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From: Western Journalism <wcj@westernjournalism.com>
Date: December 18, 2012 9:58:00 PM GMT-06:00
To: <Bobbygmartin1938@gmail.com>
Subject: Marine Tortured In Mexican Prison: Send Him Home For Christmas
Reply-To: Western Journalism <wcj@westernjournalism.com>
He Served His Country Honorably. And Now His Country Has Abandoned Him!
Former Marine Lance Cpl. Jon Hammar, who served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, is rotting in a Mexican jail, awaiting a trial that may never come on totally bogus and fabricated weapons charges.
His parents claim he's being tortured and that they have received mysterious ransom demands from the prison (which is effectively controlled by a criminal cartel). And they've been told if they don't pay, Jon will be killed.
Hillary Clinton's State Department has done nothing. The Mexican government has done nothing. The consulate has done nothing; and not so shockingly, Barack Hussein Obama has done nothing.
That's unacceptable. So we're going to Blast Fax our elected officials... and we're going to Blast Fax Hillary Clinton's State Department and Janet Napolitano's Department of Homeland Security... and we're even going to Blast Fax Barack Hussein Obama right now.
And we're not going to accept mere puffery or meaningless pontifications. They have the power to have this wrongfully imprisoned Marine released and we want him home for Christmas. We will accept nothing less.
You may have already heard the news reports. Hammar and a friend were on their way to Costa Rica for a hunting trip. When they reached the U.S.-Mexico border, Hammar presented an antique Sears and Roebuck shotgun that originally belonged to his great-grandfather to U.S. customs officials.
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Hammar's Imprisonment Is No Innocent Miscarriage Of Justice.
Customs officials told him that it was permissible to enter Mexico with the antique shotgun and gave him the proper paperwork to declare it. Then, when Hammar presented the customs declaration paperwork to corrupt Mexican officials, they promptly arrested him.
They didn't simply tell him that he couldn't bring the shotgun into Mexico. They didn't simply confiscate the shotgun. They didn't simply send him back across the border. They promptly arrested him and stuck in a stinking hole of a prison that is reputedly controlled by powerful Mexican criminal cartels.
The Washington Examiner reports: "In the words of Hammar's father, 'They examined it, they weighed it, they said you have to fill out this form.' Hammar did, then climbed back into the RV in which the pair were traveling, drove across the border, handed the paperwork to Mexican agents — and were promptly arrested."
Let's be blunt. These corrupt Mexican officials knew it was an unlawful arrest, but as happens in Mexico far too often, corrupt officials falsely arrested him and threw him into a stinking hole of a prison to extort ransom money from his family. It's a huge money-making operation for the criminal cartels and corrupt officials who work for the cartels.
Katie Pavlich with TownHall writes: "[Centro de Ejecución de Sanciones de Matamoros] CEDES, where Hammar is held, is one of the most notorious prisons in Mexico. Its population includes criminals linked to Mexico's dangerous [criminal] cartels. They are also widely believed to influence what goes on in the facility."
Hammar's been falsely imprisoned for four months now. His family, like so many other families who are victimized by these South-of-the-Border kidnappings, kept the incident quiet because they feared for their son's life.
And now that they've gone public with their son's story, Hammar's life is in jeopardy. If he's not released soon, he could be murdered in retribution for his family going public with the story.
Hammar must be released now and - make no mistake- our federal officials have the power to secure his release now... but it's up to us to make them exercise that power before it's too late.
At first, Mexican authorities claimed that Hammar was in possession of a "military issued" firearm. It was a bold-faced lie.
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Oh Yes, Corrupt Mexican 'Authorities' Knew It Was An Unlawful Arrest.
Later, when military officials in Mexico (at the behest of Hammar's attorney in Mexico) attested that Hammar's antique shotgun was NOT military issue, the Mexican authorities changed their story and claimed that the barrel of the weapon was only 24 inches long and the law requires that barrels be 25 inches or more... likely another lie.
Pavlich adds: "Mexican officials have justified Hammar's arrest, saying it came in accordance with gun laws in the country, have no plans to release him and the State Department has done nothing to get Hammar released."
You read that right. The State Department has done NOTHING.
And now that four long months have passed, the time for doing nothing is over. We want this Marine who has gallantly and bravely served his country home now.
Hammer's mother Olivia recounted one of the mysterious extortion threats she received from the prison, via phone, to Fox News: "'We have him.' They put him on the phone, 'We are going to kill him if you don't wire money into this account.'"
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Hammar's Life Is In Imminent Danger.
Hammer's father told the media that Jon has told him about some of the threats he has received from the corrupt prison guards: "Some of the guards are saying 'why are these people on TV about you? What's going on?"
The Washington Examiner reports: "Much of the time, he has been shackled to his bed." Pavlich reports: "Hammar has been tortured during his time in the prison. He's been beaten and chained to a bed."
Days ago, a handful of federal legislators started weighing-in on the travesty:
RedState.com reports: "U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-FL, stated that the former Marine 'does not deserve the treatment' that Mexico is giving the Miami-Dade native, including chaining him to a bed to 'prevent an escape.'"
Nelson said: "I'm bringing this to the attention of the Senate so that we can further get through to the Mexican government. If it requires me speaking on the Senate floor day in and day out to keep this issue alive, I will do so."
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) stated: "When I heard about this mistreatment I was outraged. The extortion attempts, the threats, and the wanton disregard by the Mexican authorities for Jon's basic human rights are inexcusable."
Ros-Lehtinen added: "Jon has suffered enough; let's bring him home to his family where he rightly belongs for Christmas."
Ros-Lehtinen is right and we applaud the Members of Congress and the media who have brought this matter to the attention of the American people, but it's going to take more to bring this brave Marine home.
Hillary Clinton has the power to bring this young man home with only a few words... so does Janet Napolitano... so does Barack Obama... and so do our elected officials, if they issue the right threats. We give these tin-pot leaders billions of American taxpayer dollars.
So the time for talk is over. We want action and anything less is an insult to our intelligence. We want this brave Marine home for Christmas and that means that we must act now.
A recent Fox News segment with Bill O'Reilly and Megyn Kelly drove that point home. When it comes to the travesty of justice that's occurring right before our very eyes, the ability of our federal officials to secure this Marine's release and the broader implications of allowing this travesty to continue, O'Reilly and Kelly hit the nail on the head several times.
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Don't Be Snowed. This Brave Marine's Release Is Probably Just A Phone Call Away.
Megyn Kelly: "Totally ridiculous. Why didn't they just turn him away at the border. Just send them back over the border..."
Bill O'Reilly: "The parents are very upset that the U.S. Consulate hasn't done more...."
Megyn Kelly: "... Wait. We give them hundreds of millions of dollars a year, Bill. Why isn't it just a phone call?"
Bill O'Reilly: "Let's be honest. They disrespect us all the time, Mexico, all the time. Number one, Hillary Clinton should be involved in this herself. We haven't seen any sign of that. Number two, President Obama should be involved. We haven't seen any sign of that. Number three, the new Mexican President Nieto... there's no way that this guy shouldn't let this Marine out tomorrow. ... They don't know what the hell is going on. They don't care, all right. So, I think, now, we're going to have to squeeze. We're going to have to put pressure."
Kelly is right. We give these tin-pot dictators billions of dollars. It should only take a phone call. Of course that would necessitate the Apologizer-In-Chief rattling his saber FOR America, instead of AGAINST America for a change.
And O'Reilly is right too. They disrespect us because we let them disrespect us. It's time to "squeeze" our government to "squeeze" them, and no one is better or more effective than YOU... GrassTopsUSA members at "squeezing" and "pressuring" federal officials to do the right thing.
Your efforts have changed our country in a positive way. We win some battles and we lose some battles, but your calls and faxes helped stop amnesty for illegal aliens. Your calls and faxes helped convince Republican elected officials to actually oppose ObamaCare.
Your calls and faxes helped stop so-called Cap-and-Trade. Your calls and faxes helped convince George W. Bush to pardon wrongfully imprisoned border agents and, more recently, it was your calls and faxes that helped stop three separate sovereignty-stealing UN treaties and helped stop Barack Hussein Obama from nominating Susan 'Benghazi-Gate' Rice to be our next Secretary of State.
And now, your calls and faxes will bring this young Marine home for Christmas. No other outcome is acceptable... so let's roll.
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Floyd Brown
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