NM: Plane with illegal immigrants lands at Cannon (Illegal Air America ?)

Bakersfield Californian ^ | 5/17/05 | AP

[NormsRevenge]

CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AP) - A small plane carrying six illegal immigrants en route from Fullerton, Calif., was forced to make an emergency landing at Cannon Air Force Base before running out of fuel, according to base officials.

The plane landed at the eastern New Mexico base Monday, spokesman Capt. Andre Kok confirmed late Tuesday. Military controllers offered the pilot a choice of landing at Cannon or Clovis Municipal Airport and the pilot chose to land at Cannon.

Kok said the plane landed safely and the base's security forces responded. After making sure the aircraft was secure and the passengers were fine, members of the 27th Security Forces Squadron escorted them to the base's law enforcement center.

Officials learned that only the pilot spoke some broken English. The passengers, which included one man, two women and two 12 year-old twin sisters, were questioned through the pilot, Kok said.

Investigators said the group's Brazilian passports didn't look "exactly right" so federal immigration officers were called.

The six were arrested and taken to Carlsbad for processing by the U.S. Border Patrol.

"This was a textbook example of the great cooperation between Cannon personnel and outside agencies," Kok said.

He said the plane was en route from Fullerton, Calif., to Atlanta when it requested permission to land at the base. Investigators conducted several searches of the plane and found nothing out of the ordinary.

Cannon is one of two U.S. Air Force bases slated for closure under the Pentagon's base realignment and closure plan. State officials and Clovis residents have vowed to fight the closure.

[dennisw]

These Brazilians will paroled into the general population and told to come for a hearing. They will melt away into some Brazilian community.

[ApplegateRanch]

I think I'll open and drain a bottle of Old Fretzle, and go to bed. At least in my dreams I can chase them all back over the border, and then be called a hero rather than a 'racist'.

[Flyer]

Now illegals demand pilot licenses, too??

[Coldwater Creek]

One wift of those Clovis feed lots and these illegals will be begging to go back to Brazil.

[Happy2BMe]

I guess these illegal aliens felt if they landed on FEDERAL PROPERTY (a USAF base) they would be safe from DEPORTATION?

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CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AP) - A small plane carrying six illegal immigrants en route from Fullerton, Calif., was forced to make an emergency landing at Cannon Air Force Base before running out of fuel, according to base officials.

[Pro-Bush]

Cannon is one of two U.S. Air Force bases slated for closure under the Pentagon's base realignment and closure plan.

Ironic.

[azhenfud]

Frightful an illegal alien can not only get on a plane, but be seated at the controls.

Homeland Security is a joke.

[raybbr]

Can you imagine if they had gotten lost and ended up in DC near the White House? Bush would have invited them in, whipped a little Spexican on them and had burritos together.

[Calpernia]

Bump, thanks for the ping.

[nw_arizona_granny]

If that base is closed, it will have more smuggler planes landing on it.

In the 1970's we lived in the desert out of Wellton, in Yuma
County, Arizona.

Late one night, as i finished decorating for Christmas, I hung a wreath in the window and plugged the electric pixie lights in, and the room lights off.

The lights were the kind that blink on and off........

All of a sudden, an airplane almost landed on our mobile.

I woke Bill up, but he wasn't interested in any thing but sleep, so the dog and I went out and did what Bill suggested, go out and see if you can find a plane that has
crashed........LOL

We didn't find it, but the old timer who came to visit, said to go here and there, as the smugglers still used the old
WW2 dirt landing strips that were on the bombing range.

We found 2 of the landing strips and proof that the smugglers were still using them.

Turned out that neither the local police or the Feds that
they told about it, knew about the landing fields either.

For weeks, we were making fast trips into the bombing range to show the law enforcement people what we had found.

They also liked the road that was well maintained, that we
found going over the top of a mountain range. We could drive it from Mexico to the High Tanks Roadway that went to
our property.

High Tanks Road was the old El Diablo alternate route, that was used by the wagon trains to the gold fields of California.

You will find lots of dope and illegal people on the bombing ranges and closed areas.

[DumpsterDiver]

How in the world did they ever get into Mexifornia? How did they get an airplane?

So many questions, so few answers.

"Officials learned that only the pilot spoke some broken English.

Was the pilot licensed?

How safe are the friendly skies when pilots speak "broken English".

[mtbopfuyn]

Ya know, this might not have been an "oh my, I'm outta fuel so can I land at your base" landing. This might very well have been a trial run for future terrorism of our military bases.

[OKIEDOC]

Several years ago the Al Queida was reported by the US embassy in Bogota to have a terrorist training base along the Brazilian border.

At that time there were over 300 foreigners being trained.

It is probably bigger today.

They were dealing with the Colombian Drug Cartels and in country terrorists groups like the FARC and the communist ELF as well as Brazilian drug runners.

It is imperative that our Southern borders have more security.

Brazil and several other countries in South America have recently elected anti-American presidents and dictators.

Many in South America that I have talked personally with see America as being weak.

A nation of liberals with out the guts to sustain any kind of fight over a long period.

These people are not dummies when it comes to putting pressure on the United States.

You don't win friends and influence people by being weak.

Most third world countries only have respect for those countries they have some fear of.

China for instance has put the fear of Mao in Panama courtesy of that traitor Jimmy Goober Carter.

[brytlea]

This seems like it would have been an expensive thing to do, charter a small airplane for a trip from CA to GA. Where do these people get the money??
susie

[brytlea]

Oops, I posted before I read the entire thread, sorry! I had NO IDEA they were now flying in. This is crazy.
susie

[blackie]

Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!

Be Ever Vigilant!

Minutemen Patriots ~ Bump!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Petition to secure our borders

[investigateworld]

Should be a whole bunch of questions 'axed'. One doesn't just walk in with a license and Visa card to get access to an aircraft.
More than likely, somebody paid cash for aircraft and it's owned outright by a smuggling corporation.