Hernando Arturo Prada González (1974 – February 21, 2000), known as The Angel of Death (Spanish: El Ángel de la Muerte), was a Colombian criminal and serial killer responsible for at least 10 murders in Bucaramanga in the 1990s.
[5] Due to security oversights, eight minutes into the flight, Prada pulled out a knife and threatened the fellow passengers, before going to the pilot's cabin and ordering that he land on an airstrip in Aguachica.
[1] Unbeknownst to either party, the whole incident was noticed by a group of paramilitary operatives, whose leader, Commander Julián, ordered that they inspect the landing site.
[4] According to Police Chief Victor Manuel Pérez, Prada had managed to smuggle in a knife by avoiding the metal detector, likely arranged by bribing several officials.
[2] In addition, a flight dispatched had notified the crew that their passenger should not be handcuffed, and the security guards had locked away their weapons in a safe box for no discernible reason, which allowed Prada to freely hijack the plane.