Mexican national made knife from pens, tried stabbing passenger in the brain on Vegas-bound flight, DOJ says

A Mexican national who was granted lawful permanent resident status in 2018 pleaded guilty Thursday after admitting he bundled three pens together with hair bands before boarding a Seattle-to-Las Vegas flight , then tried to stab another passenger "through the eye to reach his brain," according to federal prosecutors. The terrifying attack unfolded about 30 minutes before the plane was scheduled to land in Las Vegas, when Julio Alvarez Lopez allegedly left his seat, walked to the restroom and, a