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.
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He is intentionally doing everything he can to hurt the US and grabbing as much money as he can during all the chaos. Don’t look for that kind of man to do anything patriotic.
Obama needs to be shot. He traded enemies of the United States for a traitor which makes him a traitor and now he won’t fight to bring home a hero.
Um here is a thought, we send a battalion of marines to conduct a snatch and brag operation in force… Mexico is snubbing their nose at the US and firing on border patrol officers from the border smh…. They gave their response so let’s give them our reply and get our American hero marine out of that $#%&!@* hole
these military people better think again if they believe their country is concerned about them
Obama is an Effing TERRORIST !!!
How does a trained marine “accidentally” cross a $#%&!@*in border? Either he wasn’t trained very well or theres more to the story that no one is reporting.
Listen Up Civilian He’s a MARINE not a Soldier
too bad he ain’t black lol or a raghead. he released the gitmo bumms
To bad Hope he gets home soon.
@morbid tatts, know what you’re talking about before you make a stupid comment. 1. You have obviously never seen the design of the interchange that leads to the border crossing south of San Diego. The Marine made a wrong turn on a confusing interchange. He told the American border agents as well as te Mexican border agent that he had guns, made a wrong turn and needed to turn around. They ok’d it then a Mexican military member at the crossing ordered him arrested for it after he “crossed the border” with permission.