Marine wrongly held in mex prison to be released today. YEEEEESSSS.

[powderman]

Report: Jon Hammar to be released from Mexican prison today  Published December 21, 2012
FoxNews.com     

•    The first photo of Marine Veteran Jon Hammar inside the Matamoros state prison.
•    Jon Hammar has been held in the notorious CEDES Mexican prison since August.
•    Hammar is being held in a notorious prison just over the Mexican border.

  Next Slide Previous Slide   DEVELOPING: Jon Hammar, the U.S. Marine imprisoned in Mexico on a gun charge, will be released today, his mother told Fox News Radio.
Olivia Hammar said the judge hearing Hammar's case issued a ruling in his favor and that her son is to be released at a time on Friday yet to be announced. No more details were available. Hammar, 27, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, has been stuck in a notorious, drug cartel-controlled prison just 15 miles south of the U.S. border since Aug. 13, after he crossed into Mexico and declared an antique shotgun to Mexican customs officials.
News of his pending release came just a day after a letter surfaced from Mexico's ambassador to the U.S. that insisted Hammar's case would go to trial.
"This circumstance requires that he remain under detention during the duration of his trial," Arturo Sarukhan said in the letter.
 

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[Conan The Librarian]

I don't thing he was "wrongly" held. I think he was normally dealt with by Mexican standards. He's lucky to be getting out of prison at all. There have been lots of Americans rotting in Mexican prisons after they wandered into Mexico while on hunting trips.

[BUGEYE]

Prayer works!!!!!!

[magooch]

If he is released--and I hope for his sake that he is--it should serve as a lesson for him and everyone else to stay the heck away from Mexico.

[BUGEYE]

If he is released--and I hope for his sake that he is--it should serve as a lesson for him and everyone else to stay the heck away from Mexico.

oh no,  I'll be in Cozumel and Costa Maya in april.  plus Belize and Honduras.

[Swift One]

It absolutely defies logic as to why anyone that is not a mexican resident would want to go to mexico with the current atmosphere down there.

[briarpatch]

What cruise ship you on Bugeye?

[mcbammer]

Lesson  learned

STAY   OUT   OF   MEXICO !

[Conan The Librarian]

Things have really improved since the two major drug cartels near the border have resolved some leadership issues.
 
I'd have no trouble going to Cozumel or Cancun. Those are tourism centers and the government defends them aggressively. There are still the occasional problems, but it's nothing like the rest of the country.

[BUGEYE]

What cruise ship you on Bugeye?

Norwegian Dawn.   during spring break.  my wife works in a school.  we do one every year.

[coyotejoe]

The MEXICANS are doing all they can to get out of that crap hole, why would anyone in their right mind voluntarily go there?

[powderman]

I don't thing he was "wrongly" held. I think he was normally dealt with by Mexican standards. He's lucky to be getting out of prison at all. There have been lots of Americans rotting in Mexican prisons after they wandered into Mexico while on hunting trips.

 
All the more reason to crack down on the invasions here and stop rewarding criminals instead of punishing and prosecuting them. POWDERMAN. 

[cabledad]

I have been going to Mexico for most of my 69 years and I wouldn't think about it now. They will put you in jail for anything. You have no rights,don't take any ammo at all Its just not worth it.

[BUGEYE]

I've been to the Yucatan a few times, looking at mayan ruins etc. we love Chichen Itza.
at many major intersections, there will be a machine gun nest on one corner.  puts a little excitement in your vacation.
this time we'll only be getting off the ship at Honduras and Belize.