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Dear Reader,
I want you to imagine something terrifying on this Fourth of July…
…You are a decorated, combat wounded veteran of two tours in Afghanistan.
…You are admitted to a veterans hospital for treatment.
… And you are being held against your will in a horrible Mexican jail.
This isn't a joke. My son Andrew, 25 years old, is a current inactive Reservist Marine Corps Meritoriously Promoted Sergeant. He served with honor in two tours. After being honorably discharged from the Marine Corps, Andrew went to San Diego in March to receive treatment for PTSD. While driving in Southern California, he unknowingly took a wrong turn and wound up at a Mexican Customs checkpoint. He was denied the right to turn back and was arrested for carrying firearms into Mexico that are legally registered in the United States.
In desperation, he even called 9-1-1.
He is in jail in Mexico (he's been moved to three different jails), has been denied bail, and is being represented by the third attorney ordered.
We have appealed to the State Dept. Secretary of State John Kerry “raised the issue.” We have filed a petition with the White House. President Obama has ignored our pleas.
Andrew is a grave concern.
I have been honored to be a featured guest on Fox News with Greta Van Susteren, and other major cable news networks that have covered Andrew's case. I hope that you're seen or heard something in the news about my son on the news.
Everyone agrees Andrew should not be in jail. Yet all of his life savings will be spent on his defense of an unintentional entry. This horrific experience has broken Andrew physically, emotionally, financially.
I am at my last resort. As a mother, I am asking for your immediate help.
Are you able to make a generous donation of $25 or whatever you can afford to Andrew's liberty fund?
If you want to learn more about our situation, and I truly hope that you do, click here to watch a short video that includes reporting from Fox News about our situation. When you are finished watching, please consider making a generous contribution to liberate Andrew.
I am fortunate to have the assistance of many friends and organizations here in America that have helped me set up the Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi Liberty Fund.
The truth is, I am just a mom from Florida. I am not a diplomat, or an international lawyer, or a strong Marine like my son. I need help to get Andrew out of jail, to bring him home. For that, I will need to hire talented lawyers I can't afford and that our government isn't willing to provide.
I know the American people are not okay with a decorated, combat-wounded Marine being unfairly held in a Mexican jail.
Thank you in advance for your support.
I hope that you can make a donation, or at the very least, give us your support so we can urge the Obama administration to show interest in freeing my son.
