Posted on 08/01/2014 8:54:38 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
HonorAir founder Jeff Miller is launching a fundraising effort aimed at helping to free the U.S. Marine imprisoned in Mexico after crossing the border in a vehicle that contained legally registered weapons.
Miller said Thursday that he wanted to help raise money for Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, but wanted to get the family's blessing. He got that on Wednesday when he heard from Tahmooressi's mother, Jill Tahmooressi, who lives in Florida and has been fighting for her son's release for four months.
"We're very appreciative," she said.
Jill Tahmooressi said she welcomed the fundraising, which has a large following among people who support military veterans. Now using a third attorney after the first two proved to be ineffective or corrupt, Jill estimates the total legal bills will reach $100,000.
"I estimate $100,000 because there's a similar case that just happened two years ago of a Marine that experienced captivity in a Mexican jail," she said. She has befriended that Marine's mother and learned more about what it took to win freedom in such a case.
According to coverage of the case by Fox News, Tahmooressi, 25, got a lawyer when Mexican border police first charged him with illegally possessing weapons in that country. The attorney he has now said the first attorney failed to present evidence that might have led a judge to dismiss the case within a three-day window permitted under Mexican law. "He's highly despondent now because he is going on 124 days of incarceration in a Mexican jail for making a wrong turn. It's just that simple," Jill Tahmooressi said in an interview with the Hendersonville Lightning. "He made a wrong turn and there was no protection for wayward motorists that night March 31, and the one sign on the road he took was covered with graffiti."
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And this while Mexican and South American invaders - who came here on purpose - are given everything.
It boggles the mind. Why isn't this parallel even mentioned anywhere?
Just pay the judge off and be done with it. He is waiting for a bribe anyway.
Forgive me for being cynical — But it just isn’t close enough to the November 2014 election for odumbo to save the Marine.
Look for the Marine’s rescue in mid to late October, right before the November elections.
He and hiss mother need to get themselves a good attorney, which they have not, as far as I can tell.
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