After spending 181 days in a Mexican jail for accidentally crossing the border with legally owned firearms, a Mexican judge has ordered Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi back to jail after Tahmooressi waited long and hard for his first court date.
Abandoned by Obama, who has not lifted one finger to help this Marine who has saved the lives of fellow Marines in combat, Tahmooressi must now wait till August 4th for his next court date.
The 26-year-old veteran of two tours in Afghanistan was finally able to tell his story to a judge, after his case had been delayed by both Mexico’s unpredictable legal system and his own trouble settling on a lawyer. It was not immediately clear what Tahmooressi said at the evidentiary hearing, which was closed to the public. The next hearing in the case is scheduled for August 4.
Despite the judge’s ruling, Tahmooressi’s attorney, Fernando Benitez, told reporters that he was confident that the Marine’s case was on the right track. Benitez said that his client’s statement to the judge was “sound and made perfect sense,” and claimed that irregularities with Tahmooressi’s detention were grounds for dismissal of the case. The attorney said that his client was not provided with consular services for nearly eight hours after he was detained, nor did he have access to an adequate translator.
In addition, Benitez said that the order to search Tahmooressi’s vehicle was dated March 28, three days before the Marine crossed the border.
Benitez had earlier sought to dampen hopes that federal Judge Victor Octavio Luna Escobedo would free Tahmooressi, although supporters, including his mother, Jill Tahmooressi, had held out hope.
Tahmooressi has been held since March 31, when he accidentally drove into Mexico at the San Ysidro, Calif., Port of Entry late March 31, after becoming disoriented from poorly lit street signs and being in a position on the road unable to make a last ditch U-turn. His family believes his post-traumatic stress disorder also may have contributed to his confusion. He was charged with violating Mexico’s strict gun laws because he had three registered guns, along with all his worldly possessions, in his vehicle.
Tahmooressi appeared in court on April 28, but that hearing was gaveled before it began after the judge learned Tahmooressi had his attorney fired the night before for advising Tahmooressi to commit what the family considered to be perjury.
After Wednesday’s hearing, Tahmooressi was taken back to El Hongo Prison in Tecate under heavily-armed guard.
Obama is making an example out of him with the whole gun thing. Goes to show how much respect he has for are marines. Bush woulda declared war! They wouldn’t last 30 sec with the USA in a battle. All Obama has to do is say,” release him or we will come get him!”
soto it dont matter he has kept u safe.
Boycott Mexico.
We need a group of soldiers of fortune to volunteer to go get him. Latriscia Jan Kirby Cloud. Hundreds of Mexicans know they are headed towards America. They see the guard towers, and still they cross illegally. Maybe we should draw pictures for them so they will understand. That’s what we had to do to accommodate them with the traffic signs. Give me a break.
$#%&!@* yourself Mexican. Go home to your $#%&!@* hole of a country that no one can stand, not even it’s own people can stand it there.
Send all those kids back go Mexico and our Marine out of jail.
This is not the presidents problem the marine broke the law in another country you can’t expect the president to bail out every American who breaks the law in another country
Fu ck yourself Mexican. Go home to your $#%&!@* hole of a country that no one can stand, not even it’s own people can stand it there.
I would have told them to kiss my ass because their people are flying over into our country and shooting out people so why should he have to go back over there when they are doing worst things .then ok next time their hellocopter flies over into our country shoot the bame thing down and put their people in our prison for a longer time for murder of United State of Americans
Oh but it’s ok for the mexicans and other countries to come across our borders and nothing happens. Die bitches die.