USA TODAY Violent crime continued to fall in the largest U.S. cities along the Southwest border last year even as neighboring Mexican crime groups clashed for control of the illegal drug and human smuggling trades. Ten of the 13 largest cities in Texas, Arizona and California closest to the Mexico border recorded reductions in overall
BREAKING - HIDALGO GRAND JURY TO INVESTIGATE THIS CASE ACCORDING TO HIDALGO DISTRICT ATTORNEY RENE GUERRA Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw is distancing himself from the murder of two Guatemalan immigrant by snipers firing from a DPS helicopter last Friday, referring questions to the departments press officer, but in an interview this
Once again, with blatant disregard for a human life, human rights or an allied nations sovereignty, US Border Patrol agents have murdered a Mexican teenager in another cross border shooting. The agents in Nogales, Ariz., had responded to reports of two suspected drugs smugglers near the border at about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. The agents watched
The city of El Paso Texas will be testing an innovative pilot program aimed at reducing the crossing wait times at the Zaragosa international bridge in El Paso. The city of El Paso entered into a $195,000.00 contract with Secure Origins, Inc. to initiate a 90-day pilot program using a technology system known as Project 21
A head-on collision between a big rig belonging to Fletes Mexico and a pickup truck Saturday night in the municipality of Matamoros Coahuila has claimed the lives of 16 people, including 10 women, two infants, a five year old girl and three men. The pickup truck, with 12 in the bed and 4 in the
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
A Mexican citizen, enjoying a quiet afternoon with his wife and two young daughters in a riverside park, was murdered by agents assigned to a US Border Patrol Marine unit. On September 3, 2012, Guillermo Arevalo Pedraza, 36, a bricklayer by trade, had taken his wife and two young daughters to Viveros park on the
Another US trucker has been caught trying to smuggle more than 9,000 rounds of prohibited ammunition and arms into Mexico. The latest person arrested is Atanacio Gonzalez Torres, 43, an American citizen living in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. He is scheduled to be brought before a U.S. magistrate judge in Laredo this
Earlier this year, we reported on the story of the attempted murder of Mexican trucker by US Border Patrol agent Abel Canales and how, like most Border Patrol agents who murder, or attempt to murder migrants in either country, Abel Canales was not charged for his crimes. Instead, about a month later, he was indicted
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
New Mexico Motor Transportation Officer Robert Potter,suffered a heart attack while responding to a commercial vehicle accident Wednesday, later passed away at a local area hospital. Potter, 41, suffered a heart attack after he responded to an accident involving two semi-truck trailers on Interstate 10 at the Vado exit, that left watermelons and chile peppers
We’re getting information that the Judge hearing the case of Dallas trucker Jabin Akeem Bogan, who was caught in April with 268,000 rounds of NATO grade ammunition in Cd. Juarez, will announce his decision this morning, Monday, August 20, 2012. The information comes from his mother, Aletha Smith, who is not the most reliable of
Victor Galindo Moreno, Neuvo Laredo Director of Federal Auto Transport Mexico (SCT), said in an interview Tuesday that drivers to haul cross border freight (conductores transfronterizos or “transfer drivers) as well as truckers to haul freight throughout Mexico are in high demand by Mexican carriers at this time. And it is not only a demand
A collision between a tractor trailer pulling doubles and an interstate bus owned by TRANSPAIS collided this afternoon in San Fernando Tamaulipas killing 6 and injuring 19. Initial reports from State and Federal Police and units of the Mexican military indicate the northbound double trailer rig crossed the center line and was struck head on
Friday was a quiet day in Nuevo Laredo, the same as any weekday. People going about their business not expecting that at the 11:00 hour, a car bomb would explode in front of Nuevo Laredo’s city hall, injuring 7 and leaving the street looking like a scene from the Iraq war. Mexican media are not
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
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
Everybody can breath easier now. It seems Howie Glaser, owner of United Nations Ammo Co and consignee of the 268,000 rounds of NATO grade “sporting ammunition” seized by Mexico got himself a new shipment. On his website this morning, Glaser advertises; Finally to arrive by Wednesday 7.62X51 (308) Ammunition Non Corrosive Nato Cross Portuguese Linked
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
May 17, 2012 Troops assigned to the Mexican 7th Military Zone detained eight unidentified individuals they said were Gulf Cartel operatives and who may have been involved in the murder of at least 49 people in Cadereyta, Nuevo Leon state The arrests took place following a raid in the China municipality, where solders also seized
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
