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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (323450)	9/9/2009 11:04:40 PM
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Turns out it was a nut warning of impending earthquake....Religious fanatic briefly hijacks Mexican plane Wed Sep 9, 2009 7:41pm EDT By Anahi Rama and Jason Lange MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Bolivian-born man clutching a Bible and claiming a divine mission hijacked a plane in Mexico with more than 100 people aboard on Wednesday, but the incident ended quickly and without bloodshed. Jose Flores, who told police he was a Protestant minister, seized the AeroMexico Boeing 737 after take off from the Caribbean resort of Cancun demanding to speak to Mexican President Felipe Calderon. Flores, 44, smuggled a false bomb on board and threatened to blow up the aircraft if he could not warn the president of what he said was an impending earthquake, police said. "He said he is a minister and that it was a divine revelation that made him carry out this action," Security Minister Genaro Garcia told reporters. The plane landed safely in Mexico City, its original destination, and police stormed the aircraft after the passengers had been allowed off, but not the crew. Police apparently detained Flores without a struggle and a few minutes later led him away in handcuffs, ending Mexico's first hijack drama in years, Cont'd >> reuters.com 8888888888888