Immigration and Customs Enforcement lodged a detainer for a Honduran national who allegedly tried to storm the cockpit on a United Airlines flight late Monday.
Rony Alexander Gomez-Alberto, 34, was arrested after he allegedly threatened to blow up the airplane midflight with a bomb he claimed to have in his possession. The passenger jet was en route from Newark, New Jersey, to New Orleans.
The incident prompted United to issue a “Level 4” hijacking alert, the highest aviation threat alert.
Gomez-Alberto was apprehended and taken into custody when the flight landed safely in New Orleans. United Flight 2174 carried 46 passengers and six crew members, according to the airline.
The suspect was previously arrested on three separate occasions for illegally entering the United States. His criminal history includes a felony bomb threat, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
“Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, criminal illegal aliens who try to HIJACK AIRPLANES are NOT welcome in the United States,” the department posted on X.
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Gomez-Alberto is being held without bond in Louisiana. He was booked at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center on charges of communicating false information of planned arson and terrorizing.
“Americans should NEVER have to face threats like this, especially from an illegal alien who should never have been in our country in the first place,” ICE posted on X. “Under President Trump, the safety of American citizens will ALWAYS come first. The men and women of ICE will continue working around the clock to MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN!”
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[ H/T Washington Examiner ]
