In Letter to Mexico's Attorney General, 21 US Representatives Call for Marine's Release Fox News Latino
go to original May 9, 2014

Led by U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter, 21 members of Congress sent a bipartisan letter to Mexico's Attorney General on Thursday calling for the release of jailed U.S. Marine veteran Andrew Tahmooressi.

Tahmooressi, 25, has been held inside La Mesa Prison in Tijuana since April 1, when he was arrested after unintentionally going into Mexico from California's San Ysidro border crossing while carrying three registered firearms. After an escape attempt and having his wounds treated at Tijuana General Hospital following a self-inflicted stabbing, he was placed in the jail infirmary with his arms and legs restrained. He has since been unshackled from the four chains binding him to his cot, and is instead back in the prison with a a chain on one of his legs.

Thursday's congressional letter is a result of mounting pressure, led by the Marine veteran's mother Jill, urging U.S. officials to get involved in Tahmooressi's case. The letter urges Mexico's Attorney General to expedite the young man's proceedings, scheduled on May 28, and dismiss all charges against him.

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