Quote:<a class="bbc_url" href='http://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-ra-tahmooressi-spin-machine-20140807-column.html#page=2'>The State Department has been involved.</a> Maybe not enough, but it is disingenuous to say they've done nothing. The U.S. citizen also lied when he was arrested, and has made two attempts to escape. He's done little to help his own cause.

 

Still, I agree that he should be released.

He supposedly attempted to escape because he was threatened. The fact that he was out into solitary afterward lends credence to that claim.


If he lied to police in Mexico, it could have been the result of just being scared witless upon being taken into custody.


In the end, there's no logical reason he would have been heading into Mexico armed. His story about getting lost is extremely plausible based on media accounts of the area and the path he took.


If the State Department has been monitoring it as closely as they claim, this issue would have been resolved months ago. I'm skeptical.

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