About noon Friday, Jabin Akeem Bogan came bouncing across the Bridge of the America’s into the arms of his waiting mother, causing a traffic jam as they embraced in the middle of the busy lanes, ending a 7 month odyssey for Bogan at the same place it began. What followed was a carefully scripted press
DEMCO EXPRESS (USDOT#1719805) is back in business after having been put out of service as an “Imminent Hazard to the Public Safety”on May 25, 2012. The company, owned by Kenyan native Dennis Mekenye was the former employer of Jabin “Wrong Way” Bogan, the Dallas trucker who entered Mexico with 258,000 rounds of NATO grade ammunition
Jabin Akeem “Wrong Way” Bogan, the US trucker from Dallas, arrested in April when he “mistakenly” crossed the US border into Mexico with 268,000 rounds of NATO grade ammunition, has maintained through his attorney and his mommy, that it was all a horrendous mistake. The result of “bad information” from a uniformed officer on the
Mexican Federal Magistrate Víctor Manuel Flores Jiménez, this morning, announced his decision to reduce the charges against Jabin Akeem Bogan from smuggling to simple possession of ammunition, a move sought by Bogan’s Mexican defense attorney, Emilio de la Rosa. On April 17, Bogan was caught with 268,000 rounds of NATO grade ammunition in his trailer
Common sense tells us the answer to that question is absolutely nothing in common, but if one has listened to the Dave Nemo show recently, they would have heard Nemo trying to tie all together as rationalization why Mexico is prosecuting Jabin Akeem “Wrong Way” Bogan for being in possession of 268,000 rounds of NATO
Since US trucker Jabin Akeem Bogan was arrested two month ago in Cd Juarez, charged with having 268,000 rounds of NATO grade ammunition in his possession, all we’ve been hearing from the handful of his supporters and from his family is about what a good boy he is, what a good christian father he is
Two months after Demco Express driver was arrested and charged with smuggling prohibited ammunition into Mexico, we’re finally receiving information on the circumstances surrounding the arrest and the current state of the case against Jabin Akeem Bogan, 27 of the Oak Cliff section of Dallas. We’ve learned from the customs agents who first encountered Bogan
Her name is America Zubia Saenz and she is the Mexican customs agent who had first contact with Jabin Akeem Bogan, the driver for Demco Express who was arrested on April 17 with 268,000 rounds of NATO grade ammunition in his trailer. Agent Saenz is of the “new breed” of Mexican Customs agents. College educated
The El Paso City Council voted unanimously on a resolution by District 4 council member Carl Robinson, asking for the humanitarian release of Jabin Akeem Bogan who remains incarcerated after being caught with 268,000 rounds of NATO grade ammunitiion on his trailer after he supposedly entered Mexico by mistake. The resolution requests “a vigorous review
Since the FMCSA shuttered rogue carrier DEMCO EXPRESS on May 25, 2012, that has been the question asked by many of our readers and followers and it would appear that the answer is a resounding YES! According to an interview by Fox News 4 with the mother of Demco employee Jabin Akeem Bogan, since the
Today marks the 40th day since Demco Express driver Jabin Bogan of Dallas, entered Mexico with 268,000 rounds of prohibited military grade ammunition and was arrested and detained by Mexican authorities. We didn’t have much of an interest in this story until a couple of days after the event, when “supporters” of Bogan, for their
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) ordered Texas-based Denny Mekenye, doing business as Demco Express and/or Demco Trans, Inc. to immediately cease all transportation services based on serious safety violations that posed an imminent hazard to public safety. FMCSA shut down Demco following an extensive review of the company’s operations
Howie Glaser, owner of United Nations Ammo Company of Phoenix Arizona, and one of the players in the saga of US trucker Jabin Bogan, charged in Mexico with smuggling prohibited ammunition into the country, seems to be losing all pretense of concern for the welfare of Bogan. Glaser’s underlying message at the end of the
Supporters of US trucker Jabin Bogan, imprisoned in Mexico and charged with illegally introducing prohibited ammunition into the country continue to ignore the facts surrounding the case while spinning a story they hope will hit home in the court of public opinion. Most of us who are real professional truckers, cannot comprehend how Bogan, a
The outcome of the case against the US trucker charged with smuggling 268,000 rounds of ammunition into Mexico last week could be further complicated by the conclusions of an investigationreleased by the US Department of Justice on Friday. On June 7, 2010, Border Patrol Agent Jesus Mara Jr, according to witnesses and video, without provocation
Was it a comedy of errors, a deliberate smuggling attempt gone bad or simply a know nothing rookie with his head up his ass who was caught with 268,000 rounds of ammunition in his semi after crossing into Juárez by Mexican customs agents at the Bridge of the Americas on Tuesday afternoon. Bogan Jabin Akeem,