Police raid ends hijacking in Mexico; 1 arrested

[varun]

Source: AP

MEXICO CITY – A Bolivian religious fanatic briefly hijacked a jetliner from the beach resort of Cancun as it landed in Mexico City on Wednesday, police said. All passengers and the crew were released unharmed.

The Bible-carrying hijacker used a juice can he said was a bomb to hold the 103 passengers and crew on the tarmac for more than an hour.

Masked police stormed the aircraft with guns drawn and escorted several handcuffed men away without firing a shot. Police later said there was only one hijacker, and the other men aboard were detained because the suspect had told a flight attendant he had three accomplices. The others were quickly released.

Jose Flores, 44, later told police his three companions were "the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost."...

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A "Christian" terrorist?

[notadmblnd]

1. Apparently he got the wrong messager from his 3 friends

I wonder why they didn't help him out?

[Trajan]

2. OK .... First thing ....

How THE FUCK did this fella get into a 'hardened' cockpit door ?

The real reason the 9-11 hijackers were able to crash big airplanes into big buildings ---> easily penetrated cockpit doors ...

Airlines were to 'harden' all cockpit doors after 9-11 .... right ?

Right ....

[Wounded Bear]

3. Well, American ones, certainly.

:shrug:

[tanyev]

4. Dang. The Triune God has turned to a life of crime?

Times are tough.

[treestar]

6. I know, can you believe it?

I'm glad I learned though, that the way to warn the world of an earthquake that God reveals to me is to hijack a plane. I probably would have simply alerted the media. :rofl:

[treestar]

5. I wonder did they really believe the juice can contained a bomb?

Don't they have confidence in the security procedures?

As for the three companions, have they been arrested? :rofl: :rofl: