from the Dominican Republic.
He was detained by the Civil Guard’s Central Operative Unit (UCO) on the runway before being driven away in a van.
The UCO is a body of the Spanish Civil Guard which investigates and fights serious and organized crime in Spain.
Rubiales was released after testifying at the airport’s Terminal 4 Civil Guard unit, Civil Guard said.
Persons:
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Locations:
Madrid, Dominican Republic, Spain