(The Center Square) — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is calling for prosecution before deportation for a Honduran man accused of threatening to blow up a New Orleans-bound passenger plane and attempting to enter its cockpit.

Rony Alexander Gomez-Alberto, 34, was arrested after United Airlines Flight 2174 from Newark, New Jersey, landed safely Monday night at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. The aircraft carried 46 passengers and six crew members, according to reporting citing the airline and authorities.

Murrill said she has offered support and assistance in pursuing state charges against Gomez-Alberto, whom federal authorities say was previously deported twice.

“As he has previously been deported multiple times yet still illegally returned and stayed in our country before threatening to blow up a plane, he should first be charged and tried,” Murrill said. “Only after he serves time in jail, if he is convicted, should he then be deported.”

Authorities said Gomez-Alberto told crew members he had a bomb. The Department of Homeland Security said he also attempted to enter the cockpit, according to Fox News reporting. Deputies arrested him after the plane landed.

Booking information lists charges of terrorizing and communicating false information of planned arson, both dated Nov. 10, with bond set at $500,000 on each count. It also lists a fugitive charge with no bond set.

A simple escape charge dated Nov. 11 carries a $10,000 bond. The booking information does not describe the circumstances behind that charge.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement lodged a detainer with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office on Nov. 10, according to DHS. The agency said Gomez-Alberto had been deported following border encounters in 2011 and 2014 and was arrested again after entering through California in 2019.

Fox subsequently reported, citing DHS, that an immigration judge granted Gomez-Alberto asylum after his third attempted illegal entry.