![]() ![]() Taking advantage of Franz's paranoia (with the aid of informant Pam Bouvier, Q and Lupe Lamora) Bond frames Krest by placing the five million dollars he had stolen into a hyperbaric chamber on board the Wavekrest. Now ingratiated with Sanchez and nursed back to health at his private villa, Bond sets about destroying his operation by turning him against his own employees. Attacking the building with a tank, Sanchez and the Isthmian militia inadvertently rescue Bond and kill the officers, believing them to be the assassins. Despite detonating the explosives, two Hong Kong Narcotics officers foil Bond's assassination attempt and take him to their safe house for questioning. Using plastic explosives, 007 attempts to demolish the window and snipe the drug lord from an adjacent building site. After reconnoitering the establishment, Bond notes that Sanchez is well protected, sitting behind two inches of armored glass. Bond has also traveled to Isthmus on the trail of Sanchez, and after making some winnings in the kingpin's Casino de Isthmus, he approaches him seeking employment in his organization (introducing himself as a "problem eliminator"). Unaware that one of the men is actually a Hong Kong narcotics agent, he reluctantly agrees to takes them on a tour of his main distribution centre. He meets with five Asian drug lords as part of his goal of expanding his cocaine empire to incorporate the Pacific region offering each of the men exclusive franchises in his narcotic product, priced at one million US dollars per territory. but you should know something: nobody saw you come in, so nobody has to see you go out." ― Franz Sanchez to James Bond Īfter maiming Leiter, Sanchez is smuggled back to safety in Isthmus, where he acquires four Stinger Missiles from the Contras and threatens to shoot down an American airliner if the DEA refuses to back off. You come here, to my place, without references, carrying a piece, throwing around a lot of money. Consequently, Bond boards the Wavekrest – a ship owned by Krest – and foils the kingpin's latest drug shipment, stealing five million dollars in the process. When Bond returns to Leiter's house to find Della dead (and it is implied, raped) and Felix alive, but seriously wounded, he swears to take his revenge on Sanchez. After repaying Killifer for his loyalty, Sanchez enacts his vengeance on Leiter by having him dunked into a Shark Tank at the Ocean Exotica warehouse. ![]() Meanwhile, Dario, Perez and Braun ambush Leiter and his wife Della on the night of their wedding. Scuba divers sent by Sanchez's associate, Milton Krest, then help them make their underwater escape. The agents pursue him by helicopter and hook his aircraft in mid-flight, taking him into custody.ĭuring Sanchez's transportation to Quantico, DEA agent Ed Killifer succumbs to a two million dollar bribe and assists the drug lord's escape by driving the prison van into the sea. Amid the chaos, Sanchez takes to the air in a stolen Beechcraft 18 and sets course for Cuba. As Sanchez makes his way back to the nearby airfield, he is intercepted by a DEA team comprised of Felix Leiter and James Bond (ostensibly, as an "observer"). ![]() Ordering Dario to cut out the man's heart as an ironic gesture, Sanchez then severely whips her with the tail of a stingray. Prompted to leave the safety of his lair by the infidelity of his mistress, Lupe Lamora, Sanchez traveled to the Bahamas with his three main enforcers ( Dario, Perez and Braun) catching her in bed with another man, Alvarez. business." ― Franz Sanchez to Felix Leiter " I want you to know that this is nothing personal. With paranoid tendencies relating to the loyalty of his men, James Bond was able to exploit this weakness to manipulate Sanchez into killing several of his own men convincing him of their disloyalty. Sanchez rewards loyalty but promises death to anyone who double-crosses him. Heading an international drugs cartel, Sanchez is both ruthless and merciless, yet is cultured, refined and a man of his word. Owner of a large luxury estate, protected by an army of henchmen and controller of the city President, Sanchez has either bribed, intimidated or killed most of the government’s officials. Franz Sanchez is a Colombian drug lord running his own empire from the fictitious Republic of Isthmus.
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