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Driver Makes Wrong Turn Into Mexico

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Truck Driver Takes Wrong Turn While Hauling Ammo, Detained in Mexico

A truck driver took the most wrong turn of his life Tuesday while hauling nine pallets of ammunition, which took him onto Mexican soil and landed him in hot water with the border agents.

In an interview with the El Paso Times

, 27-year-old driver Bogan Jabin Akeem was shipping the ammo from Tennessee to a retailer in Phoenix when he took a wrong turn after stopping in El Paso, Texas, said his boss, Dennis Mekenye, owner of Demco Transportation in Dallas.

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Bad day at Black Rock! :lol:
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Zonk 1/75 wrote:Would anybody intentionally go into Mexico ???
BM did just that. :wink:
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Okay, from the LEO perspective

"Let me get this straight. You were traveling from Tennessee to Phoenix...... by way of El Paso? You're hauling a trailer FULL OF SMALL ARMS AMMO....... AND your name is Bogan Jabin Akeem ? Nothing suspicious here. MOVE ALONG! ..... Move along ....... :roll: :| :wink:
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[quote="colt1rgr"]Okay, from the LEO perspective

"Let me get this straight. You were traveling from Tennessee to Phoenix...... by way of El Paso? You're hauling a trailer FULL OF SMALL ARMS AMMO....... AND your name is [b]Bogan Jabin Akeem [/b]? Nothing suspicious here. MOVE ALONG! ..... Move along ....... :roll: :| :wink:[/quote]


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Someone needs to update their Garmin.
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Maybe he got lost in Mexico & turned back to the US by accident. :lol:
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