Posted on 03/15/2006 4:55:51 PM PST by SandRat
Police have identified the two men who ran a checkpoint at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on Tuesday morning and crashed into a barrier.
The driver, Fidel Antonio Lopez-Sanchez, 28, suffered critical injuries and remains hospitalized.
Lopez-Sanchez was driving a 1999 Dodge truck when he crashed into a traffic barrier aimed at stopping unauthorized base entry to the gate at Swan and Golf Links roads, police said.
In Lopez-Sanchez's clothes, police found a small amount of what they believe may be cocaine. Under his feet, officers found a loaded revolver.
The passenger, Saul Cazares Carrillo, 24, of Three Points, may be treated as a victim in the investigation if investigators determine he had no influence over the driver's actions. He also remains in critical condition at a hospital.
Investigating officers said they could smell alcohol in the cab of the truck.
The truck is registered to a third party and police haven't been able to contact the owner.
Terrorism is not suspected as a motive for the incident, although police can't say why the pair speeded past required checkpoints at the gate. Officials have refused to say how far onto the base the pair managed to travel.
Investigators have not released information about where Lopez-Sanchez is from.
This could get very interesting. I'll keep you up to date as the story continues to unfold.
It bothers me that military installations are this easy to penetrate. That truck should have been hit with a burst of .50 cal machine gun fire before it got 20 feet past the gate.
Former SAC Freepers: what would've happened to the chain of command on this base had it been a SAC base and LeMay was still running the show?
Hmm... You boys keep things interesting on bases doncha? LOL
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Police have identified the two men who ran a checkpoint at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on Tuesday morning and crashed into a barrier.
they'd probably never have gotten past "The Body Shop" just outside the gate.
What can I say?? I'm Army and 75 miles southeast of the AFB.
LOL!!!! Fun, fun, fun!!
Glad they didn't get very far!
Any chance at pictures? Our company installed the barriers and pictures would be great for briefings!
And this does not point to terrorism against the gringos?
They didnt get on base. They hit the barrier designed to stop people from doing what they did.
This base has a lot of retiree traffic to the PX. It is secure only on the flight line.
Bump.
I would not say that. They specifically put the gate running barriers up and upgraded the gates post 9/11. They work both ways running in and out.
You forgot about the AMARC which is all controlled area, and larger than the base proper. And other sites on base which are equal to or higher security than the flightline.
The base gate entries have seriously been tightened up when they upgraded the gate shacks.
People running the gate used to be a regular occurence at the Craycroft gate - primarily drunks late at night on weekends who were disoriented. They changed the gate to swerve before the guard shack and put barriers in.
Fidel Antonio Lopez-Sanchez
"Investigators have not released information about where Lopez-Sanchez is from."
Cuba?
Venezuela?
Video here, more than one.
http://www.kvoa.com/Global/Video/WorldnowASX.asp?os=&vt=v&clipid=717791
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