The singer Julio Iglesias has become the center of attention after the news came to light that the artist had been detained at the Punta Cana airport for carrying more than 40 kilos of food in his luggage. As explained by different American and European media, the interpreter carried different pieces of fruit (blueberries, raspberries, pineapple, bananas, avocados, strawberries, etc.), vegetables (chard, mushrooms, etc.) and chicken (wings, breast… .).
According to the initial news, the singer of Hey, With the same stone, From girl to woman or I forgot to live traveled from the Bahamas and stopped in the Dominican Republic for a stopover. This information claimed that, as soon as he set foot in Punta Cana, the authorities detained him due to the contents of the luggage. However, the situation was different.
The media Informalia has confirmed that Iglesias did travel to Punta Cana last weekend, but has announced that he did not do so on the private jet that transported the food. Therefore, Julio Iglesias was not at the airport upon her arrival and could not be detained.
Furthermore, the aforementioned media has announced that this is not the first time that the artist sends food from one country to another by plane, since he follows a very specific diet and there are products that cannot be found in all countries.
Although this was not the first time he had transported food in this way, he has encountered a new and unexpected obstacle: the Mediterranean Fly. This insect generated many problems in the Caribbean country a few years ago and caused losses of more than 40 million dollars, which is why the control of products from the area that is considered a ‘focus of infection’ has intensified.
Sources at the airport where the events occurred have made it clear that the artist was not detained by the authorities: ”He is a member of the airport and has not been detained. He called plant quarantine, who are agricultural technicians, and they carried out the seizure to carry out the relevant tests before authorizing the transfer. “It wasn’t customs.”
This source also clarified that Iglesias always travels with fruit and that the airport knows this, but that due to the problem of the Mediterranean fly, more care must be taken. The country’s Minister of Culture has apologized to the artist for the initial confusion and for the actions of the media, as many of them have qualified his words and corrected the headlines.
