Footage of the chase showed the suspect narrowly avoiding capture on numerous occasions, before finally pushing the vehicle to its off-road limits.
On May 31, a suspected human trafficker was fleeing from law enforcement in Texas' Val Verde County when he breached a fence at the Laughlin Air Force Base and led officers on a high-speed chase through the facility. The suspect eventually crashed into another fence and the vehicle came to a stop.
The chase lasted for around eight minutes, and the entire area was placed on lockdown as a precaution. While two illegal immigrants from Guatemala who had been in the back of the car were apprehended, the suspect managed to flee the scene but was later apprehended, per Fox News.
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View on XFootage of the chase showed the suspect narrowly avoiding capture on numerous occasions, before finally pushing the vehicle to its off-road limits.
In a statement to Fox, Laughlin Chief of Public Affairs Capt. Christine Del Aguila said "enhancing and evaluating base security measures is a top priority for our 47th Security Forces Squadron," explaining that this is "what we do after each breach scenario we experience."
"With each instance," she added, "our security forces personnel have been contacted by the external law enforcement agencies handling the incident in order to prepare our security personnel to coordinate and respond appropriately, maintaining the safety of our Airmen and their families, while ensuring the security of our resources on base as well."
The incident occurred a week after an illegal immigrant hopped a fence and entered the base while evading border patrol officers. Earlier this year, two Jordanian nationals attempted to breach Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. No weapons were found in that case, and there was no evidence that it was terror-related.
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