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D-M checkpoint runners identified

Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 03.15.2006
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.