WND EXCLUSIVE
Jailed Marine's mom: 'My heart is breaking'
Blasts Obama's silence on international incident
SAN DIEGO – For weeks, the mother of a U.S. Marine who made a wrong turn at the Mexican border and ended up over the international boundary has waited for President Obama to respond to a petition on behalf of Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, 25.
Without results.
Even though the threshold for a response of 100,000 signatures at a White House petition website was reached.
In fact, the number of signatures was surging past 130,000.
So when the question about presidential intervention in Tahmooressi’s case was brought up at a press availability with White House press secretary Josh Earnest, hopes were raise again.
But only briefly.
“My heart is breaking,” said Jill Tahmooressi, the sergeant’s mother, who has been active in working on his behalf since he was detained in Mexico for having several weapons in his vehicle with him.
They are legal in the United States, but not Mexico, and he was detained when he inadvertently crossed over the boundary in late March. He’s been behind bars there since.
“President Obama allowing this honorable, decorated Marine to be held hostage in a jail in Mexico. … I just don’t understand why he would dismiss one of our own being held in a Mexican prison, alone, in need to treatment for injuries he suffered while fighting for U.S. When are they going to fight for him?” Jill Tahmooressi said.
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