Trucker accused of gun-running after driving 268,000 rounds of ammo to violent border town... but he says he took a wrong turn

A truck loaded with 268,000 rounds of ammunition took a wrong turn and ended up by accident across the border in Mexico according to the drivers boss.

Dennis Mekenye, operations manager at the Demco freight company in the Dallas, said Jabin Bogan, 27, made ‘a very honest mistake’ when he took a wrong turn that eventually led him to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on Tuesday.

Mekenye said he has been in touch with U.S. law enforcement agencies and the U.S. consulate in Ciudad Juarez to clear up what has become a political issue of gun running between the USA and Mexico.

The truck's tracking unit showed that it had entered into Mexico, and that is when Mekenye said he decided to call Bogan.

‘We do not go into Mexico; our company is not licensed to go into Mexico,’ Mekenye claimed he said to the driver over the phone.
The driver told him over the phone that Mexican authorities had detained him and were going to inspect the cargo. Read More