TIJUANA.- On July 9th, after 101 days incarcerated in a Mexican prison, U.S. Marine reservist Andrew Tahmooressi, with his mother Jill and two defense attorneys in tow, finally appeared in court before a Tijuana federal judge. This was his his first evidentiary hearing since crossing the U.S. border on March 31st with his truck laden
For the third time in as many weeks, Andrew Tahmooressi has a new lawyer, with his mommies approval of course. News this afternoon that Jill Tahmooressi has hired the Mexican attorney who was able to get charges dropped against former Tijuana mayor Hank Rhon when police arrested Rhon on weapons charges for having more than
Today on the front page of El Universal, the declaration of a protected witness in the federal (PGR) case against El Chapo Guzman says that the US Border Patrol escorted trucks of weapons to the border, abandoned the vehicles and assisted members of the Sinaloa Cartel who then took the guns into Mexico. The declarations come
Evidence is emerging that inactive Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi’s ingress into Mexico on the night of March 31, 2014 was anything but a mistake as he and his mother have been claiming. A receipt from the Hotel Nelson, a somewhat historic $20.00 a night “hot sheet” hotel abutting Tijuana’s Zone de Tolerancia” has been uncovered,
On May 28, 2014, former U.S. marine Andrew Tahmooressi appeared in a Tijuana courtroom where he was to give a statement of evidence in the hearing concerning his entrance into Mexico on March 31, 2014 with three weapons, including an assault rifle, in his pick-up truck. The twenty-five-year-old has maintained that he missed the last
In the story we posted Monday that reported irregularities in imprisoned Marine veteran Andrew Tahmooresi claims of innocence when he crossed the Mexican border at San Ysidro with prohibited weapons and over 400 rounds of ammunition, the San Diego Union Tribune did a follow up with even more information concerning the contradictions in Tahmooresi’s story. On Tuesday,
Nearly 40 tons of marijuana was found by during a combined operation by units of the Municipal Police and the Mexican Army in a warehouse in Tijuana B.C. . This was disclosed after the Federal Public Ministry staged the raid yesterday afternoon. Officials speaking on condition of anonymity said that more than 39 tons were seized from within this
A federal drug task force today arrested 18 people linked to three drug trafficking organizations that smuggled narcotics from Mexico in PVC pipes typically hidden in the axles of commercial trucks that ended up at truck yards located in South Los Angeles and southern Los Angeles County. The 18 defendants arrested this morning are among
EAGLE PASS, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass South Station discovered a cache of rifles hidden near the Rio Grande River late Thursday night. Agents were following foot sign near the Rio Grande when two subjects emerged from the brush and jumped into the water, and swam to the Mexican
A Canadian trucker passing through Las Vegas Nevada on March 22, 2013 was discovered to be carrying 284 pounds of cocaine in his trailer with a street value of $10.9 million dollars. Rahul Grewal, 52 was stopped by Metro officers on I-15 northbound near Craig Road for a traffic violation A search of Grewal’s trailer
The marijuana harvest season is in full swing in Mexico right now and with illegal immigration down drastically along the southern border, the growers are taking exceptional risks in getting their product to market. This was evidenced at a news conference Tuesday where U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officials showed the 7 tons of marijuana
SEDENA, Mexico’s Defense Ministry announced in a press release last week, the discovery and confiscation of more than 8 tons of marijuana. The truck was stopped at the 30 km checkpoint south of Reynosa, Tamaulipas for a routine check when soldiers discovered the illegal cargo. The driver of the rig, who has not been identified,
We reported on September 12, 2012, that a decision by a Mexican judge on a sentence for Jabin Akeem “Wrong Way” Bogan for “mistakenly” entering Mexico with a load of 268,000 rounds of NATO grade ammunition. That decision was inexplicably delayed. We now are learning from our sources in Mexico the reason for the delay.
Three men who planned to use a Gainesville Georgia warehouse to unload their vegetables and marijuana were sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge William C. O’Kelley, announced Sally Quillian Yates, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. Marco Ortiz-Barajas, 19, Angel Zamudio-Martinez, 54, Jose Luis Chavez-Morfin, 43, all of whom are
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
One media outletis reporting that Jabin “Wrong Way” Bogan, the Dallas “trucker” caught with 268,000 rounds of NATO grade ammunition in Cd.Juarez back in April could learn his sentence for his crimes as early as today. [info_box] This just in from the above source: The Judge in the Jabin Bogan case held the hearing today
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
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
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
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
