A priest who said he was on a 'divine mission' hijacked a Mexican plane in midair yesterday with 104 people onboard.Jose Mar Flores Pereira hijacked the Aeromexico Boeing 737 after it left from the popular tourist resort of Cancun on a flight to Mexico City.
He told authorities he had wanted to protect the country after he 'had a revelation that Mexico was facing a great danger, and was threatened by an earthquake,' public security official, Genaro Garcia Luna, said.
The alleged hijacker was said to be a former prisoner and drug addict from Bolivia, who has lived in Mexico for 17 years.
But it is not immediately clear if he was helped by others.
Five other people were arrested for security reasons.
Mr Flores Pereira hinted that he was acting with two accomplices, 'referring to himself (the Father), the Son and the Holy Spirit,' Garcia Luna said.
All the people onboard the flight were safely taken from the plane at Mexico City, as security forces swarmed the capital's international airport within minutes of the plane landing.
The priest told reporters that his act was linked to Wednesday's date, 9 September 2009 because the numbers 9/9/9 were the opposite of 6/6/6 the numbers associated with 'the Anti-Christ'.
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