Robin Abcarian: Maybe We Should Thank Mexico for Intercepting That Armed Ex-Marine Robin Abcarian - The Los Angeles Times
go to original June 8, 2014

Ex-Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, left, is being held at Tijuana's La Mesa Penitentiary. (Alejandro Tamayo/AP)

What authority in his or her right mind would fail to take serious action in the case of a young man who claimed to have accidentally crossed an international border with three loaded guns and enough ammo to take out an entire town square? What authority in his or her right mind would simply say, “OK, son. You made a mistake. Take your loaded rifle, your loaded shotgun, your loaded pistol and your 400 rounds of ammo and get the heck out of here.”

Come on, people.

Andrew Tahmooressi, 25, the former Marine sergeant who has been in a Mexican prison since March 31 while Mexican authorities investigate whether he violated that country’s strict gun laws, may be lucky he got busted. This incident will allow him to receive the intervention he clearly needs.

After all, his mother, who is a nurse, has told reporters that her son has post-traumatic stress disorder, that he has shown symptoms of paranoia and that he has what she called “hunter-prey syndrome” in which he feels he is the  prey.
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It can’t possibly be pleasant to be imprisoned in Mexico - or downtown Los Angeles, for that matter - but according to Ariel Moutsatsos-Morales, the Mexican Embassy’s minister for public affairs in Washington, Tahmooressi’s “fundamental rights have been respected, including the rights to due process and personal integrity.” (And dare I say, this is a Marine who did two tours in Afghanistan. Are such Americans not among our toughest?)

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