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Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are pushing for Secretary of State John Kerry to intervene in the case of a U.S. Marine reservist detained inside a notorious Mexican border prison.
Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., who represents the San Diego border area, sent a letter Friday asking him to help secure Andrew Tahmooressi’s release, calling the detainment an "extraordinarily unfortunate occurrence."
The 25-year-old was arrested April 1 after getting lost and accidentally crossing into Mexico at the San Ysidro checkpoint near San Diego, according to his interview Sunday with the U-T San Diego newspaper from La Mesa Penitentiary in Tijuana.
The decorated Marine, who has two tours in Afghanistan under his belt, was carrying three firearms purchased legally in the U.S. but outlawed in Mexico.
"It is absolutely critical that Andrew's release be achieved as soon as possible," wrote Hunter in the letter to Kerry. "He served his country faithfully as a U.S. Marine and he is owed the same commitment by the U.S. government in return."
A spokesperson for Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., said her office also reached out to the State Department after Tahmooressi's mother, Jill Tahmooressi, sent a letter to the congresswoman seeking help as one of her constituents. Florida Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson also has been in touch with the family.
State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf declined to discuss Tahmooressi during Monday's press briefing.
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