Fox News' Bill Melugin reports that a man who illegally reentered the country in 2019 but was released by an immigration judge was arrested on Monday night for storming the cockpit of a United Airlines flight, claiming to have a bomb. 

The post continues:

… alien. 

Rony Alexander Gomez-Alberto was arrested by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s office once the flight landed at MSY (New Orleans airport) and he has been charged with felony bomb threat, terroristic threats, and disorderly conduct.

Per DHS - Gomez-Alberto crossed the Texas border illegally in 2011 and was deported, then illegally re-entered through the New Mexico border in 2014 and was deported a second time. He illegally re-entered the country a third time in 2019, was arrested by Border Patrol, but was released from custody after an immigration judge ordered his release.

He is currently being held without bond by law enforcement in Louisiana.

That's what we knew as of Tuesday evening. Daily Wire immigration reporter Jennie Taer had some additional information to add to the story on Wednesday:

That's why the immigration judge let him go after two prior deportations? Taer reports:

The illegal immigrant who allegedly tried to hijack a United Airlines flight this week was allowed to stay in the United States after two deportations by claiming to be transgender, a law enforcement source told The Daily Wire.

Honduran man Rony Alexander Gomez-Alberto said he had a bomb when he tried to storm the cockpit of United Flight 2174, which departed from Newark to New Orleans on Monday night. It was later revealed that he crossed the Southern border illegally once in 2011 and again in 2014, getting removed from the United States each time before making a third successful attempt to enter the country.

On his third attempt to enter, which occurred at the port of entry in San Ysidro, California, in 2019, Gomez-Alberto claimed to have a fear of returning to his home country and was allowed to argue his case before a judge, according to the source. That case centered around his claim of being transgender, which he said placed a target on his back at home.

He was granted asylum in 2020 based on his claim of being persecuted for being transgender. At one point, he also told federal authorities he was HIV positive and that he was an avid marijuana user.

He hasn't put a lot of work into looking like a woman. Kudos to The Daily Wire for not referring to the hijacker as "she."

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According to Grok, "The specific claim that a transgender asylum grant in 2020 let him stay comes only from a Daily Wire exclusive citing an anonymous law enforcement source; it has not been independently verified by DHS statements or other major reports." The story is still entirely believable, though.

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