HOW MUCH MONEY DOES MEXICO LOOT FROM AMERICAN YEARLY?
AND THEN THEY RANT ABOUT THEIR “RIGHTS” AND DEMAND MORE!
HERE’S WHAT THEY DID TO AN AMERICAN!
REALLY WANT AMNESTY FOR 40 MILLION MEXICANS?
'I was afraid for my life': American marine opens up about horrific conditions in Mexican jail where he was chained to bed in solitary confinement
- John Hammar, 27, was held for declaring legal shotgun to border guards
- He was jailed in notorious Matamoros state prison in Tamaulipa, Mexico
- He endured death threats, extortion attempts and deteriorating health
- Was honourably discharged from Marines with post-traumatic stress
By Matt
Blake
A former US Marine who spent four months wrongly
imprisoned in Mexico has described the horrifying conditions of life in one of
the country's most infamous jails.
John Hammar, 27, spent most of his time at Matamoros
state prison in Tamaulipas chained to his bed in solitary confinement after he
was arrested for declaring a legally-owned hunting shotgun to Mexican border
guards.
He endured regular threats on his life from officers and
inmates alike, suffered extortion attempts on his family and developed a string
of serious health complaints that went untreated until his release before
Christmas.
Scary: Hammar endured regular threats on his life from
guards and inmates alike, suffered extortion attempts on his family and developed
a string of serious health complaints that went untreated until his release
before Christmas
Hungry and alone: John Hammar spent most of his time at
Matamoros state prison in Tamaulipas chained to his bed as in solitary
confinement
'I was dehydrated, malnourished, I had a lung
infection, stomach issues and a number of other things,' he told Fox News'
Bill O'Reilly. 'It
think it was because of a bad environment.'
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Extraordinarily, prison guards even tried to
extort money from his family in return for his safe release.
'Initially there was some pressure put on
me,' he added. 'There were threats on my life ... and they tried to extort
money from my family.
Trapped: Marine Jon Hammer's ordeal began in August when
he and a friend drove across the Mexican border on their way to Costa Rica on a
summer surfing trip
'They call your family, they throw threats at
you and your family and tell you that "we need your money".
'There were times when I was afraid for my
life.'
Hammar's ordeal began in August when he and a
friend drove across the Mexican border on their way to Costa Rica on a summer
surfing trip.
The trip was meant to be a time for
relaxation and catharsis following his honourable discharge from the Marines
after being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder caused by seeing a
friend shot dead by a sniper in Iraq in 2007.
They wanted to take his grandmother's legally
registered hunting shotgun on the trip and asked American authorities what they
had to do to to take it across the border.
'We told them we’ve got this hunting shotgun,
"we’re trying to go through Mexico legally, what do we have to do?"
'They gave us paperwork to fill out and said
as long as you declare it you should be fine. We paid a fee, crossed the border
and declared the weapon. Then things started going wrong.'
But when Hammar and his friend crossed the border and
handed the paperwork to Mexican officials, they impounded the RV and jailed the
two men, saying it was illegal to carry that type of gun - which they deemed to
be an inch too short.
Mexican law prohibits civilians from carrying certain
types of guns, like sawed-off shotguns - which can be more easily concealed -
as well as shotguns with a barrel of less than 25 inches.
His lawyer, Eddie Varon-Levy said Mexican officials
measured the barrel on Hammar's shotgun as 24 inches and that it has not been
sawed off.
Weapon in question: Hammar had his great-grandfather's
antique rifle inspected at the border, but he was arrested for carrying it
anyway
Hero: Hammar was a combat veteran who had been treated
for PTSD just before his arrest in Mexico
Nevertheless, he was taken to prison and held
indefinitely.
So he whiled away the time by reading the two books he
had with him - The Last Stand of Fox Company, a true story about Marines in
combat on the Korean Peninsula in 1950, and The Bible.
He read both, all the way through.
He was finally released just before Christmas and has been
recovering ever since.
But incredibly, he says he bears no ill will towards
Mexico.
'I think Mexico's a great place,' he said. 'I really wish
everywhere could get its act together.'
Hammar served in Iraq and Afghanistan before being
honorably discharged from the Marines in 2007.
His mother said surfing helped him cope after he was
diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Hammar developed PTSD following the death of a fellow
Marine who was killed by a sniper's bullet when the two served together in
Fallujah, Iraq.
He had just completed treatment at a center for veterans
in California last year, before getting detained during his misadventure in
Matamoros.
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