Mexico releases Marine vet held for five months over heirloom shotgun

A Marine veteran jailed for months in Mexico after trying to carry a family heirloom shotgun across the border has been freed, according to The Associated Press.

The attorney for Jon Hammar tweeted Friday night that his client had been released from a detention center in Matamoros, Mexico, and was "going home." U.S. officials had planned to drive the 27-year-old Hammar across the border at Brownsville, Texas.

Hammar had been jailed since August after he and a friend tried to cross the border with the shotgun, which once belonged to his great-grandfather.

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[Ruby Doan]

So glad you are free Jon. Thank the Lord and a wonderful Christmas.

[Anita Ramirez]

Happy Christmas with Family and friends! welcome home!