US congressman seeks release of Marine veteran jailed for driving into Mexico with guns

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38. (On) May 28, 2014...Andrew Tahmooressi will appear in a Tijuana courtroom

for a statement of evidence hearing concerning his entrance into Mexico on March 31, 2014 with three weapons, including an assault rifle...(and)...four hundred rounds of ammunition...in his pick-up truck...(He) has maintained that he missed the last exit back to the USA and entered Mexico by accident...(but)...(t)he Marine’s story has...varied since the date of his arrest.

Originally, it was reported that this was the first time he had ever been to Mexico. Later, it came to light that he had been to Tijuana on at least six occasions before...If he really did miss the U-turn to the U.S. exit (which is located in the far left lane)...then at least why didn’t he go through the ‘declaration lane’ conveniently located on that very side? Instead, Tahmooressi reportedly crossed through the ‘nothing to declare’ lanes and got a green light...Had it not been for an allegedly missing front license plate, suspicious behavior, and an overly-packed pick-up truck, he would not have been waved down by border officials...

Tahmooressi’s mother claims that her son was recently diagnosed with PTSD, and is suffering from severe directional dysfunction. If that is the case, shouldn't that lead to questioning as to whether he should be transporting weapons at all, and especially in close proximity to the border? One would argue that a former Marine has a higher duty of care to the general population, and that he should have carefully navigated his route, and properly stored his weapons and ammo...

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