Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department<\/a> (LVMPD) and housed in a police substation in Terminal 3.<\/p>\nLopez told authorities he \u201cfelt the mafia had been chasing him\u201d and that he \u201cplanned on attacking and killing him [the passenger].\u201d He added that the victim was linked to \u201cthe cartel\u201d and was following him, according to KVVU.<\/p>\n
Wanted Asylum<\/h2>\n
Lopez also said he planned to seek asylum in the United States, according to KVVU. There\u2019s no word if Lopez is from a foreign nation, or if he is a migrant or visitor to the United States.<\/p>\n
At one point, Lopez demanded to speak to FBI agents. The FBI took over the investigation of the attack.<\/strong><\/p>\nNone of the flight crew appear to have been injured during the flight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A passenger who allegedly beat a man while both were on a plane heading to Las Vegas was indicted on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":311602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,81886],"tags":[13766,23],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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