Border & Immigration

Wrong-Way Ammo Driver May Soon Go Free

By Mónica Ortiz Uribe / Senior Field Correspondent

Published November 9, 2012 at 11:06 AM PST

This story was published more than 12 years ago.

After six months in a Mexican prison, American truck driver Jabin Bogan may soon be released. A Mexican judge ordered him to pay a $1,500 fine and sentenced him to three years supervised leave.

Bogan was detained in the Mexican city of Juárez when he drove across the international border with more than 200,000 rounds of ammunition in his tractor-trailer.

Bogan’s attorney says he crossed the international border by mistake. He has been jailed in Mexico since April.

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Senior Field Correspondent Mónica Ortiz Uribe (Las Cruces) is a native of El Paso, Texas, where she recently worked as a freelance reporter. Her work has aired on NPR, Public Radio International and Radio Bilingue. Most of her stories examined the effects of drug-related violence across the border in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Previously, she worked as a reporter for the Waco Tribune Herald in Waco, Texas. She graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso with a degree in history.

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