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Originally Posted by Oldrotorhead
This might be true and if it is true why is there a Marine in jail in Mexico with very little active help from the US Government? Clearly this treatment has been well below what would be afforded a Mexican in a US jail.
At what point do the consequences fall on the person that created the situation?
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http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-m...002-story.html
It sounds like he MIGHT be coming home soon.
And it sounds like he may have lacked situation awareness for weapons carriage so close to a foreign and hostile country.
Aren't folks at risk of going to jail if they are pulled over legally carrying weapons in one state and illegally in the next?
What happens if someone accidentally crosses from Pennsylvania into New Jersey with a pistol and gets pulled over?
Does this differ from getting pinched by the Mexicans in Mexico?
While I agree with the "big boys rules" and I would think someone who served in Ranger Regiment( even just for a reasonably short period of time ) would have a better idea than most, I'd think a former Ranger working in a semi-to-non permissive area is probably going to be more effective at their role and less likely to be pinched by the bad guys than the average Peace Corps or NGO type.
So if those assumptions are reasonable, I'd be thinking he's worth investing FAR more in recovery than a piece of rubbish like Harmeet Singh Sooden.