Airport security probe after hijack

Mexican investigators were today evaluating a Bolivian evangelical pastor who hijacked a plane yesterday for possible mental illness, and trying to figure out how he managed to slip through Cancun Airport security with a fake bomb in his luggage.

Airport security probe after hijack

Mexican investigators were today evaluating a Bolivian evangelical pastor who hijacked a plane yesterday for possible mental illness, and trying to figure out how he managed to slip through Cancun Airport security with a fake bomb in his luggage.

Jose Flores, 44, pulled out the device, which he later described as a “a juice can... with some little lights I attached”, as the aircraft was approaching Mexico City yesterday afternoon.

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