Video of the moment when the subject takes a plane in Mexico and tries to divert it to the United States.

A man who said he had received death threats tried last Sunday, December 8, 2024, to divert a plane from Mexico to the United States, but he was subdued and the ship made an emergency landing, authorities reported.

The plane, an Airbus A320, had departed at 7:17 in the morning from the Mexican city of León, Guanajuato state (center), bound for Tijuana (northwest). About 45 minutes later, he made an emergency landing at the Guadalajara airport (west).

“A subject attacked a flight attendant and tried to enter the cockpit to divert the flight to the United States”The Security Secretariat detailed in a statement.

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The crew however managed to subdue the man and issued an alert code to land at the Guadalajara international airport.

As the hours passed, it began to spread on social networks a video in which you can see how the passengers of the flight prevented the man from hijacking the plane and taking it to the United States.

One subject, while the other users of the Volaris airline held him, asked the upset man to calm down and think about his children. Seconds later, they took him off the plane, while the other passengers asked that they not hurt him.

According to the staff of the Volaris operator, “The aggressor told them that a close relative had been kidnapped and when taking off from León he received a death message if he traveled to Tijuana”the report added.

The individual, who according to the media is originally from Pénjamo, Guanajuato, He was traveling with his wife and two minor children.according to authorities.

Once on land, “elements of the National Guard detained Mario ‘N’, 31 years old, of Mexican nationality,” added the agency, which by law keeps the names of detainees confidential.

However, at the time he was transferred in a National Guard patrol to be presented to the federal public ministry of the area, The detainee lunged at the driver and caused the vehicle to hit a poledetailed federal authorities.

The man, who appears in local television images with some injuries to his face, had to be taken to a hospital.

The airline acknowledged that the passengers maintained “composure” during the incident, after which the ship resumed its flight to Tijuana, bordering the US San Diego.

Neither the authorities nor the airline have detailed the number of passengers on board the ship.

Guanajuato is one of the states hardest hit by violence linked to organized crime, which has diversified its activities towards extortion and kidnapping.

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