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Will Jon Hammar be home for Christmas?

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    Family friend of US Marine jailed in Mexico pleads for his release

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We can think people are North Korea and seeing reporters all over the world and going back up being higher -- the world we bring one of our own home.

Just one just one guy who's not even.

Miles from the border.

-- -- a play from in McDonough he was arrested in Mexico along with the US marine who took his grandfather's antique rifle across the border.

-- that was back in August in spent only three days in prison.

But John -- is still in a Mexican prison even changed to his bed in this picture and tonight.

The family of this marine says they are being stonewalled and it -- CUS government that's doing it just different and as a friend of the heck.

Camera family joins is nice to see -- just and just -- I understand you've made contact with the State Department on more than one occasion on behalf of a John hammer.

That's right Greta.

What do the State Department tell you.

They you know they gave me another toe the company line you know Mexico's a sovereign nation.

There's nothing that we can do it needs to go -- the judicial system.

They have not been very helpful.

I did talk to more than one person the State Department.

Yes I spoke to I believe it was -- case worker.

John long actually and done.

He was you know telling me that they're doing everything they can -- as far as making sure that you know that he is fed.

On the net you know that he not be changed to a bad.

I was -- it had some conflicting reports on not.

And he's he's -- ethylene you know they haven't been as helpful as we like them to -- As I understand it he cross the US border into Mexico win this -- told the -- authorities that he had this rifle.

He was in arrested because it said that the barrel is too short on the rifle -- -- -- of dispute on how the rifle barrel was measured.

Has anybody come not in you know -- -- in Mexico to say that this was a lawful gun and Mexico.

Well as I understand the in -- -- military.

Wrote a letter that was given to the judge and prosecutors stating that this weapon is -- All restricted.

Are solely for the use the military meaning it's not -- that they look -- as as a as a threat.

So you've got a situation where the no Mexican military says this gun is essentially go.

You've got a young man -- to a bed at a US marine.

And who who who told them about the gun and you've got a US State Department that's just looking the other way even though -- -- -- -- -- every night.

Libya managed to get their killer of 270 plus sun pan am 103 at -- convicted of all those murders -- a Scottish jail to go -- to -- we can't help this one marine come home.

Well Greta I'm hoping that.

The administration as well as watching this tonight and and just understands that we are.

-- we were tiny patients and and go through all the steps.

But I enough is enough you know we just want him home and you know hopefully it's being being handled -- Behind the scenes and and he'll come home soon.

I hope so too Jessica thanks for joining us.

Thank you for having me Greta.

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