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.
Source: foxnews.com
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Ok. Obama is so fond of executive orders – here is one for him. 1- blockade all border crossings. No vehicular or pedestrian traffic across any bridge between US an Mexico. 2 ban all flights originating in the US from any destinations in Mexico. 3 ban all flights originating in Mexico from landing in the US. 3 ban all money transfers – between US banks and Mexico. When the tourist money dries up then they might sing a different tune. Will this hurt border cities like Brownsville, McAllen, El Paso, etc.? Maybe, but not near as much as it would hurt Mexico
You people complaint all the time about the laws the Mexican Government just following the laws it says on the signs before entering Mexico is illegal to carry weapons hello… Look Gary baning all the flights won’t hurt Mexico because not only Americans go and have fun and do things they are not allowed to do here in America.
I’d be willing to trade Obama, Biden, Pelosi and 5 more liberal senators for him!
Send ALL THE ILLEGAL MEXICANS back to Mexico and see how fast Sgt. Tahmooressi is released!!!
IF THIS ISN’T PROOF OF HOW YOUR PRESIDENT THINKS OF THE ONES WHO RISK AND DIE FOR YOUR FREEDOM. THEN YOU ARE THE ONE WHO CAN’T BE FIXED BECAUSE YOU ARE STUPID.
he wont help him because he isnt a muslin or a terriorest he is marine
if only he was an illegal, obama would love to have him back in america
Most likely on Obama’s orders
what a good looking kid too, someones boy an American boy of an American family.
Get him home…send obamass to jail for forging his birth cert, his school records, stealing his soc sec no that belonged to a 150 year old man, and on and on…