People keep saying accessory and obstruction. They obviously don’t understand how those charges work. The fam got together before formal charges were filed. He has still only been charged with ATM fraud and that was after they split up. Only after that charge was filed can material evidence be used to prove aiding and abetting. They could have given him ten grand in cash and drive him to a border all before charges filed and the feds could jack sh1t about it. If they were smart they would have taken him to the Texas border and said get to Mexico City post haste then to Russia,Bolivia,Vietnam or Ukraine none of those countries will even look for an American let alone send one back for fedgov. There’s flights direct to Russia and Bolivia from Mexico City once on board and in international airspace the plane won’t turn back past the half way point you are then homefree.
Look in that cracker jack box again. You can indeed be a chargeable accessory after the fact long before charges are filed. You rob a bank, show up at your friend’s house and he clearly has knowledge of what you have done. You tell him you need help escaping and he hides you from the cops and helps arrange and execute your going into hiding. Charges were not filed on you the bank robber at that point.
Yes, your friend can and will be charged.
obvious questions are whether brian had a passport, and whether he took it with him or left it home. i somewhat doubt that one can board a mexican commerical airplane without a passport or mexican ID. if brian did not take his passport, then did he take his father’s passport.