Iván Evair Saldaña, Emir Olivares, Alonso Urrutia and Juan Carlos G. Partida
Reporters and Correspondent
La Jornada Newspaper
Tuesday, December 10, 2024, p. 6
The Attorney General’s Office (FGR) opened an investigation file for the crimes of threats, attacks on communication routes and those that result, against Mario G, the 31-year-old man who was detained at the Guadalajara airport after trying to divert Volaris flight 3041 on Sunday, with the intention of going to San Diego, United States, instead of continuing with the León-Tijuana route.
The detainee yes you have responsibility
in some illegal act, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said yesterday, but clarified that it is up to the FGR to determine the crimes committed, after the press asked about it in the morning during the conference at the National Palace.
–Is any crime going to be assigned (to the passenger)?
–Well, yes, there is responsibility. Exactly what crime? Well, the Prosecutor’s Office has to report it, the president responded.
Hours later, the FGR explained that the expert services and the Federal Ministerial Police (PFM) have carried out all the necessary procedures to investigate the case, such as interviews with the flight crew, technical-aeronautical information to the Volaris company; the recordings with the control tower and the medical, physical and psychological check-up of the detainee and the affected parties.
The results of all of the above will be announced as soon as they are ratified.
he indicated in a statement.
According to the first investigations, Mario G threatened the crew and tried to force his way into the cabin of the aircraft, with the aim of forcing the plane to divert to the United States. He was subdued by airline staff.
The person responsible, who was traveling with his wife and two minor children, alleged that when taking off he received a death threat message. The plane had to land by protocol in Guadalajara, where it was detained by elements of the National Guard.
“Already on the patrol, this person tried to take his weapon from one of the elements, which caused a car accident, when in order to control the situation, the driver of the official vehicle lost control and crashed into a curtain of a business.
“In the events, national guardsmen and the detainee himself were injured, so he is currently hospitalized,” the FGR added in a statement.
Until the closing of this edition, Mario G was still hospitalized at the Cruz Verde Marcos Montero, in Tlaquepaque, diagnosed as multiple blows, including head trauma, chest and abdominal trauma; In addition, his vital signs reported hypertension and tachycardia, as well as a fracture in a segment of the spine (left transverse process).
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The degree of his injuries has prevented him from being transferred to a hospital with a higher level of care than the municipal medical services of Tlaquepaque, where he remained serious, but stable.
Outside the Cruz Verde, the detainee’s father reiterated that his son was threatened that he would be murdered along with his family when getting off the aircraft in Tijuana, after his wife was kidnapped days ago and after the family was released. He decided to escape out of the country to avoid further extortion.
