Andrew Tahmooressi is a US Marine veteran who was imprisoned in Mexico after crossing the Mexican border with loaded guns.
He earned a pilot's license at the age of 17 and then moved to the Alaska's Kodiak Islands where he joined a commercial fishing crew.
[5] Tahmooressi claims he was driving out of a parking lot with the intention of heading north but instead took a wrong turn[6] and drove into the El Chaparral Port of Entry where Mexican custom inspectors examined his pickup truck and found more than 400 rounds of ammunition and three loaded guns: a .45 caliber pistol, a 12-gauge shotgun and a 5.56mm AR-15 style rifle.
[7][8][9] Tahmooressi was imprisoned in Tijuana's La Mesa Prison on illegal gun charges awaiting his trial.
[15][16][17] Additionally at the time of crossing the Mexican border and during his imprisonment, Tahmooressi was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.