Honduran illegal alien who TERRORIZED flight with bomb threat had been deported TWICE before, feds claim
An illegal alien who had been deported twice was arrested after allegedly making bomb threats on a flight from Newark, New Jersey, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Rony Alexander Gomez-Alberto was arrested by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office after the United flight landed at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Louisiana Monday.
'Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, criminal illegal aliens who try to HIJACK AIRPLANES are NOT welcome in the United States.'
The man had tried to force his way into the cockpit of the flight and claimed to have a bomb, according to the DHS.
The incident led to a hijacking alert issued by the United pilots, according to the Daily Mail.
Gomez-Alberto was charged with communicating false information about planned arson and terrorizing. Jail records also show a fugitive charge with an arrest on Tuesday and a charge for simple escape with an arrest on Wednesday.
The DHS said on social media that Gomez-Alberto was from Honduras and has a criminal history that included terroristic state offenses, felony bomb threat, felony threat, and disorderly conduct.
He had been deported after Border Patrol apprehended him near Eagle Pass, Texas, in September 2011, and deported again after he illegally entered the U.S. near Sierra Blanca, Texas, in August 2014, according to court documents reviewed by Blaze News.
"In 2019, Gomez-Alberto was arrested by Border Patrol after trying to illegally re-enter the country near San Ysidro," read a statement from the DHS to Blaze News. "In January 2020, ICE released Gomez-Alberto from custody after an immigration judge ordered his release pending his removal proceedings."
United Airlines media relations confirmed the incident in a brief statement to Fox News.
"United flight 2174 from Newark to New Orleans landed safely following a disruptive incident involving a passenger onboard. Law enforcement met the aircraft upon arrival," read their statement, according to the outlet.
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The plane was carrying 46 passengers and six crew members.
The DHS said Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a detainer for Gomez-Alberto after his latest arrest.
"Under President [Donald] Trump and Secretary [Markwayne] Mullin, criminal illegal aliens who try to HIJACK AIRPLANES are NOT welcome in the United States," said the agency.
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Scott Bessent moves to military base from $12.5 million mansion over THREAT from IRAN, says NYT
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has reportedly been moved to a military base to thwart threats from Iran, according to sources who spoke with the New York Times.
Bessent is in charge of Operation Economic Outcast, the U.S. effort to put a financial strain on Iran's economy.
'The secretary will not be deterred by the Iranian regime’s threats and remains committed to executing Operation Economic Outcast.'
That operation has put the 64-year-old at far greater risk from Iran, the Times reported, citing "three people with knowledge of the matter."
The Times report said other Trump administration officials have previously moved to protected housing, including former Attorney General Pam Bondi and new White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.
Bessent claims the financial operation against Iran has been very successful. He and other officials say the operation has led to a shrinking Iranian economy, the further collapse of Iran's currency, and the lowering of living standards there, the Times said.
"The secretary will not be deterred by the Iranian regime’s threats and remains committed to executing Operation Economic Outcast and maintaining the blockade, which together are collapsing Iran’s economy," said a spokesperson for the Treasury to the New York Post.
Reuters reported that officials grew concerned about the threat against Bessent after the Wall Street Journal had published an aerial view of his new residence in Georgetown. The photo could allow adversaries to geolocate his residence, according to the outlet, citing "a source familiar with the matter."
"The news media has an obligation to act responsibly amid growing threats against public officials," said the source, according to Reuters.
Bessent purchased the mansion for $12.5 million in 2025.
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Many have pointed to the economic fallout from the military operation in Iran as one of the main drivers of the midterm massacre for Republicans.
"America did not start a war with Iran. Iran has been waging war on America since 1979. They should have been taken care of a long time ago," said President Donald Trump during his Veterans Day address on Wednesday, according to Fox News.
"And it was just about time somebody fought back," he added. "All of us fought back. We fought back, and we fought back. We won. Now the question is when we want to end. We must have a total victory."
Secretary of State Marco Rubio reiterated the point that economic sanctions are weakening Iran more each day.
"They’re bleeding. They’re bleeding economically," he said, according to Fox News.
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'Huge Victory': Trump may get his pound of flesh from the BBC after all
A federal judge in Florida just delivered some bad news to the liberal media corporation that President Donald Trump has characterized as "a terrible abuser of the truth."
On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey Kuntz, a Trump nominee, denied the British Broadcasting Corporation's motion to dismiss the president's $10 billion defamation lawsuit, clearing the case to proceed.
'It had edited a video to make it appear as though President Trump made a statement he never made.'
Trump will, accordingly, have his opportunity in summary judgment or at trial to hold the company accountable for a documentary he calls "fake news."
Background
One week ahead of the 2024 presidential election, the BBC aired a "Panorama" documentary that presented a heavily edited version of Trump's Jan. 6, 2021, speech at the Save America March in the national capital. The edited version made it appear as though he had incited the crowd to violence.
Trump originally said in his speech:
Now it is up to Congress to confront this egregious assault on our democracy. And after this, we’re going to walk down — and I’ll be there with you — we’re going to walk down, we’re going to walk down. Anyone you want. ... And we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them because you'll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong.
After raising concerns about voting irregularities and election security roughly 55-minutes later in his speech, Trump stated:
Most people would stand there at 9 o'clock in the evening and say, "I want to thank you very much," and they go off to some other life, but I said, "Something's wrong here, something's really wrong — can't have happened." And we fight, we fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore.
The "Panorama" documentary spliced and rearranged Trump's remarks to make it look as though he said, "We're going to walk down to the Capitol, and I'll be there with you. And we fight. We fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore."
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The documentary thus bound together two elements of the speech that were thematically divorced and separated by over 50 minutes. It also failed to include Trump's call for supporters to behave "peacefully" and played footage of flag-waving men descending on the Capitol taken prior to the president's speech.
Apparently, there were internal concerns at the BBC over this edit.
A whistleblower memo obtained by the Telegraph noted that the "mangled" footage made the president "'say' things [he] never actually said" and insinuated, with the help of the footage of men marching on the Capitol, that "Trump's supporters had taken up his 'call to arms.'"
In November 2025, Tim Davie resigned as director-general of the BBC and Deborah Turness resigned as head of BBC News. The liberal media company also issued a retraction.
The resignations and retraction weren't enough to settle the score.
The lawsuit
Trump filed a lawsuit against the BBC in December 2025, claiming its "deceptive and defamatory distortion, doctoring, manipulation, and splicing damaged President Trump in his occupation, damaged his professional reputation, and portrayed him as engaging in supposed calls for rioting and violence that he never actually made."
The complaint alleged further that the "malicious depiction" constituted a "brazen attempt to interfere in and influence the Election's outcome to President Trump's detriment."
The lawsuit, which accused the BBC of defamation and violating the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, initially demanded at least $5 billion in damages. The amended complaint filed in August demanded at least $10 billion in damages.
Over the past year, the BBC has desperately attempted to have the case dismissed, arguing that Trump "cannot show the BBC purposefully aimed the Documentary at Florida"; Trump will not be able to prove actual harm; and the documentary contains protected expressions of opinion.
Green light
In his order Tuesday denying the BBC's motion to dismiss, Judge Kuntz said that Trump's opportunity to prove his claims "is left for another day." It appears, however, that the federal judge may have already seen enough.
In addition to expressing skepticism about the company's rationalizations and referencing other "examples of BBC playing fast and loose with the factual accuracy of their media content," Kuntz noted that:
- with regard to the "Panorama" documentary, the BBC confirmed "it had edited a video to make it appear as though President Trump made a statement he never made";
- the BBC has "acknowledged it chose to release the video in a documentary only a week before the 2024 Presidential Election, at the time it would have the most impact"; and
- the BBC's "alleged defamatory statement is not a protected expression of opinion."
Having determined that Trump has both "plausibly alleged a comprehensive framework of actual malice" and "plausibly pled damages," Kuntz cleared the case to proceed.
He did, however, grant the BBC's motion to dismiss the second count alleging that the company violated the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, having determined that the documentary did not constitute "commercial speech."
Trump called the ruling a "Huge Victory against Fake News BBC."
"We will continue fighting against, and defeating, all of those who try to deceive the American People!" added the president.
A BBC spokesperson said in a statement, "We are surprised by this decision but respect the Court’s authority and note the case will now proceed to the next stage."
The spokesperson added: "We remain confident in our position and will continue to respond through the proper legal process."
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VIDEO: CNN panelist makes mind-numbing claim about black fathers in debate about Democrats
A CNN panelist is facing online ridicule for making a bizarre and easily refuted claim about black fathers during a debate.
CNN political commentator Ashley Allison was debating with American Principles Project President Terry Schilling on "NewsNight with Abby Phillip" on Monday when she made the claim.
'I don't think that voting in supermajorities for the black community has really worked out well for them. They're in real big trouble. The fatherlessness rate is way too high.'
Schilling was arguing that the black community has not been served well by voting for Democrats when Allison objected to his argument.
"I don't think this is a race thing. I listed off, you know, there are, out of the top 10 states where cost of living is the absolute worst, nine of them are Democrat states, right?" said Schilling. "I don't think that voting in supermajorities for the black community has really worked out well for them. They're in real big trouble. The fatherlessness rate is way too high."
"Whoa. I'll fact-check that," Allison interrupted. "Black fathers are in the household more at a disproportionate higher rate than other fathers. So, that's —"
"I have no clue what you're talking about," he responded.
"You're saying the fatherless rate...," she replied.
"The fatherlessness rate in the black community is the worst out of all the demographics in this country, unfortunately," he said.
She told him the claim was a "stereotype" and then added that she had a father in her home.
"Well, that's called anecdotal, and that's okay. But, look, things are not going great in this country for the black community. We can all admit that," he continued.
"It needs to be doing better, but, you know, putting all of your chips in one basket [in] the Democratic Party has not worked out," Schilling added. "They take black voters for granted, period, and I don't think that that's a controversial thing to say."
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Schilling got support for his claim from Cornel West, who identifies as a Christian and a non-Marxist socialist.
Allison, however, faced significant ridicule online from many who corrected her claim about fatherlessness in the black community. One clip of the interaction has garnered more than 2 million views on the X platform.
According to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data from 2022, 44.2% of black children were raised in a household without a father. That figure is 24.5% for Hispanic children, and 16.1% for non-Latino white children.
Among those who have cited the statistics about fatherlessness in the black community was former President Barack Obama in a speech from 2008.
"If we are honest with ourselves, we’ll admit that what too many fathers also are is missing, missing from too many lives and too many homes. They have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men. And the foundations of our families are weaker because of it," he said at the time.
"Nowhere is it more true than in the African American community. We know that more than half of all black children live in single-parent households, a number that has doubled — doubled — since we were children," Obama added.
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