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Secret Service arrests two after car crash and barricade breach outside White House

SECRET SERVICE DETAINS, QUESTIONS INDIVIDUAL WHO DROVE VEHICLE INTO BARRICADE NEAR WHITE HOUSE The suspect was identified as Ronny Yordrix Guanipa Chrinos, who illegally entered the country through Texas in March 2024 and was subsequently arrested by U.S.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 9, 2026, 4:43 PM UTC
Key points
  • The arrests come just days after authorities arrested an illegal immigrant from Venezuela outside the White House on Thursday.
  • Secret Service officers approached the suspect Thursday evening after spotting him "acting suspicious in his car while it was parked on Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C.," DHS told Fox News.
  • Secret Service said the incident reflects a growing threat posed by armed individuals "drawn to the White House complex.".

CAR RAMS INTO WHITE HOUSE BARRICADE, SUSPECT ARRESTED: OFFICIALS "Around the same time, a second individual jumped a barricade near the northwest corner of Lafayette Park.

Additional details
  • Police arrested two people outside the White House in separate incidents on Monday near Lafayette Square Park.
  • "Just before 10:00 a.m., Secret Service Police and National Guard responded to the north side of Lafayette Park at 16th Street and H Street, NW, where a vehicle crashed onto the sidewalk.
  • The driver was combative with law enforcement, but was quickly placed under arrest," a Secret Service spokesperson said in a statement.
  • A search of the vehicle reportedly turned up three guns, including an AR-15-style rifle and two handguns, along with dozens of rounds of ammunition.
  • The Department of Homeland Security says officers found the man inside a stolen vehicle carrying multiple guns and threatening to kill President Donald Trump.

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