February 2025 Employees of the Month: Brave security officers help detain a dangerous passenger

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Officers Mario Martinez, Alejandro Herrera Zuniga, and Rohan Mullings, along with Allied Security Guard Enrique Pastor, were named MIA’s February 2025 Employees of the Month for their bravery in helping to detain a dangerous passenger who physically assaulted another passenger and attempted to assault others around him.

Pastor was the first to witness the incident in front of MIA TSA checkpoint 10 and try to restrain the violent passenger, who then swung at Pastor and other passengers nearby.  The passenger then entered the checkpoint and began to swing at Officer Mullings, who was able to grab and hold him for a while until the passenger broke free. While running away, the passenger tripped and fell over a luggage cart. Officer Martinez was then able to grab the passenger’s feet and restrain him, even with the passenger striking him multiple times. Officers Herrera Zuniga and Martinez were then able to hold the passenger down until Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived and detained him.