The Mexican National Guard arrested the suspect in Guadalajara.
LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 31: A Volaris airlines Airbus A320-271N prepares for takeoff at Los Angeles International Airport at the start of the Labor Day holiday on August 31, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. A 31-year-old man was arrested for allegedly trying to hijack a Mexican domestic commercial flight and reroute the aircraft to the U.S. Sunday morning, according to Mexican authorities and the airline, Volaris.
At some point after the flight took off this morning from León traveling to Tijuana, the Mexican man -- identified by authorities only as Mario N -- attacked a flight attendant and tried to storm the cockpit.LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 31: A Volaris airlines Airbus A320-271N prepares for takeoff at Los Angeles International Airport at the start of the Labor Day holiday on August 31, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.
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