Extortion call, Somber Visit Bring Nightmare Home For Parents of Marine Jailed in Mexico

Joseph J. Kolb
Fox News
December 13, 2012

The father of a U.S. Marine jailed in Mexico after being caught with his grandfather’s antique shotgun heard the fear in his son’s voice and felt helpless.

The phone call came at midnight from Mexico’s notorious CEDES prison, where Jon Hammar Jr. has been held since August. The caller demanded $1,800, then put Hammar on to drive the point home.

“They’re serious, Dad,” Jon Hammar Sr. heard his son say. “I’ll pay you back; they are going to kill me.”

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