Jet Rider agrees to make a pen weapon before the bloody eye attack

A Mexican who was granted permanent permanent residency in 2018 pleaded guilty Thursday after admitting that he mixed three pens with hair bands before boarding a Seattle-to-Las Vegas flight, then tried to stab another passenger “in the eye to get to his brain,” according to federal prosecutors.

The horrific attack happened about 30 minutes before the plane landed in Las Vegas, when Julio Alvarez Lopez allegedly left his seat, went to the bathroom and, after returning, began punching, hitting and stabbing a passenger sitting across the aisle, according to a federal criminal complaint obtained by Fox News Digital.

Witnesses told investigators that “there was blood everywhere” as the victim’s wife cried for Lopez to stop attacking her husband. During the struggle, the complaint states that he was beaten while protecting the couple’s 7-year-old son.

After the attack, Lopez “began walking toward the front of the plane,” according to the complaint. As he walked up the hallway, a witness told investigators Lopez repeatedly yelled, “I’m only going to talk to the FBI.”

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A sworn officer on the plane ordered Lopez to sit down before flight attendants gave him flexible cuffs and passengers restrained him for the remainder of the flight, according to the complaint.

The plane landed safely at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, where officers from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department arrested Lopez.

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Federal court records show injuries to the victim’s eye after prosecutors say he was attacked on a plane on Jan. 24, 2024. (US Department of Justice)

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the State of Nevada, Lopez pleaded guilty to one count of assault with a deadly weapon stemming from the January 24, 2024 attack.

During an interview with FBI agents and after waiving his Miranda rights, Lopez admitted to making a weapon before boarding the plane by combining three pens and hair bands.

Investigators said Lopez told them he believed the victim, identified in court documents as CR, was following him during the flight. Lopez also said that he believed that CR was “Cartel” and that he was trying to get him to stop following him.

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The complaint also states that Lopez told investigators that he did not see CR before the flight but, “he planned to attack and kill him.”

According to investigators, Lopez admitted that he intended to kill the victim by stabbing him in the eye.

“I planned to attack him and kill him,” Lopez told investigators, according to the complaint.

Lopez also admitted to investigators that he was trying to stab CR “in the eye to get to CR’s brain to kill him.”

According to prosecutors, the victim suffered injuries to his body and around his eyes that required stitches.

Court documents say witnesses saw Lopez acting strangely before the attack. Another passenger told investigators Lopez appeared “nervous,” repeatedly putting on and taking off his gloves, reaching into his bag several times and avoiding looking at other passengers.

Images released by the US Department of Justice regarding the penknife attack on the Las Vegas airport. (US Department of Justice)

A witness described Lopez as having “gray/white hair tied in a band on the top of her head,” and wearing a sweatshirt at the time.

Another witness said Lopez stood up twice as the plane began to descend in Las Vegas, went to the restroom, then returned to his seat before the sudden attack.

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The complaint also states that Lopez told investigators that he was seeking asylum in the United States and that he believed the mafia had been after him for several months.

Lopez is scheduled to be sentenced on September 22.