Elizabeth Marcello has written a new post for the College Conservative which is worth your time.

If I were driving and took a wrong turn, one of the last places I would want to end up is Mexico. Yet this is exactly what happened to  Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, a U.S. Marine who served in Afghanistan and suffers from PTSD, on the way to San Ysidro in California, which is a mere 1.7 miles from the Mexican border. TheBlaze uncovered a 911 call Andrew made shortly before being arrested in which he expressed he thought he accidentally turned into Mexico and was concerned. Unfortunately he encountered the Mexican authorities who arrested him upon realizing he held three guns in his truck, accusing him with the intent to sell.

Jill Tahmooressi, his mother, received a phone call from him that night. Andrew was under the impression it was going to be his last night on earth; a gang was threatening to rape, torture, and execute him, but somehow he was able to escape the prison. Andrew was recaptured the next day and consequently held in solitary confinement, with his arms and legs shackled to a bed. He has been held since March 31.

Jill and a number of Republican lawmakers have pressed Secretary of State John Kerry to get involved, creating a petition to the White House to have him released.  The White House is not required to respond until 100,000 signatures are obtained.

I encourage everyone to sign this petition, but the reality is that our signatures should not even be necessary. Why is it that us common citizenry seem more concerned about the safe return of a war veteran than our Commander in Chief himself? And why is this story not being covered by the majority of the American media? If you search Andrew Tahmooressi’s name, the entire first page is filled with several links from The Blaze, one link from CNN, one link from Boston.com, and a few from Fox News, with a special report from Greta Van Susteren.


 
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