Trans Hijacker

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: The migrant accused of attempting to hijack a United Airlines flight this week claimed to be transgender to get a “fast pass” into the U.S.,@realDailyWire has learned. His trans claim is what allowed the suspect to stay in the country after two prior deportations: https://t.co/7U5UsVqyjj

— Jennie Taer (@JennieSTaer) November 11, 2026

According to ABC News,

A man with ties to the Bronx was arrested after allegedly claiming he had a bomb aboard a United Airlines flight from Newark to New Orleans, prompting a law enforcement response when the plane landed.

Authorities identified the suspect as Rony Alexander Gomez-Alberto, 34. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said he began acting irrationally late Monday during the flight and allegedly told crew members he had a bomb on board.

The United Airlines flight landed safely at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, where Gomez-Alberto was taken into custody without incident. Authorities said the Boeing 737 Max 9 was carrying 46 passengers and six crew members.

Gomez-Alberto was transported to the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center and booked on charges of communicating false information of planned arson and terrorizing, according to the sheriff's office.

. . . The Department of Homeland Security said Gomez-Alberto, a Honduran immigrant, had previously been removed from the United States twice and reentered the country illegally on multiple occasions. According to DHS, he was deported after crossing the border illegally near El Indio, Texas, in 2011 and again after entering near Columbus, New Mexico, in 2014.

DHS said Gomez-Alberto illegally reentered the country a third time in 2019 near San Ysidro, California. After being arrested by U.S. Border Patrol, he was released from custody in January 2020 pending removal proceedings before an immigration judge.

Officials said Gomez-Alberto's most recent residence was in the Bronx. He remains in custody in Louisiana without bond, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has lodged a detainer against him.

But it goes farther. According to Fox News:

Rony Alexander Gomez-Alberto, 34, was granted asylum by an immigration judge after his third attempted illegal entry into the United States in 2019, according to DHS, which accused him of exploiting weaknesses in the asylum system.

In an excerpt of his asylum application provided by DHS, Gomez-Alberto checked "Yes" when asked whether he feared harm or mistreatment if returned to his home country.

"I am also afraid that I will be killed — either by private citizens or the police — in both of these countries because I am transgender," he allegedly wrote, according to the application.

"This criminal illegal alien attempted to storm the cockpit, hijack a plane and claimed he had a bomb. Thanks to law enforcement, he is now behind bars," DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement.

"This twice-deported criminal illegal alien was allowed into our country because of a weak asylum system that allowed him to game the system."

Gomez-Alberto was arrested after United Airlines Flight 2174 landed in New Orleans Nov. 9 after the alleged attempt at a cockpit breach.

According to Time,

Gomez-Alberto was first arrested near El Indio, Texas, in 2011 and removed from the country, according to Fox News per DHS. He later reentered the United States in 2014 and was found near Columbus, New Mexico, before being deported again. Border Patrol arrested him again in 2019 after he attempted to enter again near San Ysidro, California. How he came to be in the country a third time is unclear, but a DHS spokesperson said that in January 2020 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) "released Gomez-Alberto from custody after an immigration judge ordered his release pending his removal proceedings."

So this raises a question. Is Gomez-Alberto actually cis, not trans, and claimed to be trans just to game the immigration system, or is he actually trans and tried to hijack a plane just as part of the whole dysfunctional baggage that comes with being trans? Or does it even matter?

Why did he begin "acting irrationally. . . during the flight?" It doesn't sound like he was under any sort of proceeding, immigration or otherwise, before he got on the plane, but all of a sudden, he decided to do precisely the sort of thing that would get him deported, quite possibly after serving a prison sentence in the US. The Time link above says,

"His criminal history includes felony bomb threat, felony threat—terroristic state offenses, and disorderly conduct," the spokesperson said. The department also confirmed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has lodged a detainer for Gomez-Alberto on Tuesday following his arrest.

However, the ABC News link above says he was charged after this latest incident only with "communicating false information of planned arson and terrorizing". So, what were the circumstances of the prior felony bomb threat and disorderly conduct charges, and why was he still in the country aftrer those?

It sounds like we still have a lot more to learn and a lot more people to deport.