Twice-deported illegal migrant accused of threatening to bomb and hijack United Airlines flight

Pilots are going to stay in the cockpit with the door locked. Flight attendants are going to come off, so we're going to bring them off and bring them over here as well. He doesn't speak English. We have him at the back door. The back door has been breached by him. A deranged passenger who claimed he had a bomb aboard a New Orleans-bound United Airlines flight and then tried to rush the cockpit has been identified. Officials told the Post that Rony Alexander Gomez Alberto was arrested without incident after the 34-year-old prompted pilots to send out a hijacking alert when he allegedly threatened to blow up the plane and rush toward the cockpit. Intense audio revealed the nutjob, a 34-year-old Hispanic man who, quote, spoke nearly no English, ...was detained at the back of the plane after the flight crew convinced them to move to the rear, allowing the aircraft to land safely. After the plane landed safely at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, local authorities attempted to coordinate the other passengers' safe exit from the plane while the aircraft's pilot stayed locked inside the cockpit. We're going to approach and enter through the rear of the aircraft. Do we have any units on scene with a cage? There's a Hispanic male wearing a hat, probably from about 5'7". Stay on the line with him and tell him to notify you immediately if he starts trying to move towards the front of the airplane. Officials corralled the plane's remaining passengers and started communicating with officials on the ground about what they saw on the frightening flight. My guys, we got passengers coming towards the cars. Let's keep them corralled right by our cars. I've been told he's wearing all black. Me and Miles, one passenger, told me he changed into all black. Local authorities told WDSU News that Gomez-Alberto stayed on the plane trying to negotiate with police before being arrested. No bomb was found on the plane, and Gomez-Alberto was charged with the count of communicating false information of planned arson and terrorizing, court records show. And this wasn't Gomez-Alberto's first run-in with the law. According to immigration officials, the Honduras native was arrested on three separate occasions by Border Patrol for illegally entering the United States. He was also deported back to his home country twice, first in 2011 near El Indio, Texas, and then again in 2014 in Columbus, New Mexico. The migrant made his way back into the U.S. a third time in 2019 near California's San Ysidro border town, where he was nabbed again. But Gomez-Alberto was freed from ICE custody in January 2020, after a judge ordered his release pending removal proceedings, authorities said. In a post on X, DHS wrote that Gomez-Alberto's criminal history includes felony bomb threat, felony threat terroristic state offenses, and disorderly conduct. They added quote, under President Trump and Secretary Mullen, criminal illegal aliens who try to hijack airplanes are not welcome in the United States. ICE launched a detainer for Gomez-Alberto on November 10th with the sheriff's office after the incident in the air.