{"id":189248,"date":"2026-03-12T21:33:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/189248\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T21:33:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:33:21","slug":"passenger-arrested-after-sparking-brawl-while-boarding-southwest-flight-at-mia-police-say-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/189248\/","title":{"rendered":"Passenger arrested after sparking brawl while boarding Southwest flight at MIA, police say &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; Authorities say a man is now in custody after becoming unruly while boarding a Southwest flight at Miami International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, the man started becoming disruptive while passengers were boarding the flight bound for Colorado, March 6.<\/p>\n<p>Another passenger reportedly tried to calm the man down, leading to a verbal argument that then turned into a brawl.<\/p>\n<p>Cellphone video captured the chaotic moments as the pair fell to the aisle during the fight.<\/p>\n<p>The man, who was later identified as Marcial Martinez, was eventually restrained and taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p>Officers say they could smell alcohol coming from Martinez\u2019s breathe when they placed him in handcuffs.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; Authorities say a man is now in custody after becoming unruly while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-189248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}